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WUNTAY APA RTM KNIS.---To he .I,lfl'. • Furnished, TIIREE IiED ROOMS,' a Slttim.r Room, and use of a Kitchen, licit' a healthy vil!a?,•e twelve mile, from London. The house stands in a very extensive garden and is close to Bucliy Park. at an easy dist .nce from two stations. Omnibuses piss within a few minutes' walk to and from London, and the stations several times during the day. To those seeking. rural retirement and quiet comfort this ad vertisement offers unusual advantages. Address, M. E. Hampton Wick, Middlesex. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.- Freehold Plots on the following valuable Estates are now on sale, the taker of each plot being allowed to borrow seven-eighths of the purchase money: —St. Margaret's, Kentish Town, Tottenham, Enfield, Brighton, Tunbridge Wells, Forest Bill, Maidstone, Redhill, Weybridge, Batter sea, Reading, Weymouth, Malvern-hills, Taunton, Leeds, and Manchester. plans of the Estates, price 6d. each, or 7d. by post. Advances for Building on the above Estates. Prospectuses free. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- Mr. BENEDICT begs to announce that his ANNUAL MORNING CONCERT at HER MAJESTY's THEATRE, is fixed for Monday, 18th June, under the immediate patron age of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, 11. R. ti. the Prince Consort, H.R.11. the Duchess of Kent, and H.R.H. the Duchess of Cambridge. Principal Vocaliats :—Mesdames Titiens, Brunetti, Lotti, Della Santa, Borghi-Mamo, Lemaire, and A lboni ; Signori Giuglini, Belart, Corsi, Gassier,Ronconi, Everardi, Vialetti, and Mmwini. The Instrumental Artistes Will be duly announced. Early application is solicited for the remaining Boxes and Stalls, which nrly be secured at the box-office, the principal libraries and music sellers, and at Mr. Benedict's, 2, Manchester-square, W. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The GREAT FLOWER SHOW of the SEASON will be held on SATURDAY next. Tickets, at Five Shillings each, should be at once secured. ROYAL CREM ORNE GARDENS.- Admission ls.—This Evening, Derby Gala—Friday, Oaks Fe e.—These days will be rendered increasb.gly worthy of general patronage,—Daily, wonderful musical effects of the Aerephon and Brass Band combined.—Vocal and Instrumen tal Concert, conducted by M. Riviere.—lrish, Scotch, English and Professional Burlesques, by Kate Harley, H. R. Clifton, and Paddy Fannin.—Grand Ballet, " La Vivandiere," charac teristically portrayed by Milano, Madame Boleno, and Mdlle. Manzoni.—ln the Indian Temple "Mahomet," the Miniature Man of India; Poletti, the Roman Conjuror.—Al Fresco Bal on the Crystal Platform.—The beauties of the exotic and hardy Fernery—And wonderful Equestrian performances by French, Italian, and American Artistes.—Bnlliant Illumina tions and Pyrotechnic Displays.—Table d' note Suppers at 9, 2s. 6d.—Promenade on Sundays at 4—Table d'llote at 6, 2s. ed. On the Derby Night (This Evening) the new Dining and Supping Saloons will be opened. OHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall, King William-street, Strand.—Farewell Season in Lon . 'lon, previous to the retirement of Mr. J. W. Raynor on the 2d of August.—Every Evening at 8, and every Saturday Morning at 30 - clock. Tickets and places may be secured at the Hall from lltill 4, and at Mr. Austin's West-end Box office, St. James's Hall, Piccadilly.—Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. J. W. RAYNOR. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Picca dilly.—Open every Evening, with the'celebrated Band conducted by Mons. Lamotte (chef d'orchestra to the Em perm Napoleon). A magnificent SMOKING SALOON added to this Establishment. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Ad mission, is. Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, HIGH 1.191.13_0RN,. '(Formerly Casino de Venice), Are OPEN every evening fit DANCING. Doors open at past 8, overture at 9, close at 12 o'clock punctually. On the evening of the Derby Day, Wednesday, 23d inst. (by special desire), the establishment will not be closed till TWO O'CLOCK. The band, under the direction of ➢ir. W. M. Packer, performing a Programme arranged for the occasion, Including a selection from the New Opera of " Lurline." Admission is. WEDDING STATIONERY, including every requisite.—Beautiful and elegant designs by DE LA RUE and Co. A sample packet and price list sent free. No charge for carriage on orders over 20s. The London Depot for De La Rue and Co.'s manufactures--HENRY GOOD'S, 60, Moorgate-street, E.C. Card plates and crest dies engraved in the first style, and note papers beautifully embossed in coloured relief, or if plain, stamped without charge. An illustrated catalogue will be forwarded free on application. REDUCTION OF TEN POUNDS PER TON In the price of T HORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE On and after the Ist of April, 1860. Barrels ctg 448 Feeds, wg nett 1121b5., with measure, 40s each Cases „ 448 Feeds, ~ 1121b5., in Packets, 45s each Carriage paid to any railway station in the kingdom, Nutritives value .. £l5 Condimental value .. 125 Total .. £l4O per ton. showing a profit of £lOO per ton through the use of this in valuable compound, adapted for the seasoning of all kinds of food for animals. Agents required in every town where none are already appointed. JOSEPH THORLEY, the Inventor and sole Proprietor. Offices, 77, Newgate-street, London. A Pamphlet sent free by post on application. DECAYED TEETH. MR. E SICELL'S celebrated 0 STE OPL AS TIC ENAMEL.—The only stopping for tender and decayed Teeth that will not become discoloured. For front teeth in valuable. Post free for 30 stamps (directions enclosed). 314, Regent-street, London, facing the Polytechnic. MR. 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The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had,' and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 223, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. ed. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post offioe, Piccadilly. ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE - CAPS, &c. , fo r Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Pricel3s. 6d., 75. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. PRESENTS.- ORNAMENTAL, and SCIEN TIFIC.—ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of anew and elegant assortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian,Alabas ter, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Sp ar, &c. Im p orted and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, VP.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CONCHOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNAN T, at 149, Strand, W.C. A BOON TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. GIVEN AWAY.-26,000 Copies of a MEDICAL BOOK. for the benefit of Nervous Sufferers, sent, post free, by the author, secure from observation, on receipt of a directed envelope, enclosing two stamps, the PRIVATE, MEDICAL FRIEND, a new work on the Sell-cure of Ner vous Debility, Loss of Memory4Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike to Society, &c., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature death, with plain directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour, The True Guide to those who desire a speedy and private cure. " Every young man should peruse this excellent little work if he values his health, happiness, and peace of mind." —British Critic. By HENRY SMITH, Esq., 8, Burton-crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. • G A ME LIST. - LONDON, MIDDLESEX, and WESTMINSTER. THIRD PUBLICATION for 1859-60. LIST of PERSONS who have taken out General GAME CERTIFICATES at £4 Os. 10d. each, including the Ad ditional Duty of 10 per cent. under the Act of 3 Viet. 0.17. (Schedule D.) Ashdown, John, 75, Stanley-street. Berkeley. the Hen. Grantley F., Spring-gardens. Evans, Pra. Herbert, Esq., 3? Hertford-street, Mayfair. Geach, C. S., Park-street, Westminster. Hoare, Richard. The Heath, Hampstead. Jenkinson, H. T. S., 23, Old-square, Lincoln's-inn. Moffatt, George, 28, Fenchurc i-street. Nicholson, Captain Wm. Smith, 38, Chester-terrace, Regent's Park. Peacocke, G. M. W., Esq., 33. Hertford-street, Mayfair. Pocklington, Roger, Board of Trade. Russell, Lord Alexr., Pall-Mall. Samuels, James, Great Gcorge-street. LIST of PERSONS (not beinf ASSESSED SERVANTS) who have taken out the GAME CERTIFICATES at £4 Os. 10d. each, includinz the Additional Duty of 10 per cent., under the Act of 3 Viet. C. 17. (Schedulefor the C.) Manor Nicholls, John, Lothbury — App ointed by —, or Royalty of Lang-lebury, Herts. LIST of PERSONS, being . ASSESSED SERVANTS, for w hom GAME CERTIFICATE S are taken out at £1 17s. 6d. each, includimr, the Additional Duty of edule 10 A per cent., under the Act of 3 V iet. c. 17. (Schs and BA Westwood, Samuel , Castle Farm, Herts—Appoi n ted by Powell, Fredrick, Esq.. for the Ma nor or Royalty of Castle Farm, Herts. LIST of PERSONS LICENSED to DEAL in GAME. Castanet, Philip, Ship Tavern-passage, Leadenhall-street. Charles, John, 23, Queen's-terrace, St. John's-wood. Cook, Henry, Kensington. Firkins, Edmund, 27, Alexander-street, Paddington. Podtnore. Wm. F., 4, Grove-terrace, Paddington. Rouch, Frederick, 18, Upper King-street, Bloomsbury. Saunders, Charles James, 222, Holborn. Made up to April 5, 1861 By Order of the Board, T. SARGENT. Inland Revenue Office, Somerset House. PENALTIES. The Commissioners of Inland Revenue hereby give notice, that every person taking, killing, or pursuing Game without first obtaining a certificate, incurs a penalty of £2O, and is also li a ble to be surcharged in double the amount of the Certifi cate duty. Any person in pursuit of Game refusing on being duly re quired to produce his Certificate, or to perin it the same to be read, or a copy thereof to be taken, or refusing to declare his t r ue name and place of residence, also ti incurs a penalty of £2O. Gamekeepers are desired to take no ce that a Certificate at the rate of .£1 78. 60. will not authorise an son to kill 'Game beyond the limits of the Manor for whit a deputed; and, in order that a Certificate at such rate of duty pro tect a Gamekeeper, it is requisite, not only that he g a o y u deputed by some Lord or Lady of a Manor or reputed Manor, Cu e but also that such deputation should be beefregister Clerk of the Peace, or the Gamekeeper will able to be surcharged in double the Duty of £4 Os. 10d. and also to be prosecuted by any common informer for the penalty of £2O. N.B.—lt is the intention of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue to publish in a separate List the names and resi dences of all person surcharged in double Duty for sporting without CerWatel, No. 21,162. P ÜBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL BY "SILVERPEN." On Saturday, May 26, in 3 vols., MAINSTONE'S HOUSEKEEPER. By " SILVERPEN." Hurst and Blackett, publishers, successors to Henry Col burn, 13, Great Mar.borough-street. Now Ready, in 3 vols., with Portraits, 3 1 s. Cd. bound, DOMESTIC MEMOIRS OF THE ROYAL iLJ FAMILY, AND OF THE COURT OF ENGLAND. By FOLKESTONE WILLIAMS, F.G.S., &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. Second Edition, revised and enlarged, in f cp. Bvo., price 55., POEMS : Including the City of the Dead. By JOHN COLLETT, late of Wadham College, Oxfo d. Londoa : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, price ss. by post free, 55. 6d. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA ; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flag - rant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhua and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickfbrd ; but the moderate price at which the brochure' is sold, places it within I hie reach of evory ono Int.rceted lit 6Le Inattkr."— Dublin Medical Press. _ . London : 11. Railliere, 219, Regent-street. 144 pages, 70 Engravings, post free 2 stamps. COMMON SENSE in a NUTSHELL; or , Every Man his own Doctor. The MEDICAL ADVISER, containing rules, prescriptions, &c., for the speedy cure, by very simple means, of Spermatorrhma, and all the more com mon diseases of the urino-genital system, which, from neglect or improper treatment, too often result in Pains in the Back, Gravel, Nervousness, Exhaustion, and Incapacity. Sent post free for two Stamps, by Dr. DE Roos, 10, Berners-street, Oxford-street, W. A New Edition of THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIA GE. By JOSEPH KAHN, Gra !nate in Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery in the Royal and Imperial University of Vienna, Erlangen, &c. This popular work (which has been translated into four dif ferent languages) has now gone through 41 Editions of 10,00) , each and is designed to imart urte knowledge on sub- jects whi involve ch invol the mean p securing s of moral and physical happiness. Price Is., or post free for 12 stamps direct from the Author, 17, Earley-street, Cavendish-square, London,W. Now ready, No. XII., price Three-halfpence (to be continued weekly), THE SUNDAY TIMES' RACING RECORD AND HANDICAP BOOK. EDITED BY ALBERT FEIST. Subscribers in al! parts of the United Kingdom may have the weekly numbers and the bound parts supplied to them, post free, on the payment of one guinea per annum. THE SPRING PART OF THE SUNDAY TIMES' RACING RECORD Is Now Ready, price sixpence, post free sevenpence. It contains the Programmes for March and April ; Nomi nations for the principal races ; Derby, Oaks, and Handicap Lots ; Lists of Jockeys and Trainers, and other useful infor mation. The SUMMER PART of the Sunday Times' Racing Re cord will be published on the first of June. Published by Edmund Seale, at the Office, 103, Fleet-street, Loudon, E,C. THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. p 142, Strand, London. Emowered by Act of Parliament, LIFE SURVIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIE for S, ENDOWMENTS,ASSURANCE Scc. DIRECTORS. EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman. John Elliotson, M.D.,Cantab., I John Moss, Esq. F.R.S. John Symes, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. SECRETARY TO Tr BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Blonde!, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford. Young. MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. J. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &c. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhouse, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowclitfe, Bedford row. The next Qui in May, 1860. Exa inquennial Division of Profits will be declared Lmples of anus up to May, 1855 : Polley taken out in Sum Assured. Bonus in addition to Sum Assured. Bonus in Cash. 1838 1841 1845 1848 1851 Age. 3,000 4,000 2,000 2,000 2,800 £ s. d. 867 17 7 749 4 0 232 18 0 154 2 8 120 17 0 Permanent Reduction of Annual Premiums. £ s. d. 428 1 4 325 16 0 156 15 0 103 16 8 72 14 6 .£ s. d. 56 3 8 32 0 4 16 6 0 10 15 2 6 7 7 The following are amongst the advantages offered by the international Life Assurance Society:— The Society was established in 1838. Two-thirds of the profits are divided amongst the assured every five years. For prospectuses and every other information , apply to the Chairman, 142, Strand. 142, Strand, London, W.C. EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman YOUTH, BEAUTY, ANT) ARTICULATION. Mr. EDWARD DAVIESON, for many years Dentist to the Court of Spain, begs to inform the British Public that he has taken up . his perm anent residence at 443, West Strand, London, adjoining the Electric Telegraph Office, where he is prepared to supply Artificial Teeth of a manufacture' superior in beauty and durability to any known in this country, at ten shillings per tooth, which price can only be exceeded by ex pensive mountine - s. Among the wonderful discoveries he made during his resi dence in the South of Europe none exceeds the Liquid Ena mel, which not only imparts a pearly whiteness to Natural and Artiflci il Teeth, but renders them impossible to dis colour or decay. Sold, with full directions for use, at 10 s. 6 d. per case. It is also used in a highly condensed form for stopping decayed teeth, and is invaluable for those who have decay in their front teeth. Mr. EDWARD DAVIESON has to announce, that the " FLEUR DE L'AGE ;" or. Bloom of Youth, will add youth and beauty to any complexion, is now ready.--Sold in cases, price lls., and four quantities in one for 3 3 5. Attendance daily from 10 to O. OYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT I-U INSTITUTION.—The Committee of this Institution earnestly APPEAL ta the public for PECUNIARY ASSIST ANCE to aid them to meet the present heavy demands on the limited funds of the Society. THOMAS BARING, Chairman. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Deputy-Chairman. 14, John-street, Adeiphi, W.C. B a nkers—Messrs. Willis and Co. ; Coutts and Co.; Berries and Co. JULLIEN FUND. COMMITTEE ROOM-50, NEW BOND-STREET. The Committee of the Jullien Fund, fearing that the sub scriptions hare been materially checked by the unfortunate death ot Mona. Jullien, desire to explain that a widow and others, members of his family, can be protected from want only by the kind aid of those who appreciate the great ser vices rendered by the late lamented maestro to the cause of the musical education of the English people. The committee confidently appeal to that benevolence for which their countrymen are so distinguished, for such prompt and liberal ad iitions to the subscription list as shall enable them to do some justice to the memory of M. Jullien, and at the same time afford adequate relief to his bereaved family. COMMITTEE for the DISTRIBUTION of the JULLIEN - - FUND. Mr. John Mitchell Mr. W. Duncan Davison Mr. W. R. Sams Mr. Ju'es Be nedict Mr. Thomas Chappell I Mr. A. Blumenthal HONORARY TREASURERS. Mr: John Mitchell, 33. Old Bond-street Mr. T. Chappell, 50, New Bond-street Mr. W. R. Sams, 1, St. James's-street B:INRER6. Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand Heywood, Kennards, and Co., Lombard-street London and County Bank, Hanover-square Who, as well as the honorary treasurers, have kindly con rented to receive subscriptions. April 25th, 1860. S. GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W., NEAR THE PANTHEON. n. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apo thecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as above, et Sterility, and all FunctionalousDebility, Languor, er l a n n c g a e p m ac e i n t t y s of , less cases of o an from early and excessive indul gences, Rae Just published, price is. ; 'by post, 11 stamps,! 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and original Work, entitled" OURSELVES. Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exposition of, and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilie, Stricture, Blennorrhagia h e Uri Spermatorrhw Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, ,to. FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women--Functional Ir regularities in Health and Sickness—Choice in Marriage— Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Removal of Sterility—The Theory and Symp . toms of Geste. tien—Use of the Speculum, and the s ecurin g of Health y Offspring. Also, No. 1. HEALTH, HAPPINE SS, and LONGEVITY; On Debility, Nervousnes s, D y s p epsia, and Indigestion. No. 2. LOVE AND MARRIAGE : H lth Off end othor Matches. Sterility Removed, and ea y Their Obligations, Happiness , a nd Disappoint meuts ; Love win; secured. No. 3. TUE CASE BOOK : 100 Cases of SPERMATORRWEA , Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, Ate. &c. Aze. To be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and the Authors. Atrig s e to the Working Classes, fee liall-a-Guinea. ••-\••ti:;• • - -, -11 '• •'• !... • W 4, • , ' . -• , I le. .: • i.1..4"F 2 --lkihr '4, , 7 _ . 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PRINCE CONSTANTINE CZ4RTORFSKT. Prince Constantine Czartoryski, who died at Vienna, in the month of April last, was one of the notabilities among Polish patriots. He was born at Warsaw in 1773, and was educated, together with lii3 elder brother, Prince Adam (at present residing in Paris), under the care of distinguished masters, such as Grodeck, of Gottingen ; of Geneva ; the Abbe Piramowicz, and the poets Kniaznin and Karpinski. A tour of Europe, and a long stay in England served tocomplete the educa tion of the two princes, and to develop their habits of observation. The insurrection raised by Kosciuszko gave the first opportunity for the display of their patriotism ; and the Empress Catharine having subsequently confiscated the property of their father, only rein stated them in their rightsfol the earnest solicita tions of the Court of Vienna, and on condition that they should reside in St. Petersburg in the charac ter of hostages. After having remained until the year 1793, in Grodno, with their uncle, King Sta nislas Augustus, they repaired to the capital of the empire, and were compelled to enter the Russian Army. While at the Russian Court they were re ceived as the intimate companions of the Grand- Dukes Alexander and Constantine. Prince Con stantine Czartoryski left the service shortly before his brother was appointed ambassador to Sardinia. When the campaign against Austria was com menced, in 1809, Prince Constantine was at Pulawy. He took part in the war with the most patriotic ardour, and levied, at his own expense, a regiment of in fantry, the organisation of which earned for him the warmest thanks of Prince Poniatowski, and the rank of colonel of the regiment, which was incorporated under the name of the 16th of the Line. Among his officers were men of great distinction, such as Bolesta Dobrogoyski and others, the future commander-in-chief of the Po lish army, General Skrzynecki, serving in the regiment as captain of the grenadiers. Among the various brilliant feats of arms performed by , this regiment, its conduct at the siege of Smo lensk-0 is more particularly quoted. The Empe ror Napoleon decorated the brave and intrepid colonel with his own hand, and nominated him an officer of the Legion of Honour. Subsequently Prince Poniatowski presented him with the Polish Cross (virtuti militari) Unfortunately, Prince Constantine Czartoryski's distinguished military career was cut short at the battle of Mozaisk, where his horse was killed under him, and he himself received so serious a contusion that he was forced to leave the service, to his own infinite regret. Having been nominated aide-de-camp general to the Emperor Alexander 1., on the erec tion of the kingdom of Poland, he soon asked and received leave to retire on account of his health. In 1831, at the time when the Austrian Cabinet seemed favourably disposed towards the Polish cause, Prince Constantine Czartoryski became an active mediator between that Cabinet and the In surrectional Government; and when, subsequently, a painful malady prevented him from serving his country, his house at Vienna was ever hospitably open to his Polish fellow-citizens. Being a great lover of art, and endowed with a penetrative mind and considerable powers of judgment, he became more especially the Mecenas of all distinguished Polish artists and men of letters, who will ever gratefully remember the generous support and pro tection he vouchsafed to them. LAW INTELLIGENCE—May 22. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice Erie, and Justice Williams,Willes, and Byles.) AM ANN V. DAMM.-SLANDER. The plaintiff in this case was a clerk, and he was sent by his master to the defendant, a box maker, to fetch some boxes. Having got them, the plaintiff left the house hastily, and after he had gone the defendant missed a mathematical box, and thereupon he went to the plaintiff's master, and asked him to come into another room, as he had something to communicate that was private. The parties went into another room, where there was no other person but an English servant maid, and the defendant there said, in German, that he had missed the mathematical box ; that there had been no other person in the room but the plaintiff; and that he must have taken it. The plaintiff subse quently sued the defendant in the Lord Mayor's Court, contending that the words were slanderous, and on that occasion he obtained a verdict. Sub seq'iently a rule was obtained fora new trial, upon the ground that the judge should have directed the jury that the communication was privileged, and that no action would lie. The matter to-day came on for argument. The Lord Chief Justice said that it was perfectly reasonable that the defendant if he believed the plaintiff had taken the box should warn the plain tiff's master of the fact, and it was also reasonable that the defendant should, under the circumstances, follow the plaintiff to where he expected to find his property, and ask as the defendant did to look in the plaintiff's drawer to see if the box was there. Under these circumstances the communication must be held to be privileged. Rule absolute. - LOCKWOOD V. LERICK.=-COMMISSION. This matter came before the Court upon a rule for a new trial being argued. The short facts were these. The document upon which the action► was founded was issued by the plaintiffs, who are com mission agents ; it stated that they got orders for manufacturers, acting as agents only, and not in terfering with the accounts beyond forwarding the orders and references. Another statement was, " we expect to receive commission on all goods bought by those whose accounts are opened through us." The question was, whether " goods bought" applied to goods for which orders had been given and ac cepted, but which goods from unavoidable causes had hot been delivered. The learned judge thought the term applied in such an instance, but it was now submitted that the learned judge was wrong in holding this opinion. The Lord Chief Justice thought that what the parties meant by " goods bought" was that the order should be obtained by the plaintiffs and ac cepted by the defendant, and therefore the learned judge was right. Rule discharged. COCHER V. FENN.-SINGULAR VERDICT. This was an action to recover the amount of a policy of insurance upon a vessel which had been lost upon the coast, and the defence was that the vessel had been wilfully cast away. The trial took place before the Lord Chief Justice, at Westminster, when the jury returned the followinc , singular ver dict :—" We find a verdict for the plaintiff, but we hope that he will get nothing by it." The question now was whether there should be a new trial upon the grouhd that the verdict was against the evi dence. Mr. Keane showed cause against the rule for a new trial being made absolute, and said that the reason why the jury appended any remark was that they were not pleased at the manner in which the plaintiff gave his evidence, but yet, in spite of this dislike, they felt compelled to find for him. Mr. Honeyman supported the rule. The Lord Chief Justice said he was dissatisfied with the finding ; it was the most unsatisfactory verdict he had ever heard. Rule for a new trial absolute. N Ey; s rlsy EP lic.c.--. re , „.. it....,. r yl; p-:, • - VI aft ta, _I t pfpfd - • PI 4riA ' • 10t:717v fah for - fiujle. , s. Neither Little — defended. The jury acquitted Graham, Tuppin was found guilty, and hs' hard labour. 4 Severa sof pot-stealing eamektefoatheS Court, in which - e prisoners were ola—offenders. One w. sL , nterieed to three years' penal servitude, one to 18 months' hard labour, and others to vai ious terms of imprisonment. Eliza Smith, 14, was indicted for obtaining by false pretences from John Medlock, a clock, with intent to defraud, and for obtaining, in like manner, a silk mantle value 155., the property of Eliza Finch. She pleaded guilty. It appearect the prisoner used to lark about the streets looking out for children sent out with par cels to dAver. 8-he would accost them and ask where they came from, and where they were going to, and having obtained that information, she would say, " Oh, why I have just been sent for the par,:el, as it should have come before," and the children believing her, naturally gave her the things. She had been before convicted, and the learned judge sentenced her to 18 months' hard labour. John Edwards, 19, and William Eeles, 18, port ers in the service of Messrs. Stagg and Mantle, of Lei cester-square, were indicted, Edwards for stealing 20 yards of cloth, value £l2, and a pin, value £2, the property of George Frederick Woolard, and Eeles for stealing. 14 handkerchiefs and other arti cles, value £5, the property of their masters. They pleaded guilty, and the prosecutors recommended them to mercy. The learned Judge sentenced each of the prisoners to six months' hard labour. Mr. Orridge prosecuted on behalf of the Associa tion for the Prosecution of Shoplifters, &c. (Before Mr. Payne.) Wm. Rearson, a smart-looking and well-dressed young man, was convicted of picking pockets at places of religious worship. Former convictions were proved against him, and Mr. Payne sentenced him to three years' penal servitude. Mr. Poland was for the prosecution. Mr. Ribton defended the prisoner. Isaac Rich, hawker, 42, was indicted for stealing two sovereigns, the moneys of Richard Wihnot. Mr. M‘Donnell and Mr. Gent were for the pro secution. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Ribton. The prosecutor resided at 19,King-street, Covent garden, and the prisoner used to call at his house to sell game. Having missed a ring from a shelf, and susnecting the prisoner, the prosecutor put two sovereigns on the same shelf, and one day the prisoner called with some leverets, and directly afterwards the sovereigns were missed. He was accused of the theft, and then put two sovereigns down on the shelf, saying he did not mean to steal them. The jury, after a long consideration, acquitted the prisoner. THE SUN LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1860. TILE NATI% The Royal paddle pacht Victoria and Capt. the Hon. J. Denman, left Portsmouth on Mon day morning for a day's cruise in the Channel, and returned to that port yesterday. The survey of the contract-built screw gun ves sel Cormorant, 4, has been completed at Chatham Dockyard by Mr. Lang, the master shipwright, and the other officials connected with that establish ment. The result of the survey was generally satis factory, the vessel, which is a first-rate specimen of her class, being built of sound substantial materials, and the workmanship equally good. The utmost pains were taken by the party engaged in the survey to ascertain that the timbers were of sound, well-seasoned oak, and this was found to be the case. The Cormorant will be immediately undocked, when the Bombay, 84, will go into the same dock to be converted into a screw steamer. The Racehorse, 4, screw gun vessel, another of the contract steamers built for the Admiralty by Messrs. Wigram and Co., is to be sent from Wool wich to Chatham dockyard to be surveyed. She is a sister ship to the Cormorant. The Plover, 4, screw gun vessel, is nearly com pleted at Chatham for the first-class steam reserve. found conspiring to the injury of others they will become amenable to the law, and public opinion will side with those who resist their encroachments. Let them beware of this error. As long as they only haggle with their employers they may have their own way. The public may think them foolish, or extravagant, or misguided, as the case may be, or it may possibly concur with their views, and wish them success ; but the instant they overstep their proper limits and begin to meddle with the rights of others they will find the whole country against them, and will, they may be very sure, get the worst of the struggle. This, in a few words, is the position in which they stand. The workmen have done themselves no good by the "Strike" of last year, which was conceived on unjustifiable principles and directed to preposterous ends. They did, however, find some support when the masters attempted by the introduction of the " document" to curtail those privileges of combination which the law allowed, but if those privileges are still per. verted to the injury of independent workmen and the destruction of personal freedom they may de pend upon it they will find themselves utterly without sympathy in any second contest. BAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT NORTHERN. The adjourned extraordinary meeting of this company was held yesterday at the railway sta tion, King's-cross, Mr. G. H. Packe, M.P., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that the extraordinary meeting held a fortnight ago had been adjourned to that day for the consideration of the remaining bills on their list, in compliance with the standing orders of the ~ Hozi§e of Lords. The only bill he had Initibniit fdr their approval wag' a bill for establish ing railway communication between Bedford and Cambridge, and for other purposes. The bill was promoted by an independent company for power to construct a railway from the London and North- Western line at Bedford to Cambridge, and to form a junction with the Great Northern Railway at Sandy ; also to authorize contracts to be entered into between the proposed company and the Great Northern and other companies for working the traffic, and for the interchange and forwarding of traffic, and the division and appointment of the re ceipts arising therefrom. It was a railway in which they were in no way interested except as to its passing across their line at Sandy, and forming a junction with it. Mr. Leech, the solicitor, read the heads of the bill and the clauses relating to the Great Northern, London and North-Western, and Eastern Counties Railway Companies. The company were to have power to purchase a short railway made by the late Captain Peel, and to use the Bedford station of the London and North-Western Company, and the Cam bridge station of the Eastern Counties Railway Company. A formal resolution approving the bill was car ried unanimously, and the meeting separated. MONMOUTHSHIRE. At the half-yearly meeting of this company, held on Wednesday at Newport, Lord Tredegar in the chair, a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per an num for the half-year ending the 31st of December last was declared. greatly developed by the construction of larger pontoons, capable of lifting vessels of the heaviest burden, and they had taken steps for the inime. diate construction of one such pontoon. STATE OF E(7YPT. (Fro-;n the Times' CorreGponeegt.) ALEXANDRIA, I‘.l.ky 11. The result of the meeting of subscribers to the Isthmus of Suez Canal Company, about to be held at Paris, is looked for with some feelings of curio sity. A show of carrying on works in the Suez Desert is still kept up ; but every one is agreed that it is nothing more than a mere pretence, and that not the slightest real progress is made. Even M. de Lesseps' friends show great reserve when questioned on the subject. The information we derive from them amounts to little more than that some sort of temporary jetty and lighthouse have been built at the Pelusian end of the canal, and that large numbers of huts have been erected for h.bourers. A great deal is added about limestone found in vari ous spots, and about shrubs and bushes scattered over the ground which are destined to be made use of for converting the said stone into lime. On the other hand, we hear that obstacles arise and interfere with even the merest initiatory ope rations of the labourers, to an extent far more serious than even the most determined opponents of the scheme had ventured to predict. Thus, we hear of limekilns having had to he abandoned almost as soon as built, because it was found impos sible to keep them clear of the sand, which shows an obstinate tendency either to accumu late around any obstacle it meets with in the course of its flights, or else giving way beneath the foundations and allowing the whole fabric gently to subside within its bosom ; or, again, we hear of ditches having been dug to carry water to some particular part of the works, also found useless, because before the water has run many yards every drop is found to be absorbed. Unfortunately, the Egyptian Government has not kept itself so completely aloof as to enable it peremptorily to disclaim all responsibility, and to maintain its innocence of having lent its counte nance and having encouraged the waste of money that has been accomplished. Notwithstanding their formal declarations that no attempts to un dertake the works would be permitted without the sanction of the Porte, they have done more than merely close their eyes to what was going for ward; thus, among other things, allowing mate rials to be imported free of duty, and stone to be extracted gratis from the Government quarries. It is more than probable, therefore, that Said Pasha will some day have to resist an attempt to make him pay the reckoning there will he between M. de Lesseps and his ill-advised subscribers. An arrangement has been concluded between the English residents at Alexandria and the Bri• tish Government by which the church we have possessed here for some years past obtains the rare privilege for similar foundations in foreign countries of possessing a small fixed revenue. The Government has agreed to take on lease a plot of land, part of the spare ground upon which the church stands, originally presented to the British community by Mahonuned Ali Pasha. Of late years, through the immense rise in the price of well situated lands suitable for building purposes, it has become exceedingly valuable. A rent of £340 per annum will be paid for the ground to the church, and the Government undertakes to erect a building upon it which will comprise suitable consular residences and offices, including accommodation for the British post-office, court-house, and other official requirements. The occupants will pay the Government a fair rent, equivalent to that which they pay to private indi viduals for the scattered tenements they now occupy. The arrangement will be advantageous to all parties, and we shall have the satisfaction of seeing the representatives of • our Government and the public offices we possess in this country accommo dated in a manner infinitely better adapted to their requirements, more convenient to the public as well as to themselves, and more in harmony with the importance of their functions in Egypt, and with the magnitude of our interests in this country, and which, moreover, in the eyes both of foreigners and of natives, will be more becoming to our dignity ' as a nation, thereby placing ourselves on a level with our French neighbours, who, with their cha racteristic appreciation of the advantages of being placed in a high and independent position in the eyes of Oriental nations, have for many years possessed a handsome building, combining in an eminent degree the requirements referred to, and situate in the most central part of the town, while the British offices had to be looked for in bystreets and corners. At the beginning of this week we experienced a sharp shower of rain—a very unusual phenomenon at this season of the year. It has, unfortunately, caused some very serious damage to the Cairo and Suez Railway. A portion of the embankment in the Desert over an extent of about six miles has been more or less washed away, and telegraph posts have come down, thereby interrupting the commu r . nication with Suez. This part will soon be reme died, but the injury done to the embankment will be more difficult to repair, and it is said will require at least 15 days' labour of some 2,000 men. Information has been received in Egypt of the death of Mr. Plowden, her Majesty's Consul in Abyssinia. He is stated to have died of wounds received in an attack made upon him by one of the chiefs under Negoussi, the rebel Governor of Tigre, while he was travelling through that province on his way from Gondar to Massowa. He wa; ran somed by King Theodore for 1,000 dollars, but was already in a dying state. The assistance rendered to the Governor of Tigre by the French, in return for the grant of territory which he has made to them on the seacoast, is said to be largely contri buting towards enabling him to resist the authority of Theodore. THE ARMY. The authorities at the Horse Guards have directed a board of Royal Engineer and other officers to be assembled for the purpose of making a survey and reporting upon the condition of the Government stores at Purfleet, Tilbury Fort, and Chatham. Tn addition to the 53d Regiment, which has em barked at Calcutta for England, information has been received at Chatham garrison that the Ist bat talion of the Bth . (the-U.1120) Reghttemb-ifrITOWITtr its passage home from India in three divisions, and may be expected to arrive at Gravesend during the present summer, after an absence of upwards of 14 years, the regiment having left England in April, 1846. During the time the Ist battalion of the Bth has been in India it has seen a great deal of service. It was one of the regiments which bore the most conspicuous part in the suppression of the great In dian revolt. It served at the siege and assault of Delhi in 1857, under Col. Greathed, including the six days' fighting within the city. The regiment was also present in the action at Balundshur, the battle of Agra, the action at Dilkoosha, the relief of Lucknow by Lord Clyde, the battle of Cawnpore, and the aetion of Khadagunj. In all these engage ments the gallant Bth suffered most severely, and the regiment was so weakened that the service companies at the present time number only about 400 bayonets. The depot at Chatham is, however, very strong, numbering about 500 men of all ranks, which will raise the regiment to its required number. THE BUILDING 7RADB3. (From the Times.) We regret to hear that the strike which crippled the building trades through the autumn of last year has not been so completely terminated as was hoped and believed. The men, if at peace with their mas ters, are at strife with each other. Not only are the unions maintaining their old system of persecution, but the recollections of the late struggle are still allowed to create discord and conflict. We cannot say how far things have actually gone, or what may be the present designs of those agitators who aim at controlling the " destinies of trade." We hope they have learnt wisdom from their late defeat, and that the resolutions of renewing the contest which they vauntingly proclaimed meant nothing more than the ordinary cries of a losing party. If, how ever, matters should be otherwise, and the societies are really organising any fresh disturbance, we ear nestly ask the attention of the workmen for a few brief remarks. We can tell them better than they know themselves how they stand with the public, and what results any renewal of the late struggle would be likely to produce. There is no objection taken to fair combination, even for the purpose of raising wages. The law recognises, and the opinion of the public fully approves, these rights of the working classes.. If a number of masons or joiners agree among them selves to sell their labour only on certain conditions they are perfectly entitled to do so ; and if the strength created by this union is sufficient to affect the prices of the labour-market the benefit will be their own. As a natural consequence from these admissions, they may organise their unions, have their presidents and secretaries, and pay them such salaries as they think fit. Nobody wishes to in terfere with them in these respects, or to circum scribe their freedom of action in turning their own property, their labour, to the best account. Nobody wishes to see them overborne by the masters. The single condition which public feeling exacts, which the law demands, and which the Legislature, if need be, will undoubtedly insure, is that their rights shall not be exercised to the injury of others. A trades' union may make its own laws for the gover nance of its own members, but beyond that circle it is powerless, and its action, when exerted against those who do not belong to it, becomes absolute tyranny. Unionists may resolve to work only for certain wages or certain hours. They may agree, in default of such conditions, not only to quit their work, but to quit it in a body, provided they do not violate the terms of any existing contract. When, however, they proceed to dictate to others, and re quire of independent workmen that they also, though not members of the union, shall obey its be hests and fall into its views, they are guilty of un justifiable interference with the rights of indi viduals. This was the kind of cond uct alleged in the charges, whether sustaina ble or otherwise, brought before Mr. Poynter on Friday. We are told that the " society men" engaged on the works of the new Westminster Hotel presumed to demand that some 20 workmen should be dismissed, and a com plaint was also made by one of the workmen at another establishment to the effect that he had been incessantly insulted since signing the " docu ment" last Christmas. All the allegations, in fact, went the same way, and tended to show that, not withstanding the nominal termination of the re cent struggle, the unionists were still bent upon coercing or intimidating all who stood aloof from their body. Now, that is the very system against which public feeling rebels. We warn the men that they will not be able to maintain it. If they persist in thus abusing their privileges, they will very , likely see them curtailed. The laws against com bination were relaxed because it was thought that working men ought not to be deprived of that strength which union confers. It was intended to put them on a fairer footing as regarded their em ployers ; but if they turn the privilege to the in jury of their fellow-workmen and to the destruc tion of private rights , the matter will be looked at in a very different spirit. This feeling was very evident throughout the course of last autumn. It cropped up repeatedly in Parliamentary discus sions and the speeches of public men. The country will not tolerate a system of terrorism in any trade , or calling. Every workman is free to dispose of his labour as he thinks best. He ma y make his terms on his own private account, or adjust them after conference with others exactly as he pleases, without being subject, either in the one case or the other, to obloquy or persecution. We could not quite approve the masters conduct in exacting an acceptance of the famous " document," but the con duct of the Unionists in persecuting those who did accept it was less allowable still, and, if the men persist in requiring that all who have not joined their Society shell be dismissed from their work, the masters will have no option but to reproduce the " document," or some equivalent guarantee against such tyranny and disturbance. Unionists must speak for themselves only, and leave others alone. There is the condition on which they must work. It is the condition, in point of fact, by which at this moment Unions exist under the law. Lord St. Leonard's has explained this thoroughly. Every man is free to combine wi. others, and to act in such combination not only with a view to mutual support in sickness or age, but for the purpose of enhancing the value of his labour. It is only, however, within the limits of the Union itself that its resolutions or its power can be en forced. Its decrees can bind its own members alone, and when the Societies attack those who decline to join them, or who take a different view of the terms on which work may be performed, they not only offend public feeling but they violate the law. We know full well that they make a stand at this point. They see that their power is diminished by the recognition of independent rights. They feel that their ability to coerce their employers is proportioned to the extent of the sway they can get over the whole trade. If at the bid ding of the Union every workman in the trade, without exception, had to leave his work, the masters must needs be beaten ; it is only through the non•unionist or dissentients that they hold out. Ihe Societies, therefore, would fain intimidate every single man into submission or combination, but this is precisely what they will not be permitted to do. They must content themselves with their own power, and with the imfluence they can exert through their own numbers. Directly they are EASTERN BENGAL. The half-yearly meeting of this company was ap pointed to be held yesterday at the office, Gresham street, but in consequence of the non-attendance of a sufficient number of shareholders (20) to consti tute a legal meeting, no resolutions were passed. Mr. J. F. LEITH was in the chair, and as 15 share holders were present he thought it as well to men tion that since the 31st of December last, to which day the accounts were made up, £38,295 had been paid in anticipation of calls, making the balance to the credit of the company £292,295. From this had to be deducted £72,000 expended in England and £30,650 in India, leaving a balance now in hand of £206,645. They continued to receive payments in full in respect of future calls on the shares, and those receipts had enabled the directors to defer making calls on the shareholders. The total ad vances in full on shares to the 22d of November, 1859, amounted to £185,055, and since that time they had received £24,265 in payments in full upon shares, and £22,805 in anticipation of the call due in July next, making the total payments in ad vance of calls £232,135, which he considered was a very satisfactory amount. The num• ber of shares in the company paid in full was 14,029, the total number of shares being 50,000, leaving 35 .971 subject to future calls. He had no doubt that several of those would be paid up in full before the next half-yearly meeting. It was pro posed when one-half the capital was paid up to ob tain power to convert the paid-up shares into stock. They looked forward to a speedy completion of the works, and they were now engaged in providing th 3 rolling stock. The meeting was then adjourned sine (lie. SCINDE. It appears from a telegram received on Monday by the chairman of the above company that the Stanley passenger steamer, of the Indus steam flotilla, intended to run on the Indus in connection with the Scinde Railway, had on the sth inst. safely steamed the short sea passage from Kurrachee round to Ghizree, at the mouth of the creek leading to the Indus. She was built entirely for river navigation, her draught of water being less than two feet, and consequently her performance on that occasion was considered very satisfactory. MADRAS IRRIGATION AND CANAL COMPANY. The directors state in their report that the pro . - gresa made in their undertaking since the first ordi nary meeting has been in the highest degree satis factory. The report states that Col. H. C. Cotton, chief resident engineer, entered upon his appointment in Madras in July last. The directors acknowledge the great promptitude and liberality with which Sir C. Trevelyan, the Governor of Madras, afforded every possible facility and assistance to Colonel Cotton, to enable him to execute their instructions in the most e ff ec t ua l an d s atisfactory manner. With a view to insure the complete success of the company's operations, the Governor of Madras appointed Captain Rundall, then acting as superin tending engineer of the Godavery Irrigation works, as the representative and adviser of Government. the Captain Rundall, i n hi s official capacity, accom paniedcompany's resident chief engineer throughout his inve s ti g ati on , and most cordially rendered his aid and advice in the determination of the course and situations of the various contemplated works, and also in drawing up approximate esti mates, thus securing, as tar as could be, the approval of the local Government to the plans prepared. It was under those favourable circumstances that the course of the proposed lines, canal, and general fea tures of the undertaking were determined upon, and the chief resident engineer was enabled to for ward, in a remarkably short space of time, the further and most satisfactory report, dated Decem ber 21, 1859. The directors remark " that the works as now planned with their subsiduary channels, will irrigate and render cultivable vast tracts now lying waste, and will also form the natural line of com munication between Madras and thos e tracts, as also with the ext ensiv e countries drained by the Kistnah, the Toombudra, and Pennar Rivers and their tributaries, embracing the Southern Mahratta &c., and that the Kistnah is believed to be country with a large portion of the Nizam's do minions, navigable for a considerable distance, and capable of being rendered so, at a trifling expense, for 600 miles above Kurnool. The capital account to the 31st of December last shows that £446,028 had been received, and £10,062 expended, leaving a balance of £435,557 with the Secretary of State, and £4OB cash in hand." THAMES GRAVING DOCK. The ordinary meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Great Georg e -street, West minster, Mr. A. Ricardo in the chair. The report stated that the works had been com pleted as at first contemplated,—namely the hydraulic lift and six pontoons,—at a cost very little exeeeding the sum estimated, and had been completely successful. In the summer of last year the company commenced operations, and tempo rarily leased one slip and the pontoons to a ship building firm. An agreement for the mechanical working of the docks had been entered into with the Victoria Dock lessees, on the terms of paying them a per centage on the net profits arising from the lift and rent of pontoons. The total number of vessels docked up to the present time was 124, and their tonnage amounted to 66,760. Tha receipts for the month of April and the two first weeks in May were £523. The revenue account exhibited a credit balance of £1,308, which would be absorbed by the company's debenture debt.. The capital account showed that £147,293 had been expended, though £123,600 had been raised by shares and in debentures. The directors were firmly con ythat the business of the company might be ed only THE PUBLIC HEALTH. (From the Registrar-General's IVeekly Return.) In the week that ended last Saturday the total number of deaths registered in London was 1,090, exhibiting a decrease in the rate of mortality as compared with that of the earlier period of the pre sent month, when the weekly numbers were suc cessively 1,205 and 1,111. In the ten years 1850-9 the average number of deaths in the weeks corre sponding with last week, corrected for increase of population, was 1,148. The comparison shows that the deaths now returned were less by 58 than they would have been if the average rate of mortality had prevailed. The mortality from smallpox continues to decline. In the winter months the weekly deaths from this disease they y some v have n b s e t e a n n ciens succession, 4 slo O n ; , 2 i n o , the a l s 6 t , four w oereksse h and 14. Of 41 deaths from measles 21 occurred on the south side of the river ; 4 were in the sub district of St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, 2 in that of Peckham, 3 in Rotherhithe, 2 in the sub district of St. Paul, Deptford, 2 in Greenwich West. On the north side measles carried off 2 children in Long-acre sub-district, 3 in Islington West, 2 in Iloxton Old-town, 2in Limehouse. There were 30 deaths from scarlatina, and 11 from diphtheria. Phthisis carried off 174 persons, the corrected ave rage being 152. Of four children whose deaths were caused by suffocation, three were suffocated in the bedclothes, one by food. Five children received fatal burns or scalds ; the son of a bricklayer's labourer, aged 17 months, was scalded by the upsetting of a basin of hot broth ; the daughter of a tinplateworker, aged 2 years, by her mother:upsetting a saucepan of water ; and the son of a shoemaker, aged 2 years, from the upsetting of a kettle of boiling water; a boy and girl died from burns received by means not stated. A woman died at the age of 95 years, and a man at 97. _ _ Last week the births of 867 boys and 835 girls, in all 1,702 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1850-59 the average number was 1,601. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 600 in. The barometrical readings fell to 29.23 in. on Friday, and rose to 2980 in. on Saturday, being respectively the lowest and highest in the week. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 54 . 4 deg., which is 1.9 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The thermometer in the shade fell to 43 6 deg., its lowest point in the week on Wed nesda y , and it rose to 69 . 8 deg., its highest , on Saturday. The range of temperature in the week was therefore 26.2 deg. The mean daily range was 17.7 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point tem perature and air temperature was 4.1 deg. On Saturday the thermometer in the sun rose to 113 deg. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 56.4 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 89. On four days the humidity was from 91 to 97, complete satura tion being represented by 100. The wind was almost always in the southwest. The quantity of rain in the week was euessive. There were 2.22 MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—May 22. (Before Mr. Whateley, Q.C.) Charles Leman, 30, carman, was indicted for stealing 200 feet of paving-stone, the property of the vestrymen of the parish of St. Luke's. Mr. Metcalfe was for the prosecution ; Mr. Wln tyre for the prisoner. The jury found the p ri sonerguilty, and the learned judge sentenced him to two months' hard labour. On the application of Mr. M‘Don nell, the trial of Elizabeth Jenkins, Sir Charles Napier's house keeper, was postponed until next sessions. Mr. M'Donnell said he was instructed for the defence, and the evidence for the prisoner was not yet in a shape to proceed with the case without prejudice to the prisoner. Mr. Metcalfe, on the other side, consented to the adjournment, which was ordered. James Little, 46, stableman, Henry Hughes, 50, cooper, John Graham, 36, shoemaker , and D av id Tuppin, 35, porter, were indicted for fel on i ous l y stealing and rece i ving two sets of harness, the pro perty of Edwin Sherrard Burnaby. The prosecutor resides in Clarges-street, and the harness in question was stolen from some mews near there. Mr. Platt was counsel for the prosecution ; Air. Ribton defended Graham ; and Mr. F. H. Lewis SURREY SESSIONS, May 22. (Before J. E. Johnson, Esq.) • Thomas Bayley, 23, alias Wood, a notorious thief, was indicted for stealing a watch and chain, value £3O, from the person of Martin Burgess. Mr. Harrison prosecuted, and Mr. Lilley de fended the prisoner. The prosecutor, a very respectable tradesman in the Walworth-road, said that on the afternoon of the l'ith of last month he went into the City to transact business, and, on returning towards home, went into a public-house at the corner of Mint street, where he met two men, and got into conver sation with them about the fight between Sayers and Heenan. After having some gin, they went into " Jemmy Welch's," one of the seconders of Sayers, and from thence into the Golden Lion, in Kent-street. He recollected having his watch, chain, and all his money safe about him then, but after drinking a little alehe became insensible, and had no recollection of what took place afterwards until he woke up in the station-house, when he missed all his property, and found himself in a very injured state ; in fact, he had hardly recovered from the effects of the ill-treatment. William Seedon, a farrier, of 276, Kent-street, said that about half-past four o'clock on the after noon in question he was sitting at his front win dow having tea, when he saw the prosecutor coming up the street with the prisoner and two others sparring. They all went into the Golden Lion public•house, and shortly afterwards the pri soner came out, followed by another, and then he saw the prosecutor led out, and he fell down as if he was dead. His clothes were much disordered, and his watch and chain were gone. Witness was sure that he had them about him when he entered the house. In cross-examination, witness said that Mr. Bur gess was a little the worse for liquor when he en tered the public-house, but when he came out he appeared to have been grossly ill-used. Mrs. Harris, the landlady of the Golden Lion public-house, Kent-street, said she recollected the prosecutor coming in with the prisoner and another man on the afternoon in question. The prosecutor appeared to be drunk, and sparred about the place, saying that he was an American, and a supporter of Heenan. They all went into the parlour, and a short time afterwards the prisoner and another left the house, and then she discovered the prose cutor lying helpless in the room. Another man took him out, and that was all she knew about the matter. In cross-examination by Mr. Lilley, witness said that the prosecutor was extremely tipsy when he entered her house, and she was almost positive he had neither watch nor chain about him at that time. His clothes were in a very filthy condition. Strickland and Scannell, detective officers of the M division, proved the apprehension of the prisoner, but neither watch nor chain had been found. Mr. Lilley addressed the jury at some length on behalf of the prisoner, and He was acquitted. HORRIBLE INCREASE OF CHILD M URDER. Yesterday Mr. Wakley held an inquest in the boardroom of the Holborn Union, Gray's Inn-lane, on the body of a newly-born male child, which was found in a piece of waste ground in Chapel-street, of that locality. The body was enveloped in a pil low-case, covered with four sheets of brown paper and tied up with cord. The neck of the child was tightly encompassed with string passed three times round the neck. It was a fully grown male child and had been born alive. Strangulation was the cause of death. The papers and other articles forming the con cealment of the body were produced, one of the papers having written upon it " Question," and " Three, to-day." The ligature appeared to have been made from a piece of check washing silk, and formed into a band, similar to an apron string, of 32 inches in length, and 11 inches in width. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." Mr. Wakley held another inquest at the Balmoral Castle, Caledonian-road, Islington, on the body of a male child found in a ditch, in Stroud-green-lane, in the parish of Islington, wrapped in a piece of dirty cotton, and enveloped in a black apron. It was a full-grown child, and had unquestionably been born alive, but, as in the previous case, with out the assistance of a medical attendant. The cause of death was a blow on the skull. It must have been a remarkably sharp blow, as though the head had been knocked against a wall. The jury in this case also returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." The Coroner said this was really a horrible state of affairs, for infanticide was getting worse and worse. The previous day he held, at one sitting, three similar inquiries at Paddington, and in St. Mary's, Islington, he had had three others, and here was a fourth in the same parish. In another parish, since November last, he had presided over upwaids of 30 such cases. He thought while juries re turned verdicts of " Found dead," it would only be an incentive to women who contemplated juries simply acts, for when they f ound doctors and simply agree to such a verdict, they thought such might be the result in their case, and they would then escape punishment. It appeared to him that concealment of birth was premeditated murder, for no assistance whatever was obtained. Something should be done to prevent children thus being ex posed to murder. There was the Foundling Hos pital, which, if conducted as originally intended, would tend greatly to diminish this kind of crime ; but in order now to bring a child within its pro visions, there must be an application from the mother, with proof that prior to her seduction she was of good character. About twelve months since a child was found near Hammersmith buried alive. It was extricated, and he (the coroner) endeavoured, but unsuccessfully to gain it admission to that esta blishment, and it was eventually received into the Fulham Union, where it is now doing well. He thought something should be done to suppress the increase of so awful a crime ; for a thousand chil dren might now be murdered without the possi bility of discovery. The jurors fully concurred in the remarks of the coroner. The trustees of the parish of SL Mary, Islington, in the three cases alluded to (in one of which the child had its throat cut, the second was taken from the canal, and the third found in a garden), have offered a reward of £5 in each case for information that may lead to the apprehension of the guilty parties. Ve ad )d, Ler I 0 A ing nk )n- T I I