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LONDON must have a Gentleman's SUPPER and MUSIC ROOM "EVAN'S " after Alfred Merlon's Concerts. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This oele "mated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRSNCII BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. sold in Bottles, 3s. 841., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-BTREFT, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Beal. Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." VIHAT A STUPID FELLOW YOU ARE to bite off the end of your Cigar, when you can buy one of " BUTC fi ER'S PATENT KEY-RING CIGAR NIPPERS" for a Penny. Sold everywhere. MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Inc•oporated by Act of Parliament, 1850). 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LENDS MONEY on Personal and other Security, in sums of £2O to £5OO, to be repaid by inAabnents extending over one, two, or three years. The large Cipital of this Associa tion enables it to complete Its transactions without delay. No inquiry or office fees. and strict secrecy observe , l. Bills Discounted at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of a directed stamped envelops. The Association also lends Money for the purchase of a house by a tenant, or for the liquidation of mortgages, on terms most advantageous to the borrower. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. G REAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Many Shareholders who have sent in their proxies to the Poari previous to the publication of the " FEW FACTS." by Captain Jervis, M.P., and the subsequent letters in " The Times," having' expreised a desire to cancel such proxies, they are hereby informed that any Proprietor may, by a note addressed to the Secretary, cancel such proxy. Proxies in favour of an investigation by independent shareholders may be had on application to Messrs. Causton and Sons, 47, Eastcheap. REUTER'S TELEGRAM COMPANY (Limited). Capital £250,000, in 10,000 shares of £25 each. First Issue 5,000 shares. I c aid £lO per share. DIRECTORS. John Dent, Esq., 35, Grosvenor-square, of Messrs. Dent and Co., China. Sir John C. D. Hay, Bart., Director of the Land Securities Company Colonel Holland, Deputy• Chairman of the South African Bank. J. S. Stopford, Esq., Director of the Agra and Masterman's Bank. Julius Reuter, Esq., Managing ISirector. ISSUE OF DEBENTURES. The Directors having been empowered at the Special General Meeting of the Proprietors held to-day to issue de bentures to the amount of £35,000, are prepared to receive applications for the same for the terms of two and four years at ihe following rates of interest : Two years 54 per cent. per annum. Four years 6 The debentures will be of three denominations, namely, £2O, £5O, and .£lOO, and will have interest coupons attached. pay able half-yearly, on the Ist of September and the Ist of March in each year. The contracts held by the Company with various parties in this country and abroad, and ranging over a period of five years from the Ist of January last, amount to considerably more than the sum the Directors are authorised to borrow, and afford ample security for the payment of the inte rest and the redemption of the debentures. In addition to this security there remains upwards of £50,000 of the SUB SCRIBED CAPITAL of the Company uncalled up. All applications should be addressed to the Secretary, ac companied by a deposit of Ten per cent on the amount of debentures applied for. In the event of no debentures being issued, the deposit will be returned in full without any deduction. By order of the Board, FREDERICK J. G2IFFITHS, Secretary. 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, London, August 11, 1865. SWEET OPOPONA X, PIESSE and LUBIN'S new Perfume.—OPOPONAX is a native flower of Mexico of rare fragrance. This scent, and a thousand others for choice, 2s. 6d. and ss. each. Sold by all fashionable chemists and perfumers.— Laboratory of Flowers, 2, New Bond-street, London. MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new descrip ti.n of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the originals by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay. and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any pain ful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastica tion. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastication. 152, Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5. Price 2s. 6d.. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. A Book of Beauty. By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFEeTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERN I A. 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 Moc-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 dr- Cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6c1., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Poet office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT Ith]LAST IC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &e., for Varioose Veins and all oases of vireakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, dr.o. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Prioe 4s. 6d., 75. 6d., 10s., to 16s. sash. Postage 6d. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness Am 2s. 9d.; by post for 40 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. JO/1i( WHITE. Manufacturer. 2211. Picea&Ur. A T THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, WHITE -LA- HALL, the 24th day of July, 1865, by the Lords of hr Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. Present—Lord President, Sir George Grey, Bart., Mr. Milner Gibson. Whereas by an act passed in the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of her present Majesty's reign, intituled " An Act to prevent until the Ist day of September, 1850, and to the end of the then next session of Parliament, the spreading of contagious or infectious disorders among sheep, cattle, and other animals," and which has since been from time to time continued by divers subsequent acts, it is (amongst other things) enacted that it shall be lawful for the Lords and others of her Majesty's Privy Council, or any two or more of them from time to time to make such orders and regulations as to them may seem necessary, for the purpose of prohibiting or regulating the removal to or from such parts or places as they may de signate in such order or orders, of sheep, cattle, horses, swine, or other animals, or of meat, skins, hides, horns, hoofs, or other part of any animals, or of hay, straw, fodder, or other articles likely to propagate infection; and also for the purpose of purifying any yard, stable, outhouse, or other place, or any waggons, carts, carnars, or other vehicles ; and also for the purpose of directing how any animals dying in a diseased state, or any animals, parts of animals, or other things seized under the provisions of this act, are to be disposed of ; and also for the purpose of causing notices to be given of the appearance of any dis order among sheep, cattle, or other animals, and to make any other orders or regulations for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of the said act, and again to revoke, alter, or vary any such orders or regulations ' • and that all provisions for any of the purposes aforesaid in any such order or orders contained shall have the like force and effect as if the same had been inserted in the said act ; and that all persons offending against the said act shall for each and every offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding £:2O, or such smaller sum as the said Lords or others of her Majesty's Privy Council may in any such case by such order direct. And whereas a contagious or infectious disorder. of which the nature is at present uncertain, has lately appeared., and now prevails among cattle within tho metropolis and in the neighbourhood thereof, and it is expedient to take measures for preventing such disorders from spreading, Now, therefore, the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council do hereby, by virtue and in exercise of the powers given by the said recited act, and by the several acts continuing the same aforesaid, order as follows :- 1. If at the date of the publication of this order in the "London Gazette," there shall be any cow, heifer, bull, bullock, or ox labouring under any contagious or infectious disorder in the possession or custody of any cowkeeper, dairyman, or dairywoman, or of any milkman or milk woman, or vendor or purveyor of milk, or of any dealer in cattle whatsoever within the City of London or within the limits of the metropolitan police district, or if at any time hereafter, while this present order shall continue in force and unrovoked,,any cow, heifer, bull, bullock, or ox, being in the possession or custody of any such person as afore said within the said City of London or within the metro politan police district shall be seized or attacked with, or be found labouring or suffering under, any such contagious or infectious disorder, notice of the existence of such dis order, or of the first appearance of such disorderin or among the cattle belonging to or in custody of any such person as aforesaid, shall immediately thereupon be given by the person in whose possession or custody such diseased animals or animal shall be, to the clerk of her Majesty' s Most Honourable Privy Council in waiting at the office of her Majesty's Privy Council at Whitehall, in the county of Middlesex ; and it shall be lawful for the said clerk of her Majesty's Privy Council, and for all such persons as shall by writing under his hand authorise in that behalf thereupon, and at all reasonable times thereafter, to in spect or examine all or any such diseased animals or ani mal, and to report to the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council all such information and particulars as to the na ture or character of such disorder as may seem to him ex pedient for the purpose of enabling proper regulations to be made for preventing or checking the further propaga tion and increase of such disorder. 2. Every person offending against this order, and omit ting to give such notice or to permit such inspection and examination as aforesaid, shall for every such offence for feit any sum not exceeding twenty pounds, which the jus tices before whom he or she shall be convicted of such offence may think fit to impose. (Signed) EDMUND HARRISON. SAILORS' ORPHAN 11031 E, Hampstead. PATRON-7 TRUS' GIRLS' SCHOOL and Offices. 77, Cornhill. le QUEEN. 'EES. Capt. the lion. Francis Maude, I The Rev. Canon rhampneys R.N. Thomas Baring, Esq , TREASURERS. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq. This Institution is designed to supply a groat national want, viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in the Royal Navy and Merchants Service and of Marines. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic service, and provides a home free of expense for former inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temptations they might otherwise be exposed to. The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the increasing applications through the recent storms and loss • f life at sea, and to enable them eventually to obtain premises more commensurate with the necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those wilanrommay7 Bevan,perish by war. Subscriptions thankfully received by the bankers, Messrs and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre • ta rt, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill. R. SWEEPING, Hon. Soo. CHARLES NASH, Seo. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer than 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few of the most recent cases : V., aged 16, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. M. A. F., aged 13, homeless, both parents dead. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. 8. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead, A 8., aged 10, fallen, both parents dead. H. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents. M. H.. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. 11. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. A. G., ' aged 18, fallen, father dead. E. K,, aged 18, fallen, both parents (lead, S. B.aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. M. A'. W. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. S. D., aged 15,'fallen, both parents dead. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children , from the a g e of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Seentary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen •street Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Co Lombard-street. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Gxeat Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. 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ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is app►ied. Sold at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 54 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, Is. 6d., or 20 stamps. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently— Ladies' Hair from 75. Bd. ; Gentlemen's from 55. The Dye is sold at .3s. 6d, or sent free for 54 stamps. It is most easy of use. lIAIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX;ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes, without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face. neck, and arms. 3s. 6d.; sent the same day as ordered by post for 54 stamps. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL. which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent free for 54 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248 ,Iligh Holborn, London. Essay on Hair, Id. ALEX. ROSS' FACE POWDER, ls. ; sent for 14 stamps; Eye Colour, 3s. Ad., or 64 stamps. Skin tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or 6u stamps. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps.—ALX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. TEETH, 2s. 6d. each! Sets, 40s. each ! in a few hours ; painless and perfect ; guaranteed, or no tee accepted, by &least% Eskell and Sons ; stopplogs, 2s. 6d.; extractions, Is. each; the same moderate fixed prices throughout ; attendance, Nine to Eight o'clock daily ; con sultations free. ESKELL and SONS, 13, Tichborne-strcet, Quadrant. (o other address. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, eonsisting of a new and eiegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, Deautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &0., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine. ralogist to her UsJesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, 81 ENE RALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and cat be had at 2, 5. 10, 20, 60, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION In GiOLOGY and MINE RALOGY to given by Mr.TENNANT.P.G.S., at 149. Strand. NOTHING ThIPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the da, AGUA AMARELLA. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and C O., 12, Three King-court, Lombard-street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Ague Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles. 10s. 61. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. TOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY If) TOOTH. PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the the breath. Price is. 6d.-12, Three King-court, Lombard street, London. WII%SLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having been recently opened and fitted with requisites for the care and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr. BOISRAGON, announces that he has transferred his Estab lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable residence, easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour and a-halt by the London and North-Western line, and fifty minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on a sandy soil, and commanding an extensive and pleasing prospect. are garden, ineAdow. plautatiun, anti ..,.‘,....-- grounds. For terms and forms or admission address the proprietor. ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Esta blished A.D. 1837. under Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo place, London, S.W. ARTHUR It. HAMILTON, Secretary. Agents wantel in towns not yet represented. President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCII. K.G. a T h h t i l s i e H p o r s i n p c i t i p a L, l o o i n n f r d e e e d a d i n m i t s h s e io year I t B h 2S e , s t i h ck e p i I o r s o t r, t w o i e t s h t a o b u t the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affurds relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in ‘ddition to this, the average number of attendance of the Jestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are 'capable of containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer. Edward Mae )erman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; G:yn and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; 117,111 ams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co.; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; I. Barned and Liverpool; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. oTANFORD t3MITA bealtal• (~ z , _......ff.<_.)......, .:27.--,---:26 :),•<;11:1-:'1:71.:\`‘..4-. 7 .' '. 1 . - e--- .., 7/7_ / j • ........ ,..........m....... E . .' • 0 A.;-: • • .., no complaint to them. She • i an a - A t- , .........,/ , 1 4e:-- ~-..,...!;;;!/ 0 k „ , ..... . that she had taken some bra Ate t had ..ff- ' ' . .....'..-,..'f I'S Lk 4 , ' i ,411tA. 2 giTen hor. 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Mr. Thomas Bennett 'Humphreys, surgeon, of Trinity square, deposed that he was sent for to go to the police station in Seething-lane about half-past 6 o'clock on Sunda,y evening, where he saw the prosecutrix, Hannah Hart. He was told the charge against the prisoner, and he was re quested to examine her. She told him what had happened in pretty much the same terms as she had stated in evi dence. All medical evidence on such matters could only go to probabilities. From what he saw he inferred a pro bability of a recent connection, but it might not have been violent. He was not justified in saying anything beyond probability. He found no marks of bruises. As to the marks on the girl's neck a starched collar, or anything of that kind, might have produced the discolouration there. lodine would produce a dark mark, but not insensibility. Police-constable llng,gett said on the prisoner being charged with rape by the prosecutrix he made no reply, except to ask if ho could be bailed by a friend. Witness found two £5 Bank of England notes upon him, 123 postage stamps, a half sovereign, and some coppers, and a packet of letters. He gave the name of Sprague. The prisoner, in reply to the Court, said his name was Charles Gordon Sprague. The letters found on the prisoner, on being produced, showed that lie was the same person who was tried at Exeter a fortnight ago for the attempt to poison his wife's mother, Mrs. Chalker, at Ashburton. The L or d M ayor eventually remanded the prisoner until Tuesday next, and declined to entertain his application to bo admitted to bail. Death by Drowning of an Under-Graduate at Cambridge. Yesterday an inquest wa holed t the Unicorn, in the parish of Trumpington before Mr. Francis Barlow, coroner for the division, on the body of Mr.:George Galliers, aged 23 years, late a sizer of Corpus Christi College, and whose death resulted under the melancholy circumstances below detailed. The Rev. T. T. Perowno, fellow and assistant tutor of Corpus, attended on behalf of the college authorities. • Mr. Frederic Le Mothe, undergraduate of Corpus Christi College, who entered (as did deceased) last October, and who while giving his evidence was evidently suffering much emotion, said that on Saturday last the deceased called upon him, and proposed that they should go in the after noon and bathe in a part of the river in the parish of Trumpington, a part of which he (deceased) had on two or three previous occasions spoken to witness. [The spot in question is just next what is known as " Byron's Pool," having been a favourite haunt of the illustrious poet.] They started at two o'clock, and walked to the place. Witness could swim but the deceased could not. Deceased took witness a little higher up the river, and pointing to a. place said, " there is a deep hole theie," and that " that was where his brother " (Mr. Thomas Galliers, under graduate of Caius College) " had got in some days before." Witness said then, "Do you go down to the shallow part, and go in there, and I will go in here, and swim down to you." Deceased went and stripped, and got into the water at the more shallow part. Witness was stand ing on the bank with all his clothes on, but unbut toned and ready to take off. In about a minute after wards witness stripped, plunged into the river, and swam down to the deceased. When within about a yard of the deceased witness tried to and did sound the bottom, and found that it just came up to his chin. Walked along the bottom of the river to where deceased was standing, nearly up to his chest in the water. Went up to deceased and told him that the way witness was taught to swim when ho was a boy was by another person holding his head. Deceased said, "The great difficulty he had was with his legs. He thought he could manage with his hands, but not with his legs." Witness took deceased's head in his hands, and told him to kick with Isis feet. Deceased did so, and in doing so ho pushed the witness forwards out into the stream, and both were over their depth in an instant. Wit ness was thrown, as it were, on his back, and deceased came forward on to him, and then both got into the centre of the river. Deceased seized witness by the neck, and they both went under. Each clung to the other very tightly, and witness felt sure that both would be drowned. After they had been under some time they cleared from one another almost without a struggle, and witness then struggled for the top of the water. The water seemed to be of a great depth, and witness almost feared he should never get to the top. Did reach the top, however, scrambled out, and then ran directly for a gate, of which deceased had on a previous occasion spoken to him, and had, on Saturday actually shown him. Witness threw the gate into the river with the hope that deceased would bo able to seize it, but he was then under the water, and witness could not see him. Witness then jumped into the water again. There were two men fishing, about 150 or 200 yards off. Witness shouted, and saw the men come running up the bank. They ran by the railway bridge to get on the other side of the river, as there were a great many weeds on the side they were. They ran round to the same side as witness. They brought a long pole, and threw it into the river to witness. Witness probed the bottom of the river with it to try if he could feel the body. One of the men then said, " Why don't you dive ?" Witness then swam under water and looked at the bottom, but could see nothing whatever. Witness then came out, and he and the men searched from the bank, but could see nothing. Witness found himself very weak and cold, and his hands all cramped. Witness then put on his things, and another young man came up, stripped, and dived several times and in different directions, but could find no trace of the deceased. Some men then came up with a grapnel and threw it across the stream, but could not discover deceased. A boat was sent for and rowed about, and at last one of the occupants said, "Here is the body. It is in a crouched position." Witness did not want to see the body drawn, and went away and stood by a tree. The spot where the body was found was about a yard from where he first sank, and on the same side of the river. Should say it was about three-quarters of an hour to an hour before the body was got out. Believed deceased was about 24 years of age. Samuel Lloyd, labourer on the Cambridge and Bedford Railway, in the vicinity, deposed to the finding of the body, with the grapnel, in 10 feet of water, and that the deceased was quite dead when his remains were recovered. The Rev. Mr. Perowne identified the body, and the jury returned a verdict of Accidentally Drowned. The sad occurrence has spread a glooom not only over the college of which deceased was a member, but tho university at large. The deceased was a young man of much intollec tual promise ; entering last October, he came out in the first class at the late college examination. Mr. Garners was native of Herefordshire, but has loft no parents to moun t his loss. EXTRAORDINARY CAPTURE OF WHALES IN THE CROMARTY FIRTH.—On Wednesday morning an ex .. traordinau capture of whales took place in th e Cromarty Firth, close by the town of Dingwall. On the previous afternoon a largo shoal of these gigantic creatures, after wards ascertained to bo of the bottle-nose species, had been- observed sporting themselves in the water about half a mile distant from Invergordon harbour, and were immediately pursued by boats full of eager crews from Invergordon, Saltburn, Balms{ d, and the coast, the gde about t s h t e r a r, n t h d ael lt centre h e th m . e wo T hf i h lte e h e fi s mc h , ohyn however, kept cora object of the p ursuers being to run them into shallow ngel,bawcwkwohardfss very pfoame wat e rt forwards ds an t o deep, for the space of four or five hours ; and several shots were fired at them from the boats without any visible effect. Ultimately, about 6 o'clock in the evening, they took a start up the Firth, whither they were closely followed by the boats, and a hot chase ensued. The tide was at this time on the ebb, and there was every chance of the fish being driven into shallow water. The scene was animating in the extreme. The pursuers arrived at Never Bay about 8 o'clock, having succeeded in keeping the fish ahead of them all the time, although the frightened crea tures took many turns and windings as if in the endeavour to escape down the Firth, or keep in the greatest possible depth of water. The water, however, at this point is ox. tremely shallow in some places, and as a stray fish got separated from its companions it inevitably went aground, and was immediately surrounded by some of the boats, the crews of which, armed with all sorts of weapons, from a shovel to a crowbar, made short work of the victim. In this way a good many were captured from between the shore of Fowlis and the opposite coast all the way down to Ding.. wall. Night did not stop the operations of those who had engaged in the pursuit. Love of sport, and the chance of gain combined, acted a s a st rong i ncen ti ve to the pursuer, and those who were not fortunate enough to strand their whale previously, pushed on to the head of the Firth, gathering strength on the way, until a perfect little flotilla of fishing cobles, rowing and sailing boats, and pleasure yachts had arrived within view of Dingwall. The night was clear and favourable. Shortly after 12 o'clock, and early in the morning, those of th e shoal which had managed to get this length ground e d among the mudand and opposite the burgh, facing to the north-east. It was of sand opposite snow that the work began in right earnest. A lt numberthe townspeople were prepared for what was likely happen, and hastened to the scene. A general massacre ensued, and was continued until a late hour in the morning, when, w e e d a in re th a is ssu Nv red, ay, r number b e i ng ns n oo o ml l ee e s s so s ftthhtabanen 28ft.fi3 s 6 h w al cos rnelarge u n at d sb t y2 o of h fat a r„ v ta e hn b e edg e or n ne ac k l t from 15ft. to 18ft. The total number captured, including those on the other parts of the Firth and on the coast, is estimated at between 50 and 60, and it is confidently as_ she erted that few, if a n y , o f the shoal succeeded in making t escape.—/nverriess Advertiser. L ADVERTI SEMENT.I—HoIIoway' s Ointment and Effectual Aid. —In the sad time of sickness it is cheering to know that a remedy does exist, and that it can be pro cured at a little cost. Holloway's ointment and pills are always useful in relieving pain, in reducing inflammations, and regulating disordered actions. They never can be misapplied, nor can they under any circumstances cause mischief. They are a blessing to the rich when tormented by indigestion, gout, skin diseases, &c., and a precious boost to the poor when struck down by sickness. Holloway's me dicines should be in the possession of all soldiers, sailors, and emigrants, who will then be in a position to ease pair% and cure disease when medical assistance cannot be ob. tabled. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1865. GREAT ST. JAMES'S HALL.-WIZARD of the NORTH. Crowded Houses. Great success of Frederic (the Great) Mambe, the unrivalled ventriloquist and mimic (vide the London press). Second Sight by Miss Anderson, more extraordinary than ever. Every night at 8, Saturday afternoon at 3. Entrances, Regent-street and Pic cadilly. SATURDAY NEXT-DAY PERFORMANCE Great St. James's Hall. Maccabe, the Ventriloquist. —The World of Magic by PROFESSOR AND ER3ON, Seoond Sight by Miss Anderson, the real Indian Basket Feat by Miss Liz .ie Anderson. Doors open at 2, to commence at 3. Stalls, is. ; reserved seats, 3s. ; balcony, 2s ; area and gal leries, is.; schools and children half price to stalls and re • served seats, which may be obtained at Mr. Austin's office, No. 28, Piccadilly. A. NIMIIO, Acting Manager. T " 0 X FORD 6. OXFORD STREET. W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). _ - - SIXTY-SIX, by J. Offenbach, performed by Misses Russell, Barrie, Walmebley, Tyrell ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn. Husk, Green, and Mons. ERVAH, the new French Tenore, with full Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Ballet - , Comedy, Burlesque. &c., by the celebrated D'Au bans. Messrs. Duriah and Davis, and the Misses TESSY and SARA. GUNNISS. NO PILE —The Oxford has been entirely Redecorated. Altered, Newly Lighted, and Ventilated, and now is one of the most agreeable places of resort in the kingdom.—OPEN EVERY EVENING at Eight o'clock. Admission—Area, 6d.; stall➢ and balcony, Is. ; private boxes. 10s. 6d. . CANTERBURY HALL. 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JDEFRIES and SONS supply Designs and • Pattern Books Free. Works—LONDON and BIRMINGHAM. Our Lights and Lighthouses. How far that littlo candle throws his beams ! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. Merchant of Venice. If the faint twinkling of a candle's light was cal culated to awaken so beautiful an idea in the mind of our great dramatist and poet, to what shall we liken that noble light which not only so far transcends the little candle in magnitude and beauty, and in the distance to which its beams are thrown, but whose mission it is to protect and save,—which pierces the midnight gloom, lighting the seaman's path along the trackless deep, to warn him of the hidden shoal, the sunken rock, the beetling cliff— to be, as it were, " a light to his feet and a lamp to his path—to guide him to the haven where he would be?" It may be likened to religion's holy light, which reveals to man the road to Heaven, and warns him of the many hidden dangers on which moral shipwreck may befall him on his way. So calculated, indeed, is the beacon-light to awaken elevated and even holy thoughts, that it seems somewhat strange so humble, and indeed unsuitable a name, as " lighthouse" should have been adapted to signify the shrine of so splendid a jewel, and especially as such buildings have rarely the ap pearance of a house at all. A tower, or more often a spire, their tall and graceful forms resemble, and accordingly their names in some other Euro pean languages have such a signification— as the " Tour h feu," in the French, and the " Torre de lutes," in the Spanish language. Their more frequent name is, however, taken from the Greek " Pharos," the celebrated light tower of Alexandria, erected there, on a small island of that name, by Ptolemy Philadelphus, about 300 years before the birth of Christ; thus " phare" in French, and, in our own language, the term " pharology" has been adopted to signify the science of lighting up sea-coasts with beacon or warning lights. The most ancient light-tower of which there is any authentic record is the one above named, which endured for 1,600 years. Others were erected at Ostia, Ravenna, Apamea, and at Capio, or Apio, as recorded by Pliny, Strabo, and other writers. The oldest existing light-tower is that at Corunna, in Spain, said to have been erected in the reign of Trajan, and now fitted with one of the finest modern light-apparatus. The celebrated Colossus of Rhodes has also been supposed by some to have had a light at its summit, but on no certain evi dence. Various ruins of towers on the coasts of Great Britain, and on the shores of Europe, have likewise been supposed to be the remains of ancient li fs bi-hou.oa y ..a, if ouch be the case, they may be looked on as fitting emblems of the departed of the earlier civilisation of our race, which was fol lowed by a long period of barbaric darkness. The subject of pharology, although it may not be of universal interest, should at least be so to every Englishman who is sensible of the vast commercial intercourse between his island home and the world around it, and of the immense effect of that inter course in promoting the prosperity and advance ment not only of his own country and its numerous dependencies, but directly and indirectly of the whole world. The slight sketch, which is all that we can attempt, of this to us interesting subject, we will divide into the three heads under which it seems naturally to fall, namely -Ist.--The towers or buildings containing the lights. 2d.—The lights themselves. 3d.—The positions in which such lights are placed. 1. THE BUILDINGS.—The character of the build ings in which the beacon-lights are placed is dependent on their situation. They may be placed on lofty cliffs at a considerable height above the sea, as at Flamborough Head and the North and South Foreland, in which case the building itself need not be lofty, but only of such peculiar shape and colour as to make it conspicuous from the sea by daylight, and to make it easily distinguished from the dwel ling houses or other buildings in its neighbourhood. Or they may be situated on low promontories but little above the sea level, as on the flat beds of shingle at Oxfordness and Dungeness, where they must be raised to a considerable elevation, that the light by night and the building by day may be dis cernible at long distances from the land. Or they may be fixed on the isolated and even sunken rock, as the celebrated Eddystone in the English Chan nel, in which CAN the whole akin and science el the engineer must be expended, not only on their foun dations, but also on their entire structure, to enable them to stand the mighty shocks of the ocean waves. Or, lastly, they may be required to stand in the very midst of the great deep itself, where not even a sunken rock will afford a foundation On which to build ; and then they must be either erected on open work of piles, or on a floating ves sel, strongly moored to the ground below, many of which invaluable though non-locomotive craft may be seen around our coasts, warning the mariner from the treacherous sandbanks that are so numerous in our tidal sea. The principal class of buildings of this description to be noticed are those of the third class above alluded to, which are erected on outlying rocks, or on softer ground in shallow water ; for such edifices are invested with peculiar interest, from the skill and energy that have been engaged in their construction ; as being amongst the most striking illustrations of the conquest of mind over matter ; as being invested with a certain wild romantic interest from their isolated exceptional position, eternally surrounded by the great watery waste, and cut off from the busy haunts of man. THE Tour DE CORDUAN.—Perhaps the first light-tower that has claim on our attention, as far as architectural grandeur is concerned, is the Tour de Corduan. It is erected on an extensive reef at the mouth of the river Garonne, in France, and serves as a guide to the shipping of Bordeaux and the Languedoc Canal, and, indeed, of all that part of the Bay of Biscay. It Was commenced in the year 1584, and not completed until 1610. It is 197 ft. high, and around the base is a wall of circum vallation 134 ft. in diameter, in which the light keeper's apartments are formed, somewhat in the style of the casemates in a fortification. Its first light was obtained by burning billets of wood in a chauffer at the top of the tower, which was no doubt the mode by which all the earlier light-towers were illuminated. It has since gone through all the gradations of improvement of the several modern discoveries, viz., from a fire of wood to one of coal, and the subsequent addition of a rude reflector ; next, in about the year 1780, the substitution of improved reflectors and lamps ; and lastly, in 1822, by the introduction of the dioptric apparatus, first proposed by our distinguished countryman, Sir David Brewster, in 1812, and subsequently in France by M. Fresnel. TILE EDDYSTONE.—Of the British light-towers of this class, that on the Eddystone rock, 9 miles off the coast of Cornwall, is the most celebrated, although much larger ones have been since built on the same design. The first light -tower on these dangerous rocks was designed by Mr. Winstanley, and was formed of wood ; it was commenced in 1696 and completed in 1698. It was 60ft. high ; but as the sea broke fairly over its top, its height was subsequently increased to 120 f t. In Novem ber, 1703, some considerable repairs were being executed, when the storm of the 26th of that month swept the entire edifice away, and Mr. - Winstanley and the whole of his assistants, 30 in number, un happily perished 'on the occasion ; a proof of the danger and difficulty attending the construction of such works. Shortly after its destruction, the Winchilsea ship-of-war was wrecked on these rocks, and most of her crew were drowned. In 1706, another tower, likewise of wood, was commenced under the direction of Mr. John Rudyerd, of Lon don, and was completed in 1708. This one lasted until the year 1755, when the whole of the edifice was destroyed by fire. The height of this tower was 92 ft., and the diameter at its base 23 ft. The great importance of a light on these dangerous rocks having been long recognised by seamen no time was now lost in replacing it, and Mr. Smeaton was intrusted with its re-erection. On the 12th June, 1757, the first stone of the present edifice was laid, and the last on the 20th August, 1759. The whole structure is 93 ft. in height, and has 26 ft. diameter at the base. The first 12 ft. above the rock is a solid mass of masonry, the stones being united to each other by means of stone joggles, dovetailed joints, and oak tree-nails. This beautiful tower, which, after the lapse of more than a century, stands as firm as the rock on which it rest, has been the model of successive structures in similar positions. THE BELL ROCK. —Amongst the chief of these light-towers is the Bell Rock tower, on the east coast of Scotland on a dangerous reef, right in the fairway of the Firths of Forth and Tay, which had long been a terror to mariners ; the task of erecting a durable edifice on this reef was a still more difficult one than had been that in the case of Eddystone, since there was a depth of 12ft. of water over the rocks at every . spring-tide. Ail difficulties, however, were over come, and a splendid stone tower, after the model of the Eddystone, was successfully erected under the direction of Mr. Robert Stevenson, the engineer to the Lighthouse Board of Scotland. This tower is 100 ft. high, 42ft. in diameter at the base, and 15ft. at the top. The foundation having been excavated, the first stone was laid on July 10, 1808, and the light was first exhibited on the night of Feb. 1, 1810. Its base is of solid masonry to the h e i g ht o f 30ft., a t which height is th e d oor f or which is reached f rom th e outs id e by a m a ss i ve cop per ladder. It cos t £60,000. ingress and egress, and THE SKERRYVOItE.—Another noble specimen of sea-architecture, if we may use the term, is also to be found in the coast of Scotland. The Skerry yore Rocks on the coast of Argyleshire, 12 miles W.S.W. of the Isle of Tyree, were long known as the dread of seamen, owing to the numerous ship wrecks that had occurred on them, fatal alike to the vessels and their crews. The Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouses had for many years entertained the project of erecting a light-tower on the Skerryvore reef, and w ith that object had vi s it e d i t i n t h e year 1814, i n company with Sir W a lt er Scott, w h o has given a graphic description of it in his " Diary." It was not, however, until the year 1834 that a minute survey of the reef was undertaken by that board, and the work was not actually commenced before 1838. In illustration of the danger attending the cons t r uction of Cll ,l l PAificecs we. will describe come details er. r egarding the commencement of thi s li g ht- The Skerryvore reef , which stretches over a sur face of nearly 8 miles from W.S.W. to E.N.E., is composed of the very hard i g ne ous rock called gneiss, the surface of which is wor n light tower. w as smooth as glass by the perpetual motion of the water. In nume rous places it rises above the surface of the water, forming small rocky islets, the principle one of which alone presents sufficient surface to form the base of a light-tower ; and it is so small, that at high water little of it remains above the surface but a narrow band of a few feet in width, and some rugged lumps of rock, separated from it by gullies, through which the sea almost incessantly plays. The cutting of the foundation alone, in this irregu lar flinty mass, occupied nearly two summers ; and the blasting of the rock in so narrow a space, with out any shelter from the flying splinters, was at tended with much hazard. In such a situation, of course, everything had to be provided beforehand, and transported from a distance ; and the omission even of a little clay for the tamping of the mine-holes might for a time have stopped the works. Barracks had to be built at the workyard in the neighbouring island of Tyree, and also on the Isle of Mull, where the granite for the tower was quarried. Piers had to be built at both places, to facilitate the shipment and landing of materials ; and a small harbour or basin, with a re servoir and sluices for scouring the entrance, had to be specially formed, for the accommodation of the small vessel required to permanently attend on the light-keepers. A steam-tug had also to be pro vided, to expedite the transport of the building materials, and which also served, in the early stages of the work, as a floating-barrack for the workmen, in which service she and those on board her had to incur many risks, the tug being moored off the rock on foul and rocky ground, on which the anchor often tripped. In the summer of 1838, Mr. Allan Stevenson, the engineer who designed the tower, commenced by erecting a wooden barrack on the rock, as far as possible removed from the foundation ; but in the great gale of the 3d November following it was en tirely destroyed and swept from the rock, leaving nothing but a few twisted iron stanchions to mark its site. For the greater part of two seasons the men then lived on board the vessel moored off the rock, at the end of which time they erected another wooden barrack, more strongly secured than the former one, and which fortunately endured through the winter's storms, until the com pletion of the building, and indeed till many years afterwards, notwithstanding that, as Mr. Stevenson describes it, they were often disturbed in their beds by the sea pouring over the roof, by the spurting of the water through the doors and windows, and by the rocking of the whole edifice on its supports. The Skerryvore light-tower was completed in 1844. It is 158Ift. high, exclusive of the lantern, 42ft. in diameter at the base, and 16#. at the top. It was an adaptation of Sineaton's Eddystone tower, with such modifications in the size and general arrangements of the buildings as were called for by the peculiar situation and other circum stances, while it embodied such improvements as later knowledge had suggested. The tower contains a mass of stonework of about 58,580 cubic feet, being more than double that of the Bell Rock, and nearly five times that of the Eddystone. Its cost, including all the contingent and preliminary expenses, was £86,978. The other light-towers of this description most worthy of notice aro the Bishop Rock, off Scilly, the New Sinai's, that on the Hanois Rock on the Jersey coast, and perhaps that at Carlingford on the east coast of Ireland. The three first-named have been all erected by the Trinity House, under the superintendence of the Messrs. Douglass, who are now engaged on the difficult task of erecting a tower on the Wolf Rock off the Land's End. The Carlingford tower was designed by Mr. George Halpin, the inspector of the Irish lights ; it was first exhibited on the 20th December, 1830. Its figure is that of a frustrum of a cone, 111 ft. high, and 48 ft. diameter at the base. Some idea may be formed of the difficulties of erecting light-towers of this class, from the circum stance that in working at the tower on the Wolf Rock, 82 working hours is said to have been the whole time that was available to work on the rock during the year 1862. Some idea may likewise be formed of the tremendous strain to which they are subjected from the fact that, at Skerryvore, where an instrument to test the forces of the waves had been exposed, it was found to have equalled, in * the maximum case no less than 6,0831b5. on the square foot; also from the fact that, at the Bishop Rock Light-tower, off Scilly, a mas sive bell, which was fixed with strong iron supports, built into the masonry, at 120 ft. above the level of the sea, was struck with such force by a wave which ran up the tower, that it was wrenched from its po sition, while its iron supports were broken. It will be readily felt, then, that the greatest possible strength that human ingenuity can devise must be requisite to resist the impact of such enormous forces. This strength is obtained in the stone towers by a solid mass of masonry, to a height of 30ft. in some towers, above the sea-level, the stones being all dovetailed together, both laterally and vertically, and united by hydraulic cement, so that the stones cannot be separated without being broken, and the whole base is literally as solid and indivisible as if it were a natural, solid rock. A novel class of towers has been designed and erected by Mr. Alexr. Gordon, consisting of iron plates bolted together. There are several fine examples of his light-towers at Jamaica, Bermuda, the Baha mas, and other places. They are well adapted for positions and countries where skilled labour and suitable materials are wanting. _ _ Another description of light-tower, or lighthouse, deserving of notice, is that on the ingenious plan of Mr. Alexander Mitchell, supported on screw-piles. Buildings of this class are especially applicable to shallow waters, at the estuaries of rivers, and such like situations, over flat, soft ground of mud or sand. The Maplin, at the mouth of the Thames, was the first of these, begun in 1838. It stands on nine piles, secured to as many iron screws, which were screwed down to a depth of 22ft. into the sand. These screws consist of a single turn of a flange, 4ft. in diameter, on the lower end of the iron pile. They were fixed in nine consecutive days, under the personal direction of the blind inventor. The piles are secured in place and bound together by suitable ties, and the dwelling room and lantern are placed above the reach of the sea, which breaks harm lessly through the open work of iron piles, &c., be neath. Similar buildings have been constructed at Fleetwood, Belfast, and other places. Lastly, there remains to be described the floating lights. It is, we believe, an axiom in pharology never to place a floating light Where a suitable posi tion can be had for a fixed building; the reasons being that their lights must be comparatively small; that they are liable to drag their anchors in violent storms, and thus, by their change of position, to mislead instead of guiding, although this does not often happen ; that they are much more expensive, requiring 11 men to work them, whereas 3 men are all that are necessary to occupy a first-class light tower ; the cost of management of the former being about £1,300 per annum, and of the latter £350 ; also that they are much more troublesome, requir ing to be periodically taken into dock to refit, on which occasions they have to be replaced by similar vessels. There are 51 floating lights on the coasts of the United Kingdom, being a greater number than appear in any other country, the United States of America having only 39 lights. These craft are in general ordinary-shaped vessels, and are now expressly built for the purpose. The floating light vessels of Mr. George Herbert's design are, however, circular, and are moored from their centre of gra vity. They have immense stability, and are com paratively motionless ; they have been found to answer admirably where adopted for floating bea cons, &c. Light-vessels are ordinarily painted of a dark-red colour, to make them readily distinguishable from all other craft, and that colour, which is the oppo site of green, being more conspicuous than any other on the surface of the water. The greatest depth of water in which any of these vessels at present ride is about forty fathoms, as is the case with the one at the station of the Seven Stones, between the Scilly Islands and CoCornwall.The lights on land, or lighthouses, which are at the highest elevation, with the distances they com mand in clear weather, are given in the following table, compiled from the general return published by the Admiralty : Height of Distances Lantern at which Year above High the Lights erected. Water. are seen. Feet. Miles. Lizard 1751 ... 224 ... 20 Needles Beachy Head lB2B 285 ... 22 South Foreland 1793 ... 372 ... 25 Cromer Flamborough Head 1806 ... 214 ... 19 Inchkeith Isle of May lBl6 240 ... 21 Dunnet Head lB3l ... 346 ... 23 Sumburgh Head lB2l ... 300 ~. 22 Cape Wrath Barra Head 1833 ... 680 ... 32 Kintyre Mull of Galloway Calf of Man St. Bee's Head Lundy Island lB2O ... 540 ... 30 Cape Clear lBl7 455 ... 27 Clare Island Skellig's Rock 1826 ... 372 ... 25 The figures which are appended, together with the above brief sketch, will, perhaps, give a suffi cient general idea of the nature of the buildings which enclose and protect the beacon-lights that encircle our shores.—Journal of the National Life boat Institution, PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. Extraordinary Charge- Yesterday Chas. Gordon Sprague, a surgeon, w h o was re cently tried and acquitted on an indictment charging him with administering poison to Sarah Chalker, his mother-in law, with intent to murder her, at the Exeter Assize;, was brought More the Lord Mayor (Alderman Hale), at the Justice-room of the Mansion-house, charged with rape. Tho prosecutrix was Hannah Hart, a respectable-looking young woman, who gave her evidence with much propriety of manner. She said, mostly in reply to questions from the bench—l are 25 years of ago next birthday, and am a servant to Mr. Jenkins, a surgeon at 22, Philpot-lane, Pen church-street. Mr. Jenkins occupies the whole house there. The prisoner had been in Mr. Jenkins's service two days as an assistant. Mr. Jenkins left town on Saturday morning, ' and I and a boy were left in the house with the prisoner, who attended iu the surgery. On Saturday afternoon, about 3 o'clock, I was taken very ill, and went upstairs to my bedroom. The prisoner was not in the house at that time. I believe he had gone to attend patients. I told the boy I was ill and that I would lie down for an hour. I asked him to call me at 4 o'clock. I closed my door and went to sleep. The Lord Mayor—Did you un dress ? Witness—No. I do not know how long I slept before I was roused by the boy, who told me the doctorwas coming up to see me. I said I did not wish him to come up as I should be better soon. The prisoner came upstairs shortly afterwards into myroom, and, taking a chair, sat down by my bedside, and asked what was the matter with me. I said I felt very poorly. The boy was then in the room. He sent the boy downstairs to the surgery for a particular bottle of spirits of some kind, but I cannot tell you the name of the spirits.. The boy came back and said he could not find tbe bottle. He brought up a bottle of something else, but it was not the right one. The prisoner then sent him into Mr. Jenkins's bedroom to bring some brandy, which he did. He first gave me a wineglass full of the brandy, which quite overpowered me. The boy was then in the room. The prisoner had requested me to drink it all at once, and I did so. He then put his hand up my drawers to my left side, and asked if I felt any pain there. I said I did not. He raised my head up and gave me another glassfull of some thing which I believed was brandy. He told me to drink it at once, and I did so. He said I should be quite right after I hid had that. I lost all my senses then, and could not remember anything after until I was roused by a heavy weight upon me. I then found the front of my dress all open, and my clothes thrown up over me. I heard the prisoner walk out of the room as far as the landing. I was raising myself up in bed, and he came in and threw some thing over me which burnt very much, and scorched my neck. He stood by the side of my bed while ho threw it over me. It took my breath away, and I felt the burning directly. I tried to speak, but I could not. Ho went out of the room after he threw it. I cannot remember any thing from that time. I was afterwards awoke by a sick ness, and tried to get out of bed, but I could not. It was quite dark at that time. I lay there until the boy called me, and said two sergeants of police wanted to speak to me. I went downstairs and spoke to them. I never saw the prisoner again until yesterday, when I charged him with committing a rape. [The witness here described the cir cumstances of a criminal assault.] The boy had been out with some letters, and on his return he said he had rung all the had b l : f l t ls t „ h b a u h t o n u o a bo ol d r y he h n ad th c e om tw e o to p l o e l t ic h e i - n s i e i r n g . ea T n h ts e c p a r n is ie o . ne l r did not see him again until half-past 12 or lon Sunday. He had been out all night. Mr. Jenkins went away on Saturday morning to go to Wales ; the prisoner accompanied him to the railway station. On Sundaymorning,before the prisoner returned, I sent for Mr. Goode, surgeon. When tho prisoner came home I was upstairs dressing. He rang the bell three times. I went down and answered it. When he came in 1 asked what ho thought of himself in leaving me in the state he did on Saturday night. He replied he did not know what I meant. I was going upstairs to finish dressing when he called back, and said he was sorry for having kept me up, and asked me to forgive him for what he had done. I said I would not. I had sat up waiting for him until 4 o'clock on Sunday morning. He asked me a second time to forgive him. I told him I had some ono waiting for him. I meant a policeman. I went upstairs, and when I came down ho was out. A policeman was outside looking for him. I did not see him again until 5 o'clock, when he came in with his brother. The boy went out at my request for a policeman. He rang the bell and I let the policeman in. I took the policeman into the surgery, where the prisoner was, and I charged the prisoner with committing a rape upon me. The prisoner made no reply. He was taken to a police-station, and I went there afterwards with another policeman. I was first examined by Mr. Humphreys, a surgeon at the station, and again this morning by another surgeon, Mr. Marsh, a friend of my master. By the prisoner and Mr. Oko (chief clerk)—On Saturday evening, the boy having complained of being very tired, I took out some medicine for him to Cornhill and White chapel. I first mentioned the matter at 10 o'clock on Sun day morning to a friend of my master. When the police sergeants came I did not tell them ; I did not like to do so. They came about another matter. The boy had gone out, and I was asleep in bed. They came because of some ono ringing so long at the boll. John Pye—l am errand boy to Dr. Jenkins. On Satur day afternoon, about 2 o'clock, or a little after, the last wit ness told me she was ill, and she would go up and lie down, and that if she was longer than an hour I was to call her. About five minutes after she had laid down the prisoner asked me where she was and I told him. The pri.: Boner left his dinner and went up to her immediately, saying he would go and see her. I showed him the way. She was then asleep, but she awoke on our going into the rooms The prisoner took a chair and sat down by her bedside. He told me to go down to the surgery and fetch up a bottle—about the sixth on the counter, with a label in Latin which I cannot remember. I brought up a bottle with " lodine pure" upon it, and gave it to him. There was very little in it. He said that was not what he wanted, and he then told me to go into Mr. Jenkins's bed room and bring a bottle of brandy, which I did, with a wine glass, and gave them to the prisoner. I then left the room, because I had to answer the door downstairs. In five or ten minutes the prisoner came down. In that interval I had gone up and told the prisoner there had been two rings at the door. I knocked at the bedroom door, and told him that through the door. He had then been in the room nearly a quarter of an hour. He did not open the door. A few minutes afterwards there was another ring, and I went up and told him (through the door. He an swered me without coming to the door. I could tell that by the sound of his voice. He said he would be down in about ten minutes. He came down in about that time, and attended to two gentlemen who had been waiting in the surgery. After that he went up stairs. While he was at tending the gentlemen I went up to Hannah's bed-room,and and asked her how she was. She was lying down water and bathe her forehead, which I did. seemed half asleep. She asked me to get someidcohl er head prisoner came up again, nearly half a n hour, him to ached very much and her back. 1 remaintetsahereanudntitlhtehne that a packethe h had bills in envelopes to take out an d deliver. I left the house d went down stairs. On his return I un derstood sa y d sh o e ne h all ad h h a e d oo " ni so d m f e o h r hysteric" from and returned about half-past nine. The pris oner was for that purpose about half-past three, out ferothmenfrigghavtleaumde • but there was no answer. There is a rang several times, when I ret ed. I h ventilator in the wall, and 2I asked a yourig gentleman w ho was passing to give me a lift throug it, and h e On jumping down ontho inner side I d 4 1 1 1:a o r . d the(Aou laugh.) a f andforks spoons rattle in the dining-room, and suspecting some -one was in the house who ought not to be there I would not go up stairs- until I saw a policeman. I went to the door a n d saw t wo police sergeants. We went into the house together, upon which one took a-poker and the other his truncheon, and searched the house. (A laugh.) That was about 10 o'clock on Saturday night. We found Hannah in her bedroom. I roused her up, and she came down and spoke to the ser geants. I . complained of being tired, and she said she would take the medicine out for me, the change would do her good. I was left alone in the house, and I fell asleep in the kitchen. (A laugh.) I was awoke by some one laughing. I heard the prisoner's voice. I looked through the rails of the stairs, and saw a gentleman with the pri soner, whom I took to be a patient. They at length went out together, and in a minute or two afterwards Hannah returned. We both sat up together until 4 o'clock nett morning waiting for the prisoner, but he had not then re turned. I went home, and did not see him again until Sunday afternoon. He rang the house-bell and I opened the door. He said, "Well, John, has anybody been here ?" I said, " So," but I thought to myself that some one would be very soon there for him—(a laugh)—for Hannah and I had settled what we should do when he returned. I was half a sleep at the time she told me what bad happened. When the police -sergeants came and I wont upstairs her clothes were in disorder. Police-sergeant Whiteedeposed that about a quarter past nine on Saturday evening he was in Gracechurch-street, and was called by the last witness to go to the house of Dr. Jenkins in Philpot-lane. He went with him and Sergeant Speck. They searched the house, and on going to the top storey they found the prosecutrix asleep in a bedroom and breathing very heavily. She had been sick. The lower part of her legs to the knees were bare, and the bedclothes thrown across them. The boy wanted to wake her, but they told him he had better not until they had gone downstairs. He afterwards woke her, and she came down to them. There was nobody in the house but the prosecubix, the bop, and them. They told her for what purpose they were there, and she said she was not aware there was any one in the house except the boy, the assistant having gone out. Being satisfied all was right on the premises Sergeant Speek and witnesa left. She made lk of day sold Lout d an woll s the oy is ; old niey er 30 tone. Peas, It to • red, pies ; i, rise e fa- new Bar- Is per r 24 tone. 401 b. 801 b. Lrloy. F. d. 9 0 6 9 8 9 .8 6 9 0 6 0 Vis- hire, , tho arch, r, to rood, Lgton U.P., 1-, of nnts, 'legit, kson ond the fan u•th- Wa, 114, a