The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-10 00:00:00

CIVIC BANQUET TO S.P.H. TIM DUKE OF CAMBRIDG.E. S. grand banquet was given at the Mansion-houselast n ight to his Royal Highness the Duke of C amb ridge, to which a very large number of the leading members of the aristocracy and persons connected with the commer cial interests of the City were invited. A guard of honour, formed of the Light and Grena dier Companies of the Royal London Militia, under the command of Captains Brook and Grant, was drawn-up ILn front of the mansion, to receive the gallantawnde illastrious duke. Among the company present n oticed their Excellencies the Turkish Minis e t Danish t., the t Swedish Minister, the American Minister, the Hanseatic Minister, the Brazilian Minister, ,the he Chanc States Minister, the Right Honourablee xfor el t d the Vis lor of the Exchequer, the Bishop of Melville,the J•Leslie count de Chaubannes, the Hon. •. Major Fitzce Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, the Hon- George Hamilton Sir F. Hiring, Bart., M.P., Lieut.-Gen. Sir G. Pol- Seymour, Sir W. Gore Ousley, lock, Sir Edward Ryan, Sir Gee. Lee, Mr. J. Master man, M.P., Mr. Bass,, _ le Col. French, M.P., Mr Lindsay, M.P., N orm an Macdonald, CA. Sykes, Lient.-Col. Lieut.-Colonel Mr. Tyrwhitt, Lieut.-Col. M`Caul, Captain, r.atton, Captain Bibbed, Captain Brooke, Captain (errant, Aldermen Farebrother, Wilson, Humphery, Mag ffla Y , Sir James Duke, Sir George Car roll, Sir John Musgrove, Challis, Sidney, Salomons, Finnic, Sir Robert Walter Carden, Wire, Cubist, M.P.. Sheriff Muggeridge, Mr. and Mrs --r. Alderman and Sheriff Crosse Iy, and numerous members of the Court of Common Council. It b e ing a " full dress" banquet, the numerous mili tary and militia uniforms, and the gay dresse s . o f the l a dies,, of. whom there was a considerable number pre sent, gave a brilliant appearance to the Egyptian-hall. The tables were decorated with large quantities of plate acd works of art, and flags and banners were gracefully arranged at each extremity of the ball. The cloth having been removed, The Lows Matoa proposed the healths of her Majesty and of Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales ' and the rest of the Royal Family. The toast having been warcaly and enthusiastically responded to, The LORD MAYOR next gave "The health of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge," and in doing so stated that he felt no small amount of pride and gratifi cation in having upon his right hand a prince of the royal blood—(cheers)—an illustrious prince, who in all the duties of life had performed his part in accardance with, the example left by his ancestors, and in a manner which reflected the highest credit even upon his dig nified position. (Loud cheers.) Ho had a c ted with that noble valour which was to be expected from one through whose veins courageous blood ran ligh, and with an indomitable courage which would pre serve hie name upon the brightest page of our hist - .my, and hand it, down to the glory of posterity. lCheers.) In the name of the company present he greeted his Royal Highness upon his safe return to his country, after laving performed deeds of noble daring, of indomitable perseverance, and of forbearance, which had won the admiration of the whole civilised world. Beyond all this, he welcomed his illustrious guest as one who was emphatically "The soldier's friend"—one who was not content to remain in his tent, but who took part in the battle, and who, after the combat had ceased, tenderly looked after the comtorts of his men. (Cheers.) His country owed much to the good example in this respect set by his Royal Highness, and he rejoiced in having that opportunity of giving expression to the humble feel ings of respect and admiration which he entertained for his illustrious guest. In addition to his military renown his Royal Highness was cheerfully engaged in following out that course of charity and benevolence in which his late honoured and lamented father was so conspicuously employed, and the various charitable institutions of the country possessed in him a warm and devoted friend (Loud cheers.) His lordship concluded by proposing the health of his Royal Highness. The toast having been drunk with the greatest enthu s'aern, The Duke of CAMBRIDGE, in returning thanks, said— It is at all times to me a source of the greatest pleasure and satisfaction to have the honour of paying my respects to the chief magistrate of this great City in his splendid and hospitable hall, but upon no occasion has that plea sure been greater than the present, when, under God's protection, I an enabled again after a lapse of some time to address so dietinguiehed a company as that now as sembled together. The enthusiastic manner in which I have been received, as well during the time when his lordship was proposing my health as out of doors while on my way to this building, prochices in me feelings of the deepest gratitude. (Cheers.) Si nce I l ist had the honour of addressing the citizens of London I have wit nessed many varied scenes, some of them of great excite ment, of great satisfaction, and of great applause ; others of a more painful and heanrending character. I can as sure you that after all these feelings, agreeable, honour able, and distressing, there is nothing which can be a greater reward to myself, and to those who have been engagei with me in these great undertakings, than upon our return to receive the hearty welcome and kind con sideration of the citizens of London and of the general population of this great :toiletry. (Cheers.) It we have obtained that kind of feeling which I venture to think, from the kind manner in which I have h en received, I have obtained, I can assure you that it is a satisfactory reward for all we have gone through. (Cheers.)- But when I find myself placed in this honourable, and I may truly say proud position, I ask myself the question, What have I done to obtain this proud position I" As for myself, I have done nothing more than my duty. (Cheers.) But I feel this, that I have hod the honour and satisfaction of being placed at the head of troops who have nobly and galiantly performed their duty. (Cheers.) .Ll. general placed in high command ha', need, an easy task when he is supported, as I hare been, by officers and soldiers such as those of the first division and the-other divisions of the British army With which I have been connected. So long as that intrepid feel ing, that indomitable courage exists in our arniv, which, thank GOd, I am happy to say ewes exist from the highest to the lowest, eo long may we rest assured that the honour of this country e ill be safely kept. (Cheers.) I have also had the satisfaction of being associated with allies with whom I am proud to have acted.. I have great pleasure in seeing present a gallant admiral Gf the French navy, and of assuring this company in his pre sence that it has been to me a source of the highest satis faction to have been associated with the French army in the East. That great alliance which has now, thank God, been cemented, and which, I trust, will increase in firmness from day to day, will, I believe, receive a new strength from the speedy arrival in this country of that great and illustrious man, the Emperor, who now rul es over the French n a tio n . (L ou d Cheers.) May our alli ance with France long continue, may the presence of his Imperial Majesty give a fresh impulse to it, and may it cause its influence to be felt all over the world. (Cheers.) I am sure that lam speaking the senti meats of your lordship and of the company when I eav that we shall welcome the Emperor of the French cn his arrival with that cordiality and warmth which will g; ably- him, and produce the best results all over the world. .(Cheere.) In conclusion, I beg to express to your lordship, as well on my own behalf as for those brave and gallant men whom I have lad the honour to lead, with whom I feel completely identified, my kind expressions of esteem and regard fir the manner in which the toast has been proposed and received. (C on . t'nued cheers.) The LORD MAYOR next proposed the toast of "The 'United Fleets and Arm4s of Great Britain and France" coupling with the toast the nam es o f Lieut.-General Sir G. Pollock, Admiral Ryder Burton, and Admiral Vis count de Chabannes, of the - French navy. ' Admiral DE CHABANNES, who replied to the teast in English, said—l beg leave, my lord, to return you my most hearty thanks for the toast which Lao been proposed by your lordship, and for tine kind inentien which has been made of me by his Royal Highness upon your right. He d;d so both in his own name and in the name of tie French na vy and of the French army, and felt meet happy t•• have this opportunity of expressing the cordial and bro therly fee ling which the French army and navy enter tained towards Englan d, the En g li s h army, and the English navy. (Cheers.) These feelings of broth er h oo d common action, by common dan ger;, been produced by mutual esteem, and .ay r 3 by mutual assi:tance,by ge together. (Cheers.) These great hardships shared trusted, a solid foundation for an f ee lings had laid, be the two countries. He believed during nnion between enhadb ncemented d foundation, for itbeen it would be a soli in. our blood, and, like Roman cement, would endure for ever. (Loud ch eers.) His Royal Highness bad inti d calamities had been connected mat e d that great evils an w + . l flags 411 ' the war ; but one of s grea test results had been Placin g e s ide by side the of France and Eng ',"ll,;in iand untino the navy of each country, and army ms kio th s s oldiers, and sailors friends and e brothee g o cer , r _ e n trusted that this feeling of fraendl Y brothe (C h e h oeid woul ers.. dlong c ontinue for the benefit of t h e two co untries, 411( 1the security of the peace of the w or ld . che 4 for Lent...Get:ler erq hanks far the army . G• Poeeocx briefly returned t 1 AOrrir a. - , IDER thanks for the navy, express e d le, 'too, i n return i ng leet year the ire stet that in the month of August an opportunity reeeti tin the Black Sea had not had felt convinced that, he,lv't!, with the Russian navy, for he Lave elapsed befere the enemy"en six hours Wou:d not stroyed or the greater part eil fleet had been either de navy. Had such a reeult bee"' pie leesion o f th e ß r itish have been ne necessity for th e V ehi( ived ther e wou ld now discuesing the question of oft of Vienna, to be Russian power in the Black n ee . t re moderanc e of the The LORD MAYOR next pro ( i heeree Posed Majesty's Ministers." The heath of her The CHANCELLOR of the EXcitence e, - ! thanke, said that his Royal Highness, i n a e re turhing which he bad addressed to the company, had remarks upon the support which a general at the head ot :large(' derived from the confidence of the troops underl i e s an " wan d. A similar support, though different in R ome e re- spects, was derived by her Majesty's Ministers fro m t h e consciousness that they enjoyed the confidence of the great'community of the country, such as that which was then represented in that hall—a community celebrated for their antiquity and wealth and power, and thus con _ ferring upon those on whom the responsibility of public affairs is thrown the means of conducting those affairs to a successful termination, It was only by well-earned confidence that it was possible for her Majesty's Mieis ters to succeedin the difficult task which was imposed upon them. With reerct to himself, be might state that, in the office which he bad the honour to hold, he felt that, addressing as he did that portion of the metro polis which WRS more immediately connected Roth its trade awl its monetary affairs, that confidence &laid only be earned by imitating the example of those eminent per sons who had preceded him in the office which be held, by an exact maintenance of all the arrangements of Government, and thus upholding that public credit upon !hid the safety and honour of this country to so great an extent depended. (Cheers.) It was by an exact observance of public obligations, accompanied with those great stores of wealth which were cougregated in this commercial part of the metropolis, that the ; seat enterprises of this country achieved in former times had been brought to a successful termination. (Cheers.) Her Majesty's Ministers could only hope by obtaining the confidence of their fellow-citizens to give adequate sup po:t to that keroic army which was now fighting the battles of their country in the East. (Cheers.) We at home did not share in those dangers ; but it was our duty to contribute such means and such assistance as was in our power to support the exertions of our brave troops. The illustrious duke by his side had been presert upon occasions of danger, and which he bad shared with his fellow-soldiers, and had signalised himself on the field of Alma and the heights of Inkerman. (Cheers.) He un derwent the came risks as the common soldier in whose ranks he fought, and as he shared the dangers so also does he participate in their glories. As public affairs could only be successfully conducted by obtaining the confidence of our fellow-countrymen, so in this case they could only be brought to a happy termination by continued confidence in that noble and gallant ally with whose troops we had fought in the East, with whom joint ac tion had been maintained, as the gallant admiral bad so truly said, upon terms of fraternal unity. (Cheers.) Let us hope that this alliance would long continue, close and unbroken, until the naval and military operations in which we were jointly concerned should be brought Ito a happy and victorious termination. (Cheers.) The LORD MAYOr next proposed "The health:: of the Foreign Ministers." His Excellency M. Musunus, the Turkish Minister, responded t the toast in French, and thanked his lord ship and the company on behalf both of himself and the other members of the diplomatic body for the cornal manner in which the toast was rceived. His Excel lency expressed his thanks for the sympathetic feeling which had been expressed towards Turkey ; but called upon to address an assembly honoured by the presence .01, his royal highness the illustrious duke, he could not but avail himself of the opportunity of test fyin; the gratitude of the Government of his Imperial Majesty tto Sultan, and the admiration of the Turkish army and, na tion, at the eminent virtues and qualities of his Royal Highness, and for the gallantry and courage dis played by him upon the field of battle when at the head of his brave troops. (Cheers.) The" Health of 'the Lord Mayor" was then proposed by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and his lordship briefly returned thanks. The remaining toasts were the "Preachers of the Day" acknowledged by the B.shop of Oxford; the "House of Peers," by the Marquis of Breadalbane ; the "House of Commons," by Mr. Masterman ; the " Corporation," by the Recorder ; and "The Sheriffs," by Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Muggeridge and Mr. Sheriff Crosley. Letters of apology were, we understand, received from Lord Palmerston, Lord Panmure, the Earl of Claren don, the Earl of Cardigan, and some other members of r Majesty's Government, and distinguished military officers, regretting their inability to be present on the occasion. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was loudly cheered both on his arrival and upon his departure by large criwds of persons who were assembled in the neighbourhood of the Mansion-house. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Weiss, and Mr. Harker discharged the usual onerous duties in connection with the "loving cup " and other requisites of a civio banquet. The following is the bill of fare of the banquet, pro vided by Mr. Staples, of the Albion : Turtle soup, turbot, fried smelts, crimped salmen, slices of salmon ala genevoise, fillets of whiting, red mullet a l'ltalienne ; galantines a la gelee, balotines d'agneau, roast chickens, Suffolk hams, chines of mut t-in, tongues, chickens a l'estragon, quarters of lamb, cotelettes de mouton, sauce tomate, ris de veau a la dau phine ; ptarmigan, guinea fowls, wild ducks, goslings, asparagus, seakale, lobster salad, stewed mushrooms ; gateau ala Napolitaine, gelee marbree, charlottes a la Bohemienne, patisserie, gelee d'orange, blancmanger, compotes de fruits, pains de rhubarne, cheesecakes ; Nesselrode pudding, Sir Watkin pudding, cabinet pud ding ; ices, ratifia cream ice, lemon water ice, orange water ice, strawberry cream ice, ginger cream ice. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. MONDAY. The Craven Stakes of 10 soya eacb, with 50 added by the Jockey Club. Wright for Age. The winner to Le sold for 6001., if demanded in ate usual way, unless exemption from being sold was claimed at the time of entrance, and horses for which this claim was made were to carry 91h extra. A.F. 6 euhe. Mr. J. M. Stanley's Orinoco, 5 yr 4, 84 131 b (liartholoinew) 1 B ron Wilomawitz's Scherz, 4 yrP, Bst 131 b (BLrbeck) 2 Duke of Bedford's Weathercock, 4 yrs, 8•t 41b (S. Rogers) 3 Mr. Combe's Bluebeard, 4 yrs, B.t 41b (Fia.tmau) 4 Belting— 5 to 4 agst Scherz, 2 to 1 apt Orinoco, 4 to 1 ao•st Weathercock. Won by a head. Bad tbiri. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs eacb, for three-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.C. 5 sui s. Duke of Bedlord's . Natbao, 5 yrs, Bst 7tb (S. Rogers) 1 Mr Rozera's Gu;tar, 3 yrs, sst 12Ib (Fords al) 2 Mr. J. M. &amiry's R.o.s.iine, 4 yr , , 7st Ulf. (li-hin , ll) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Ro,aline, 6to 4 agst Nathan, 3 to 1 apit V uitar. Won by three-quarters of a length. Bail third. SA•eeps!akel of 50 sous each, b ft ; for three-yr•old tili" Bzt 71b each ; those by Aalborg; or out of mares that never bred a winner allowed 41b ; only one allow• anc.. D.M. 11 Pubs. Gracille's Antoinette, Bst 71b (Tatman) 1 Duke of Bedford's Alcyoue, Bit 71b ..... --(S. Rogtr,) 2 Mr. KiIOWICB . B Ferrara►, 8:t 31b_ (Weil ) 3 The following also ran :—Barbara, Katie Stewart, and Almond. Betting-5 to 2 agst Alcyone, 3to 1 agst Antoinette, 4to 1 agst Barbara filly, 5 to 1 agst Almond. 'Von vtiry easily by a length and a half. Half a length be tween second and third. Pace very moderate. Sweepstakes of 100 sows each, h ft, for three-yr•old colts, BAt lib each ; those by stallions or out of mares that never bred a winner, allowed 4lb ; only one allowance. 1). M. 7 subs. - Mr. Ciimbe's 'rumbler, B,t 71b (Bartholomew) 1 Mr. Greville's br c by Red Hart—Refraction, Bbt 31b (Flatinan) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Tumbler, who made the running with bis competitor well laid up, and after a sharp set-to won by a head. Renewal of the Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, for threc yr-olds ; colts, 84t 71b ; and fillies, fizt 4 b, not en gsged in either Riddleswortb, Two Thousand Guineas, or the One Thousand Guineas Stakes. D.M. 5 subs. Duke of Bedford's Para; Bst 4th (S. Rogers) 1 Lc rd Orford's Affghan, Bst 71b (Flatuan) 2 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Scbamyl, Bst 7lb (Bartholomew) 3 Mr. Gulliver's Bessie, Bst 41b (Yates) 4 Betting-5 to 4on Para, 7to 2 agst Scbatnyl, 4to 1 Affghart. They stared in close order, but .on arriving at the top of the Ditch-hill,- ilifghan went away with a strong lead ; on nearing the cords, however, he began t 3 show an inclination to 'p, and when half way tip be was caught by Para, who defeated him by three quarters of a mile. Three lengths between second and third. tle,sie a long way astern. The Bennington Stakes, a sweepstakes of 50 sees each, h ft ; costs, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b ; untried stallions or mares a!lowed 3ib; if both, 51b. D.M. 7 subs. Duke of Bedford's Habena, 7st 13th (Pettit) 1 Duke of lintlantes Harry .4 He reford,B44lb(Flattnan) 2 Bitting-10 t. lon Habena, wit° won easily by three quarters of a length. Sweepstakes of 200 sovs each ; h ft, for colts, 8•t 71b; fillies, Bst 3th ; tt.ose by untried stallions or out of un tried mares allow 3lb ; if both, sib. Ah. M. 4 subs. Lord Wm. Powlett's c by Irish Birdcatcher—Reci procity, bst 71b . Lord Glasgow's f by Pyrrhus the First—Miss Whip, Bst Bth (Flatman) 2 Betting-2 to lon Reciprocity colt, who won easily hy half a length. Handicap Plate of 501., for three-yr•olds and upwards. Clermont Cour-o. Mr. Payne's Syvagee, 4 yrs, sst 12lb (Fordham) 1 Captain Lane's Alas, 4 yrs, 7st 12tb.. (J. Mann) 2 Lord John Scott's Vingi-un, 4 yrs, 7,t (Francis) 3 The following also ran :—Jujube, Miss Goldschruidt, Rodo•meli, and Dr. Sykes. High Priest, 3 yrs, 6st 31b, was weighed for, but threw a plate, and was drawn. Betting-5 to 4 apt Syvagee, sto 1 agat J u j u b e. Won by a length ; very bad third. Sweepstakes of 200 sovs each, h ft, for three-yr-olds ! colts, 84 71b. D.M. 6 subs. Mr. Bowes'The Bonnie Morn (Templeman) Walked over This was literally a•walk over. It was reported that after sweating in the morning, Bonnie Morn pulled up lame. To this may be attributed his retrogression in the betting on the Two Thousand. LATEST BETTING—SIX O'CLOCK, P.M. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. sto 2 apt Quince. 11 to 2 agst Dr. O'Toole (taken freely). 6to 1 agst Crown Pigeon. 8 to 1 aget Benhanis. COLUMN STAKES. Even on Habena. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. • 7to 2 apt Vandal (taken). 7to 1 apt Neville (taken) 10 to 1 agst Crown Pigeon (taken). THE TWO THOUSAND. 6 to 4 agst St. Hubert (taken). 4to apt Lord of the Isles. 9 to 2 agst Polydore (taken). 100 to 5 agst Bonnie Morn (taken). Bto 1 a t DERBY. Bto 1 aggaßt Hubert (taken). 11 to 1 apt G e Clare (taken). 30 t o gat o rrolus Esuriens (offered). 1000 to 20 a agst Bno:t?"....1(01.tr) 10 to 1 agst Joieip Y's (junior) lot (taken to In the morning so det ( fle against St. Hubeit that 3 t t r o m j a . an °l:position set in ler the Two Thousand, and 10 w as for the against hi~n the heath t , however, a reaction took after the races 7to 4, and finally oto 4 were a". "ftir -the firstmentiuned- -event. Bonn at i eio e rn " , b . t ep cn ' t „ h t l e rn d ta.bave broken down after sweating moriung, knocked completely oat of the market. was The weather was cloudy but dry,, and-the supply of sport, although somewhat limited, wife marked by sun interesting incidents. The attendance of company, um. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDA.V Eirt4lNG, APRIL 10 it 4,5. pared with past opening days of the Craven Meeting, was remarkably *canty, MONDAY NIGHT. NEWMA.BEICT UANTVCAP.—Tbe following horses are scratched :—Gra nd Inquisitor, Ammonia, Newmarket, King of Trump v. :Homily, Middlesboro', Kaffir, De termination, and Et dlands. NEWMAA '•MET RACES—Trus DAT. Seven races are appointed for this day—the first at half-past one, the N ewmarket Handicap at three. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. Stakes and Pi %tea not previously advertised. MONDAY. Handicap Plate ,)1! all., for three-yr-olds and upwards. R.M. Entrance 3 e ovs. Sweepstakes of 0 cove each, h ft, with 50 added ; three-yr-olds, 7st ; ift inr, Bst 91b ; five, 9st 21b ; six and aged, 9st 41h. D.l W. The winner to be sold for 500 sovs, if demanded, t. • Handicap Sweeps totakes of 20 sovs eacb, h ft, if declared by ten o'clock the e v ening before running, for three-yr olds and upwards. 3 '.Y.C. Sweepstakes of 10. sovs each, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst fi'b. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs, if demanded, T.Y.C. TUESDAY. Handicap Plate of 7t)/., for three-yr-olds and upwards. A.F. Entrance 3 soya. Sweepstakes of 5 says Eta* for tbree-yr-olds ; colts, Rst ilb ; fillies, 8-t 31b. The winner to be sold for 50 soy., if demanded, &e. V.Y.C. Sweepstakes of 10 cove each, for three-yr-olds, 7st 21b ; four, 84 7th ; five at Id upwards, 9,t. The winner to be sold for 150 soya, if demanded, itc. NEWTON SPRING MEETING—MONDAY. • The Trial Stakes. One mile and a quarter. Cardsharper Tom Perkins EigEtt ran. The Golborne Park Stakes. Half a mile. Stork Van Dunck .. ............. Six ran. The South Lancashire Tradesman's Plate. One mile and a half. Master Slender KiteflYer . Six ran. DURHAM RACES—MONDAY. The Trial Stakes. One Mite. Courtenay Cherry Brandy Five ran. The Hopeful Stakes. T.Y.C. Alfred Bird in Rand Five ran. The Durham Handicap. One mile and a half. Miss Allen Bolton Gamelad Seven ran. LONGCHAMPS STEEPLECHASES. The Longoharnps - Handicap of 7,000 f., added to 300 f. entry ; 200 f. forfeit, and 100 f. only if declared before the acceptation of the weights. The second to receive I,ooof. from the entries. Distance about 5,000 yards. The horse which, after the publication of the weights may win a steeplechase of 2,500 f. to carry a surcharge of 41b ; of 5,000 f, 61b ; and of two steeplechases of the latter sum, 81b. 17 entries : M. de la Motte's Needwood, aged, 1471 b (Wakefield) 1 Mr. B. Symonds' Tie Dean, aged, 1181 h, and 31b over (Mr. Little) 2 M. Delamarre's Lady Arthur, aged, 1291 b . 3 The following also ran :—Searnan, Augustine. The Dean went off with the running, with Lady Arthur in waiting, Needwood third, and Seaman fourth. At the third fence, Augustine bolted. and at the bank at the top he fell, and stopped. Perjury fell at the brook and stopped. The Dean continued the running to the bottom in the last round, when he was caught by Need wood. A splendid set-to between the two commenced in the straight, and it ended by Needwood winning by a head, a length between the second and third. The number of jumps was 24, none of them very stiff. Selling Stakes of 2,000 fr., added to 100 fr. entry. The second to receive 300 fr. from the entries. Distance, ablut 4,000 yards. Weight, 150Ibs, and the winner to be claimed for 12,5001 r. ; but horses entered as to be claimed for less to be allowed from slbs to 25Ibs. 7 entries. M. de la Motte's The Colonel, aged, 1351bs (Lanvin& 1 M. Delamarre's Flying Buck, aged, 1451bs (Donaldson,) 2 Mr. Golby's Ploughboy, aged, 1451bs 3 M. Bialys Radetzky, 6 yr., 135.b3 Hurdle Race of 1,000 f., added to 100 f. for all sort s of horses. The second to receive 300 f. from the en- tries. Di-tinee, 3000 metres. Weight, 1501bs, and the win' er to he &aimed f 12,500 t. ; but horses en tered to be claimed for less to be allowed from stbs. to 25%b5. 6 eutrie.. Mr. Murray's Old Ireland, aged, 1.30',ba (Poole) 1 Vte. Artum Talon's Deceitful, aged, 1461ba M. Fasquel's Trembleur, 6 yr-:, 140d)8 Count dAlcabtara's Van Speyk, 5 yrs, 1451 b RACING FIXTURES FOR 1855. APRIL. Catterick Bridge 11 Ahergavenny lB The H l4 Milton l9 York Spring 17 Newmarket F S 93 MAY. Chester Spring 1 Liverpool Hunt C1ub...16 Newrnark et S S 8 I Harpenden lB Lothians aid Edinboro' 8 Epour 27 Plymouth Spring 9 I ItAditch Shrewsbury lO I Manchester Bath os 30 30 "15 I Cardiff JUNE. Ascot Hampton l3 I Winchester 22 Newton 13 I Newc-rtstle 26 Beverley 2O I Lenhaut and Mid Keut...27 Bibury 2O JULY. Newmarket.. 3 I Nottingham l9 Carlisle 19 Worcester 5 I Matlbnron.h 24 Lancaster _ 5 lmsford -1 Che '-- Liverpool ll Ludlow 24 9 4 Odiham 13 Knutsford 0 5 Stamford l7 Goodwood 31 AUGUST. North Staffordshire 7 I Lewes l6 Brighton Airdrie Brighton Club 10 York ')2 Wolverhampton l3 Radcliffe 27 Reading l4 Derby 2B Egham l4 SEPTEMBER. Warwick . Doncaster . .. 4 I Lanark ..11 Newmarket F 0 25 Pontefract 17 I Walsall 26 Lichfield l7 1 Northallerton 27 Leicester l9 I OCTOBER. Chester Wrexham Bedford 4 Newmarket H 22 Newmarket S 0 Royal Caledonian Hunt..lo I NOVEI Liverpool 'HIE R. SI: re wsbury MILITARY LIFE, AFLOAT, IN THE CAMP, AND IN THE TREN HES. The following was written by a non-commissioned officer now in the army in the Crimea : Camp before Sebastopol, March 10, 1855. Dearest Brother,—l will now give you a full and par ticular account of my adventures. We started on the 12th of January, a draft of upwards of 200, and the good people of Cork gave us a good cheering to hearten us on the way, handkerchiefs waving from every available window on each of the river Liffey's sides till we embarked on board her Majesty's screw-steamer Princess Royal—a fine vessel to look at, but abominable as a transport. I would like the good people of Eng land to know and thoroughly understand hew the poor soldier is treated when he sets out on a campaign. In the first place, the ship was crowded scandalously, ups ' wards of 1,000 of a crew, including marines, and about the. same number of soldiers of many different regiments, crammed into messes of 30 men between two of the cannons, where eight instk only should be ; decks, although so many troops aboard, continually wet, causing great unpleasantness between soldier and sailsr ; and as to rations, I had to throw aside all squeamish ness, and rough it-how I could. I was sea sick fur the first four or five days, and after that I sunk completely to a shadow, so much so that all said I must he left at Scutari. Never shall I forget the pair and anguish of being ill and jostled about as a thing only waiting its turn t be thrown overboard. Such careles , ness of sick persons is a disgrace to the Ens:l4lb navy. The doctor's medicine chest was not found till we passed Constantinople, so you may judge small was the quantity of medicine be had to cure anybody. I will give hint his due, he did his hest under such inconveuiences, but God keep me from hospitals in future. But that is past. I gradually improved in health until we landed; at least, sufficient t ► withstand the fatigue we have had to undergo up to the present time, though rather weary now—having been in the trenches all day, which is no joke, from three o'clock in the meriting ti,l seven at night, out of that working four hours with pickaxe and spade. To one who is not used to it navvying is not an agreeable en. ployment. lam galloping too fast. We had a vary fakir voyage up to Malta, though rather rough in the Bay of Biscay ; but after we had passed that place we bad a great many sudden squalls, which made me think the vessel could not possibly weather it through the Black Sea, for three out of six boilers were usslsss. We get to Gibraltar on the 19th, and stopped 12 hours only to take coal , . I was too ill to give more than a glimpse at it, but, as near as I can describe it, it is a steep barren-looking rock; with nut a sign of a gun to be seen from our ship, and here and there a house to be seen looking rather pretty in the distance. We arrived at . Malta on the 26th, and stopped a couple of (lays. As soon as we enteredlhe har bour and dropped anchor, hundreds of burn-boats came alongside, add such a jabbsring, you would have split your sides laughing. They row very swift, standing up to it, and every boat has an eye on each side of it painted an I striped with all manner of colours, looking very.pic tuessque, together with their psculisr dress. It is a very pretty little harbour, only the buildings have a very yel low appearance on account of the nature of the stone. They are great cheats these I%faltese, charging one man( six times the price they would another. Oranges and figs are very plentiful, but on account of these Maltese smuggling liquaur aboard for the sailors, very little chance le there of getting down to buy anything. I must tall you one thing that happened there. A mule was brought aboard, and a mess of 30 men shifted for the express purpose of finding it accommodation, and the men told to go on deck or anywhere to mess and to sleep, when they inquired the reason. Such a piece of tom-foolery as parades with fire locks and belts amongst a crew employed on deck, jostled first on one side and then on the other, I never - witnessed before in the course of my short experience in soldiering. Well, that is past. I may have to mention a few more extrava gances. on the part of officers in her Majesty's service before I have finished this letter. I will now pass through the Straits of the Dardanelles up to Constanti nople ; and never was I more astonished at the beauty of the place, surpassing all views that ever these eyes witintssed. Stretching for several miles, this vast city appeared like a vision just opening through a warm mist ; minarsts and domes were countless, and every house painted a different shade of colour. During cur stay of three days I had an opportunity of seeing the Sultan and his suite, in white and gold barges, gliding across the harbour, together with the sound of Turkish music. It was really a novelty to me. Every one of the sailors got drunk while we stayed there—a small brig being a!ongside, laden with coal, they hail a fine opportunity of smuggling a'cohol aboard. Fbe plea sure-boats here are in the exact shape of a canoe—gliding along with astonishing swiftness and little labour.. I ___ will now drive on through the Black Sea, but very slowly, on account of the shortness of steam and the weight of shot and shell in her, bottom. Nothing 'very particular occurred, except the usual rough sea, until we anchored about 2 mites from Sebastopol ; there we first saw the storm of shell and shot that we were so seen to he amongst. Our ship was too large to enter the har bour of ilslaklava, 90 we had to enter that good ship, to wit, the Terrible—terrille indeed has it been to the Russians for some time hack, having made them smart pretty well—it cArries the heaviest metal of any ship in onr service, and has furnaces to make the shot red hot. We entered the harbour—a very peculiar winding en trance to it, so much Fo, that the Russian vessels used to glide into it unperceived by the Etigish and French vessels in chase. We were 2 (lays more before we landed : that eventful , ?ay was the 9th of February, a day to he well remembered by me as being the date of my first touching Russ an torritory. Well, we at . f ved at our camp (that our first Camp) about a mile from the small town of Balaklava ; and xell tired I VITL:s, althou,zll it wa4 but a mile, for in addition to the umal heavy marching order of a soldit r, we had a fit cap, a M intosh coat or waterproof, two flannel &flirts or Guerriaer, two pair-; of flannel drawers, two extra pairs of seicki, a woollen comfi , rter for the n-ck, a pair of leather mitts (woollen inside), a water keg or cask, a pair cf long boots reaching to the kneee, two blanket-i, and a sheep. skin coat ; so you may think a poor soldier might soon be tired under such a load, especially when you take into account that at that time the roads were mod above the ankleß, and our camp lay on the side of a hill, the soil of which it was composed being very c!ayey. Well, I did get there, and you may judge what my reflections were ; but we had one great consolation—we were the only troops in wooden huts. so we could be dry, and cook at a small stove in the centre; but very, very short of wood, scourin; the country f. r miles around for it ; so you may be sure we might think ourselves lucky if we got a meal on catch. So long as we can keep a bis cuit in our haversacks, and get a drop of coffee now and then, I do not care, for to eat much of the salt perk aiid beef I cannot, it is so scandalously dirty by the time we get it ready for eating. A little rice and peas we get, too, but the cooks are always going to hospital, or con fined for being late with the meats, that you may count that as nothing much. The grog keeps the spirits of the min up wonderful ; although the French camps are so close there have been very few cases of drunkenness in our regiment. So much mud trampled into the huts of course makes everything dirty, together with no time for washing ; it being a long Way to get water, and a crime to be caught a mile from camp except on duty, causes, I am sorry to say, a congregation of lice, but while such is the state of things it is impos-ihle to remedy it. Did you ever see a de.id horse thrown across a cart ready for the kennel ? well, such is the appearance of the fresh meat that we get once in a fortnight, with a fine plaster of mud around it. Well, I have given you the dark side, now for the brighter side. A private clears as. much as a corporal in England, and a corporal as much as a serjeant, and are paid pretty regular. We can get bread in Balak lava at ls. 6(1. the 21b loaf (it was double a short time ago), cheese, of a poor descrii,tion, at the Maltese market, about two miles from Balaklava, at butter at 2s. 6d., sugar at Bd., tea at 35.. a pound ; pickles —if you like to go to the price- figs, onions, sprats, to bacco, raisins, currants, bacon (2s. 6d, p e r pound), and confectionery ; ships have entered the harbour laden with all these things at a much reduced price. The people of England—at least some of them—have been very kind in sending us candles and a barrel of 'porter, and a Mackintosh-cape for the cooks to wear, clogs for the men going out of the hut at night, and tea at 6d. per pound ' • but amongst so many men it is lost, being only a taste for each man (I forgot to say we have lime-juice once a-week). So much for provisions, if we like to buy them. Now for the weather. I will tell you of every thing I can think of. When I first landed the day was as warm as the month of May in England. We had not been more than three days ashore when such a sudden change in the ternrerature in one night I never wit nessed ;it was just penftra•ing us-to the very core with cold. To mend the ratter I was orderly corporal the first week. Oh, it was 40 nice ; taking grog and rations to men on guard miles away--pitch dark at night; splat tering on through the runt, sometimes losing one's way, again tumbling down ; enough to try the temper of a Qqaker. Well, lam glad we have shifted our camp up to the front, although the trench duty is rather severe— still, as the weather has again changed for the better, it is not so bad. We are still in wooden huts, about three miles from Sebastopol, and six miles frcm Balaklava, and the strongest regiment nut here (we have just heard that another draft is on the way). I have been in the advanced trenches and zig-za;s by night and by day, and I can assure you it is exceedingly pleasant, in the day, to have the Russian needle-bullets wheezing round, and now and then a shell bursting through the bank makes you jump in spite of yourself. We are not more than 50 3ards from the Russians, who now and then make a sortie out of the town, but, as luck has had it, not on the nights that I have been in them. We are always expecting a turn out at night, sometimes accou tred with a coat thrown over us, hourly expecting their attack. You may be sure we do not get much rest ; but I can bear this better than the fatigues down at Balaklava, at the quartermaster's stores, for that was no joke. There are stores there of clothing that would astonish you, enough to stock two such armies as we have with warm clothing ; but I think it will all be of little use for we have just heard that Nicholas is dead. It is decided we are to attack Sebastopol on Sunday next. The English batteries, almost completed, over loosing the town, and, I think, with the aid of the French, we stand a very good chance of taking it. It is wonderful to me it has held out so 10ng..; but both English and French began too rash. The north side being still open, it enables the Russians to withstand us, but we have erected some tremendous batteries since, mortars that, I could creep into and bide myself com pletely. Sebastopol lies in such a peculiar position that I have often heard the question, " where is it I' and no - wonder, for the town is not much, it is the fortifications. -Well, I think I have said enough about everything (no . I've not). The first day we entered the trenches one of ours was allot through the head, that is'the only cAse at present in our regiment ; but lots of casualties occur in ( , they regiments, butnot many in ours, because we never fire at all ; only the French answer them ; we are biding Our time. I am very glad to hear that you have had your son christened after me, I may, in time to come, return the compliment. I think somehow I shall escape and come home to kiss him some day unawares—at least I'll try bard for it. Try, my dear brother, to send me some drawing-paper and pr.ncils- just a small pop• tion ; I could make some sketches that would be worth something. You would laugh at.our preent appearance --so different from soldiers at home. Send me word all about our parents. I would like to know all about your self and wife—in fact, anything to road, fur we get no thing here, not a gliinpse of a newspaper in a month. I will put my directions on the outside of the envelope. Put three postage stamps on a !otter, and two on a new. , - viper, and via Marseilles in the corner, and it will arrive in 13 days l'll bring or send her a memento of Set astopol ; and, trust me, I have not f rgoten or neglected you. Expect to receive another in a week after this. This will not start till the 10th, arrive with you on the 231. I shall expect t ) receive one from you on the sth April. Gold-bye, God bless you. This may possibly be the last you will receive. If I fall, keep it in remembrance of one who loved not wisely, but too well. The following letter is from a serjeant in the Highland Brigade:— CAMP, HEIGHTS of BALAKLAVA, March 16.—Our bri gade, as you are aware, has b. en intrusted with the defence of teis position, and until the enemy left the ground taken from the Turks on the 25th ot October, we were constantly employed in strengthening the lines : and keeping a sharp leek-jut—in fact, we had not a spare minute. But about the beginning of December the enemy teek up a fresh position at a greater distance from us, leaving only an outpost behind. Our services then became available to carry shot, shell, gabions, and bis cuits to the depot at head-quarters. This was most la- 1 botioue work, and the horrible state of the road to Se- ; bastepol male it ten times worse. The mud was knee deep the whole way, with here and there a deep rut ; which would take a person up to the waist ; and as it a s=taff clay soil, it was most difficult to drag through, unless at Varies where it was very wet and did not take such a tenacious hold of the feet. The labour of getting over this road may be judged of by the fat that all the beasts of burden employed on it got worn out in a very few journeys, and hundreds of them died by the wayside. It was sometimes very pain fui to witness the efforts of the poor animals to get up after falling— they seemed to know as well as our selves the fate that awaited them ; not one of them that ever I saw falling had strength to rise again, so they pe rished where they lay. In this way, at certain parts of the road, I have seen a pavement formed by the bodies of dead animals, which, although revolting enough, the men a' ere often glad to avail themselves of for the pur pose of getting over a deeper slough than usual. The weather too was generally very Inclement, heavy rain and wind often prevailing, , which blinded and soaked every one on the road ; and, to crones all, the shoes were often lost in the 'maul, and. the unfortunates had to con tinue the journey barefooted. There are about five miles of such a road as I have described to travel over before reaching the depot, where, if the weather was unusually severe, Lord Raglan, with the thoughtful kindness which characterises him, bad a gill of ruin served out to each man. Had it not been for this seasonable issue of spirit ; I am quite sure we shnuid have lost many men who would have been too much exhausted to return to camp without some such stimulant: as it was, several men were lost who had not strength to return. Let terly, a number of men were appointed to prepare hat coffee for us, which was three times more welcome than any amount of rum—in fact, it wag often fer days , the only warm meal enjoyed by many, as the heavy rains did not admit of cooking. Of course, you can judge what a miserable plight the inside of the tents were in during the continuance of this weather ; the mud had to be scraped from the floor with shovels be fere lying down at night, for the wet feet tramping out and in, and the rain, which poured through the worn out canvas as if no such obstruction existed, made the inside of the tent worse than almost any metal road I ever saw at home. Constant exposure to such a fearful state of things made deadly inroads on the health and constitution of the men, and the effects ere now visible in the cloeely-packed graveyards in the vicinity of the camps ; but I trust this is all over now. There were often heartrending scenes to be witnessed on the road the days when the diseased and wounded were removed from Sebastopol to Bataklava, in order that they might be sent to Scutari. What I saw on the road was fully as bad as the worst stories.l read in the newspapers. Of course it was not always like this, for the weather was often cold and frosty, and the ground covered with snow and quite hard. The fatigue parties then got easily i enough over the road to Sebastopol; but for the invalids coming down it was almost as 1 , a.1 as the wet, because time French ambulance mules on which they were carried often stumbled and fell, and the result was cruel hurts to ' men whose lives were already almost worn out. But iii general the frost was better than wet, because the clothes were dry, and the tents inside were not in 1 , - heir usual muddy condition. At the end of January we managed to get the huts erected, and lots of warm clothing were issued at the same time, fresh provisions were oftener served out, and the weather began to im prove greatly. The effect of all this was visible ahree4 instantiy ; the men began to look more healthy, and, as they could get a shirt dried in the hut, if they only manegeil to wash it, they recovered their old cheerfulness very quickly, and before the end of February you might have heard the bagpipes plating to hearty dancers. When we filet got Pitrethe huts we could not sleep well at night. I suppose the complete change from a wet murley floor and flapping canvas to the dry comfortable beards; and the impervious roof,. was too larire a slice of good luck to fall at one time to our share ; it therefere unsettled the mind and ma le us all quits restlese. We sleep rfosv sound enough, I can assure you. Although our sufferings have been very,ereet, I am yet inclined to third( those of the French were greater ; but, as they had more men tan us, they were riot necessitated to work them up until they could no longer wove, ane, heside , , they lisel runt such a very extPrelive r:emit:oil to defend as us. But what I mean is that we hail always a great deal more stores gran they, and although there are warty horrible stories current at home, we ere in general kept pretty well supplied. Of course, in a winter cempeign there is much frightful suffering, and it John Bell resolves to have one, he must make up his mind to pay for it, arid that most sweetly, both in men arid money. The French have not been very well' eupplied with neces saries, but, from their admirable arrangements, they have been able to make the utmost of what they lrid. But that long story about giving us greatcoats is all • nonsense. Their own men are not yet supplied more than half with these articles, and they are only at ths moment getting their huts landed ; though it must be confessed they get them erected very quickly. They are brave, smart, intelligent sohliers e and beat us in one kind of fighting as much as we did them in the other. En tirailleur is their favour:te mode, and we have no troops than were accustonical to that w. rk before coming here, except the riflemen, who learned it Kafirland. They have learned their lesson to perfection, arid our own wild impetuous charge at Alma was fully equalled by the manner in which they took up positions from which they could destroy the enemy in hundreds with out exposing themselves. Fur this sort of work it re quires a readiness and tact, combined with desperate resolution, which is only to be acauired by practice in the field. The, French, from their constant wars in Africa, were pretty well up in,this business, but they : will require to get up very eariy in the morning if they' mean to beat us now. But any way, they are our very ' good friends, and many kindnesses.have passed between 'us. There is,a battalion 'of Zeuaves encamped on the hill beside us, and a great many of our men have formed acquaintances and friendships with them which they will be sorry to give up at the end of the war. A vessel came here from Glasgow lately with a general cargo of goods on board ; amongst other things was, a quantity Of oatmeal ; of course, we got a supply re it, and we haul all an opportunity of once more erjoying our favourite breakfest. Time Z e ieuaves were invite 1 to partake by many, and we had a party of them is dinner in my own hut. Time dinner consisted ot porridge, herring, and a piece of cheese ; the porridge, which was made on the stove inside the hut, was Mi t mediately dubbed by the Zouaves who saw it prepared, soup a la Highlander . We all eat on the floor round the camp-kettles, and the mess was swallowed under a perfect shower of bons, with the help of some of the strangest-looking contrivances for spoons that ever were seen, and occasionally a nacre or a d—n was heard as a Zouave or Highlander burned his month. Time dinner was washed down by some excellent rum and a small drop of whisky, during the discussion of which the pipes were smoked, and it was agreed to between us that if I we only get a fair chance when the roads are good, we will clear the Crimea within a month of everything ex cept Allies. IRISH RACING FIXTURES FOR 1855. APRIL. Curragli Aptil MAY. Howth and Baldoyle 15 I Confy Castle 30 ...24 JUNE. 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The symptomsdistressing which accompany this complaint being thus dispersed, the sufferer regains buoyancy of opirttsi and Leon _ e a known. —Sold ad mirable old by pletely renovated constitution , Fema les at part icular periods of lif e s h o uld have recourse to thesd pills, as they are the finest medicine ever k all medicine vendors, and at Professor Rolloway's establishments, 244, Strand, London, and ao, Maiden-lane, New York. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—CHARGE OF UTTERING A FORGED ACCEPTANCE. Hansard Bridges was brought before Alderman Rose in the custody of Daniel Forres ter, the officer, charged with having uttered a forged ceptance for the sum of 2551. Mr. Mullens, solicitor to the Association of for Bankerso for Protection from Forgeries and Frauds, attended • the prosecution ; Mr. Gudgeon, of Ipswich, for the de fence. The case was remarkable ; Mr. John Biddulph, clerk to Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and of Lombard-street, bankers, said— Mr. John Gill, of the New Corn Exchange, Mark-lane, keeps an account at our house. On the 24th of March, the bill of exchange now produced, purporting to be accepted by Mr. John Gill, was presented to us, through the clearing-house by the London Joint-stock Bank, and paid. Cross-examined by Mr. Gudgeon—l know as a fact that the bill was paid to the representative of the London Joint-stock Bank who attended the c!earmg,house. I cannot tell who brought us this bill, but it was accepted "A. Brown," in these words :—" Received for the London Joint-stock Bank—A. Brown." Mr. John Gill said—l reside in Surrey-lane, Bat' ersea, and do business in the New Corn Exchange, Mark lane. I keep an account at Barclay and Co.'s, and I know the prisoner, He formerly carried on business at Stowmar ket, Suffolk ; and I have had transactions in business with him. The date of my last transaction with him aas December, 1853. Most of our trwisactions have been, I think, by my acceptances, payable at Barclay and Co.'s. The acceptance to the bill produc d for 2551. is not in my handwriting, nor have I authorised the pr'- soner or any one else to put my name on the bill. knlaw the prisoner's handwriting, and have seen it se veral times, I b e li eve the signature to as drawer of the bill. hi' his, Cross-examined by Mr. Gudgeon—Have you been debited with the amount of the bill by Messrs. Barclay and Co. ? Witness.. Yes. it appears in coy pass book. Air. Gudgeon-Have you not been credited for a si milar amount ? Witneee—l have not. Mr. Glidgeon—Have you rif)t heard from Me-,r3. 13:Arclay, or from other authority, that they have received the amount of the bill Witness— I have not. Mr. Gudgeon—How long have you been acquainted wi►h birn Witness--About seven yeriv. Mr. Gudgeon—And have not all your tranPaotions with hire been condueteri, upon hip' part, with probity ? Witness—l believe tliey have been all perfectly correct. • Mr. Gudgeon—You have said tbat you believed the Signature to tie the prisoner's as drawer of the bill ? •Do you believe that the name "John Gill " is in his hand writing ? _ Witness—l cannot say. I have bad no transactiors with him since Deceuther, 1853. Si has made offers of matt to me once or twice within the la•t tAelve months. Mr. Henry Miller—l re-iile at Ipswich, OA Butter market, and am manager of the National ovinciat Bank of England there. The prisoner keeps an acc,in t with us. In January he brought this bill, for 2551., dated 221 Jan., 1855, payable two months after date. I am acquainted with his handwriting, and believe the signature of the drawer and Vie endorsement to be his. I discoun'ed the bill for him, at his roqin-st, an.l credited him with the proceed,,. The bill wouid tall due on the 25th March, which being Sunday, it b.-came ply . a'ne on toe 24th. I saw hini on the 231 of igarch, rn Vie sub je,it of the bill. He wi4ied us to return it, and g:ive me instrictioni to take it up on his aye cot, and gave me a ch , :que for the amount. 1 instructed u agent, the Joint—tock Bank, to take uh t bill on our aec. , unt I was not acvaint,il with the fa.it, that the bill had been paid by Messr4. BlAchy and Co., unt,l tie sth inst., and then it was that I was informed by For rester that it was so paid. Cross-examined by Mr. Gridgeon=l have known the prisoner between four and five years, and have 111 A ays looked upon him as a most reEp; , ctable person. I had the bill several days in my hands befwe the discovery was made, as I did•not know the acceptor. We advised the London Joint-stook Bank to pay it, and our advice would have reached London on the 24th. They have . not informed us why they did not 'pay it. I have no doubt that the prisoner intendel to pay it, because he in,tructe..l us to do Mr. Gudgeon said he had pursued the curse of cross exaniination, to which the alderman had alluded, for the piirpose of showing that anything like fraud was never for a moment contemplated by the grntleni'in at the bar. Daniel Forrester—l saw th 3 prisoner at the Stox market Railway at half-past twelve o'ulock on Saturday. I ascertained that his Caine via 3 Hats: and Bridges, and I sa'ni I wanted to lum a few questions as to a bill for 225/., which had_ been pmenteil a Rimlay's and accepted "John Gill," whic.h acceptatice, that gentleman ha,ri de nied to be his. The Vain was just then coining up to L indon, and I got two tickets, and said to him that he mast accompany me to explain to Messrs.. Barclay and Co. as to the bill. He said that Mr. Gill did not pay it. When we were in the railway carriage I gave hnn the full 'particulars of the transaction. He then said he was not ignorant of the bill, and I brought him to Lomli n. Cross-examined by Mr. Gudgeon—l cautioned him that he need not answer me if he did not please; that he was not obliged to answer ; but I did not say that his answers might be used against him. I had no war rant for his apprehension. When we arrived in London I sent to Mr. Mullens, from whom I had received in structions on the subject. My impression is, that the prisoner believed that he was going to' Messrs. Barclay and Co.'s to explain about the bill. Mr. Gudgeon then expressed a hope that,the alderman would accept bail under such circumstances. The gen tleman was, he said, a person of the highest respecta bility and expectations of property, and had nit the slightest notion of injuring any person in the transaction de-cribed, and securities of the most unquestionable character were ready. Mr. Mullens said, in cases of such a nature, be was always anxious to leave it to the option of the magis trate, without expressing an opinion to accept or reject Mr. Gudgenn then pre'sed upon .the alder►nan the palpable evidence, that his client had never intended anything wrong or injurious to anybody. Alderman Rose said he regretted to be compelled to say that it was his duty to refuse hail. He referred to R. v. Bear', 8 c. and p. 143, where Justice Coleridge was reported as follows :—" As to the it:tent, I must tell you that every man is * taken to intend the natural consequerxes of his own act. If I present to you a bill with the name of one of my friends npou it, knowing it ti be forged, it wouid be idle to ray that I had no intent injure him." The prisoner was then remanded till Satorday, when Mr. Mullena said it would be his di:ty to call upon the alderman to commit upon the evidence already pro duced. GUILDHALL. —CHARGIL OF UNLAWFUL POWs sum:— William. TVood, a adi-driver a❑d coffee-house keeper, was placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Humphery, charged with being found in the possession of 261b9. of tea, 18iw. of cAfee, ,and Gibs. of candied fruit, the same baring been 6t.)lert from the Angel Inn, Farringdoti.street. ➢Zr. "Wontner appeared for the prisoner. It apvared'that -Messrs.Nybite an , l Fairchild, of High. fereet, lioroogh, packed the gi)ods, and sent them to the Angel Inn for delivery by the country carrier, On Tues day la-t; but as the whole of them hal been repacked since they had been st )len, they. w(re unable t') idenify . them. The prisoner alleged that his wife bought Vie goods of a person who brought them to the shop, an I gave per lb, for the tea, and 91 pr 10. for the coffee. The prisoner was realanded for fur.lorr inquiry, and admitred to bail in one sunty•in 1001., and his ca n re• cognisance in 1001. William Caddick waq chargell t<ith having unlawfuliy in his passet , sion a eiheßt contaiLing 21.000 envelopes, the property of Messrs. Morgan an.l of Cant.on street We,t. wa , ; stated that the prisoner wss seen hrrngirg► alrxt the entrthee of Mr. La , .. - ii.gton's yard, to the Oiti B where the goods were stolen from, a few minutes bef“re they were missed, and he was stoppAl with them in his possession. Messrs. Morgan iientified the property, and the pri soner was then remanded for the attenda.ice of another witness. CLERSENWELL.—STABBING BY A FEHA.LE.— Mary alas Polly Gal!agile?, 23, was caged Mora Mr. Currie with stabbing Jane Barnes. Thomas Clines said, on Saturday evening, about six o'clock, I was corning put of the Benhuw Tavcrn ' in Golden-lane. I saw the prisoner standing, with her arms folded, outside the dooi. She had no bonnet or shawl on. She at once commenced on me, and my young woman interfered, and she Hai stabbed by the prisoner in the faee. Mr. Corrie—You live with the woman that was stabbed ? Witness—Yes, sir ; and when -I tried to take the knife from her she nearly cut the top of my anger off. Prisoner—l was telt , . in Little Cheap4ide, where I live, th,t Clines had been beating ITV brother, and I went to ask hiin.aheout it, when he struck ate. Mr. Corrie—Did you strike her ? Witness—l merk shoved her off, she was using Quell bad language ; and the yoUng womal that wa4 wounde interfered, and received the wound. The knife was con cealed in her sleeve. The knife was here handed to the magi,trate— it was an oil i tble knife, wry sharp, and the point of it was bent by the effect of the b'ow. George Marriott, 418 A, said I was near the spot, and when I came up I tarok the knife from the prisoner. At the station-house, after the wounded woman had given her evidene; the prisoner sail, "I did not mean to stab you ; I meant to stab him" (ineanin„f the witness Clines). After she had given her evidence the woman became insensible, arll renained so long in that state that the divi,ional surgeons had to be called in, and they advised she should be removed to the hospital. Sh e was removed, and this is the certificate I received this morn sing : "St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Apri1_9,.1855. "I do hereby certify that Jane B rues was admitfed on the 7th instant, having a punctured wound below the left lower eyelid, and a contusion around the right eye. " EDWARD MORRIS, House Surgeon." Mr. Corrie (to prisoner)—You have had a narrow chance astalidii.g before me fir committing a niurder. As it is, you' must. be remanded until Monday next, to wait the condition of the injur,d woman. The prisoner was being removed when, The witness Clines said—Your worship, - I dread emi• ing here again. Mr. Corrie—Why ? . Clines—l have a brother in the militia, and yesterday (Sunday) I went to see them going to chapel. As I was standing outside, a young man named John Ryan, and other friends of the prisoner, said to me, "If you go up, you will have to put up with the consequence." Mr. Corrie—You must have a summons against Ryan, and any of the other parties who made any threat against you. • • The prisoner was then removed. Art INTELLIGENT JITET.—In an action, Kingsmill v. Millard, tried at Tannton on Monday, to recover pos session of some land, Mr. Justice Crowder in dir.scting the jury that the plaintiff's case had been clearly proved by the defendant's evidence,- as well as by the plaintiff's, happened to denominate Mr. Serjeant Kinglake, one of the plaintiff's counsel, as his " Brother Kinglake." The jury, which was not one of the brightest, had, however, predetermined to have their own way, and to give a verdict against the learned serjeant, agaipst the evidence, and againstthe summing-up of the judge, and as a reason for diing so, w hil e consi d er i ng th e i r ver:lici, one of them was heard to address another juryman thus :—‘‘ Didns't thee bear that 'ere judge cad that ere' counsel (meaning the learned serjeant) brother ? Dos't thee think it is likely lie waa g , ,ing to ray anything against his own brother ?” and with this conclusion, and an air of ob vious defiance, they reurned a verdict contrary to his lordship's directions.— Bristol M irror. A PERFUMED DANDT.—SitVng on II pinzza of the Cataract-house, at Niagara Falls, was. a :, - oung, foppish looking gentleman, lris garments very highly scented with a mingled odour of 0:)logrw and musk. A solemn faced, odd-looking man, aftter pasArg the dandy several times, with a look of aver-ion which drew general notice, suddenly stopped, and in a confidential:tone, said, "Stranger, I know what'll take that seert out of your clothes ; yon —" " What do pal mean, sir ?" said the exquisite, fired with indignation, starting from his chair. " Oh, get mad, now ; sweat, pitch rou,d, fight, just be cause a man watt to do you a kinthiess ciiuily re. plied the stranger. "But Ido know what'll take oat that smell-- r phew ! you jut bury Sour clothes—bury ' en) a (ay or two. Uncle J o sh got foul of a chunk ;Ind he—" At this moment flora went up from the crowd a simultaneous roar of merriment ;. and the dandy very aeneibly " cleared the coop" and yaniehed upstairs. COUNTRY.GARRETS. CHELMSFORD—APRIL 6. We have no alteration to note in the wheat trade to-41; business was slow, at last week's quotations. Spring co l d ' somewhat improved iu value, and barley much inquire for, the better samples realising an advance of 2e and il l• ferioi qualities Is per qr. Wheat, white, old, per is. , s. - e. o• qr. 57 81 i Oats, per qr .i' 2 7 3 ,. 3 new.... 57 81 1 P eas , P ar t r id g e ....... 36 s v, red, old 53 75 l Whit e 33 4 : new.... 53 75 Boiling 42 4 ' Barley 27 3 , Dun 34 3 ,1 Chevalier 27 35 1 Bean s , Ti e k • 37 - r e Grinding 23 ,O j Harrow ticks 43 : Malt . 6B 72 I Mazagan.... ..3 5 ' 7 Chevalier 7O 74 1 Ditto, new... 36 3 1 COLCHESTER- APItIL 7. The supply of wheat was moderato, and a fair business was passing at last week's pikes. Barley was is per q t. ' dealer. Beans and peas the same as before. The weather now is warmer, and mom like spring. Prices to-dAyWere as follow :—Wheat, white, 70s to 765; red, 64s to 70s ; barley, 32g to 34s ; oats, 284 ton ; beam Mazagan, 3(s to 36s ; middle and small, 40s to 445; pesSo white, 42s to 468 ; grey, 36s to 404. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c., recoile d in the poti of London, from the following ports, tro u the Ist 11a- , 311 to th. 4 'Tea 'April. 1).-411 tneliffo7e. • . • c • . 4 • 2, 2 Colchester Harwich Leigh Mahlon. 2S 223• - - 20 15) - 137 , 9, 193 76, 54 :?4 698; 53 Klit.KpALDY—Aram 7. To-day thole was a great demand for seed, and Wal l supplies of all kiwis grain. Sales quick, at an advanc e of 18 to 2s per qr. ou all sorts. Whea.t. Barley. Oats. J Beaus . I First Second I Third 63s Od 32s Od 258 0,1 I Os Nd COAL MA KKE'P.—ArRIL 9. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the marls et. 8. d.l Buddle W. Hartley 2O 0 Wallsend. &e. P. d ' Davison's West Hartky i 9 91Hetton 22 Hasting's Hartley 19 9,Haswell 2 1 6 , llelyvvell ..... .. ..... ....... 19 611.11111)ton . 21 " 0 Longridge's Wst Hartleyl9 loilietton Lyons Main 2'l Taufield 17 CI Plummer 2O Tanfield Moor Butes 17 'l!tnssell's Hetton 22 0 , Grey's West,Hartlpy ....19 3 1 itew;Lrt's " 2l 6 Willington Hartley lB U Cassop 241 6 A Wylaw 18 6 Hartlepool - 2 l 2l v Ws.llmend. &c. Ileu,gh Hall 2O 0 Acorn Close 2l 1 Kelloe 2l Elilda 17 9 South Hartlepool 2l 6 tiosforth lB 6 ionth Kelloe 20 6 Heaton gorthuatberland l9 6lTrimdon 22 Riddell 2O () j IWhitworth l7 o 6 Veil Main 20 6 Skiborwen Merthyr ...... .•••• Lambton Primrose . 20 tl SAABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Pes Pog c. .!.y the night—and Al by the morning—ttespateh.) COUNTRIXS, Day wlis n male LH. in General Post. Oftie , ,, London.' From WI at I W i t' Yon! •", Dispatch:: En-!An' ILiverpool Each '" ,xnerica(byllrit.park)N I veri Friday • • kmericsb. kby United .I packet)......N kinerica (by U: States packet) ..........N..••.• A. ••,.• ustralia (via South ampton) ..... •• •• •• titto (via Marseilles) NI !htto (via Cape of [lope) • • •• • • • • • • •NI •••• ..... •• e Af rica x a t . (Weal . . C . o . a 9. . t , t ) dof 4t, is 3 m o o o n f t exa.ndria..........hil4th ' Fs 20th of mo!:. is auras ........... A t ! 17th of the month 4.Titan Si ,Sth of the mouth.. Buenos Ayres ........ ;9th of the month_ Cape of Good Hope .. Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Verds ......N 9th of the month Ceylon (see ey1nn...........•..N Channel NI Mon ~Wed.,&Fil; ............ Rr, 17t , , moot !Aim . :Once a month.... Constantinople 8,13,48,230;2h of tit Constantinople 4th it 2IXI of moo. Cont. of Europe M& N f N ice daily „ l.l.lgypt (see India) Franco M. 74 : Twice ((any Gibraltar Al 4, 7,17, 20, 27 °rm. Greece (8 , ...e I ry!ia) Greytsiwn ........ M:sad & 17th or mon. • ilamburgh ........ N Tuesday & Fri, lay Savannah ........ I!2;pi of the month lloiland ............ .• •••• •• • • aoodural ~........ I 7th of the menu:. India (vitoouttlatnpt.)M 4111. k loth of in fnata.(viu Marseilles ,Oth& 25th e t mow I. 'lonian Isles (see Indiii)l7, 17, & 27 of lit , . Ireland ~,,.• . ,.31 & NlTwice ,laily 9, 17, & 27 of t i. M a deir a • • •• • 19tii of that month Yiadef ' month 'dalta (see Indi a ) • 1 delta •••• •• 18, &28 of mon. `Mauritius (see India) - dmir;ffits>.......:Nl I Ith of the mono!. Mexico •••• •• •• •• ..1)1,•21v1 of the mote! . ..N:btillsthr•thormor.. New imiutda •• !2d & 17th et 111::11L , . !flew Ad Mani Private •• Liverpool a pril 11 !Southampton P. l .; a ou v t er ham .. p_t . oz , rfncert s/S Plymouth ~ April 6 Dover ,Southatnr,ton I • !S:tuttLimotm. Dover Pal a zi.,tittoungtth April l" South IVarLus ports Uncerill4 !Southampton 1 30UtliaMptin: TU InauthampLOTi' A;ri l4 Dover Boni trimptotll ,01 Dover „ Tvrice‘ -- !Vvir^` 6ll April ,1 c , outainpt- •• April 1 London ..„. Sum pril 1 I Dover ~4- ,,l ow.nptoo Apra IPiym- nth ' wer • ..... I Dover..• lie..td „ ie 1 .1 Soothampt.o,: Aprik,l 6 ! '4° l.l; l e t r t ;o n' l . li") .! l April Dove? I 4 'Eloatltill. , t4ts ! Apra 1 Dover Boulhamptor.l • %/Arians p t.rt . UnCe•P' Dover le ' 3l)3l ' . ' tates; ••• •• .. &I;tit° , Dover eonnlsit:a ..... • 1791.7 tli'47thetliton. , Southa .ptoi Pe/1 , • •..• - e7t!) 010 !rt Natal * -•• .. N ills private ship.. ~ViuloUi ports . s , ailY • • • • !ALI. Dover I "funnily „ Dover ...... .41 enezuela „ ldt kith h Aouthamptot Van Dietnen'a Gum'. (ie. Australia) .... Went 17th.); mon , . Soutoampton II Apr il I When any of these •lates fall A; a San , lay, the mail, Win apatche 1 on the iollow,ng da r, with the exception of the in " A ' OP Sonthainuton),and the Malta, b o th o f w hi ch will be desPatcht— precediiiit WIND AND WEATHER REPORn . MONDAY. Aral" 0. Stations. ' Course of Wind. State of Weatio r ' Greenwich . S.W Overcast. q.othlittry ... ..... N.B. Very unsettled. Southampton S. W ' Unsettled. Portsmouth Poole Winch fie1d......... N.W Fine. Holyhead .... ...... •W.S .W Cloudy. Dublin Liverpool Derby Leicester W . Very cloudy. Leamington N. E Cloudy. Harwich ' W... ....... Ipswich Manchester W.5.W..... ' Cloudy. Lancaster ... White:haven .. - S.W ..... Rain. 6' to ke-on-Trun t Sheffield S. E. Car'isle .Ma ry port . Leeds Great Grimsby Gainstwrough ..... S. W ' Rain. Boston ' N. W Cloudy. Cambridge S. W Clondy. Lowestoft .N . W Rain: Yarmouth. N.W Rain. Bristol N. E. Cloudy. Plymouth Exeter ..........r W. Cloudy. Gloucester S.W Fine. Cardiff N. W Rain. Swansea • S.W. Rain. Ilaverford west ... N. W... Brighton N. W Fine. Shrewsbury... ..... S.W Fine. Hague ..s W. 5.W..... R 3 iu. York Edinburgh W Cloudy. Glasgow Dundee Perth ' S. W Fine. l Berwick - Scarborough ...... W Rain. Whitby Suuderland W. N. W.... Cloudy. Hull W " Rain. Darlington S.W Cloudy. Newcastle . N. W • Windy. er JO a The court-martial which was ye s t er ,l a y t o hi.j P t , tigated, at Portsmouth, the loss of th e . Tiger .11 fill fncet, on account of the abs ence o f two wattru i neses. A BIRTHS. OP A BON. SOO ° On the Bth inst., the wife of the Rev. Awed Chaplain of Aske's Hospital, Hoxton. • OF A DAUGHTER. o°°' On the Bth inst., at Cheshnnt, Herts. the wife 01 Hill, Esq. • MARRIED. '°„ 10' 0 1 ' On the Ist of Dec. 1%4, at Adelaide, South 4- j OP ob , AS Andrew Garran, E q., AL A., of Norwood, to &WY, / A eldest daughter Juhn Sabin e , E sq ., o f Feliset° laide. DIED ;, P. - Or. the 9th inst., a t 21, H er tf or d- s t rec t, "Mayf ai r ' 1 ,e, spear Phillips, Es q ., age d 81 . On the Bth lust., at 3, Westbourne-placo, Eater]i 00 .s , •ot° ll Mr. James Everts, aged 47. lA II On the Bth inst., at Islington-green, Mr. Robt• 4 ,A S"' aged 27. On the 7th inst., at Elinburgh, Augustus '- s . bl3 : P of Hamburt.T, mercbant, GLiagow. •p• re On the Bth inst., at Maize-hill, Greenwich; - 6 • ' P r Graham E,rf., a ! zed 61. *„ ;tor, On the 6th inSt., john Suckling, Esq., 00 " 0. ''' lif il Iningh.ki, ng, d 51. Amu. .1 ,19 r On the 17th ith , at Kenpi;igton, near L 'ft, - 00 Richard Henry Tolson; formerly o f the 2d L u " P aged 78. .„.01 ,cl ' On the 4th inst., at 7, Regent's-terrace, ‘ lll '-' Whittle, Esq., aged 37. ------(1,1 LONpON: Printed and Pnblisliod by munm , -• No., ll,i of No. 112, Strand, P r i n t er , a t The San &flee' 000 0 Strand, in the .Preciye.t of the s avo y.. In the Middloca, Tamlity, April 10, 105, ~, • , ~u e h ,