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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. The following bills were ordered to be considered : East Indian Railway, Madras Railway, Newport Cor poration, Stourbridge Gas, and Surbiton Improvement. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. Pe Hatt from various congregations of Dissenters in the metropolis, against supporting any form of re li g i ous o pi n i o ns, either in the United Kingdom or th e C o l on i es , by grants of public money ; by Mr. Henley, from Oxfordshire, against from the Marriage Law Amendment Bill ; by Col. Smith, rome York in favou r o f th e bill ; and a petition from the same place against the Beer Bill ; by Mr. Spooner, from married women of Warwickshire, in favour of the Marriage Law Amendment Bill ; by Mr. Scholefield, from Birmingham, against the Nuisances Removal Bill • by Sir G. Grey, from Morpeth, .in favour of theChari: Chari table Trusts Bill ; _by Mr. M. Gibso n, from Manchester, in favour of the M a rriage Law Amendment Bill ; also a petition from S or nersetshire, praying that no dif ference may be made between newspapers and printed pamphlets as regards postage rates ; by Lord Goderich, from Saddleworth, and other places in York- shire, in favour of the Marriage Law Amendment Bill ; by Mr. Baines, from Leeds, in favour of the same bill. MILITARY FORCE IN THE NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES. In reply to Mr. ADDERLET, Sir G. GREY said authority had been sent out to the Governors of the North American Colonies to raise a force of her Majesty's natural-born subjects in those colonies for active service, but such force had not been designated a foreign legion. PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS BILL. Mr. EWART moved that this bill be recommitted and considered on Monday next. Agreed to. MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion that this bill be read a second time, Mr. WALPOLE rose to oppose the motion. He be lieved the bill would be productive of public injury, mo rally, religiously, and socially. From the earliest time down to the present the prohibitions against marriage within certain degrees of consanguinity had been the same, and therefore, when a proposition was made to alter or do away with prohibitions that had existed for at least 1,500 years, it would become the house to pause before they assented to it. The only alterations made in the laws relating to marriages in this country since it was a Christian country was made by Lord Lyndhurst's act in 1835, which, he believed, to be a wise act ; and therefore in reality this was the first attempt to do away with marriages within the prohibited degrees. He would ask, in the first place, was this change called for —was it called for by the people of Scotland ? The hon. gentleman who introduced the bill exempted Scotland from it. (Hear, hear.) Was it called for by the people of Ireland ? A witness before the Commissioners told them the feelings of the people, both Protestants and Roman Catholics were utterly op posed to those marriages ; and, with regard to the people of England, the Commissioners themselves told them, by their report, that the feelings of the clergy and people revolted from such marriages. There were but two ar guments put forward in favour of this bill ; the one was that the existing law put an undue restraint upon religious liberty ; the other was that it prevented a widower from providing a mother for an orphan family. With regard to the first argument, he should say that, if religious liberty was inconsistent with purity and domestic hap piness, it would not be right to allow it ; and as to the second, he maintained that the aunt was naturally the best guardian of a sister's children, and therefore he would prevent her, if he could, from becoming per haps a bad step-mother. The right honourable and learned gentleman entered at much length into the religious part of the question, and con tended that according to the law of Leviticus, a man cannot any more marry his own sister than he can hie wife's sister ; for, according to that law, it was stated that for two brothers to marry one sister, one after the other, was an abomination, and surely that prohibition extended equally to two sisters marrying one man, one after the other. That was the religious view of the question, which he feared he ha I very imperfectly explained, thoush he owned it had great weight with him in coming to a con clusion on this question. With regard to the social ad vantages which it was urged this bill would promote, he believed that if the existing law were altered the wife's sister would be prevented by instinctive delicacy and propriety of feeling from living under the roof of her sister while that sister lived, and therefore the chances would be diminished, instead of increased, of providing the best guardian for an orphan family. It was said that this bill was intended to promote the morality of the lower classes ; but after a diligent search of eight or nine years, the commissioners bad ascer tained that the breaches of the existing law stood in the proportion of about 100 among the upper classes, about 1,400 among the middle classes, while among the lower orders the number was only about 50. (Hear.) He therefore hoped the house would reject this measure, which wouldirreparably injure the interests of the many to indulge the desires of a few. He con cluded by moving that the bill be read a second time this day six months. (Hear.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL supported the bill. He contended that the existing 'aw was an injurious and tyrannical law, and could no longer be allowed to re main on the statute-book. He denied that the whole question, so far as religion was concerned, turned upon the point as to whether there was a prohibition in the written law of God or not. Ile maintained that, to his apprehension, the passage in Leviticus bore a directly opposite meaning to that put upon it by the right, lion. and learned gentleman, and that the real meaning of the Levitical law referred only to the fact of such marriages being prohibited while the wife was living, and not at all after she had ceased to live. In the Roman Catholic Church those marriages were treated as matters of dis cipline and dispensation, and in every Protestant coun• try of Europe, except our own, no such prohibition by law existed as now existed in England. He asked when Europe, Protestant and Catholic, were divided in opi nion upon the meaning of the Levitical law, what right bad we dogmatically to impose such restrictions on those who did not agree with them on the point ; fur the whole body of the Dissenters of this country, and a very large portion of the Protestants, did not regard those marriages as contrary to the divine law. Those were the religious views of the question. With regard to the social point of view, it could be shown that the consequences likely tc, ensue by repealing the existing law, as pointed out by the hon. and learned gentleman (Mr. Walpole) were purely speculative, and did not contain one parti•ele of fact. The hon. and learned member then went on to say that it was not amongst the superior classes that a strong desire was manifested for the legalisation of these marriages, but it was more par ticularly amongst the lower classes, to whom liberty to contract ma xv. iages with a deceased wife's sister would he, in too many "Instances, a boon beyond description. As it was, the temptati ' present s t a t e o f th e l aw o ff ere d t o th ese p e ople One of the strongest kind to immorality by coha bitation . But, beyond these considerations was there no goo b a good in rep ea li ng t h e ex i st i ng l aw ? T h i s quest i on ethaaset en called a woman ' s question, but he maintained it was a moth er l ess c hild ren ' s quest i on. Put the to any woman—ask her if she, a mother with youn g chit ,dren, was s t r i c k en with disease, and know she 11 ;' Ist soon be removed from this world, whether ar se would choose her offspring to be left to the t' .ender and fostering care of a relative, or of some other woman—a stranger whom her husband might afterwards marry —which would she prefer ? (Hear.) The time had come, he maintained, when the present state of the la w oug h t to be repealed, but before he asked them to expunge it, let him inquire how, in the first place, it got the re ? I n former years, as his right hon. and learned friend had said, these marriages were legal, but they were always avoided. But he (the At torney-General) denied that there could be shown an in stance in which a marriage of this kind ever was avoided. The learned gentleman then described the manner in which the present law came into operation, which he character. ised as being the most singular chapter in legislation which was ever recited—and then adverted to the misery and confusion which had resulted from it. He, for one, believed this law to be most mischievous, uncalled for, and tyrannical, and for his part he should give his most cordial and unqualified support to the second reading of the bill before the house. The right hon. gentleman resumed his seat amidst applause. Mr. WIGRAM differed from the construction placed upon the Levitical law by te right honourable and learned gentleman who had j u also from the argument he hadst sat down ; a n d urged to the effect that Parliament ought not to bind the people of this country to its particular interpretation of Scripture meaning. Unless they placed some limit to th e scope )many ny of this argument they might legalise polyg am y , wh i ch n P,nople in this country believed to be perfectly all owa ble . v . 7 religion s and moral law. At the same tim e he ( Mir. gram) did not think that it would be safe to trust to the belief that persons who are of opinion i n rer with a deceased wife's sister was not permissible alt Point Point of view, would avail themselves of the ~,a 8 mos gin the law. On a variety of grounds he present seta e : 1 21 Y opposed to any interference with the try, b ecause it zit of the law of marriage in this coun eulated to proestsaa„ bard to say what effects it was cal- Mr. COLLlERt.hreminded the house that the grounds of opposition to harlusation of marriage with a ceased wife's siste r de- When the question was; fil 4 "gane material alteration. irbei thatd b t y h e t y h ewl ware taken that these marriag es tn ,,Z e s the high ground was of God. He defied proof frenAhrFtlin so prohibited. (Hear, hear. %being the case, he contended that it was contrary to ptrhoel:ißbelt formation that human law should in Z s pirit of Re that which was not prohibited by the er la P w °" to be quoted a passage from the writings of Luther °f to G 13 t d 4 th a t effect. The hoe. gentleman then went on there was only one passage of Scripture whichSZT this question, and that was not a prreodbii-- redly on bition,,, but a tacit permission. (Hear, hear.) ir e alluded to the one which laid down that a man may Dot marry the sister of his wife while his wife is livin g ; but was it to be inferred from this that he ought not lin li a _r7 her after his wife was demi I (Hear, hear.) Well. Vaasa marriages were not prohibited in Scripture—if I„ 4 „ 43 "'elre regarded under the Mosaic dispensation in the I,l7,,Lnf t ineest or fornication, they . might naturally an oat the Jew 'a contracting such marriages , baked t eat did continually, would have been re: trausa • but , throughout the t W o ll t ol fi e nd ennal st eratissn_ backsliding;, he could o:l4ar, hear- sing le Then reference to one of this character. was said that these marriages= were prohited by the law of nature. Now, without en tering into the profound specolati o whi ch had divided the writers on moral philosophy to th e tuiiVergal law THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 26 1853. ing his opinion that such and such an appointment was not a good one ; but when Lord Hardinge explained, he yielded to his (Lord Hardinge's) views. By Lord Seymour—He had sent, by permission of the Emperor Napoleon, a military commission of three officers to Paris, to report on the general state of the staff of the French army, and had written to Lord Rag lan, requesting him to do the same as to the French army in the Crimea. The Chairman said he could now release the noble duke, and his grace retired. The committee then adjourned till today. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-April 25. EQUITY COURTS. MACINTOSH V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was a suit, by the representatives of Mr. Macin tosh, deceased, seeking to have the accounts taken be tween them and the Great Western Railway Company in respect of very extensive railway and engineering works performed by him for the company, partly under special contracts and partly without, and in respect of which the plaintiffs claimed to be creditors of the com pany to the amount of about 250,000/. The suit was commenced about eight years since, and now came on to be heard. Sir Fitzroy Kelly, with whom was Mr. Bazalgette, appeared for the plaintiffs; Mr. Elnisly and Mr. Vaughan Johnstone for defendants in the same interest with them ; Mr. Bacon and Mr. T. Stevens for the company. Sir Fitzroy Kelly, at the sitting of the court, began to open the plaintiffs' case, and continued speaking until the court rose. It is anticipated that the case will occupy several dap. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. THE QUEEN V. EDMONDS-THE WATERMEN'S COMPANY. In this case, Augustus Robert Edtiion,ls had been convicted under a bye-law made under the 57th section of the 7 and 8 Geo. IV., c. 75, an act "for the better regulation of Watermen and Lightermen on the river Thames between Yantlwt Creek and Windsor." The conviction took p!aee at the London Quarter Sessions, and a case on fats agreed open was stated for the opi nion of this court. By the 57th section of the act in question, the mayor and aldermen of London are em powered to make certain bye-laws for the regulation of the c ompany. The 38th of the s e r ul es enac t e d that "if any freeman Of the company or his apprentice, or an ap prentice to the widow of a freeman, shall set at work to row, or permit or suffer to be set at work to row, or in any m anner navigate any lighter, boat, or other craft, within the limits aforesaid, any person not being a freeman (ap prentices excepted), he shall forfeit a sum of not more than 405., and not less than 10s." It was proved at the Quarter Sessions that Edmonds, who was a freeman, had a barge on the 3d of April, 1854, within the limits assigned, which was under the control of one Oxlade, who was also a freeman, and in which was employed one William Sergeant, who was not a freeman, or an appren tice to a freeman or the widow of a freeman. For this violation of the 38th bye-law he was convicted in the penalty of 10s. ; and the questions now for the opinion of this court were whether the bye-law was a good bye law, and whether the facts justified the conviction. Mr. Scotland appeared in support of the conviction, arguing that it was justified by the facts, and that the bye-law was in itself a reasonable one, framed for the public benefit. Mr. Huddlestone contended that the bye-law was bad in the first plane, because it was inconsistent with the statute under which it had been framed ; and in the next place because it was in restraint of trade, no specl custom being averred. The court took time to consider their judgment. THE QUEEN V. TIBBLE.-" WESTERN BARGES." This was a case stated for the opinion of the court en an appeal from a decision of Quarter Sessions, under the following circumstances. The appellant bad been con victed of having infringed the 37th section of the 7 and 8 George 11r., c. 75, the Waterrnen and Lightermen's Act, by working and navigating for gai❑ and hire a cer tain barge at Putney, within the limits over which the act extends, he not being a freeman of the company, or an apprentice to a freeman. The barge in question is of the kind known as a "we-tern barge," used in the con veyance of goods from the western part of the country along the canals, and is flat bottomed and narrower in its construction than the Thames barge. Oa the present occasion, howevev, it was laden with goods, the property of the Great Western Railway, as carriers, which had been received by them at various places along their line, and were being consigned to their destination. The ap pellant, who was employed by the railway company at a weekly salary, had the command of the barge from Brentford creek to Putney, assistA by two other per sons not freemen. From Putney the barge was towed to Steel-yard Wharf by a free waterman. By the 101st section of the act, western or west country barges, ply ing on the Thames, were especially exempted from the operations of the act. The question for the court was, did the facts support the conviction ? Mr. Scotland, in support of the decision of the Quar ter Sessions, contended that the exception was not in tended to apply to a class of boats which had been di verted from their original purpose, and were worked in the manner stated in the case. Mr. Bramwell, for the appellant, urged that boats known as western barges were exempted from the pro visions of the act, however employed, and that the appe lant being a servant of the company, did not work for gain or hire within the meaning of the statute. Lord Campbell said, unless the ca•e came within the exception of the statute applicable to western bargee, it was quite clear there had been a violation of the 37th section. How could it be said that there had been no infringement of the act, because the place where the voyage began was not within the limits of the act Then it was clear the appellant was plying for hire and gain, for he was paid for his labour by the company ; and it was immaterial by whom he was paid so that be was paid. Plying for hire was one offence, and work ing for hire was another. As to the argument that the barge came within the exception, he was clearly of opinion that, in order to bring it within the exception, the Large mast be a western barge at the time of the alleged offence, and neither its build nor former employ could have anything to do with the matter unless it were so. The appeal must therefore be dismissed. Appeal dismissed. COURT OF COAINION PLEAS, MARTIN V. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY CO3IPAN7.- ACCIDENT. This wag an action to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff, as he alleged, through the negligence of the defendants in net properly lighting their station at Barnet. The case was tried at West minster a day or two ago, before Mr. Justice Maule, and the jury on that occasion gave a verdict fur the plaintiff—damages 20/. Mr. Watson,Q.C., now moved for a new trial, upon the ground of misdirection, and also to arrest the judg ment. He stated that in the month of November last the plaintiff took a return ticket to carry him from Lon don to Barnet and back, and that, intending to leave Barnet by the 7.56 p.m, train, he arrived at the station two minutes before that time. He found the train wait ing, and the bell ringing, and he hurried to get across the rails and into the train ; but he missed the pathway across, and went too far along the line, and ran against a switch handle with such violence that he fell and se verely bruised himself. The learned judge directed the jury that they were to consider whether the accident had happened in consequence of negligence on the part of the company, or whether it had been caused entirely by the plaintiff's negligence ; but it waa now submitted that he should have told the jury that even if the plaintiff had contributed by his‘own negligence to the accident, with out. having been entirely the cause of it, the defendants were entitled to the verdict. It was also submitted that there was no legal liability on the company to light their stations. Parliament had made various regulations as to public interests in connexion with railways, but had made no regulation upon this subject; and if the courts should take on themselves to introduce any novel rule of liability as to railway companies, very great incon venience would result from it. Rule granted. parish, for having, pending an election of guard;ans for the said parish, unlawfully, fraudulently, and with in tent to affect the result of such election, altered a certain voting paper used therein, by which offence they had rendered themselves liable to imprisonment for any period not exceeding three months, with or without hard labour. Mr. Morgan, the partner of Mr.Hnniphreys, attended for the prosecution ; and Mr. Keep, barrister, for Mr. Giles. Mr. Logan, clerk to the board of guardians, said—l produce a voting paper for guardians, which had been forwarded by me on the sth instant to the residence of Mr. John Wortham, of Walcot-square, a ratepayer of the parish. The voting paper had on it the names of six candidates, namely, Mr. Ball, Mr. Giles, Mr. Farris, Mr. Doulton, Mr. Evans, and Mr. Nash, and it was re turned with the initials "J. W." before each, though the ward only returned three members, and was signed " John Wortham." The initials before the names of Messrs. Doulton, Evans, and Nash appeared crossed out, but on Saturday the 7th Mr. Wortham called on me, and from what lie told me I set down his vote for Messrs. Doulton, Nash, and Evans, as those for whom he intended it. _ _ . Mr. John Wortharn deposed that the voting paper produced had been IcFt at his house, awl he placed his signature before the names of Messrs. Doulton, Evans, and Nash, the candidates he wished to vote for, and hay • ing also signed his name at the bottmn, left it to be taken away by the police. On the following morning, from what he bad been told by Mrs. Northam respect ing the list, he called on Mr. Logan, and explainA the matter to him. He had given no authority to alter the paper. Mr. Wortham was cross-examined at some length but nothing material or favourable to the defendants was elicited. Mrs. Mary Wortham deposed that on the evening of Friday, the 6th inst., the defendants called at her hou e and one of them (Mr. Gile-) asked her if the voting paper was filled up, and she replied it was. He then asked her in whose favour it was filled, and she replied that she did not know, but from the manner in which it was folded she could see that Mr. Evans was one. He next asked her whether she thought noniron was one, and she replied that she did not know. He (Mr. Giles) after some more conversation, asked to see the paper, but before she brought it the defendants said they wanted to put out the old guardians, as they refused to permit the old people in the workhouse to have any tea. At this time she was not aware that the defendants were themselves candidates for the office of guardians, and when she went to bring the voting paper they told her there was no necessity for her bringing a pen and ink, as they were provided with them. Mr. Giles asked her if she thought her husband would have any ob jection to their altering the paper, and from what they said about the tea to the old people she said she thought not. Mr. Ball held the ink and Mr. Giles the pen, and the latter made the alteration in the voting-paper. She (witness) observed that he had written the initials J. N., and told him it should be J. W., as her husband's name was Northam. Mr. Giles then crossed out the initials before the three names as they appeared, and placed there before the other three. In cross-examination, the witness said she had known Mr. Giles before, by appearance, but not by name. She denied having said that the person who accompanied Mr. Ball on the occasion was a tall, fair gentleman ; and was now quite certain the defendants were the per- sons. This was the case on the part of the prosecution. Mr. snap, in defence, argued that the evidence re specting the identity of his client was weak and i nsuffi cient, aid that the parties, whoever they were, had Mrs. Wortham's sanction for what they had done. Mr. Ball, who was undefended, said the opposite par ties were guilty of practices similar to those complained of. Mr. Elliott observed that it was a mast extraordinary thing to find persons of character and respectability coin mittinz themselves in such a manner. The testimony of Mrs. Wortham was quite unshaken, but as some points of law had been urged in the investig,ation, and a 3 the matter was also of con,iderable public importance, he should take time to consider the matter, and deliver his judgment on a future day. A DERELICT VESSEL.--The Letitia, of London, laden with mahogany, supposed bounri from Honduras to Lon don, was fallen in with on the 20th March in lat 33 N., long. 63 W., abandoned, with topmasts carried away above the cap, and bulwarks and rails gone, stelm frame much shaken, and her decks blown up in several places, by the Melbourne, Caroline, arrived in Mount's Bay, which boarded her and took from her some rigging. It is supposed the crew were some time in the tops, as there were some tents rigged and no eatables to be found. EXTENSIVE DISCOVERY OF STOLEN PROPERTY.— LIVERPOOL, April 25 —This day a woman named Mary Carney, who keeps a disreputable house in Spitalfields, and four other female inmates of her establishment. were brought before the magistrates on suspicion of being connected with some extensive robberies which have been committed in town within a short time past. From information which they had received, detective.: Duggins and Skaite procured a warrant, and went yes terday to B , 3arch Carney's house. On doing this they found a large quantity of drapery goods, consisting chiefly of shawls, silks, silk handkerchiefs, &c., so secreted as to convey the idea that they were the pro ceeds of some robbery or rcbberiee. They also found a purse, which Carney said contained 801., but which, on being opened, was found to contain 91 sovereigns. Car ney and her lodgers were taken into custody, and while in Bridewell, a sailor named Joe Smith, picked her and her four associates out from ainom; 19 other women, as the five who bad lately, in Carney's house, robbed him of 46 sovereigns. A considerable quantity of drapery goods was identified as belonging to Mr. Ullathorne and Mr. Strangers, of Ranelagh-street, in this town The prisoners were remanded for a week, to allow time for additional inquiries. PUBLIC WORKS FOR INDIA.—At the ordinary weekly meeting of the Society of Arts, held yesterday (Wed nes. day) evening, Mr. Robert Lowe, M.P., in the chair, the paper read was " On Public Works for India, especially with reference to irrigation and communications," by Col. Cotton, late chief engineer, Madras. The following pro positions give, in brief, the views entertained by the colonel on this important subject :-1. That the greatest possible mistake had been made in our management of India in neglecting to execute those works of irrigation and communication which lay at the foundation of the improvement of the people. 2. That nothing could be more obvious than that in every district, the moment it was taken possession of, a sufficient establishment and expenditure 'should have been allowed-1, to keep in repair the old native works ; 2, to construct new and far more perfect ones, worthy of our transit means and knowledge. 2. That the improvements that had of late years commenced in a few districts did not at all represent the general state of things throughout India, but that at this moment the great mass of India was utterly unimproved and unpro vided with those works which were essential to all improvement. 4. That the construction of a few hundred miles of higk-speed railway would not in the least meet the wants of Ir did ; that every district ought at once to be supplied with works of irrigation, and per- vaded with an extensive system of communication of cheap transit. 5. That to spend 10,000/. on a single mile of communication, when the same time and money could be expended in other ways, so as to produce from 10 to 100 times as much useful effect, was the greatest mistake. 6. That nothing but canal or river communi cation could provide India with sufficiently cheap transit for its long distances and the small value of its main ar• ticks of transport. 7. That the grand point of all, as respects communication, was to get any rough works executed to a vast extent over the whole face of the country in the least possible time. 8. That while the value of water for irrigation was at least 1/. sterling for 6,000 cubic yards, it could be provided on a large scale at 300,000 cubic yards for the same amount. 9. Tbat probably steam-boat canals could be worked at one-eighth of the cost of working high-speed rail ways, and improved rivers also at one-sixth or one eighth of the latter. An animated discussion fol lowed the reading of the paper, in which the fol lowing gentlemen took part—Messrs. S. Gregson, M.P., A. S. Ayrton, C. Nicholson, Colonel Sykes, F.R.S., J. Dickenson, jun., Brown, S. Sydney, the Chairman, and Colonel Cotton. Me NEW LOAN BILL—A bill "For raising a Sum of Money by way of Annuities," has been brought in by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson. The loan, as already known, is one for 16.000,000/ , and contributors are to be entitled to the principal sum of 1001. in the Three per Cent. Consols to commence from the sth of January, 1855, and also to a further annuity of 14s. 6d. for a term of 30 years, to com mence from the sth day of April, 1855. Contributors who have made deposits of 10 per cent. with the Bank of England may pay the remainder by instalments, i.e., the further sum of 151. per cent, on the 22d of May, 1855 ; 101. per cent, on the 19th of June following, 151. per cent, on the 17th of July, 101. per cent. on the 21st of August, 101. per cent. on the 18th of September, 101. on the 16th of October, 101. on the 20th of November, and the remaining 10/, per cent. on the 18th of Decem ber, 1855. Guardians or trustees may subscribe the money of infants, and such infants will become con tributors within the meaning of the act. The annuity of 31. per cent. per annum will be paid on the sth of January and on the sth of July in each year, and that of 14s. 6d. on the sth of April and the 10th of October in each year. After payment of the deposit and any subsequent instalment, subscribers may have a proportionate amount of stock placed in their names in the Bane books, and may transfer the came in the usual form. Contributors may anticipate their payments, but no discount will be allowed thereon. The first half-yearly dividend on the 31. per cent. an nuity will be due on the 25th of June, and that on all .urns paid not later than the 25th of June, and that on the terminable annuity of 14i 6d. on the 10th of Oat., on all sums written in the books of the bank not later than the 25th of September preceding, The annuities, interest, and dividends are chargeable on and to be paid out of the consolidated fund. A ciisluer and accountant general are to be appointed by the Bank, and theTreast.ry is to order money to be issued to the cashier for the pay ment of annuities. Subscriptions paid in part, and not completed, will be forfeited. The Bank is to be allowed to retain 3001. out of every million of the loan for the service and labour of management. The Three per Cent. Annuities are to be added to the joint-stock of the Three per Cont. Console. A sutn of 1,000,000/, will be yearly paid out of the consolidated fund to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt for the extinc tion of the loan, the first yearly payment to commence 12 months after the ratification of a definitive treaty of peace with Russia. Persons counterfeiting receipts for contributions will be treated as felons, and no fees to be taken for receiving contributions on paying or transfer lug annuities under a penalty of 201. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING ,MEETING. WEDNESDAY. Selling Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 SOW; each ; for 3 yr-olds. The winner to be sold fir 200 sovs, if ,le inanded, &c. First half of Ab. M. (3 furlongs 215 yards.) 4 su b s . Mr. E. R. Clark's Priestcraft, by Cowl, Bst 71b (Bartholomew) 1 Captain Lane's Thessaly, Bst 41b (J. Ma❑n) 2 Mr. Adkins' Fearlass, Bst Duke of Rutland's Harry of Hereford, Bst 71h (Flatman) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Priestcraft, 3to 1 agst Harry of Hereford, 4 to 1 agst Fearless. Won by half a length ; a neck between the second and third ; and three-quarters of a length between the third and fourth. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas, for mares ; 4-yr-olds, Bst 91b ; 5-yr-olds, 9•t Blb ; 6-yr-olds and aged, lOst. H. C. (3 miles 4 fur. 139 yds.) Mr. DAley's Black Swan, by Knight of the Whistle, 5 yrs (S Steggle,) 1 Col. Dickson's Testy, 4 yrs (J. Mann) 2 Lord Evtter's Nicotine, 5 yrs (Norman) 3 Miss Allan, Folly o' the Day, and Miss Bolton also rnn. • Betting-7 to 4 asst Miss Allen, 4to 1 each agst Black Swan and Testy. Won by a length. Bad third. Handicap Plate of 501., for 3-yr olds and upwards. Cesarewi:ch Course (2 miles 2 fur. 28 yds). Mr. Kenyon's Siding, by the Ugly Buck, 3 yrs, 6st bib (Quinton) 1 Mr. T. V. Turner's Hybla, 5 yrs, 7st 81b (Alficruft) 2 The betting opened at 5 to 2 on Hybla, but at the close only 5 to 4 laid. Siding - made all the running, and won by three-quar ters of a length. Renewal of the Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, for 3-yr olds ; colts, 8 t 71b ; filli 21b, not en;azed in the 2,000 Guineas or 1,000 Guineas Stakes. Those stallions or out of mares that never 'Ted a winner al lowed 41b ; only one allowance. A.F. (1 mile 2 fur. 73 yds.) 7 suns. Duke of Bedford's Triton, by Weatherbit, 84 71b (Pettit) 1 Mr. Bryan's The Poor Player, by St. Leon (41h.) . . Bst 31b (J. Marson) 2 Lnrd Exeter's Nutriment (411)), Bst 31b (Norman) 3 Mr. Mare's High Priest (41b), Bst 31b (E. Sharp) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Triton, 2to 1 agst Poor Player. Won by a length. Three lengths between the second and third. Plate of 501., for 3-yr-olds, fist 71b ; 4-yr-olds, Bst 121 b ; 5-yr-olds and upwards, 9st 31b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold fir 200 sous, if demanded, &c. Allowances, if entered to be sold for less. D.M. (7 furlongs 201 yards.) Mr. Adkins' Fearless, by Faugh-a-Ballagb, 3 yrs (40/.) sst 11th Mr.G.Drewe's Vulcan, 3 yrs, (1001.), 6st6lb (H.Bray) 2 Captain Lane's Guy Mannering, aged, (401.), 7st 71b (J. Mann) 3 The following also ran :—Economy, D►minutive, aid Heyday. Ramey weighed for Merry Monk, 4 yr 3 (401.), 7st 21b, and the number was put up, but the horse did not go to the post. Betting-6 to 4 azst Guy Mannering, 7to 2 asst Heyday, 5 to 1 aght Fearless. Fearless made all the running, and won by two lengths ; the same distance between the second and third. The winner wa's claimed by Mr. G. Drewe. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h. ft., for three-yr-olds colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b ; those by stallions or out of mares that never bred a winner, allowed 31b. Only one allowance. D.M. (7 fur. 201 yards.) 4 subs. Mr. Nevill's c. by Paragons, out of Sneer (31h), Bst 41b (Bartholomew) walked over. Sweepstakes of 50 sous each, h t ft., for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b ; those by stallions or out of mares that never bred a winner, allowed 31b. Only one allowance. D.M. (7 fur. 201 yards.) 3 subs. Duke of Bedford's Pugnator, by Weatherbit (3113), Bst 41b (Pettit) walked aver. Sweepstakes of 50 sous each, for three-yr-old colts, Bst 71b. D.M. (7 fur. 201 yds.) 5 subs. Mr. Combe's Tumbler,' krother to Trouncer, Bst 71b. (Bartholomew) walked over. The Cup was not challenged for. _ - of nature, he would only say that he must express his utter disbelief in an universal law of nature on this point, which had only been revealed to the Scotch. (Laughter.) This law of nature was not written in the hearts of continental nations, nor of Protestants, nor of Roman Catholics. (Hear.) The next objection was that these marriages were opposed to the canon law of the Church ; but he thought a cursory examination of those laws would convince them that other prohibitions therein contained were not now regarded. (Hear, hear.) Dismissing the question of the prohibition of the statute law, the hon. gentleman proceeded to offer some re marks on the general subject in a social point of view, which he said appeared to him to assume the form of mere individual taste and sentiment. (Hear.) Having replied to several of the objections which had been urged against the measure, he concluded by expressing his cor dial concurrence in its object and his support to the second reading of the bill. Mr. NAPIER believed the proposed change in the law was regarded with abhorrence and disgust by a large proportion of the community of all classes. Why was Scotland exempted if it were not in consequence of the extreme repugnance which that nation felt to the mea• sure ? Why, then, was it intended to foist it upon Ire land, where the feeling was equally strong ? (Hear.) The hon. and learned gentleman contended at some length that marriage with a deceased wife's sister was not per missible amongst the Jews, as had been urged ; and then went on to view the question as being parallel with the prohibition contained in Scripture of marriage with a brother's wife, in support of which he adduced the authority of several ecclesiastical and theological writers. And yet, he continued, the house was called upon to set at naught all these opinions, the canons of the Church, and the feelings of a large majority of the people, for what ? Simply to gratify the wishes and the sensual desires of a few persons with whom the present state of the law was found to interfere. (Hear, hear.) There were indeed some restrictions with regard to marriages which they might remove, but they could not abolish a restriction like this without incurring the dangerous responsibility of introducing into our social system an element which would be fatal, as it developed itself, as it undoubtedly would, to the sanctity of domestic relations and domestic happiness. (Hear, hear.) He therefore begged the house to pause before it took so serious a step. (Hear.) Mr. M. MILNES condemned the terms in which the hon. and learned gentleman who had just sat down had referred to those persons who, feeling moral and religious obligations as strongly as the honourable member did, nevertheless considered that they were at least not transgressing the law of God in contracting these marriages. He contended that it was wrong to oppose any particular deductions of their own from Scriptural passages on questions like these to the very strong feeling manifested by the people of this country, which be affirmed was the case. He put it to the house to say whether, had the moral sense of the people of this country, about which so much had been said, been offended by marriages of this kind when they were permissible, they would have availed them selves of the unrestricted opportunity of contracting them to such an extent as they did in that day ? (Hear.) On the other hand, however, things were changed, and such unions were no longer allowable by law. Yet, under these circumstances, he found the national voice raised against the existing legal prohibition ; whilst large numbers of the clergy were appealing to members of that house to support the proposed bill, in order to enable them to enforce the observance of the ordinary rules of decency and morality with which the present absence of legalisation of these marriages had seriously interfered. (Hear.) There were powerful arguments to his mind in favour of the measure, independently of those which had been so well urged by other hon. members, and he should therefore give the second reading of the bill his sincere support. (Hear, hear.). Mr. K.SEYMER contended that this movement was not intended, as he had seen it stated, for the advantage of the poor, who but for agitation in more in• fluential quarters might have gone on marrying the sisters of their deceased wives without any legal in terference. He affirmed that all the arguments of a social character tended to support the pro priety of maintaining the present state of the law, and then went on to argue at considerable length that the proposed bill was simply an act to relieve all those who had acted contrary to the law of the land from the consequences of their indiscretion ; and that if intro duced and legalised all the social relations of life would be completely disturbed, and the happy intercourse sub sisting between relatives quite interrupted. (Hear, hear.) He should most decidedly oppose the measure. (Hear.) Mr. T. CHAMBERS said no doubt the house would admit he was making a fair proposition when he asked them to allow him to set the eloquence of his right hon. and learned friend (the Attorney-General) on the one side against that of the hon. and learned gentleman op posite (Mr. Napier), on the other, and leave the ques tions as to the existing evil of the present state of the lzw as brought forward by the former, and the supposed evils which would result from its alteration, as main tained by the other a'-together in abeyance, whilst he addressed himself exclusively to the religious bearing of the subject. This, the hon. gentleman remarked, was in his opinion the only proper light in which it ought to be examined, because if the existing law was not justified by being based on a religious foundation. it had no right in the statute book. (Hear, bear.) He accordingly briefly expressed his views on this point, as offering no impediment whatever to marriage with a deceased wife's sister. He then glanced at the social objections which had been urged against the measure, but he held that those were merely minor considerations. (Hear.) As t. 4 the arguments that an alteration of the law would conduce to deteriorate the purity of the connubial state, and that it was socially undesirable, he thought they were value less, as the questions involved would adjust themselves according to the particular circumstances of different cases. On these grounds he should support the bill. Mr. WHITESIDE next rose, and iu a few. forcible remarks opposed the measure. It being now a quarter to 6 o'clock, the debate was adjourned. AFFIRMATIONS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. Some other business on the paper being disposed of, the house adjourned. ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM MITTEE. (Continued from eur first impression of yesterday.) EXAMINATION OF THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE. Sir. J. Pakington—Your grace stated yesterday that no exception was taken by any high military authority to the expedition to the Crimea. Can you inform me whether there was any objection on the part of any one to the strength of the army sent there ? Duke of Newcastle—There was not. Sir J. Pakington—Will your grace inform me what arrangements were made by the Government for recruit ing the army in the East ? There was no reserve I pre sume ? Duke of Newcastle—lt is a mistake to suppose there was not a reserve. After the expedition sailed for the East there remained behind Sir Geo. Cathcart'e divi sion, comprising some 6,000 or 7,000 men, which was a reserve ; and when that was despatched, there still remained a reserve of about 10,000 men, whic:i was sent out to reinforce the army immediately after the battle of Inkerman. Of course, in other respects the militia was looked to to recruit the army, and it was embodied im mediately after the new act was passed. Examination continued—When it was known that the army must winter in the Crimea no time was lost in giving orders to the contractors for the supply of huts, nor was there any delay in their being shipped after steamers were procured for the purpose. The first cargo left this country about the latter end of November or the beginning of December. By Mr. Drummond—The expedition to the East was determined on oe. the 19th of February last year, and, as I have already stated, it was always contemplated that in case any engagement with the Russians in Turkey did not prove successful, that some offensive opera tions in the Crimea would ensue. Instructions were sent out to the ambassadors at St. Petersburg and Constantinople to endeavour to obtain some information relative to the strength of the defences of Sebastopol, the resources of the country, and the disposition of the inhabitants ; but, as I have before said, no information of the kind could be obtained. I have no hesitation in giving an unqualified denial to the statement that an offer through Admiral Dundas was made to the Government to supply any such information. If any offer of this kind was made to the Ambassador it was his duty to have intimated that to the Government. but no intimation of the sort was received from him, It may turn out, however, if any proposition of this nature was really made to Lord Stratford, that it was in fact one of those chimerical schemes, so many of which have been laid before the Government —sent for instance as a plan of taking Sebastopol by means of balloons. (Laughter.) The noble duke, on the subject of small arms, said that he had ordered 20,000 minie rifles to be made at Birmingham, but in consequence of the delay that took place in furnishing them he was obliged to order 20,000 to be made at Liege, which were supplied, and the making of which prevented an order from the Russian Government for 100,000 of the same weapons being fur nished. In reply to Colonel Lindsay, his grace stated that the recruiting, though carried on by the Horse Guards, came under his cognisance as War Minister. He had frequent communications with Lord Hardinge and other officers on the subject, and they were strongly opposed to the increase of the bounty. He himself was in favcur of increasing it, but he yielded to their opinions as being, be conceived, more competent judges, though be afterwards regretted that the bounty had not been raised at an earlier period than it was. The militia were never under him, though he wished to have that done, but was overruled ; he was also in favour of allowing the disembodied militia to enlist into the line without being called upon to pay back the bounty, and he considered the probibitiou against militiamen volunteering into the l "n" ought to have been taken off sooner. t 0 I,n, reference, a no Ztriii-Lne—teard, said, from August to October there were 1 tinny were antletrairt7 held, though very important opera not usual to hole tinle going on in the Crimea. It was year, as most of the CabinetC meetings at that time of the y. prorogation of Parliamentmet Ministers left town after the By Col. Lindsa September eo operationuetg the whole of August and quire the presence in town eorfe going on that would are quire the Cabinet Ministers. On a question put by M r . ard, as to whether his grace badlrehde remonstraneeasY of the staff thegracea 'rooms as n t wYas cleared. appointments in the Crimea, said he made no When it was again opened, his official objection to those appointments but he h a d spoken about some of them to Lord Harding_, express, PROMOTION IN THE GUARDS. The following letters have been addressed to the editor of the Times:— Sir,—l shall feel much obliged by the insertion in your columns of the following correspondence, the pub lication of which bas been rendered necessary by the gross misrepresentations of Mr. Layard's speech at Liverpool as reported in your paper.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, A. E. HARDINGE, Lieutenant Colonel, Coldstream Guards. 15, Great Stanhope-street, April 25. (Copy No. 1. " 15, Great Stanhope-street, April 23. "My dear Wilson,—l have this instant read a speech of Mr. Lay aril's, delivered at Liverpool, in which he evidently alludes to you, introducing my name in the following manner - " I will give you an instance of a friend of mine, a gentleman who served throughout all those battles, and dis tinguished himself most signally. He came ovar to this coun try sick and almost dead. There were two men above him, officers in one of the Guards' regiments, who had never left England. They were members of high families, and they were promoted without purchase ; but my friend was a poor man, and they male him pay 3,000/. for his com mission ; and why ? Lord Hardinge's son was next to him, and got his commission without purchase. (Loud cries of ' Shame ! shame !') I say these things are scandalous.' " You are evidently the friend to whom Mr. Layard alludes, and I am more openly declared to be the officer who, as the son of the Commander-in-Chief, got my pro motion for nothing. " I call upon you, therefore, as an officer conversant with the rules of the service, to state whether the trans action can bear in the slightest degree the colour given it by Mr. Layard. " Your decision to purchase was uninfluenced by any but what appeared your best interests at the time, and did not affect your chance of obtaining your step without pur chase by the accident of a death vacancy; but you were not prepared, like Dawkins and Strong, to allow a junior (in their case Lord Dunkellin) to pass over your head, the promotion coming in the usual way. " Had you done so, I should have paid the 3,000 Z., taking my place above you in the regiment, and you would have succeeded to the vacancy caused by the promotion of Co lonel the Hon. A. Upton to be a Major-General. " The mis-statement of Mr. Layard is so flagrant, by its insinuations as well as by the perversion of its facts, that I know you could not have been a party to it. Be so good as to give me an early answer, as you know that my ar rangements are made to return to the Crimea.—Yours truly, " A. E. HARDINGE." (Copy No. 2.) "62, South Audley-street, April 23. " My dear Hardinge,—l regret that you have been hurt by an allusion made to my promotion by Mr. Layard at Liverpool. " I frankly own I have felt, and still feel, myself to have been more really entitled to promotion without purchase than other officers whom circumstances had detained at home, and whose length of service uid not equal mine ; all toy friends, civil and military -Mr. Layard among them coincided with me in this opinion. "For my own part, I have always blamed the system of these promotions, and am not disposed to censure heads of departments, who. I believe, acted, as far as concerned me, according to existing regulations. " I world remark that I placed my name on the pur chase list when Dawkins and. Strong withdrew theirs, my motive being the impossibility of obtaining my promotion without purchase while two seniors were above me ; but, had I imagined that Mackinnon's step would not have been given me, I should have withdrawn my name from the purchase list, taking the chance of Colonel Upton's retire ment from the regiment. Of course, I should have bean influenced in this wise by financial views.—Believe me, yours vary trury, " C. TOWNSEND WILSON. " To Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge." (Copy No. 3.) "15,'Gre - at Stanliope-street, April 24. Sir,—Your letter betrays such a disinclination to re move the unjust imputations conveyed in Mr. Layard's speech that I am obliged to withdraw the expression of my confident belief that you could have been no party to them, and have no alternative than that of publishing, for the information of my brother officers, the correspondence that has passed between us. "They are well acquainted with the regulations of the service. Possibly Mr. Layard may not, and I leave it with them to decide whether I am in any way open to the in ference to be drawn from Mr. Layard's speech. " I find no fault with him or any man for whatever opinion he may entertain upon the system of promotion in the army. " You knew its chances and disappointments, and, al though you admit the belief that the authorities in my case acted according to existing regulations, you state you felt, and still feel, you were better entitled to promotion without purchase than other officers whom circumstances had detained at home. The remark cannot apply to me. Such promotions as you allude to were in accordance with the invariable rules of the service, and with this part of your disappointment I have no concern. But you say Mr. Layard coincides with you in the hardship of your case, and by this assumption of a grievance evade any contra diction of the charge that my interests were unfairly for warded by the interference of the Commander-in-Chief to the prejudice of a brother officer, who was made to pay 3,003/. because I, Lord Hardinge's son, was next to him, and would thus obtain my promotion without purchase ! "You say that your motive iu sending in your name for purchase, after Dawkins and Strong had withdrawn theirs, was the impossibility of obtaining your promotion with out purchase, and that, had you imagined that Lieutenant- Colonel Mackinnon's step would not have been given to you, you would have withdrawn your name from the pur chase list to take the chance of Colonel the Hon. A. Up ton's retirement. " Precedent has established the rule that in the case of the death of an officer serving abroad who has purchased through his agents at home a step of rank, but who dies before the fact of his promotion has reached the head quarters of his regiment, and therefore before he could have exercised the functions of his superior commission, the money is returned to the family, and the next officer for purchase succeeds to the vacancy. It is obvious you could have had no security whatever as to Colonel A. Upton's decision whether he would retire from the ser vice or be promoted to be a Major-general. " I should have expected from an officer of my regiment whom I addressed on such a subject a more frank explana tion than that contained in your letter, and, as you know that neither I nor any of my family would have exercised any int uence adverse to your interests, but do not make that avowal, while the contrary is asserted by your friend, Mr. Layard, I shall publish these letters, and am ready to insert your reply to this communication.—l have the honour, &c., " A. E. HARDINGE. "Lieutenant-Colonel Wilson, Coldstream Guards." (Copy No 4.) "6 I, South Audley-street, April 25. " Sir,—Absence from home until late last night is my apology for not replying earlier to your letter of the 24th instant. " In a conversation with you on the 23d inst. I informed you of my sentiments relative to promotion , and I imagined you left my house satisfied with the explanations then given viva voce, and afterwards transmitted to you in writ ing. The tone of your last letter has therefore somewhat surprised me. _ ' I repeat I have found no fault either with you or the authorities; for I am aware the promotions in question were given according to established rule. Nevertheless, you may, perhaps, admit that I have little cause to be enamoure , l of a system from which, in the course of 16 year' service, I have never derived any benefit. Do not misunderstand me here—l merely risk a private, it. may be a selfish opinion, without insinuating a reflection on any man. " I may add, I was not cognisant of any precedent in the late Lieut.-Colonel Mackinnon's case before instructed thereof on arrival in England. " With regard to Mr. Layard, I was absolutely ignorant of what that gentleman intended to say at Liverpool; from the Times alone I gleaned an idea of his address. I need scarcely remind you that Mr. Layard is a public man, form ing his own views without being influenced by any one ; however, I shall take an opportunity of informing him that I do not accuse yourself or any of your family of exer cising an influence adverse to my interests. " I trust enough has been said to convince you how en tirely I disclaim the existence of a hostile feeling towards any person connected with you.—l have the honour to be, your obedient servant, "C. TOWNSEND WILSON. " Lieut.. Colonel Hon. A. Hardinge." Sir,—Lieut.-Colonel Lindsay has questioned, in a letter to you, a statement made by me in a speech at Liverpool with regard to recent promotions in the regiment of Cold stream Guards. The following are the promotions to which I referred—suede since the war : serv,ce. C. J. Burdett Years' 19 withoutpnr. no active service. J. W. Newdigate l5 ditto ... ditto. Lord Bunkellin 9 by purchase. Alma. W. G. Dawkins ll withoutpur. Alma. C. W. Strong.., l6 ditto Alma, Inkerman. C. T. Wilson ............ 16 by purchase West Indies, Alma, Lord Burgher a h ( son Inkerman. of Lord Westmor- 12 withoutpnr. Staff. land) Ron. A. Hardinge (son of L or d Har-} 11 ditto singe) I did not state in my speech that the officers proinoted - without purchase and without service were next above .Lieut.-Col. Wilson. Lieut.-Col. Lindsay has carefully avoided any allusion to Lieut.-Cols. Burdett and Newdi gate, to whom I did refer. Such coincidences as are fur nished by the above list are far too numerous and remark able to lead the public to any other conclusion than that to which I have come, and to which I still adhere, notwith standing Lieut.-Col. Lindsay's letter, and an assurance From Lieut.-Col, Wilson that he does not impute blame to my one in the matter.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, A. IL LAYAED. A, Little Ryder-street, April 25. :47-.)AMAGED TEA.—About 10,000 chests of tea, which woi e dkchaty,ed from the ship Result, from China, da - rwl.l ed and condemned, are heirg placed into lighters, to bet brown overboard nt the Nore. [. kDVERTISIiSIENTI—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills, extr, %ordinary remedies for the cure of bad Legs.—Ex tract of a letter from John Anthony, residinr , near Li an , loverv, dated March 16 , 1355, t o ProfessoreHollo way •:. —"Sir, I suffered for 10 years with a bad leg, ap parent ly a white swelling, which caused me to keep my bed for two years ; from an injury afterwards it formed into a si ound, and 16 pieces of bone were taken out ; I tri e d ee , rend medical men, but they could not cure my leg ; ( :.m happy to say that your ointment and pills effectu ally healed the wound in about one month. '— Sold b y all vendors of medicine, and at Professor Hol loway's establishments, 244, Strand, Lo radon, 4241 80, ) Maiden. lane, New York. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WO RS HI STR EET. Wm. Harrington, a private in the City of London Militia, was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt with killing and slaying Joseph Towers. John Mahon—l am a sergeant in the militia. On the 10th of April I brought the prisoner to this court to be attested to bead-quarters, and then to the Castle public house, at the corner of Castle-street, City-road. Prisoner was then perfectly sober, having had only a little beer, to the beat of my knowledge. A disturbmce between two other militiamen had occurred in the street just be fore we went into the Castle, and one of them, an Irish man, was in the tap-room, bleeding from a wound ever the left eye. He was crying, and the deceased said to Lien, in prisoner's hearing, That's the way with you Irish lads ; when you see your own blood you begin to cry ; cheer up, it will be all right by and bye." The prisoner, who is likewise an Irishman, said to the de ceased, "You old --, did you never cry when you saw your own blood 1" He made no reply, and left the room, some peison having called him at the liar. Prisoner followed close after him, but returned in about tire minutes, and I said to him "Bill, I an glad you did not strike the old man." He replied, "No, sergeant, I did not." t' If he comes in again," I cortinued, " don't say anything, for old people must have their own way." Prisoner then replied " No, by —, sergeant, I won't hit him, for, by —, it's already done." The last part of this remark he made half aide, and with a toss of the head. I then went outside the house, and saw a pool of blood at the side door in Castle-street, and a great quan tity extending across the pavement into the centre of the street. I never saw deceased again. Inspector Cole, G Division.—The wife of the deceased is present, your worship. Prisoner (violently excited)—Oh, for Gnd's sake, don't let me see her. I hope to God they will bang me, for I shall never be able to look a man in the face again. He here became very ill, and retired out of court with the gaoler for some time. William Barrett, a cabinetmaker, deposed to having seen the prisoner strike the deceased in the middle of the street, as he turned to see who was following him. The blows were very severe, and felled the man to the ground ; but he rose without assistance, and followed prisoner into the public-house again. Within an hour after witness saw him supported between two militia men, acrd leaving a surgeon's shop in Featherstone street. He subsequently saw the same man dead at the hospital. kr. Edward Morris, house-surgeon of St. Bartholo mew's Hospital, said he attended the doceas.ed on the 10th ins , . He had a scalp wound. It was not consi tiered dangeroux, and the man left. Saw him again on the following Friday. Erysipelas had supervened, and spread over the face. lie was at once put to bed, lost his reason, and died on Tuesday of exhaustion, attendant upon the injuries. Mr. Hill, landlord of the Castle, said decease 1 lad been in his employ as potman many years. The prisoner was ordered to stand fully committed for trial. LA.MBETH.—Yesterday the curt was much crowded by the churchwardens, overseers, and guardians, and other respectable inhabitants of the parish of St. Mary's, Lambeth, who were most anxious to hear the proceed ings in a case in which Mr. Edward Edwards, a rate payer, had taken out a summons against Mr. John Ball and Mr. Thomas Gile9, a gentleman of property is the BETTING UP TO 6 o'CLOCK P.M. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7 to 4 agst Habena (taken) sto 2 agst Clotilde (taken) 4to 1 agst Mosquito (offered) CHESTER CUP. 16 to 1 agst Nabob (taken) 25 to 1 agst Ireland's Eye (taken). In the morning 6 to 1 was taken to upwards of 2,0001. about Lord of the Isles, and 10 to 1 to 200 i. about Dirk Hatteraick, for the Derby. Until nearly 2 o'clock, the titne appointed for the first race, paying and receiving was the chief business at tended to, but until after the town settling on Saturday next at Tattersall's we shall not, for obvious reasons, attempt to "report progress." It is, however, beyond a doubt that on the side of Lord of the Isles the aggre gate winnings are immense ; and, per contra, the losses on the side of St. HubErt are immense. The heath this afternoon presented a striking contrast to its thronged and animated appearance on the previous day. The attendance of company was small, the racing unimpoitaut, and the weather cloudy and very cold. NOTICE. TATTERSALL'S, Saturday.—The subscription-room ri ill be open at the uAual time on Saturslay next for the town settling of the Newmarket accounts and comparing bets on ;,tie Chester Cup. THE CURRAGH PACES.—APRIL MEETING.—Her Ma jesty's Plate of 100 guineas was won by Lord Howth's ch c Doctor O'Toole. The Marquis of Conyngbam's b c Tros was second. Three distanced. The Madrid Stakes, 25 ROAN each, won by Lord Conyngham's eh c Sultan. The Scurry Stakes sf 25 soya, with 25 added, were won by Mr. Kennedy's Arbutha. MANCHESTER M Weights for the Tradesmen quarter. Forfeits to be de EETING.—MAy 30. a's Cup. Two miles and a 3clared by the Ist of May. Age et. lb. Seducer Bright Phcebus 4 6 2 The Yore Bidt , )n Lady Palmerston 3 5 13 Rodo Melt. Courtenay 3 5 12 Lady Tatton 3 5 12 Lincoln's-inn 4 5 10 Cossey Rotherham Sailor 3 5 8 Challow Bey 3 5 8 Saucebor Jenny Wren 4 5 6 Cock of the North 3 5 6 Vandyke Canvasser Freddy Nell Gwyine 3 5 6 \rarchioness Lancewood A tberstone 3 5 4 Chisel 3 5 4 Schamyl 3 5 4 Mts. Rigby ... Neoptolemus Shoreham Spencer 3 5 0 Sis. to Singapore 3 4 12 Mary 3 4 12 The Nugget Homily Virtuous Age et. lb Rataplan Muscovite B Alrownie Typee 5 8 3 Little Harry 6 8 3 Acrobat Goorkah 5 8 0 Ivan Indian Warrior 6 7 10 Neville Hermit Wild Huntsman 4 7 10 Master Torn Lough Bawn a 7 2 Pantomime Arribas D 0 4 7 2 Little Davie Jack' the Giant Killer 5 7 0 Pitfall 5 7 0 Lancashire Lass 5 7 0 Bracken 3 7 0 St. Andrew Jonathan Martin 4 6 12 The Spinner Jetty Treffz Ammonia La Belle 5 6 10 Bianca Kaffir 4 6 8 Master Johnny 4 6 6 The Gera Battle ' 5 6 4 Gamekeeper .. Adelaide 4 6 4 His Piper Fionn ma Coul Weights for the Salford Borough Cup. One mile and a half. Forfeits to be declared by the Ist of May. Age st. lb. Frantic Balrownie Acrobat 4 8 5 Typee 4 8 3 Early Bird 4 7 10 Scythian Sir R. Trencbard a 7 8 Lough Bawn a 7 8 Master Tom Lerrywheut 6 7 4 D•O. 4 7 4 Nancy Jack the Giant Killer 5 7 2 Lancashire Lass 5 7 2 Eulogist 5 7 2 Postulant Brof her to Grey Tommy 5 7 0 Falcon Bianca Quince 4 6 12 Caliph 4 6 10 Garnelad Snaresbrook NV hang hae 5 6 8 Magnet Master Johnny 4 6 8 Age st. lb. Whitelock 4 6 8 Bright Phoebus 4 6 8 Lady Palmerston 3 6 2 Cordelia 4 6 0 Rylstone Venison 3 5 11 Challow Boy 3 5 10 Pa:etot General Picton 4 5 10 Cossey Sailor 3 5 10 St. Mark Ceck of the Nolth 3 5 9 Freddy Margaret Cocytus The Archer Palmerston Culcamy 3 5 7 Lily Fanny Fern Elastic Mary 3 5 1 Sr. to Singapore 3 5 3. Leyhourne Lass 3 4 12 Evangeline 3 4 10 Elton Star 3 4 8 RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending April 15, 1855 220,215 1 3 Corresponding ding week last year 16,437 12 9 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. —Traffic re turn for the week ending April 22 1855 £19,356 4 9 Corresponding week last year 19,001 11 8 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffie return for the week ending April 22, 1855 £5,027 6 10 CJrresponding week last year 4,531 14 3 Increase in 1855.. £495 12 • 7 Tn the House of Commons, on the Bth of May, Mr. Bouverie will bring in a bid to amend the law of part nership ; also a bill to alter and amend the act for the registration of joirtt.stook companies. 0 4 IC/VT RY CIA 24 EDINF3 CR H EAL MARK ET--A-P3l, There were in the market to day, 14 sacks eall t 24. 30 weighing 28011)s imperial, which sold thus; 1 * 6 at 2/. 2s Oct, and 0 at 0/. Os. -- --- O' EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW .Ia;AR .-- APRIL 2 4 . the market. was a large supply of straw _ ...- market. The prices to -day were as follow ; 0 s t a ser t Oat straw, from 8s Od to lOs Od pe:fkaeralipdle::j.ir.iPtot:ol: roil ; wheat do., 8s Od to lOs Od ; barley clo./l e vu, to el. Hay from 12d to 13d ; new ditto, Od to Od Pe r ' DALKEITH MEAL MARICET--A-rl3l/20r(loi Oatmeal, m. per sack of 2801bs .First. 1 rOa ir 01 Ba i rle p ym en e a a l l, per ditto 24 17: 66d( 1 1 ---6 : °I.- 01 I —4 _, ° el Peasemeal, per ditto •_.--s Od 0 .. 00 Flour, per ditto - —0 Od --- Ad ---• Pot-barley, per ditto Od e'' / --5 We had a good attendance to-day. " a o t. • DUBLIN—APBIL 23.,, t ill f o ir: o quest, at from 61 to is per barrel itnprolh:loo ° t o easier sold, and rather dearer. Barley folio" V o le 0 0 small advance. Oatmeal of no sale, of last day. Indian corn improved fullY is 1 )1 1 0 ;4 610 0 difficult to part with during the week, but " ' 40'9.1 " to-day, at fll • u prices. 3 6 5 to 0 ,.., White wheat, 39.. 61 red ditto, n ,. o pt barley, 13,: 6,1 to 18s Od ; oats, 13s 6d to 15 3 ts - 7a; bali e ij at the e r.r. floorti 27s Od to `2Bs 6:1 per bd.; oatmeal, 1.10 6d to 6 ''dtpig' flour, .2 - 2 s 6d to 264 Od per cwt; limiaucoru433' per 4801bs. ___ .--- , COAL MAW Prices of Coal per ton at t it—Aram tr, he Mose .0 the n"' Wallsen d, 16 Bell ............... ....... 16 Belmont ................ 'll B • ...... Braddyll .......... 5 Framwellgate . ........... .19 Hatton ................. ..0 W ell ........... Kepler Grange ...... ."•••0 am bton ....... .... 6 b etton Lyon° TOO •"':l6 North Hetton . ..... ' 0 ; South Nett Plumer Hatt ................ Russell's on ...... ....0 Ste wart's . ........... Cassop ................... • Caradoe ... •.. ...".."':'lg !-.lartlepool ...... ' ;laugh Ha 11... ........ Kelloe .• ......... ... p oo South South liellee .......... Nes .......... . ...... 'West Kenos ..... ...". Critndon • lit oth .... . derwentwater 0 6i 1. I sold ...... d. a. Buddle W. Hartley l9 0 Bate's West Hartley lB 1; 1 Cares Hartley l9 0 Hastiug's Hartley lB 6 17 Elolywell 6 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 18 6 Raveusworth Hartley _lB 6 Tantield l6 9 Canfield Moor Butes 15 6 Towuley l7 ' Walker Primrose 3 Grey's West Hartley lB e Wylam 17 0 Wallsend • &c. I Acorn Close lB 1 Bell and Brown 15 b Eden Gosforth l6 6 Horton l5 9 Hebburn l5 6 Heaton tiedley l5 t Lawson l5 6' Riddell l5 6 Eden Main 15 0 Ships at market ...li §IA „ill • ditAilUii.lVE all ----41.----- GeOr (.1•1 signifies that the mails are heat iroin Lil o .0 r, .•V the riight—and 41 by the morning —°Pa° - , St (1 11 1 eras $0•• / Day 'Own rna eer ....,,, COUN TRILY in ileneral Post- , 0 ..,0_,.. 011, Ogler:, London. 1,2 -------- ---- Nod A 0 ..,alerica(t,yl;rit.pack)N Every Friday • • L ice _, r• .mericp I by United S's. - lAl ierP°C* 1 packet) ..........N t.0"1 A tmerica (by U States . 1 40 010 0 0 r packet) .. t. ustralia (via South ampton) .......... M ... ...... .. _car . ilOOlO Ditto (via Marseilles) N ........ Uv ' 0 1 Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) .... Africa (West Coast) .. 1,7;23d of the await ) rl o r .•• t .,,, Alexandria ... ....... N ;9, 9, 24, & 30 of , . !Z 0 1 1 i1 , P,,,••,,J1, klexandria..........M 4th & 90th of tn°' l , ''.011 01 ' ' ,..,0 1 1 Bahamas •• • •• ......51 17th of the moot !vo w ,•• ,, ,,„!: 0• 1, Belgium ............NlPily • • • • •• • • • . ,pia',lgoo!., ......... M 9th of the month _ s' _,,„ Buenos Ayres,. „ „ „ m ; 9 th 0 0 we month . ~ , i cio poi", Cape of Good Hope ..N . disti l l ° d Cape of Good hope ..N Cape de Verds ......N 9th of the Month P a- 0 0. - Ceylon (see India) ,047 10 ' , A Ceylon ....... ......N ~...,j etotith7..ol o or Channel Isles ........N Mon ~Wed.,Sce i.'• ~..,,,tiov7 • Chili„ „,. _ „ „ „....,,,,,,24 k iw, (if 711011 ' . China .... . 'Once a month .• •,•, D oer •• ' O ,Ol Constantinople ..., ~ r 8,13,i8, 23 • 5 " 6Q11 ,50 ,041). • " Constantinople .......,14th st 20th of au''' . Do er ••' 1, 1 44 Cont. of Europe M & NiTwice daily ••• • • ~ .• oil Egypt (see India) . poet ',„; f1 i0 , ', ,u0,0 11 France ...... ~ ikr A N 7wice daily ••• • • ~,,,,LIVI ' ' ' tOl• Gibraltar ..., „„ ~ NA, 7, 17,20, 27 of 0 , •,- fi , o .ollr d I Greece (see India) i .... SO Greytown .. ..... ...31.2nd & 17th or Ino. Doo doS •;,„1.:•,,,010 Ramburgh ..........N,Tuesday St Fri` W r s ~th4 6l` .• h ' -, ii I A o'' ..' ArAr aavannali .......... NI i2nd of the Mo n . veer • to' or • nal , • . 1 Holland •• •• • . .....MiDally•• •• '' '' ..(ii. 61 -'''' . OD ' 1/ 1' Honduras ....., ~ m 17th of the Men situ . ~., 1 India (viatiouthampt.)l4'4th & 20th Of 111 ;,' Dofer ..•• ifir 0 lonian Isles (see Inclia)j• India (via Marseilles) .M 9th& 25th of ra c°ll ., ooe r ''A •• 4 11 floi.IS:0000' 10 Ireland ~ ..„, _kr & N l•r w ie,, daily .• :;''. s o atn 01 00 %if Lisbon- .... „, ~ ~, „m .7, 9, 17, 84 27 o' 11, soatM..,4 ,•• 0 17, dc 27 of Ivo' Madeira -.......... -Al 19th of the M0m..., w ept , a il Madeira ............ N 123 d or month •• '•„; •• P. delta (see India) i 10 v.t " I I l eol• .Salta ............ NIB, la. &28 of 14 1/ Aauritlus (sec India • ), ~,,noo ' •••ia ' ~. . - . , limritlus .......... Nll 4th of the w - o, .." thilibl)"' i Orr 311 + . f.3 4 : 4'Q v ilec : 1 r a . n : : a d : •:- : ... ... .: .: .: ... 5 , Nlll l i : 6 2 4 ,1 1 : 15() I c ht t 2h h 5etli or 77- : 11t1'1*°11:1;11.°a9;: : : • : • tcr:: tie, ••• Zelland • • • • By Private S '6. ' .. 90 6 '00 0 1) Pap. t 1 States .• • • ....N ittiikthr4hoffasa •40Litl'S„,,,100 Pc ro asula ..... .M 1 th 1.7 th27thonl:o4. ',Nth g , '" no r rti 5 P P ri e : ci r r .1 u i t ey. . , N7 . y a . 1ta1 . 1 . 1 . ...............................11 s,s l ' 3 d tt c li p ,, r ,tt i 2 h,, v 7 22ss t h e t : ti ls ' o i n t i n p o oo i: . !n o ' IM lTo o, : ft or es : ,l; r- p . tor . • . ' (, 1 1 ,0, 0 11 ,, icnezti ela ..........7il;2d& 17th Of•xl ' eathi' W- Van Dioinen's Land (see! 1 pi"! , Austt ilia) ....lahato lli ti, West If dies ~.. ~..Aft 2 d.L; 17th o montio,-- _____ _____±____-_L-- -- _,, 1016 IA c a rlelic i le v i [Any TRTISEMENT.I-31any thouss-,,, ~.- o po p o ()noted without medicine, by Du 13,,: 3 0) , °;,, 0 lenta Arabica Food, of indigestion ( i!'''P' s ta i r 4 nervous, biiiDus, and liver corn plaint"',,,P 0 O ,O I I AI quote a few :—Cure No. 52,612. r 1 1 ° Coli l/ C II V, Countess of Castlestuart.—" Rossbrev°ol;,f,gertiffel Ireland, 11th December, 1851.—Th° e st e„„ fel t/ r Castlestu art feels induced, in the in l e T leo t ri" li hi liw cot , inanity, t u state that Du Barrys ex Ce djOi°,rrit r i/ 0 Hem nod has cured tier, after all ri le od 1 ,, e of indiges lion, bile, great nervousuo6_4vestol4l) many yea rs' standing. Thii Food deni 0 ,-, g o o l , of all suflbrers, and may be consider',;. CI D ; 1,,, '1 Inquiries -will be cheerfully Of dyspep! iia, from the Right lie n 'bie b el !jerlo 9 , Decies.—' I have derived considera d o osl o b j Barry's Re valenta Arabica Food, * a ll e 0014 6 ' ff answereothe D o e li t ie yourselves and the public to authoriS 50 , pero o l f these lines. —Stuart de Decies." C ull :411 . 017 . the Venerale Archdeacon of htss." k od , o i . 0 1 f,• sire nervous mess, with painsin mYn e ,. c f . e f eri A tel i plY neral debility,- which rendered tr-1 11 b ,,,IthLo ° /V, been radical] y removed by Du Barry 's gi t ibe r ",;,,s sf —Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, rv oso il n o 4,208.—" Bight years' dyspepsis, 11° 0 1 , 0 8 0 01 r , with cramps. spasms and I:l3"se,'.4;ons I,.teild/, tually reinoved by Du Barry's de ac itidli P ei, f, r short time.—Rev. John W. FlaVollt • t 5-00'$ Norfolk." Cure No. 51,416.—"F1f I t,bo o '. al agony from dyspepcia, nervousneas, 9 i g the thin; pation, flatulency, spasms,sickneSs i. l o p ! gt ( li i id mitings, have been removed by Dear °l NA 14 t ioof / —Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, in No. No. 3,9o6.—Thirteen years' c ough , I n , , i i / ra 1 debility have been removed c ou g h , ' relti o :h, 9 Fold.—James Potter, Athol-street;na 1,17,t0p/ tern, suitably packed for all climates, 6 r b., ll o , o "il cl i i i tions -11 b., 2s. 9d.;'21b., 4s. 6 a . ; 51b., 7 0 1 sup, -efined, 11b., 6s. ; 21b., 11 !: ; 0 79, ~r i e l The 10:b. and 121 b., carriage tr o d c 0,...., r I F) Office or 11er. Barry du Boil arj ,,TA, L P.' A 1 , street, L ondon ; Fortnum, Mason , "" s t ~ i her !fate: :ty, 182, Piccadilly; alsetrocli4itli Gracechur. :h-street ; 330 and 45 1 , ' - j 1 CV ° Oxford-street ; 55, Charing•cross :4, j 54 . IToner Ua ker-.treet. ....---/ ___..- . d • 4 kZ 3 S 1 - ---=------- B/ R TV' ' ref / OF A B°s ' 09 it ti i4 I'd at West B r °l:°P or r On the 2 inst., te n , st Coghlan, Esq.. riel flPt4 1:;/ i On the 23d. i., ist., at the Cottage, - i i l e Henry Cha;rles Strickland. Oa the Vith - ;nst , at Cuckfield, $11a:::1-:, Rev. Henry .13..awkins. On the 24th inst., at Thorpe 3 15 .,„1. vini tlg ,11, shire, the wife of the Rev. W. T ..-° e ft f ,it . all 1 or A pAuGg — i i : 00 0 1 / On the 2.1 d in tt. at ClapharaTer-' ' t io I lr el Thornton West, isq. sur rey' v On the 23d in s t., at Guildford,oils Shakesear f Esq.. , Bengrd C.S. th e 0 •On t h e 24th imat , at Manehester , ,cli Hardcastle, Esq. . t h Wif e .., 6 On the 25th ins ;., at Hornseb the cock, Esq. o ,loli Go O d n fre tli y :lBth in — st - 11 d ¢ g PY Af s A B li ft I , g 5 ,1 1 5, 0 . tb i 0 11' b : 1 0 74 Wm. Beck, ALA::: to L t o . u j is a n, e Wes -: A 1 1(1° 4 00 3° 19 u sre. , 10 10.1, V Fr / (In th.eE2lBsqt.inosft.V;ianbeSent.ttke's, ' L0 1 4 0 8 ' 4 4. 1 f the lab s.John Ea'x'n, Esq , of S evi- ly "- 4 young€ ,st daughter of William .Bl ' ) place, Bfomptot ill W s/ *O r 'On the 23d irAst at the British %.111;,,lie(144 Colon el Walter ' D . :P. Patton, 74tb I ' l. l ll W l ' of Th orna,s Patton, Esq., of Bisholi e l l ; 0 1: Sow( irset, to Julia. only daughter 0 C ittoo stone 1 , 7 .3 art., of Ore-place Sussex. r , o s o l7 Ore ',he 24th inst at the parish L e ee "',ls A Edwal •d, third son of the late John t ,. / 1) 1,r 10 1 Id ' near .N' ,talybridge, Lanc?shire to I daugi iter of the late Captain 'Charles , the r th Bengal Light Cavalry. '. oo l i , Ji r late C .: i th n li : t tl h h r. e(et 1i0n.121 47 4 1 ti t ti h r go iha i i niilns.st Charles t.,. DI E D 1 0. to wife (; z o t f h L e i (3 2 11 1 t 5 . t . a i n e s n t e . r , al a a t t n . 0 . 8 -1 , o 1" it i :orejtirheruililetuisllll? 1 14 ::1 11 , 16 , bir ;;: 6l.lf f or , 14 3n the 23d ' inst., Peter DaY' FA' ri gor lO me , n, Kent, and Niacin -lane- ..„ ts 11l oLernore E q., age a d t s tle Legs' l iere ot ii : , ()a the '?oth inst P g b 9 ' 9 - D A Sai gam Senhouse, Esq., aged 79. , . c . 1 ,14? , fit ei/ , at - onset. C n the 21th inst., Charles D059".,.ne,,,'' icg"o , ;# 4 stre et, Mayfair, late of Kiu,gston, il'L"'" ' c ' ks , , 0 1 C n the 20th inst., at -Waltner .13arr,•0101'; T . Bin , Ice, Esq. 19th Rew t. lie 49 i strn / #1 by 1 ,he tnlcideirtal t • ` imen f b o wo P • /1 lischarge o 1 0 el° l le act of cleaning it. () . 7 the 22d inst at the Blanqu ette* I ter shr'.re, W Stallard,hannai-green, E a ' ed 18. of '. 4 1 . Da th ' e 29 i .. Es ." . " Fal., T. , ricken Middlesex, age" S at ool t ,' ..t. rns e t n .,Wru. C. Fuller, r ri o. 0 , , On the 25th in t' Dul ' • ell , 0 .1 Princes-street, .f.: ' at - su e d o ' ~' Leicester-squar e, tore, ag --"' V --!-- ____ --- - - ---- ----- O P i Lo NDON : Printed and Published ~, ,,, ,b ° sto C ljj ! .. , of No. 112, St ran d, Printer, at i'w 0 ;strand, in the Precinct of the st../°1 4 14iddleres, Thurclay, April 26, 1 ' i t o. Ilirett at 1,1 44 1 ~~~a~ ~~ w 4 V °~,~+ "IZ° I 1, 4 4 k 31!