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I do hereby call a COMMON PALL, TO-MORROW (Tuesday ), et 12 o'clock, for tke purpose of .lic iting the opinion of the Citizens of London upon the Bill now in ref/lomat. entitled, " A Bill for the Better R - gela ti o n of the Cor p o cation of the City of London," and which strikes at the root of their "dent and valued privileges. D. SALOMONS,`Mayor. P.A.—The LORD MAYOR *ll take the Chair at 1 o'clock precisely. LONDoNTMOI;%-4 DAY EVENING_ . APRIL 14, 1856. COMMON HALL.—The Lord Mayor having Issued a Precept to the several LIVERY' COMPANIES of the CITY of LONDON, to meet at Guildhall, TO-NIORROvi , the 15th April Instant, to take into consideration the Nll brought into the 81 •113.'of Commons lip Sir George Grey, for the.lieforiu of the Cor poration of the City of London, it is requested That the Livery will attend to protect their rights and privileges. dpril-18, 1856: c. i 9.9 [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• PUBLICATIONS. SPORTING NOTES. TILE_ANSUAL JI-OTION ,Foii TEE BALLOT. TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF Tlig V AUX .HALL RAILWAY STATION. ~2ETR.ir 0L1T.,-11V BOARD OF WORKS. COMMON HALL.—Liverymen of London, Now or Never! If the present atroci ,us 811 l is carried you Art done for ever ! Attend et Guildhall on TUESDAY next, at 12 O'clock. A BROTHER LIVERYMAN. SHE► TIMES ASSURANCE COMPANIES, 32, Ludgate-bill, London. Lire Assurance, Fire Assurance, Annuity, and Endowilent Poll des, issued by these Companies. 11. B. SHERIDAN, Managing Director. LATL - ()LASS INSURANCE. Riotous ,L l l- Dreakage - of Windows —The TIMES ASSURANCE COM rANT, 32. Ludgate-hill, London. Every description of plate-,Mass 'inured at this office. Damage done by the riotous proceedings of mobs can be covered by this Company's policies. Forms of proposedesent by-post. QECURIT Y to E M PLOTERS. —To Secretaries of Public Institutions, Clerks, Station Masters, Railway Clerks, Travellers. Cole tors, and others.—The TIMES COMPANY, 3?, Ludgate-hill..afferds a guarantee to persons requiring the. same, at the' lowest possible rates. : NORWICH UNION LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY. Pekstntivr.—Lient.-Gen. Sir R. J. HARVEY, C.B. SECRETARY—Sir S A.MUEL RIGNOLD, M.P. `Mb Society in 47 yews has issued 29,344 I Ire Policies• Paid in Claims 'upwards of 4,431,0441., and assigned 1,934,3421. in //onuses. The accumulations now amount to nearly 2,200,0001. Its Premiums are lower than those of most companies, and all the Profits are divided among the assured • For Prospectuses apply to Surreystreet, Norwich, and 6, Crescent, aiew Bridge street, Blackfriars, London. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Founded • D. 1815. READ OFFICE—No. 5. St. Andrew-square, Edinburgh. ...ilea Assured er Atembeheare the-enkltiarttee teteneted to the MIMI et this histitetteL Which seaessicernteen upwards Of • T THREE MILLIONS :STERL ENG. The Society's claims to public confidence and support are grounded :Mainly on the sounki and equitab'e principles of its constitution, and on the care and success with which its operations have been con ducted from their commencement up to the present •time. While the Premiums are not higher than those required by many ether Offices, the Society does not pretend to compete with those Which hold out the attractions of cheap rates, whether as being the lowest which are compatible with safety, or as being based on what 1$ termed the " HALF-CREDIT SYSTEM." There being no Proprietary, however, those of the Assured wits by the terms of their policies are entitled to participate in the Profits of the Society, are the only parties who derive benefit from the rates lainlif mere than what are found from time to time to be required to Meet the aetual risks; and the result of past allocations of Surplus Profits has been such that in the case of all the earlier Policies.. which have become claims within the last few years, the amounts Paid to the representatives of deceased Members have been MORE THAN DOUBLE THE SUMS ORIGINALLY ASSURED. In cases where family provision is the sole object this result cannot fill to be considered as of the most satisfactory nature ; while in other hlstandes where the part es are desirous of securing benefit from the Siirphis Payments DURING THEIR OWN LIVES, instead of allowiee the Zones to remain an addition to the Assurance payable at death, the alternatives practicable under the laws of the office have been cora tnensnratein degree. In many cases, in consideration of an aban dohment of the reversionary dein s for Bones Additions alreadr de clared, Rich parties have either received large payments in PRESENT CAUL or have been LONG AGO ENTIRELY RELIEVED FROM FURTHER PAYMENT OF Patterns', the Policies still remaining ent'tied to partici pate In future allocations of the profits. Illustrations of the application of Bonus on either of the footings above referred to are contained in the Society's Prospects-es, which, together with Forms of Proposal, &c , may he had on application at The Head Office, or to any of the Ascents in the three kingdoms. JOlOl MA 'KENZIE. Manager. Edinburgh, March 1856. W JI. LINDESAY, Secretary. LONDON HONORARY /KURD. , George Young, Esq., Mark-lane Charles Edward Pollock, Esq., Barrister, Temple David Hill, Esq., East India House . John Murray, Esq., publisher, Albemarle-street Samuel Laing. Esq., M.P. Sir John Thomas Briggs. Admiralty ' Leonard Horner, Esq.. Home-office John Taylor, jun., Esq., C.E., Queen-street -place LONDON AND THE SUBURBS. CENTRAL AGENT. • Hugh }Mean, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornhill. DISTRICT AGENTS. Captain R. S. Ridge, 49, Pall-mall, Agent fe , the West End District • Benton Seeley, 2, Hanover-street, Regent-street James Hants, 38, St. George's-square, Belgrave-road, ESTABLISHED 1837. BRITANNIA' LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. I, Princes-street, Bank, London. nipowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9: DIRECTORS. .. Maier-General ALEXANDER. Blackheath Park, Ciwimm•s William Bardgett, Esq., 149.,Fenchurch-street. George Bevington. Esq., lgeokinger ➢stile, Bermondsey. F. P. Cock - ern]; Esq., Shadwell and Twickenham. George Cohen. Esq., Shacklewell. Mills Coventry, Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street. John Drevrett, Esq., 50, Cornhill. Erasmus Robert Foster, Esq., 1, Princes-street, Bank. T. 8. Girdler, Esq , 7, Tokenhmse-yard. 11. L. Smale, Esq., Doctors' Commons. STANLING COUNCIL.—Ii. Bellenden Ker, Esq., 8, Old-square, Lincoln's Inn. EOLICITOREI.—Messrs. M'Lecd and Stennlng, 16, London-street, Fenchurch•street. Bartzaas.—lidesass.Dimads.le, Drewett, Fowlers and Barnard,_ 50, Comhill. Increasing Rates of Premium for securing Loans m Debts. Half Premiums, only, required during first seven years. Slim assured payable at Sixty or at death if occurring previous', Provision, daring minority, for Orphans. BRITANNIA 3IUTCrAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. ?rafts divided annually. Premiums computed for every three months' difference of age. Half-credit policies—the unpaid half premiums liquidated out o• the profits. (PEOPZIETARY.) I (MUTUAL.) --- Half I Whole 1 Half Quar e T praraium,premlum Annual Yearly 1 telly I First i for Re- AP. premium Pro- 1 Pre- Seven Imafnder im um. mium Years. 1 of Life. , 1 -__ £ s d.; £a. d. Yetrs. Months , X s. d. £s. d.l £s. a. 60 1 1 91 2 h 6 30 1 0 2 7 3 1 4 2; 012 3 ' 4O 1 9 2 218 4 ; 3 1 2 7 6 1 4 4 012 4 50 2 2 6 4 5 0 1 6 2 710 1 4 61 012 5 . 60 j 3 6 86 13 4 i 9 1 2 8 2, 1 4 80 12 6 E. IL FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LlFE,.and ANNUITIES. OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. Octavius Wigram, Esq., Governor. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq., 9inb-0 wernor. Sir John William Lubbock, Bart.. Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Charles John Manning, Esq. Hon. John T. Leslie Melville. Henry Nelson, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. Sir John Henry Pclly, Bart. Alexander P, Prevost, Esq. Abraham George Robarts, Esq Charles Robinson, Esq. Soltau, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. .uel Solly, Esq., rfenry Bainbridge, Esq. Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. John Garrett Cattley, Esq. Alexander Colvin, Esq. Edward Maxwell Daniel, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. William Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. dames Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. MEDICAL REFEREE—SaI Notice.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre • Inhume falliag due at Lady-day will expire on the 9 th April. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may he effected with this Cor ;Oration on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation in profits, or, at lower l'remiums, without such participation. The following table shows the large BONUSES declared up to the 31st December, 1855, on British Partdipating Policies of fourteen Years' standing, for the sum of 1,0001. each. Farther Per Ceat. Per Cent. Age Addition addition Total pt.r annum on the When made in Addition on the .um Premium .A.suired. 1848. in 1855. Ar.ured. paid. X £ £ 30 102 112 214 1'53 59'3 35 106 115 221 1•59 54 . 3 40 113 121 234 1.67 50'5 , 45 121 128 249 1 . 78 462 5.0 135 140 275 1.96 43 0 S 5 149 154 303 2•16 39 . 9 60 166 174 349 2'43 37'2 Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by those persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The future division of Profit will take place every Five years. Any Sam not exceeding 15,000/. may be insured on one life. This Corporation affords to the Assured Liberal Participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Socie ties—with the guarantee of a large inv. sted Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice —with the security of an (Mice whose resources have been tested by the experience of nearly a Century and a-half. ROYAL EXCHANGE. LONDON. JOHN A. HIGII.k . M. Actuary and Secretary. AOZEATTS COPAIIINE, or SACCHARATED vv CAPSULES, approved of by the French College of Physicians, successfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and a cknowledged by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. (See„ Lancet" of Nov. 0, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on applt cation.—Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor, GABRIEL JOZEAU, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and all the principal chemists. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. TRIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an injunction was granted by the Righ Court of Chancery, and on the lith of Jtme following was made perpetual, against Joseph Franklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou sand pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by -Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecoie do Ph trmacie do Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. I, 11 a remedy for Relaxation, gperrnatorrhcea, ann all the distressing consequences arising from early abuse, &c., and its effects are effi cacious in youth, manhood, and old age ; and t those persons who are prevented entering the married state from the results of early 'errors it is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, .effectually, in the abort space of three days, completely and entirei% • adlcates all traces of those Disorders which Capaivi and Cubeb• have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the healtY of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, whit unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the Sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. • TRIESEMAR. Ncs. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid oftaste or smell. an lof all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet teal :Without their use being' suspected TRIESEMAR, Nos. 1,2, and 3 are r%ld in tin cases, price I Is., or lour cases in ono for 33s which saves l Is. ; and in 51. eases, whereby • there is a saving of 11. 125.; divide mi • sa crate doses, as adminis .lered by Valpeau, Lollemantl, Roux, Bt:.,Stc. To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston. 68, ec•rnhtn ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and ftanger. 150, Ox - f Tit-street ; R. H. Indians, druggist, 46. Market-street, Manchester ; H. Bradbury, bookseller, Deanagate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 52. Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-Street, Üblin Winne], **eller, Eilgh-stroet, gtinaipsham. . : _. _.., ~. Now ready at all the libraries, In 3 vols., TARGARET AND HER BRIDESMAIDS. By the Author of " Woman's Devotion." " A large measure of popularity may bt predicted for this novel. The characters are drawn with great ability and knowledge of human nature." —Morning Post. " A oroductlon of no ordinary talent. It bears a charm in its pages that attracts irresistibly."--Sun. Hurst ang Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. Just ready, in 2 v 01.., Svn., with Portraits, 30s , bound, MEMOIRS OP THE COURT OF THE REGENCY. From original Family Documents. ray the Puke of BUCKINGHAM and CHANDOA, K.G. Pfurst and Blackett, rublithers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW NOVEL, TORN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN, eJ By the author of" the Head of the Family,' . "' Olive," &c., Is ready this day, in 3 vols. - - Hurst and Blackett. - Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. RUSKIN'S NEW VOLUME. /i ow ready. THE FOURTH VOLUME of MODERN PAI,TERS. By Joust RUSKIN. 11. A. Author of" Stone of Venice."' Seven Lamp 3 ofArchiteCture,"&c.,&c. With 35 Illustrations, an,rav,d on steel, aid 116 W. odcuts drawn by the author, price 2/. 10s. o ** The Third Vo ume hat lately appearedcwlth 18 plates, price aas , cloth. London: smith, Eider, and Co., 65, Cor,hill. THE LONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK issues Circular Notes of 101. each, payable at every impor tant place in Europe. These Notes are issued without charge, and they are csshed abroad free of commission. The Bank also i-sues In of cho:ge. Leteare et eremite pin all this priettleal shies towsii;- In Ilhrrope Thel.etters Of Crellt are issued only at the Head °dice In L thbury. The cirrular Notes may be obtained at the Head Office in Loth bury, or at any of the Branches, viz : • Westminster Branch.... t, St. James's-square. Bl•-tnsbury ditto • • ..214, High Hollv.rn. Southwark ditto .•.• 3, Wellington-street, Borough. Eastern ditto •• • • 87, High-street, Whitechapel. Marylebo^e ditto •• .. 4, Stra:f rd-place, Oxford-street. Temple-bar ditto ....217. Strand The rate of Interest allowed on deposits of 5001 and upwards,.at the Bank or any of its Branches. is now 15 per cent . J. W. GILBART, General Manager. THE LONDON and EASTERN BANKING CORPORATION —Estab'ished January 1, 18.54. Head Office 27, Cannon-street, City. Hyde-nark Branch-136, Westhourne-terrace. The Hon. JOHN CADWALADER ERSKINIE, Chairman. JOHN cARNAC MORRIS, Esq., F.R S., Deputy-Chairman. CI'RRENT AcCOUNTS are opened in the usual manner with approved parties, two per cent interest being allowed on the minimum monthly balance. CALL ACCOUNT=.—For sums deposited at ten days call five pet cent. interest is alio v - ed ; this rate is regulated by the discount rat , of the Bank of Enuland. DEPOSIT A"CO CST'S.— The field for employment of move' afforded by the Branches of thig Bank in India enabl , s theCorporatior to allow em dccosits f u* lengthened fixed pariods very favourable rates of interest. Deposits are received for the stated periods of one hree, or five years certain at live per cent. per annum, paid half yearly. For these deposits receipts are given, made transferable desired. JOHN EDWARD STEPHENS, bfar. agar. ipt. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLAN(,, TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday). it S , 'clock, and Tuesday, Thursday, and aturday Mornings at , calls, Zs. ; area, 2s. ; gallery, la.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. A RGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENTS CASINO 11. NOW OPEN for the winter season. Pei:Noel Come 4 Piston, V Boulcourt. —Doors (men at $ kfintiptsion : trip ahillinr EL Laurent's new Varsoviana and St. Patrick Quadrille every night. If R. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES. IF P. Fifty instnntaneons lietamorphpses of Voiee, Character 3 - PI Costume, coaclnding with an impersonation of Mile. Rachel, AR Camille, in " Les lioraces," To-Nicirir and every evening, at 8 Private boxes and stalls may be .ecured in advance, without extra charge. Ppiv , raphie.hsti. Rine William•street. Charing-cross A Performance every Saturday Morning at 2 o'clock, and night at 8. ROYAL PANOPTIOON.— MoNDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—This day. April 14th. 1856. GRAND MISCELLANF.GITS CONCERT. Principal Singer. - Miss Ransford, Miss Lasceles, Madame Marietta, Madlle. Mathild Rudersdorff, • , r. Henry Haigh (by permission of .f.>lti. Fully, Eso Mr. Ransford, and the Sp lidsh Minstrels. Grand Organ. Mr E. T Chipp ; Flute, Mr. B. Wells ; Pianoforte, Master Heinrich Werner; Conductor, Mr. Charles Blagrove. Aclm'ssion, is.; reserved seats, Is. extra. Children and schools, ha , f ,•rice. TO LET (in consequence of the death of the late nroprietor), an Old-established OMMERCIAT TIOT FL, situate in the mo=t central part of the town of Leeds, and at present doing a good business. which may be considerably in c•eased by a person of ener , y an , perseverance. The house is within a very co ,venient distance of the se ,, eral railway station!, and pos sesses ex-eitent sleeping accommodation. For furthe: particulars apply to Mr. John Thackrah, solicitor, Briggate. Leeds. _ THE LONDON COFFEE HOUSE, Ludgate• Hill —Tie Public are respectfully Informed that this long est %I - dished ani mo't respectable 'IOTEI, is, now carried on in the mo=t eftici nt manner, to insure the comfort of those families ano gentlemen who may honour it with their support ; aided to which, its central situation and other local advantages render it peculiarly available and convenient XI R. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet- II street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI ICIAL TEF.ITII, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They s. erfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished fro" he original be the closest observer: they will never change colour or iecay, and will be bound very superior to any teeth ever before used. Phis ,retbod does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful pernt'on, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, an is goararteed to restore articuiation and mastication. Decayed teeth r •ndered sound and useful in mastication.— 52, Fleet-street. At ome from ten till five. APPOINTMENTS to the ROYAL ARTIL LERY, and ADMISSIONS to the PRAC TICAL CLASS of the ROYAL MILITARY ACA DEMY. An Examination for Provisional C•mnrnissiong in the Royal Artillery will commence on Monday, June SO, at King's College, Strand. About 20 appointments will he made, supposing a sufficient number of compe tent persons to present themselves. The Candi cl,tes must be between the ages of 20 and 23 years ; and those appointed will be gazetted to lieutenancies in the Royal Artillery in the first instance, with tem porary rank. They will be placed for instruction, for about six months, under the director of artil lery studies at Woolwich ; and on completing their course, to the satidaction of the Secretary af State for War, will receive permanent commissions with the date of their temporary appointment. They will receive the pay of their rank (viz., Se. 7d. per diem) frcm the date of their names appearing in the Gazette ; but will he required to contribute a deposit of 201. for the purchase of books, instruments, &C. At the same time, provided a sufficient number are found competent, about thirty admissions will be made to the practical class of the Royal Military Academy at Woola-ic-, the candidates for which must be between the ages of 17 and 20 years. It is expected that gentle men admitted will remain under instruction for six or eight months, and at the end of that period will, on pass ing a satisfactory examination, receive commissions in the R )7,1 Artillery and Royal Engineers, according to their proficiency. They will be required to pay a con tribution of 62/. 10s, for the time during which they re main at the Academy. The appointments in both these classes will be deter mined by the re,ult of a coinpeitive examination. The days and subjects of examination will be as follows, viz. : Tuesday, July I.—Pure Mathematics, 2,000 mar(cs. Wednesday, July .4 —Mixed Mathematics, i.e., Statics, Dynamics, and Hydrostatics, 1,500 marks. Thursday, July 3—Language, Literature, Geography, and History of Ancient Rome, 1,000 marks. Friday, July 4--Do. do. do. of Ancient Greece, 750 marks. Saturday, July s.—Do. do. do of France, 1,000 marks. Monday, July 7.—Do. do. do, of Germany, 750 marks. The examination in French and German will be both written and viva voce. Tuesday, July B—English Language, Literature, Com position, history, and Geography, 1,250 marks. Wednesday, .July 9—Experimental Sciences, i.e., Che mistry, Heat, Electricity, including Magnetism 1,00) marks. Thursday, July 10—Natural Sciences, Mineralogy, and Geology, 750 marks. Friday, July 11—Moral and Political Sciences, 1,000 marks. Saturday, July 12—Drawing, i. e., Elementary Geo metrical Drawing, including the use of drawing instru ments, and either Machinery, Architectural, Engineering, or Landscape Drawing, 750 marks. The examination will commence on each of these days at 10 o'clock in the morning, and continue until 1 o'clock. It will re-commence at 2 o'clock, and continue until 5. No candidate will be admitted after the hour fixed for the commencement of the examination. Every candidate must be examined in pure mathema ticsofth;e and marks n o allottedo e who t d o o t e h s at n o s t u o b j b e t c a t i w a i t il l e b a e st el i o g n ib e i e fif f t o h r an appointment. From the other subjects of examination each candi date may select those in which he desires to be ex amined ; but no one will be allowed to count the mark s gained in any subject, unless those marks shall at least amount to one-sixthof the total number of marks allotted to that subject. Every candidate must transmit to the War Depart ment, Pall-Mall, by the 20th June next : Ist. An extract from the register of his baptism, or, in default of that, a certificate verified by affi lavit. 2d. A certificate of good moral character, signed by a clergyman of the parish to which he belongs, and by the tutor r bead of the school or college at which he has received his education for at least two years, or such other proof of good moral character, as will be satisfac tory to the Secretary of State. 3. A statement of the subjects of examination in which (in addition to Pure Mathematics) be may desire to be examined. All Candidates must present themselves at King's College, on Monday the 30th of June, at 1 o clock p.m:, where they will severally be inspected by Military Sur geons, in order to ascertain that they are free from-any bodily defects- or_ ailments, calculated' ointerfere'.3vith the performance of military duties, - H. R. DREWRY. War Department, Pall Ma/1, 7th April, 1856. - .~ 1. ~ n.. . . NOTIONS FROM NEWMARKET. The fielders were "in for it min" at tpsom. With one exception only the favourites won every race, 'and book-makers perhaps are acarely of opinion that the one turn which they got over, the City and Suburban, was good enough to deserve another. The hostility which Hospitality encountered for that event was inexplicable, and the good men and true whom I saw s% eager t 9 lay completely deceived me, and made me believe that . the Stable was not in' eatne3t. Others were equally-mis taken, and " slipped it in" to Hospitality with, a deter mination. which -nearly drove the horse completely out of the betting. The party, however, placed, strong faith in the superiority of Hospitality, but to prevent accident they backed him coupled with Ellirmire, with whom he had been most satisfactorily tried, 4 and with whom it was said he had run a dead hPat. A nicer made horse than Hospitality I have never seen ;..be won his race easily enough, and it will be a poi animal indeed that can beat him for the Chester Cup. His party, it is reported, won upwards of 10,0001. on the race, Messrs. JaCkson, Hargreave, and W. Robinson being the principal winners. Fisherman ran •a game horse, and it was the opinion of many good judges that he would not have been beaten had not sn much use been made of him during the race. This opinion, how ever, I do not entertain, for unquestionably. the best horse not only won, but achieved success with evident ease. St. Hubert got so bad a start that of course it is impossible from his performance to form..atry .correct .judgesent -on his present rains - pretensions.' Still I scarcely believe he would have been amongst the first three had he "got off" on advantageous terms. His • wner was doubly disappointed' by the bad start, for not only was his chance♦ of whining, nut the opportunity of obtaining a line with St. Hubert, to Measure the capa bilities of his three-year-olds, was also lost. Last year Cannobie appeared a huge over-grown dromedary of a hofse, but he has thickened and improved ' to a wonderful degree. My scepticism as to his superi ority was removed as soon as I saw him, for I never be held a more mnagefficent specimen of the cheval pur. He stands at least sixteen hands high ; still his legs seem short, but his back appears as long as a church. lie hag, too, magnificent shoulders, and in my opinion he is the very beau ideal of a Derby horse. The mo derate quality of the animals which he encountered for the Metropolitan renders it somewhat difficult to form a correct estimate of his powers. Notwithstanding, how ever, the disadvantages of a bad start, he galloped away from his opponents without an effort, and won in a trot. His action, although somewhat high, is long and sweep ing. ,A rumour obtains that Mr. Merry has purchased, Cannobie, it is said, for 2,000/. ; but this report I am disinclined to believe. If Lord John Scott has really' sold him, I should be induced to think that Mr. Lawley, who won a good stake on the "Metrop," is the purchaser.: Cannoble's performance for the Metrop was not so g )od as that of Hospitality for the City. Notwith standing the force with which Meldleton was brought , into the market at the last moment, I am inclined to. regard his running with suspicion. Sure yto take the , line afforded by Bobby Taft's running for the N)r , ,h . amptonshire Stakes as a criterion, Middleton ought to' have been before Winkfield. Smack obtained only the barren honours of thins; place. This horse is said to have been one of Went-' worth's trial horses, and that the crack beat him in a. canter. To possess a chance with Cannobie, however,' he ought to have left him out of sight. A morning, redolent of all the sweet and fragrant in-` tluences of the season, tempted the few turfites located at Newmarket to take ari early stroll over the breezy , downs, and to ,watch the rnatutinal performances of the. high-bred cattle. As I am writing the sound and the whistle of the Special is heard rousing the inhabitants to temporary stir and excitement. A few minutes pause, and the stillness of the streets is disturbed by the rattle of cabs and flys. The bustle and stir caused by the in coming visitors is, however, merely transient, and within ten minutes of the arrival of the train the town again became quiet. Heavy clouds are gathering, but bright patches cif bliie still visible, and•despite ther - s-barp shower of rain which h pattering against my window, the skiey influences augur favourably for a sunny genial week. The programme presents many attractive " feetures." The Burwell Stakes is the principal event to be decided on Tuesday, but the interest which it, might have ex sited has been destroyed by the probable appearance of Cannobie amongst the starters. Cock of the North, however, who will concede him only 6lbs. for the year has been freely backed, and some pa , ple seem induced to believe that Mr. Merry has really become the pur chaser of Cannobie, and intends to reserve him for the Derby, and let the Cock of the North represent his in terest. My opinion on the reported sale of Cannobie is stated above. Should he start, I shall expect him to follow up with success his Epsom achievement. Still, Mr. Merry Lad a horse in the trial with Cannobie, and ought, therefore, to possess a goo l line by which to measure his horse's chance. Vengeance and Boer perhaps present the best titles to notice for the Craven handicap. Of the light weights my preference is for Piccaninny. Fly by Night is reported broken down ; hence the opposition which he encountered on Saturday for the Two Thousand and Derby. Should this report be true, I must look to Waliner to carry off the Column Stakes. Expectations are, however, entertained that Fly-by- Night will visit Newmarket. The Newmarket Handicap is likely to bring out a larg,re field. Siding, Fisherman, and SinaP,k stand fore racist in my estimation. Of the top weights my prefer once is for Defiance. Should I gather any scrap of in• formation of value I will place it, atnongit other rout term, before the reader on Wednesday. Newmarket, April 13. A FRESH MAN. TATTERSALL'S-SATURDAY. The room was opened for the de:patch of business • relative to the transactions on the recent events at Crox- I ton Park and Epsom ; in the course of the afternoon a considerable sum of money changed hands. When speculation was res s u ig m u e is d ua i n t t b a e u e d am im e p in out t a w u o t o to r efforts for some ti me pas t t o three ou t i c w n e q t t a hu n si :ad sufficiently ce sensation.rta i e fr uphold Fly-by-Night for the Two Thousand and the Derby, so strong a current of opposition set in against him to•day that he was forced back to 8 to 1 for the f former event, and to 14 to 1 for the latter, and there ap peared to be little hope of his reaching again the points from which he had been driven. Yellow Jack, mean while, went rapidly ahead. After 6 to 4 had been taken to a good deal of money, he toucbed at evens, and several hundreds were then invested on him. At the close, however, 110 to 100 was repeatedly offered on the field. Pot to Rico received good support at 5 to 1. Even money and 5 to 4 was betted on Cannobie for the Burwell Han dica p ,-and from Bto 1 for the Derby h• s p r ang to 5 to 1 taken ; 17 to 2 was taken to 50/. ab o ut . 1 him for the two events. At 4 to 1 and higher 2 the oddswould have total outla on b Wentwor th been taken wasoa fully 50Ul t 7 to the CLOSING PRICES. BURWELL HANDICAP. asm. ; Even and 5 to 4 on Cannobie (taken) 5 to 1 agst Cock of the North (taken) THE TWO THOUSAND. 11 to 10 agst Yellow Jack (taken) 5 to 1 agst Porto Rico (taken freely) Bto 1 agst Fly-by-Night (oared) 100 to 6 agst Peter Wilkins (taken) CHESTER CUP. 14 to 1 agst Yorkshir e Grey (taken) 7to 1 agst Hospitality (take 8 to 1) THE DERBY. 7 to 2 agst Wentworth (taken) sto 1 agst Cannobie (taken) 10 to 1 agst Ellington (taken and offered) 100 to 6 a gst t Rog orto R :co erthorpe (taken) ken) 20 to 1a P 50 to 1 agst Sugar Plum (taken) 2to 1 agst Wentworth and Cannobie, c ou pl e d (taken) c G REAT STRIKE OF LANARKSHIRE COLLIERS.--In con sequence of a resolution on the part of the coal m as t ers of t c m h i t e e colliersen thas 8 prevailed 1 samen' . per day— v i z., from reduce dsu sa. to to t the w4a. -- greatages ex the workmen, and meet in g s attended b y several thou . sands have been held this week in the various mining distr cts in Lanarkshire. On Thursday a meeting at tended by 5,000 men was held at the Govan Colliery, near Glasgow, and resolutions were passed T not to wo r k excepting at the old rate of ss . per day, the men allegi ng that the price of iron, for the smelting of which the pro duce of the pits is principally used, fully justifies the former rate of- wages. In the meantime fully 14,000 men are on strike in what is termed the Glasgow dis trtc t, and, though hitherto the men have been peaceable, much uneasiness exists as to the result. 'lt is expected that in the beginning of next week the strike will -extend to the counties of Renfrew and Ayr. Very few piiiistill opntinn® at work at the old wages of si, per day. r: } . - The claim of - the electoral body of this Country to - the protection of the ballot in the discharge-of their coitsti tutional duty of "freely and indifferently".electing their representatives in Parliament, will be again brought, by Mr. H. Berkeley, M.P.., before the House of Commons, on Tue,daY, 29th April inst. No one acquainted with ' , the state of public feeling in their constituencies can fail :to be aware that Abe ballot is the measure of reform, in the progress of which the greatest interest is felt by the electors. In prospect•of another division' on the qnes tion, which maybe the last ciuring..the.present Parha ment, it will be inter<sting to trace the history of the ballot during: the four parlianients of the - present reign. In the first Parliament elected ia 1837, the adoption of the, ballot was moved .by Mr. Grote, on the 15th of February, 1838, when there divided—Ayes, 198 ; noes, 315. In 1839, Mr. Grote renewed his motion ;on this . occasion a greater number voted for the ballot than in any other division either before or Since that time. The ayes were, 216 ; the noes, 333. _ _ _ The e ff ect of.the great number of supporters obtakned by Mr. Grote was to induce Lords Melbourne and Lord John Russell to make the balloten open question in the Cabinet, one-of its ablest supporters, ' Mr. Macaulay, being made Secretary of War. In. the Parliament of 1841 the Tories obtained a large .tnajority, the numbers of the supporters of the ballot ofeouree was diminished; Mr. Grote had retired from Parliament, and the atten tion and energies of the people were absorbed in the free rracle struggle. Under these eireeenstances the ballot was only once mooted in ti at Parliament, viz , in 1842, weer) the ayes were 157, the noes 240. In. the Parliament elected isi 1 - 847 the ballot was brought yearly before the House of Commons by Mr. H. Berkeley, the numbers being as follows :--1848, ayes, 86 ; noes, 81.. I.B49;_ayeti, 85 . vtOsor, 136. 1850, ayes, 121 ; noes, 176. 1851, artorZUvitle, 50. 1852, ayes, 144 ; noes, 246. On two occasions it will be seen'Mr. Berkeley obtained a majority, but in each case at too late a period to allow of further progress being made with the measure, though in 1843 a bill was 'prepared, brought in, and read a first time. The effect of thee reiterated discussions was to increase the number of the supporters of the ballot in the Parlament elected 41852, notwithstanding that elec tion took rlace under the auspices of "Beresford, Flew ker, and Frail." Shortly after the general election, the " Society for Promoting the A !option ef the Ballot," was established. .This body have especially attended to r-ecuring the preience at the divisions on Mr. Berkeley's annual motion of members favourable to the measure. The result of these circumstance have been an increase in the number of Mr. Berkeley's supporters on each di- vision during the present Parliament compared with the divisions fr-in 1847 to 1852. The following are the numbers :-1853, ayes 172, noes 232 ; 1854, ayes 157, noes 194 ; 1855, ayes 166, noes 217. Altogether 229 members of the present Parliament have in the atreie three . divi-ions voted for the ballot, but the ayes have never attained the same number as in 1839, viz., 216. Had each of these members been gas he ought to have been) pre-ent at any one of the three divisions, the ayes 'night have beau carried beyond the maximum attained in 1839. A Tory organ speaks with triumph of "the perceptible decrease in the followers of Grote and Bentham since the question was first mooted," and congratulates its readers on the fact "that a proposition only once supported under any circumstances by 200 members cannot be considered as having come practically before the coun try for its trial." The friends of the ballot should there tore use every exertion to secure the attendance at the ceining division of 200 members at least, Let them bear in mind the effects which followed the division of 1839, and as the success then attained is not lost, for the bal lot is an op , n question in the present Cabinet, let them by as powerful a display as possible of their Parliamen tary strength induce Lord Palmerston to act with iegar I to the ballot as he has acted on the Church-rate question. The friends of religious liberty, by bringing the pressure from without to bear through the House of Commons on the Ministry, have in three years converted a majority of 48 against Church-iate abelition into a majority of 43 in its favour. The materials and means for securing a similar triumph for the ballot are the same, and equally within the pOwer of its friends.; and the cause of freedom of election is surely as worthy a persevering and arduous struggle as the cause of freedom of conscience. TEftg FEMALE CONVICTS UNDER SEN TANCE OF DEATH IN SEW GATE. The two unhappy women, Elizabeth Ann Harris and Celeetina Sumner, who were convicted on Wednesday and Thursday, the former of the murder of her children by drowning, and the latter of the murder of her child by cutting its throat, and whose cases excited so painful an interest upon the trial, were removed immediately atter Lao sentence was- pronoamsed-to separate rooms ow the female side , of the orison, where they will remain until their ultimate fate decided upon by the Govern ment. A female turnkey is in the room with each pri soner the whole of the day, and at night two women sit up with them. It has been already stated that there is no condemned cell, as it .was commonly termed, and 0 mvicts who are under sentence of death are now spared the misery - of being confined in the gloomy receptacle formerly appropriated t ) that purpose for the abort period of their existence prior to the carrying out of the fatal sentence. They are now placed in a comfortable aeartment, where they have the advantage of light and warmth ; and no reasonable privilege likely to soothe them in their melancholy position is dented them. Both the unhappy women, although they were very much ex cited during their trial (particularly the woman Harris), have since become much more composed ; but the woman Harris appears more fully impressed with her awful posi tion than the other prisoner. The Rev. Mr. Dais, the chaplain of the gaol, has been in c,eastant attendance upon thee., and Miss Frazer, a benevolent lady, eh° devotes her attention to the select: of the wretched in mates of this place of woe, has also been frequently with the prisoners, and her religious exhortations have appa rently had effect upon Celestina Sumner. She is stated to be only 24 years old in the calendar, but is it appears two years older ; even according to this she must have brought the unhappy child whose lire she destroyed into t're world when she was little more than 15 years old. She affects to believe that there . is no intention of carry ing out the sentence of death, and she has stated that she expects to be sent to a lunatic asylum, and that after she has been confined there a few months, she shall be set at liberty. But the authorities of the prison, as well as the medical officers, are of opinion that there is ,not the least ground for supposing that her mind is in any way di..turbed. The prisoner appears to have re ceived a good education, and it is said that she is re spectably connected. A very fearful impression prevail& upon the subject of the paterni•y of l sr child, which ,t is not necessary more particularly to allude to. The woman Harris is only 25. years old, and she appears to have received very little education, being scarcely able to read. It is now several years since a woman was exe cuted at Newgate, the' last being a girl named Browning, for the murder of an old woman in Westminster, with the object of getting possession of what she believed to be a Bank of England note, but which, after she had committed the dreadful crime, turned out to be a note of the Bank of "Elegance," and utterly worthless. It is understood that a petition for a commutation of the sen tence is in course o. preparation, and it is almost need less to add that the authorities of the prison earnestly hope it may have effect, and that they may all be.spared from the performance of the distressing duty that will devolve upon them should they have to carry the law into effect. TURKISH GUARANTEED LOAN. DEPUTATION TO M. MUSURUS. On Saturday morning, pursuant to appointment, a deputation of the holders of Turkish guaranteed bonds waited upon the Ottoman minister, at his residence, Bryansteae-square, to submit to his Excellency's atten tion a proposition for the regi str a tion o f the bonds. The deputation consisted of Mr. Oliveira, M.P., M r . Crau ford, M.P., Mr. Ralli, and Mr. H. Toogood, and was received by his Excellency with !mob courtesy. Mr. OLIVEIRA explained the object of the deputation, and stated the result of his interrogation of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, who had alleged that the ques tion was one in which the English Government could not interfere, but which they would sanction c , uld any ar rangement he entered into for the purpose with the Porte and the Bank of England. He had since applied to the Governor of the Bank, from whom he read a letter, stating that the Bank was prepared to consider any plan which the Ottoman Minister might submit to his Go vernment for effecting the object in view. Mr. Oliveira, who stated that Mr. Scott, MT-) Mr. Hutt, M.P., Mr. Luce M.P., Mr. Curt's , an d Mr. Uzielli had ex pressed their approval of his suggestion, an l then read a letter from Mr. Hutchinson, chair nan of the Stock Exchange, regretting his absence, and recommending the conversion, at the option of the holders, of the bon into registered transferable stook, which would have the effect of greatly raising its value in the market, and o f the desirability of which he quoted a striking instance. The hon. member explained fully how the registration of the bonds would operate in their favour as a security. Mr. ItiLLI then addressed the Minister, and observed that he was a holder of the bonds to the amount of 25,0001., and bought them to keep, not as a speculation ; consequently the registration would be in his case very desirable. His Excellency, who speaks En g l ish with great fluency, listened with marked attention to the state ments of Mr. Oliveira, and after putting several ques tions, which were responded to by Mr. Craufurd, oh• served that the proposition undoubtedly tended to give additional security to the holders of the bonds, and 'promised that he would take immediate steps to com municate with the Porte, as well as with the Governor of the Bank of England, on the subject. The deputation, after thanking his Ex ce ll ency , then withdrew, much satisfied with the result of their inter view. CSTETAL -PALACE.—FIVZ SHILLING DAY, APRIL 12. —Admissions on payment, 217 ; ditto by Men tickets, 2,581 total viiiters, 2,878. rr ,- ! -• "' " • t • 14 , • • - 1 1 , • t. Last night a fire Of a terrific nature, the reflection of which must, have been seen throughout every portion of the metropolis, and many parts of the county of Surrey '---broke out in . the station of the' London and South- Western Qoppany, situated at Vauihall, and near to : her kajesty'e private station., • - Thoflames, it appears, were first peicei'ved by Mi. In :spector Parker, one of the officials at. 'Waterloo teraiinus, who,- having been sent to see a gentleman at thoVauxliall station, was in the act of ascending the staircase on the down line, -when he noticed that the fire- - was burning - the paper and canvas wall leading to the offices of Messrs. Mandslay. ' Animmediate alarm of fire was raised, and every one went to the assistance of those previously on the plat form; but without being able to do the least good, inas• muck as the fire travelled with the rapidity of electricity, seizing upon the whole of the offices, then extending to the ticket depots, and finally seizing upon the roof of the station, and, burning both upwards and downwards, it assumed such aformidahle aspect as_to convince every one that the station was doomed to be wholly destroyed, and it was questionable whether any of the buildings that adjoined-it could escape. ' A teieg,raphiC message. was, therefore, at once des patched to the Waterloo terminus, conveying the un welcome intelligence of the disaster, and at the same time men were sent down the line to stop. any train ap , preaching London, in order to prevent ,accidents. The latter was fortunately accomplished, but some hundreds of excursionists and others were put to great inconve nience,. as they were unable to get nearer town than the Clapham and Nine Elms Stations. The Southampton exeursiou train which left London in the morning conveyed nearly 700 _persons, who, of coarse, would have:to. walk or provide their own CAA:. veyance from the Nine Ellis station to London. Information having reached the terminus the engines of the brigade and the West of England were called, but the flames having shown such a lurid glare in the horizon the engines hat started bef ire the messengers had time to reach them, a d having been guided to the place by the light in the air only the firemen at once went to work in a manner for which they are proverbial on similar oc casions. The moment the plugs of the Lambeth, Vauxhall, and Southwark Companies mains were drawn a sufficient supply of water was obtained to set the engines of Price's ca.ndleworks, Messrs. Burnett's and Hodge's distillery, to work, as well as that of the West of England Office, and many of the London Brigade. The 'Station, however, standing upon the top of the line, and being built of wood, aud the wind blowing stiffly off the river Thames, the conflagration continued to pro gress, and at length commenced to attack the houses on the south side of the property, and by 11 o'clock sundry portions of the timber roof gave way and fell with a great crash, portions being hurled into the middle of the per manent way and other parts falling at the feet of the fire men ; but in spite of their most strenuous labours not the least impression could be made upon the violence of the flames. The men, however, under the admirable directions of their superior officers, Messrs. Henderson, Connorton, Holloway, Flemming,' and several others, stood to their posts ; but, even at the time this account was written—l 2 o'clock—although all danger of any further extension of mischief was over, the fire was far from being entirely extinguished. By that period the whole of the, stati , m, booking-offices, warehouses, 4lcc., were reduced to ruins, nut even the wooden walls of the railway company remaining. _ _ _ The moment the news was received at the Waterloo terminus, Mr. Crombie, the secretary ; Mr. Young, the superintendent of the terminus ; Mr. Godson, and seve ral other officials hastened to the spot and gave the ueces-tary ini-tructions as to what was best to be done to preve.it occident., and by so doing not a single person was injured. The mail bags were taken by one of Mr. Barwick's vans and deposited at the Nine-elms station, and they left the place in sufficient time to be delivered in the country at the usual hour this day. Of course nothing could pass up or down the line between Waterloo and 'Vauxhall last , night.; bnt owing to the permanent way not being damaged by the fire to any extent, the line will be sufficiently cleared and repaired during the night to allow the trains to run as usual this day. To give anything like an idea of the incoavepience oc casioned at the London terminus would he next to an impossibility ; every cab, omnibus, and other vehicle on the platform and the stands in the open streets were taken away. The public houses, instead of being over crowded, were completely deserted, and business might be fairly stated to have become for a time suspended. A crowd, roughly estimated at at least 50,000 persons, lined the roads leading to the-fire, they having been drawn from various parts of the metropolis by the re flexion, but were kept out of danger by the polies of the A, L, and M divisions, under the personal directions Superintendents Walker (A), Evans (L), Branford (M), and a host of inspectors. Up to the time this account was written we did not bear of any one having met with a fatal accident, neither c.,uld it be ascertained whether the station was insured or njt. OFFICIAL REPORT. The following is the official report of this melancholy occurrence : TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. Sunday, April 13, 12 p.m. Sir,—l regret to have to announce that. the buildings of the Vauxhall station of the SJuth•Western Railway Company have been this evening entirely destroyed by fire, fortunately without 10-s of life or personal injury. I have the satisfaction to state that, after a careful exa• urination, tie permanent way has been found to be unin jured ; and the only inconvenience therefore, to the pub lic will be the temporary cessation of the ,t , ,pping of any trains at the Vauxhall station until necessary accommo dation can be provided•—l am, sirs, yours, &c., L. CROMBIE, Secretary. ALARM OF FIRE AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Early yesterday morning there was an alarm of fire at Drury-lane Theatre which arose under the following cir cumstances : It appears that at the conclusion of the per fermances on Saturday night, the committee of the theatre, according to previous arrangement, arrived upon the stage for the purpose of witne , sing some experiments with Phillips's patent fire annihilators, in order to test their applicability in case of fire occurring within the building. Mr. Curtis, the secretary of the An nihilator Company, some of his men, and a number of machines were taken upon the stage, while the hands employed in the theatre were in other p.rts o' the house, to be ready to assist in case anytime; should arise to demand their services. Tne perf oenances commenced with a trial between the patent hand pump, such as is used by the fire brigade, and one or two small annilLihtors, to s ee which could most quickly ex tinguish the lights burning in the battens over the stage. These battens are about 40 feet high, and have each a great number of perforations to allow the gas to escape so as to iPuminate the top of the stage and "borders." Three firemen, named Samuel Girrard, John Jones, and J. Webster, were engaged working the band pumps and d scharging water over the gas jets to ascertain which would most effectually extinguish the flame. The water from the pumps fur Borne time appeared to prove of greater advantage than the small annihilating machines, when it was proposed by Mr. Curtis, the secretary, that one of the larger machines, drawn upon two wheels, should he tried. This was accordingly done, and the cat riage having been placed near the centre of the stage, a large iron funnel, 15 feet in length, was attached for the purpose of assisting the vapour to reach the gas burning in the battens. The signal having been given, the man in charge of the annihilator broke the bottle containing the acid, which ignited the composition, and the vapour commenced to escape, but in a few seconds the fennel, through which the gas generated in the ma chine was passing, blew off, and was prsjected up to the flies and lodged under the bridge of the stage io a heated state. At the same time the cap or lid of the annihilator was blown off, which knocked down the man having charge of the apparatus, and passed by him to a distance of 35 feet. The machine then threw up such a vast body of fire that every one in the theatre apprehended its en tire destruction. Fortunately the firemen had taken the precaution to have their engines placed upon the stage and charged with water, and they were therefore en abled without the least delay to render assistance. So great was the concussion caused by the explosion that another annihilator standing on the stage rolled away, and having broken the iron and glass of five of the floats it fell into the orchestra, demolishing one of the music stands and upsetting the seats. This so alarmed the com mittee that they rushed out into the street, and a cry of " fire " was at once given, which caused the engines to arrive in the course of a few minutes. The firemen core nected with the theatre, however, managed to get the fire subdued, and before any great damage was done, the only part that was burnt through the surface of the wmalwork being a beam under the bridge of the first tier of the flies. The man who had charge of the ma chine was severely burnt by the force of steam that escaped when the explosion took place. Mr. Tucker, the master carpenter, was also burnt in his hands by the rush of steam. A man named Watson was likewise badly burnt, and was taken by Lyons, the gasman, to the hospital, but was soon enabled to return home. to the precise cause of the explosion nothing positive could be ascertained, bat it is supposed that the lid or top of the machine could not have been properly rivetted as th e machines are invariably strong enough to bear the force of the charge they contain. COMMUTATION OF S)INTENCR.—Wa I I and Carr, the two men left at Liverpool * to be hanged for the murder of a seaman by strangulation, have had their sentence com muted to transportation for life. CALCRAFT THE EXECUTIONER.—On Saturday the aldermen forming the ga.il committee held a meeting at the Guildhall, which Caleraft, the public hangman, at. tended, to explain his conduct at the execution of Bons field. The meeting was strictly private, but it is under stood that CalcrAtt's services are to be retained, and that he le to have an alsiets3o. • 1: 7. .. iL, Oa Friday a meting of the boArd was held in No. 1 Committee room, Guildhall—Mr. President Thwaites in the chair. , SOUTHWAYM IMPROVEMENT. A deputation from St. Saviour's and Christ Church, Southwark, presented a memorial advocating the con struction of a new line of street from High-street, South wark,-to Starnford-3treet, stating that such an improve ment was, o i various ground, the .one-which ought first to engage the attention of the board, and for the carrying out of which a such of 85,900/. was in hand. The subject has already been twice publicly discussed at board ineetingq and Mr. Apsley Pellat, M.P., who accompanied the deputation, and other gentlemen stated that they had come before the board that day at the particular instigation of Sir B. Hall, who bad inti mated his desire that a plan approved by the board should be submitted to him before the end of .June, because, if the works were not completed before 1860, the 85,000/. would be no longer applicable to such a purpose. The right hon. baronet had likewise given the deputation to understand that, in case a plan recommended by the board was presented to him of which he could approve, be would support in the House of Commons the application for the Act of Parliament. THE EMBANKMENT OF THE THAMES. Mr. WILKINSON, in moving that the scheme for this purpose be referred to the Committee of Works, ob. served that, in doing so, he did not identify himself with the project, although he considered it as one which meritedinvestigation. _ some objections having been raised on the score of order, The PRESIDENT observed that he conceived the board ought not, by too strict an adherence to technicalities, to offer any obstruction to public business. (Hear, hear., HALL thought that committees °ogle,- ug!t.tcoc eicuinbered with schemes without the board sidering whether these were feasible or not. He was quite sure that the board could - not continue to send every unimportant matter before a committee. Mr. CRELLIN did not think it a'lvi-able for the board to examine plans previous to referring them to the Com mittee of Works. Plans could not cone before the board unless some member was found to present them, and doubtless he would not move fur its being sent to a ,ornmittee without having in some measure satisfied him self as to the propriety and feasibility of the scheme. Mr. SAVAGE observed, in regard to the objections raised on the matter of order, that he was aware of no rule which w..uld be contravened by agreeing to the mo tion of Mr. Wilkins( n. Upon a division, the memorial was ordered to be re ferred to the committee of works. The document is worded as follows : " That your memorialists are promo ters of an undertaking called the Thames Embankment and Railway,' the objects of which areas follow :—First, The formation of an embankment and works, including certain floating and tidal docks on the north side of the river Thames, between Southwark and Westminster bridges ; secondly, the construction of a public road and footways, to be carried on a viaduct along that portion of the embankment between Whitehall-place, near Char ing-cross, and Chatham place, Blackfriars, having also communications with certain streets leading out of the Strand ; thirdly, the laying down of a railway within the line of embankment, from Queenhithe, near Southwark bridge, to Manchester -buildings, adjoining Westminster. bridge, with an extension line to the Grey Coat Ekspital near the new Victoria-street, to join the Westminster Terminus Railway. That your memorialists have at the' present tune a bill before Parliament for the above pur poses, which, if authorised, will enable them to ccnfer on the public the following advantages :—First, an improve ment of the river Thames; socorid, great sanitary benefits; third, a much-required new road between Charing cross and the City ; fourth, an expeditious, cheap, and in all weathers certain mode of intercominu ideation by rail between the heart of London and the West-end ; fifth, extensive relief to the present thorough fares by the conveyance direct from the numerous wharves to the various railways round London of an enormous amount of heavy goods at present carted through the streets of the metropolis. That your memo riali!tts are prepared to show that all the foregoing ad vantages can be secured to the public by the carrying out of their plan without the infliction of injury on, or inconvenience to, any interests or individuals, and at a cost which beings the whole undertaking within a very moderate compass. That the plans have been submitted in detail to the various public departments interested in the questions at issue, but the promoters have in fact (and on this important point they submit they stand in a singular and distinct position from the promoters of any other metropolitan undertaking), been referred to your hon. board, as the only competent authority to investi gate Red pronounce an opinion upon the question as a whole, and on the benefits or otherwise to be derived by the public from the concession of the powers sought to be ottained. That your memorialists estertain a strong conviction that the undertaking will be commercially valuable and seif-supporting, and can be carried into exeeution without any expenditure of public funds. That tue ohject of your memorialists is to elicit, after such an examination of the scheme as your hon. board may deem proper, a general expression of your opinion in favour thereof, which will enable the promoters to obtain the permits. ion of the public departments for the submission of their plans to a -Parliamentary committed, and thus secure to them the opportunity of substantiating in de tail the correctness of their views, and, as a consequence, the attainment of the powers they seek. Signed ta balf of the promoters.---Edward Loder, 43, Cambridge terrace, Hyde -1 ark." RE-NAMING OF STREETS. As the first instance in which the hoard has exercised its power of altering the names of streets, the subjoined recormneudation of the building committee, which was adopted by the court, may not prove uninteresting : That the application of Mr. Robert SAmon for permis sion to alter the name of a certain street or place in Somers Town, known as "Toms-buildings," to "Equity buildings," be granted, on condition that he do obtain and pr, duce to the board the written consent of the owner or owners of the other houses in such sue or place. Several reports were presented by Mr. Mar rable, the superintending architect, on applications made by different parties for permission to extend their houses by building on the fore-courts. In every in stance the applications were rejected. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. Mr, WILKINSON submitted the subjoined resolution, after a brief address, "That the van -us Parliamentary reports and papers in relation to metropolitan improve ments already circulated among the members by order of the board be referred to the Committee of Works an I Improvements, with authority to consider and re port thereon." Mr. D'JFFANGER seconded the motion. Mr. run LESLIE opposed the proposition. Accordin g to the terms of the moti-n, immense volumes would be laid before the committee upon which they could not poAsibly report. Mr. HALL sugzested that the words " with authority to con-i. ?er them and report thereon" should be left out, and that the following should be substituted, " fur their assistance in considering improvements now, or hereafter, to be referred to them by this board." Mr. WILKINSON willingly consented to adopt these words as part of his proposition. Mr. Deputy HARRISON believed that the reference to the c.antnittee should be more extensive, and would therefore move " that it be referred to the Committee of Works to consider the present state of general communi cation to and in the metropolis, and of the best means of improving the same, and report thereon to this board." The PRESIDENT ruled that the words proposed by the deputy could not be admitted as an amendment. Mr. Hawkes and Mr. Ware spoke against the motion, and Major Lyon earnestly besought the board not to hand over such great powers to a committee. He con• eluded by proposing an amendment which the President decided to be irregular. The motion, on being put, was carried by a majority of 15 to 12. Mr. SEELEY moved, " That in order to make provi sion fur the proper carrying into effect the 144th clause of the Metropolis Local Management Act, it be referred to he finance committee to prepare and lay before the board an estimate of the se;era . l sums which it will be necessary yearly to assess upon each parish or district in the metropolis, in order to rea'ise a stated income of 100,0001. per annum, to be applied to the purposes de scribed in the said 144th clause. And also an estimate of the rate which will be required to raise such sum, supposing that the whole metropolis be rated in one and the same proportion." Agreed to. (.Fran the limes.) ' % 7 ‘;.,775 , r A Statesman who has f or m an y y ears spoken an acted in Parliament with all the advantage thatthe, support of a large political party, the enjoyment of, high office, and the possession of enormous patro- , nage can give him, ought to be very careful indeed . what measures he proposes when stripped of these adventitious advantages. Human nature is prone' to magnify present and to depreciate past great ness ; and unless, as is not very likely, his former success attends the statesman when out of office, it is sure to be said that all his great actions were the gift of fortune, and all his failures entirely his own. Never was the truth of this observation more strikingly evinced than in the House of Commons on Friday last. Conscious of the ground which he had lost in the estimation of the public by. his pre mature res;gnation of office and his unfortunate proceedings at Vienna, Lord John Russell sought for subject involving enough difficulty to make it ssettlement, if it should be obtained, areal and sal ststntial triumph, and enough interest to rivet upan it the attention of all men and all etas, es. That which he sought he found in the question of national education. With great care and pains, with infinite deliberation, and with no lit le parade at el flourish, Lord John Ruisell introduced to the House a se leme which has proved more u •rly futile and abortiv • than any, thins we at present nese ober—a soh. me which u act agains; it every shade of party, ev, ry claUs of political opinion—a scheme which evcryboly was ready to attack, and nobody to defend ; founded, as it appeared to us, in complete igno rance of the national character, the sentiments of Parliament, and the exigencies of the question itself. It requires con4idertble ta'ents and con siderable position, high connections, and great po litical experience, to enal le any man to make so complete a failure as that which Lord John Rus sell achieved for Ifmself on Friday night. Had he not Ilen the person to whom for many years the Government of the country was intrusted, whose voice at one time swayed the deliberations of Parliament, wise introduced and carried one Reform Bill, and i 3 for ever threatening us with another, the utter break-down of Lord John Rus sell and his me tsure ?rent part of the piquancy which they now possess. We really do not believe that if all those votes were deducted which were .given from personal kindness or from old recollections Lord John Russell would have been able to muster 40 members in support of the scheme to which he looked for the restoration of his damaged reputation. In vain the Government generously flung its weight into his scale, the ad versa impression was too strong to be resisted, and the eff , rt to break the fall of the former leader of the Whig confederacy served but to mark and tes tify its completeness. If we were to point out the causes of the Parliamentary decline and fall of Lord John Russell we should assign a conspicuous place to that predilection for what are called " con.pre hensive measures" which Lord John Russell has so strongly evinced. It is not, so far as we have been enabled to judge, that he has been in the habit of seeking very deep for principles, but that he insists upon dealing with every part of a large question at once, and thus raising against himself the greatest possible amount of opposition, while he conciliates the least posnble amount of support. Having made his reputation in a revolutionary period, he is apt to treat subjects in a manner which can only sue e=ed when supported by the same amount of popu lar discontent as the first Reform Bill. There is a complete want of sympathy—an utter incompatibi lity between Lor I John Russell and the present House of Commons. - Whether or no we attribute this phenomenon to the right cause, there can be no doubt of its existence, and as little, we should think, as to the solution of the difficulty. Lord John Russell can scarcely expect to regain the fore most place in the deliberations of the House of Commons; Parliaments, like individuals, are apt t o he swayed by hope rather than gratitude, and it is, on the other hand, hardly to be asked of him that he should be content to occupy in such an as sembly a second rate position ; his struggles to regain his lost place are futile as regards himself, and painful to his friends. We do not sup pose, either, that there is anything indiscreet or improper in adverting to the fact that, -notwith standing his long, and in many respects great services, Lord John Russell is not likely to be returned again for the city of London, and we confess that we should see with pain so eminent a person running up and down in search of a con stituency, or driven to the inglorious alternative of accepting a seat from among the boroughs or counties which own the influence of the Duke of Bedford. Late years have, as we have often ob served, contributed in an unusual degree to the destructim of political reputation, and it is expe dient on every ground that this process should ho arrested at the earliest possible period. Little as we have seen to approve of late years in the poli. tical career of Lord John Russell, we would desire for a man who has filled so considerable a part in our own times, and whose name is doubtless des !hie 1 to no inconsiderable place in the history of England, afirtqc more tranquil and more dignified ti an that which is promised to him in the House of C 311.1 M it is ()he of the many useful functions of the House of Peers that it offers to the politician who can neither maintain the foremost place nor grace fully descend to the second a harbour of refuge in which his shattered political barque may ride at anchor safe from the storms that rage without. That assembly, in which Lord Cha ham and Sir R. Walpole sought repose at the end of their stormy political career, might surely perform the same good office for Lord John Russell, and in his person a title ever memorable in the political history of England might be revived. We do not believe that among the friends and supporters who s ill remain to Lord J-im Russell there is one who would not read with a feeling of relief the an ❑ouncement that his long and checkered career iu the House of Commons had at last come to a • close, and that he had accepted an honourable retirement from the fierce contests of party which his long services have undoubtedly merited, which is suitable to his birth and his station, and which seems the only alternative left that can free him from a succession of mortifications and humiliations such as no one either of his supporters or oppl nents would willingly see heaped upon him. Doubtless to be the hew' of a powerful political party in the House of Commons is a position more prominent, influential, and attractive that any that the House of Peers, in the present state of our cof.stitution, has to offer ; but to Lord John Rus sel we beli!ve that position is no longer open, and we cannot but think he would oo more wisely to content himself with what he might easily retain —a fading position in the House of Lords—than to waste the remainder i f his life in importunate struggles after au opp rtunity which be failed to use wisely when it was his own, and which is not wont to return to those who :lave once let'it slip from their grasp. We are living in a new political era. The bands of party allegiance are now loosened, the power of individual leaders is dimin ished, the public mind is no longer stung by that general sense of injury and misgovernment which 25 years ago gave the Whigs their power and their suce2ss. The very triumphs of Reform and Freo Trade have impaired the influence of their original supporters. New men and new questions arise, and it is granted to few to remain for ever in the van of an age pressing ra pidly forward in the path of political, social, and material progress. Th e weary advocate gladly reposes in the comparative quiet of the bench ; the most indefatigable parish priest sighs for the repose of the episcopal throne ; w h y s hould !not the political combatant who has spent the third of a century in the conflicts of party be well content to close his long career amid the tranquil shades ? and venerable associations of the House of THE RECENT EIfBEZZLEMENT BY A GOVEi NIIIENT CLEBK. PORTSMOUTH, April 12.—T0-day the trial came on o George Joseph Nathaniel Charlier, clerk in the Gun Wharf here, for the embezzlement of 1,1381., the amount of a cheque entrusted to him to get cashed, for the pay ment of the quarterly aad weekly salaries of the War Department at this port. The Recorder was J. D. Cole ridge, Esq. The evidence was precisely the same as that taken at the examination before the bench of magistrates.. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict that the prisoner was not euilty of embezzlement, but o larceny, under the third count. The usual qu stion being asked by the Recorder, th prisoner, in a partially suppressed voice, said--I throw myself on the mercy of the Court. I Lave suffered the lose of my position, the loss of my fair name, ofthe pen. sion of 501. a-year to which I should have been entitled, if I had bad to leave the service from illness. I have been already deeply puni•bed, and now I can only throw my-elf entirely on the mercy of the Court. The Recorder, addressing the prisoner by name, said —You have been convicted on the clearest evidence of a most serious crime—a crime deliberately planned and prepared befirehand. That crime involve; a breach o f the great trust reposed in you by the Government of your country, and by the officers under whom yon ever e employed. That crime is not alone against the Govern • ment of this country and your superior officers, but it is a crime, too, against the wife and children whose claims to consideration have just been pressed upon me by your counsel. There is no circumstance to excuse its committal, and it is one that demands a marked punishment. It is necessary for the security of society that such a crime sheult meet with a severe and terrible punishment, and I therefore feel it my duty to sentence you to five years' penal servitude. (From the sensation produced I n e n p r t, it was evident that so severe a sentoneu Wee Slot Stltt4' pated.)••-2141% 3 471,in Taegraph. - • t • BALANCE OF PARTIES AT OXFORD. OXFORD, SATURDAY. The election this afternoon of a professor, as a member of the hebdomadal council, in the room of Professor Wilson, whose term of office as professor of moral phi losophy bad expired, was the occasion of a struggle be tween the two parties in the University desiomated high church and low church. Dr. Jacobson, Regius Professor of Divinity, was the candidate of the for mer, and Dr. Macbride, P r i nc i pa l of Magdalen Hall, Lord Almoner's Reader in Arabic, was the candidate of the latter. The polling commenced at 2 o'clock, and was ' continued with unabated vigour until 3, the time op pointed for its closing. Nearly all the beads of houses and resident professors recorded their votes. So well balanced were the parties, that each was alternately at the head of the poll, from its opening to its close. At 3 o'clock the proctors cast up the votes, the num bers being, for Dr. Jacobson, 71 ; Dr. Macbride, 69. The election of a member of convocation to sit at the hebdomadal council in the room of Mr. Mozley, of Mag- dalene College, who had resigned, was also well contested. The candidates were Mr. Randolph, burstr and fellow of Merton College, and Mr. Vedley, tutor and fellow of University College. At the cl se of the poll the votes were—for Mr. Randolph, 76 ; for Mr. Hedley, 68. Ma jority for Mr. Randolph, 8. Galignani relates, with much enthusiasm, the signal alccess of Madame Ristori in the first representation of Legouve's new tragedy, " Melea." The tragedy has been translated, and its representation at the Italian plays is described by our contemporary as the theatrical OVOnt of the week. •• • . . • .4L, t„ . gentle' a iloV noble t. with unena" other. tle her be i vide! i pith ii-oug li U i blo Ciede ci A secosw dquir e . a of ailvol d 1 3 t u id 8 0 b e e of he he ling punt 08 i n tho ty. a ,roU nratioll D. 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