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T HE COMMISSIONF for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD IT KINGDOM of GREAT ft ADMIRAL of the UNITED HEREBY GIVE NO" BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO 12th inst., at Two o'clor - ACE, That on TUESDAY, the Persons as may be Ic,they will be ready to treat with such her Majesty's s ever .al wil Docky ling ards to CONT with RACT for supplying CANV „ AS BAGS AND HAVERSACKS, tracte use of the Seamen of he r M a j es ty' s N av y, un d er a con tor t w '.4vacalendar months certain, and furtheruntil the exr2irathYd of three calendar months' warning. Pattditne of the Articles and a form of the Tender may be , seen at the said office. No tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of t reaty, nor Will any be noticed unless the party attends, or and agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every - tender must be addressed to the Secret ar y o f the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender frm Bags and Haversacks," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by two re 'Tonsil)) e persons, engaging to become bound with the person tenderi,ig, in the sum of £5OO fo r th e d ue performance -of the contract. GO T /ERNMENT OFFICIAL 2— REPATCTION IN SCALE OF PRE3IIU'AS. rIeHE EUROPEAN A9 _ , SURANCE SOCIETY -a- ISSUES POLICIES of GUARANTEE, at reduced Tates, for Officials in or under the Treasury, Customs, Inland Revenue, Board of Trade, Poor-law Board, Admiralty, and other public departments, and for bank and railway clerks and persons in commercial employments. Further reductions on th e Combination of , life assuranee with guarantee. Annuities ~,Tranted on favourable terms. Forms and every information may be obtained at the Chief Office, No. 2, Waterloo -place, Pall-mall, London. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY FOR FIR 4, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES, 29, Lombard-s:treet, London, E.C.; and Royal Insurance Buildings, Liverpool. CAPITAL —TWO MILLIONS. FIRE BRANCH, Notwithstanding the large accesstons of business made annually throv.gh a long series of years, which obviously in crease the difficulty of further alivances, yet the Fire Pre miums of the year 1859 rise above those of the preceding year—by a larger sum than ha% been obtained by the increase of any single year since the formation of the Company, ex ceptine• the year 1853, discicvsing an advance of 50 PER CENT. IN:TIIP,,ER YEARS. The -following figure's exhibit the progress of the whose Fire Drench, running over the last Ten years : T0 4 .,a1 Premium Increa , e of the year 1850— . received , above each precedi ng one. 1852. .... .£44,027 10 0 £9,557 19 8 ••••,••• 185# •• 76,925 4 2 lB 3 ,„ • • •.• 128,459 11 4 15.895 7 0 1856 ,% 151,733 9 6 21,673 17 7 !M r & ....... 196,148 2 6 21,092 17 10 18, 59 ....... 228,914 7 3 32,166 4 9 the Company among the very largest offices in the 1 1 in gklem. Indeed, it is believed that there are now only three 'offices in existence which equal it in Fire revenue. BUSINES LE T r ee Directors desire to call the special attention of the Pr oprietors of THE LIFE BRANCH of the Establishment. % The ACTUARY'S Report on this subject is accompan i ed 13 y an Appendix, illustrated by two coloured Diagra ms , which make plain to the unprofessional eye the mortality ex- Whichy the "Royal,' as indicated by curved lines, ce.ntrast most favourably with the former Averages of luortaltty, also displayed on the Diagrams. The: Bonus apportioned to the Assured, with d participationorig-i, alno;unts to .Z 2 er cent. er annum, to be adde to the Dal sum assurepd of EVERY PARTICIPATING POLICY effected previously to the Ist of January, 1858, for each entire .year that it had been in existence since the last appropriation 'of Bonus thereon, and is ONE OF THE LARGEST BONUSES EVER DECLARED. The Paid-up and Invested Capital, including Life Funds, amounts to upwards of £700,000 sterling. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secrejtary. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURA?&CE SOCIETY, 6, New Bridge-street, B;aekfriars. 'Loudon, Ist March, 1861. This is to Give Notice, Th'At the Annu a l GENERAL COURT will be held at the Society's House, No. 6, New B ridge-street,Blackfriars, on SATURDAY, the 16th day of March, at Two o'clock pre:sisely, to receive the Auditors' Re port of the receipts and 'disbursements of the Society during the year 1860, and to e l ,ect Auditors for the present year. Copies of the stal.ements to be presented to the Meeting Rill be furnished to members on application at the ofSce on Or after Monday., the lith March. By order of the Board of Directors, ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 Wm. IV. THE ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANC E :SOCIETY, 6, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. Established 1823. DIRECTORS. ROBERT BIDDULPH, Esq., Chairman. WILLIAM ROUTH, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Alfred Kingsford Barber, Esq. Rear-Admiral R o b er t G or - Ilenry Barnett, Esq. d on. The Right Hon. E. Pleydell Charles Morris, Esq. Bouverie, M.P. George Kettilby Rickards, Edward Charrington, Esq. EAti. P ascoe Charles Glyn, Esq. A•dg - ustus Koppel St;phen- Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, son, Esq. Bart. A CTUARY—JaMeB Joln Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S. SEcarrAnv—Alexander Macdonald, Esq. At the Thirty-seventh Annual Meeting' of the Society, held the 17th March, 1860, Roberelliddulph, Esq., the Chairman of the Society, stated the following particulars relative to the results of the business in 1859, as compared with those of ltisB Policies Sums Issued. A ssured. .... 723 .... £530,427 •• . • 468 •• • • 323,670 1850 1858 New Premiums. £18,354 10,273 Increase .. 255 ... • £206,757 .... The Society offers the following Advantages : The lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System. The whole of the profits divided amongst the Policy-holders every Fifth Ye 4r, Reversionary Bonuses have been added to Po licies to the exten.* of The last Bogus, declared in 1859, which averaged 65 Per 'Cent. on the Premiums paid, amounted to 475.ixin 8.266 PThicies are now in Vwn... ...anual - income assuring the sum of £6,545,457, which, with £038,192 Bonus additions, makes a total of £7,183,649. XThe Invested Capital is £1,815,696, producing upwards of 72,000 per annum, th us ma ki ng the present Annual Income the Society above £260,000. Service in the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps will hot affect the validity of Policies. Prospectuses and further particulars may be obtained on a pplication to XB,OBl ALEXANDER tACDONALD, Secretary. - - Jost Published, price ls., post free for 14 stamps, or in a sealed e n'eelope for 20 stamps. GUIDE TO Ham, AND HAPPINESS, illustrated With 100 Engravings. 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Just Published, price ls., post free for 14 stamps, with Photographic Illustrations from i.ife, DISEASES By ROBERTOT.FJORDTANH M.D.,E SKIN. Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, England, &c., am Author of " Skin Diseases and their Remedies," &c. Price 2s. 6d. ; by post, 2s. 10d. Published by John Churchhill, New Burlington-street. By the same Author, with numerous illustrations, price Is. 6d by post 4s. ; abridged edition, ls. ; i new Medical Work, entitled LIFE. WORTH LIVING FOR, p rov i ng h ow health and happine‘s may be secured, and renewed powers imparted to the vital functions, restoring them to their normal condition, through simple curative means, assisting nature by adhering to her laws. Contents : General ani acquired debility, from early inexperience, pro ductive of diseases and disarrangement of the muscular system, resulting in nervous and physical Irritability, the cause of total or partial prostration of man. • Hours of Consultation from 10 to 2, and 5 to 8; or by ap pointment. The above works to be had from the Author only, 29, George-street, Hanover-square, London, W. For qualifications, see Medical Register. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD: ED ICA L ESSAY ON SPERMATORRME NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &o. just Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates. in a sealed envelope. price le., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author. for 1 2 stamps, ANIMOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE 'TA MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions for Verleet Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr, J. L. CuRTIV, 15, A. , bermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physlolog,ical , tructure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER IL—Causes of Spermatorrheea and Impotence; wetly Vicious Indulgences ; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER In.—A Review of the various Disqualifications Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, t h e Effects' of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrlicca and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting asses, to /itch Is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS Ole THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.- -Tins Is a truly valuable work, and ihould be in March, 6. the hands of young an d old. " — " Sunday Times, " 3d 185 The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this tittle work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in yo u th or more frequently premature old age- Telegraph," Ma rc h 27, 185 A. " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, tr ,, ats in aplain an d sympathising manner on the var i ous disqualifications impedimentato dinvaarliisinsgsuffering from nervous excit ement and &- from youthful errors an d banilditY' and excesses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater- noster-row ; Mann, 39, 11 91111 9f Consultati4A-10 to 3 44 6 to 8 ; gudtlyN, 10 till 2. SEVENTEENTH REPORT of the STAR LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, presented at the Annual Meeting, held on Monday, March. 1861; CHARLES itAttwoob, Esti., in the Chair. Tho Direttoi-s have witch pleasure in being able to pre sent a Very satisfactory Report of the operations of the So • Oicty for the year 1860. The Directors have issued Nine Hundred and two Nev Policies for the assurance of £336,290, yielding an annual income of £11,312 Hs. 9d,, an amount exceeding that of any previous year. The annual revenue, after deducting the premiums for policies fallen in by death, and surrendered to the Office, now amounts to £89,4n 3s. Id. The Premiuth or Assurance Fund is now £360,530 35., sk3wlng an increase of £51,085 17s. 10d. during the year. The claims by death (after deducting sums assured in other offices) amount to £21,912 16s. Id. i assUrod by 00 policies ; and the Directors hate still ; as oh proVious occa sions, the satisfaotioh of reporting that this sum and num ber are below the average expected and provided for. The following figures illustrate more fully the advance of the Society during the past five years, and present facts which will commend themselves to the judgment of those conversant with Life Assurance Societies, as affording the most satisfactory evidence of progress and prosperity : Year. 1856.. 1857.. 1858.. 180.. 1860.. 'Numb,r New Poli cies issued. 603 572 058 812 902 Annual ~Total Accumu- Premiums lations from therefrom. all sources. Stuns Assured X s. d. 201;451 6,597 18 3 221,122 7,735 9 5 235,350 8,582 0 9 291.495 10,172 19 6 336,290 11,312 15 9 thereby. £ 8. d.: 202,119 7 2 238,055 1 7 274,797 15 4 309,444 5 2 360,530 3 0 Thus it will be perceived that during the last five years the sum of £158 ) 419 15s. 10d. has been added to the Assur ance or Premium Fund, while £204,531 2s. 6d. has been paid since the establishment of the Society on Policies which have become claims by death. These figures are very gratifying—they show the strong hold which the Society has upon the confidence of the public Land it is from no mere routine that the Directors advert to the valuable assistance obtained from their Wes leyan connexion—a connexion which has always had a con siderable influence on the prosperity of the Institution. It is hoped, however, that still larger results will be ob tained, with more than £7,000 policy-holders, an influen tial proprietary, a staff exceeding 400 Agents, i and its asso ciation with Wesleyan Methodis m , th e St ar s yet capable of very considerable extension. The Deed of Settlement provides that four of the Direc • tors should retire. In conformity therewith Edward Ball, Thos Holmes, Joseph Thackray, and William Betts, Esqs. vacate office; and, being eligible, the Direct ors p ro •• pose their re-election. The Directors desire to call attention to the circumstance that the next division of profits will take place at the end of the year 1863, and that all Policies effected in the year 1861 will share in the Bonus to be then distributed, pro vided the Premiums are paid annually. CHARLES HARW 0 OD, Chairman. JESSE HOBSON, Secretary. STAR LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Chief Office, 48, Moorgate-street, London, E.C. TRUSTEES. Thomas Farmer, Esq., Gunnersbury House, and Arth. ington Hall, Yorkshire. George Smith, LL.D., F.A.S., Camborne. William Betts, Esq., Deal. Frederic Mildred, Esq., Nicholas. lane, London. William Skinner, Esq., Stockton-on-Tees. DIRECTORS. Chairman.—CHAßLES HARWOOD, Esq., F.S.A., Judge of the County Court of Kent, an d Recorder of Shrewsbury. Deputy Chairman—JOHN JOSIAH BUTTRESS, Esq., Islington. Edward Ball, Esq., M.P., Cambridgeshire. Adam Bealey, M.A., M.D., Tavistock-square. William Betts, Esq., Deal John Churchill, Esq., New Burlington-street. Walter Griffith, Esq., Bloomsbury-place. Thomas Holmes, Esq., Hull. John Lidgett, Esq., Billiter-street. Joseph Leather, Esq., Liverpool. William Merry, Esq., Whitechapel. Jonathan Sills Pidgeon, Esq., Warnford-court. William H. Smith, Esq., 184, Strand, Joseph Thackray, Esq., Leeds. George F. Urling, Esq., Alfred House, Hampton. John Vanner, Esq., Coleman-street. Joseph M. Ware, Esq., Gunnerabury-house. _ . .. AUDITORS. Francis Parnell, Esq., Manchester. Jeseph Peill, Esq. (Masterman and Co.), London. J. R. Rogers, Esq. (National Provincial Bank), London. MEDICAL OFFICERS. _ _ J. M. Camplin, M.D., 11, Finsbury-square. C. B. Radcliffe, M.D., 4, Henrietta-street, Cavendish square. J. It. Reynolds, M.D., 38, Grosvenor-street. SoLicrrou—Richard M. Reece, Furnival's-inn. SECRETARY—Jesse Hobson, Esq. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS-MARCH 6. SUPERANNUATION (OFFICERS OF PRISONS) BILL. Order for second reading read. Motion made and question proposed, That the bill be now read a second time." Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "now," and at the end of the question to add the words " upon this day six months." Question pat, " That the word ' now' stand part of the question." The house divided —Ayes, 61; Noes, 140. AYES 61. Adderley, C. B. Hadfield, Geo. Salt, Thomas Agnew, Sir A. Ilaliburton, Justice Mater-Booth, G Bailey, Thomas Hardy, Gathorne Scrope, G. P. Biddulph,',Col. R.M. Heneage, G. Smyth, Col. Bonham-Carter, J. Hsygate, W. U Somerville, Sir W. Bridges, Sir 8., Bt. Humberstone, P. S. Spooner, R. Briscoe, J. I. Jackson, W. Stacpoole, W. Childers, H. C. E. Jervis, Captain Steuart, A. Cobbett, J. M. Kekewich, S. Torrens, R. Corry, H. L. Kendall, N. Turner, J. A. Cross, R. A. Ker, D. S. Vansittart, Win. Cubitt, George Kinglake, A. W. Vyner, Reginald Dunbar. Sir Wm. Leathern, E. 'Warner, Edward Enfield, Viscount Lovaine, Lord Watlington, J. W. Ewart, William Marjoribauks, D. C. Westhead, B. Ewart, J. C. Miller, T. Wyndham, Hon. P. Farquhar, Sir M. Mitford, W. T. Wyvill, M. Forster, W. E. Montagu, Lord R. Gaskell, J. M. Morris, D. Greenall, G. Norris, J. T. Greenwood, J. Northcote, Sir S. Milnes, R. M. Griffith, CD. Russell, A. J. E. Tollemache, J. H TELLERS. NOES-140. Acton, Sir J. Garnett, W. J. Ogilvy, Sir J. Adair, H. E. Gavin, Major Padmore, R. Alcock, T. Gilpin, C. Paget, C. Arbuthnott, Gen.H. Gore, J. R. 0. Parker, Major W. Ashley, Lord Gregory, W. IL Patten, J. W. Arfon, A. S. Gregson, S. Pease, H. Baines, E. Gurdon, B. Philipps, J. 11. Ball, E. Gurney, John H. Pigott, Francis Barrow, W. H. Banbury, R., jun. Pilkington, James Bar ttelot, Major lianmer, Sir J. Pollard Urquhart W Baxter, W. E. Hardy, J. Pritchard, John Beach, W. W. Headlam, Thos. E Pugh, D. (Carmar.) Beamish, F. B. Henley, J. Pugh, D. (Mont.) Beaumont,Somerset Henley, Lord Fuller, C. W. Beecroft, G. S. Henniker, Lord Quinn, Peter Benyon, R. Hervey, Lord A Ridley, Sir M. W. Biggs, John Hodgkinson, G. Rogers, John J. Blackburn, P. Hood, Sir A. Russell, Hastings Blencowe, J. G. Howes, Edward St. Aubyn, J. Bright, J. Hunt, G. W. Scholelle,d, W. Bristow, A. Jermyn, Earl Selwyn, C. J. Buller, Sir A. Jervoise, Sir J. Seymour, Sir M. Butler, .C. S. Jolliffe, Sir W. Shafto, R. D. Buxton, C. Kennard, R. Sibthorp, Major Caird, James Kerrison, Sir E. Sidney, Thomas Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Kershaw, J. Slaney, R. A. Carnegie, Hon. C. King, Hon. L. Smith, Augustus Clifford, C. C. King, J. K. Smith, Abel Clive, George Kinglake, Serj. J. Smollett, P. Clive, H. G. W. Knatchbull-Hugess Stanhope, J. B. Copeland, W. T. Langton, H. G. Steel, John Davey, R. Lawson, W. Taylor, Colonel Dent, John Dent -Leader, N. Thompson, H. S. Douglas, Sir C. Lee, W. Thynne, Lord H. Duncombe, T. S. Legh, G. C. Trefusis, Hon. C. H. Dundas, Frederick Leslie, W. Trelawny, Sir J. S. Dunlop, A. Lewis, Sir G.C., Bt. Tynte, Col. C. J. K. Egerton, Sir P. Locke, John Vandeleur, Col. Estcourt, S. Long - field, Robert Walcott, Adm. J. E. Evans, T. W. Lowe, Rt. Hon. R. Watkins, J. L. V. Fenwick, Henry Macdonogh, F. Williams, W. Ferguson, R. Mackie, J. Winnington, Sir T. Fenno'', Lord Malcolm, J. W. Wynne, C. G. Foley, J. H. Manners, Lord J. Wynne, W. W. B. Forster, Charles Massey, W. N. Forster, Sir G. Monson, W. J. TELLERS. Fox, W. J. Moody, C. A. Packe, C. W. Gard, It. S. Newdegate, C. N. Leighton, Sir B. 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It has given rise to several judgments in the courts of law, and, as always happens in such cases, calumny has en deavoured to increase its proportions. The rumour prevails that, by acts of suspicious generosity, Mires has been able to create for himself protectors sufficiently powerful tosave him—if the accusations against him should be verified—from the chastise ment of justice; that third parties, whom their situations not only interdicted from touching gains which cannot be avowed, but even from engaging in the legitimate operations of commerce and manu factures, clandestinely associated themselves to his destiny; that the evil is so general and so great that the Government, at the risk of saving the guilty, has resolved to smother the affair, preferring rather to avoid a scandal to which the results are incalcu lable than to expose the sores created by corruption. These assertions implicate in such a way the honour of justice and of the Government that I think it necessary to point them out immediately to your Majesty, but I do so not bec ause I f ee l t h e necess i ty of defending the magistracy -apin4 suspicions of connivance or weakness, for the public conscience disavows such an insult on them. Everybody in France—friends, enemies, and indifferent—knows and proclaims that no consideration turns aside the magistrate from his duty; that before him, as be fore the law, all citizens are equal; and that though he exercises with moderation and reserve his re doubtable ministry, the guilty never escape his ac tion, entertaining as he does the salutary idea that if the necessities of repression are sometimes pain ful, the impunity of recognising fault is a dishonour for justice and a danger for society. But what can not be tolerated is that an upright Government should be accused of the design of casting a veil over acts which are subjected to the severities of the Penal Code. I would confine myself, if public opinion had need be reassured against such su,er stitions, to repeating the terms in which your Ma jesty, at the moment the prosecution commenced, traced the conduct of the magistracy :—' I desire that in this sad affair justice shall probe things to the bottom resolutely, and without any personal considerations. Suspicion now floats over everybody, and the innocent are consequently compromised in a general accusation which does not designate the guilty. It is indispensable that light shall be thrown on the affair.' Sire, the magistrates are acting in conformity with your intentions. The investigation is being made with a scrupulous care, and with patience which no obstacles disconcert. All the ac counts, all the papers arc subjected to a severe exa mination. Nothing will escape the investigations of justice, and light will be thrown on the affair. If, contrary to my expectations, the accusations which party spirit has raised, and which are spread by inconsiderate and malignant persons, do not fall before the investigations commenced, justice will not fail in its mission.—l am, &c., " DELANGLE." LORD ADOLPBUS ., VANE TEMPEST IN cUST'ODE EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN COURT. Some time after the usual hour of closing the Marlborough -street police court yesterday, Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest, M.P. for North Durham, was brought before Mr. Beadon in custody of Act ing -Inspector Silverton, and Elliott, a constable of the C division, charged with disorderly conduct in Coventry -street. The defendant was brought to the court in a cab, and when before the magistrate appeared with his dress in great disorder, having been, owing to the state he was in, carried up the stairs by five or six officers. On being placed before the magistrate, in a very excited state, he said—l suppose you know lam a member of the House of Commons ? Mr. Beadon—l am not aware that you are. Defendant—You are a liar. Elliott—l found the gentleman in Coventry strect about four this afternoon— The defendant here behaved himself in such a way as to call from Mr. Beadon the remark—lf you don't know how to conduct yourself, I will wait till you do. Elliott—l found him in the centre of the road stopping herses in the broughams and cabs that were passing. There was a crowd of about 500 persons collected. I could not tell his object. The defendant was in a very excited state, and very violent. Defendant—Do you know I'm a member of the House of Commons ? Reporter, put it down. I'll have it reported. Elliott—He was throwing cigars about among the crowd, and also his money. I then took him into custody. There was an obstruction of the public thoroughfare. The defendant was in tha same excited state as now in court, and there was great difficulty in getting him to the station. Defendant—Did I strike you ? Elliott—No ; you spat in my face. While the Chief Clerk was reading the above over to the defendant, at his request, the defendant frequently interrupted him. Defendant (to the constable)—Are you a judge of numbers ? Were there cigars and money enough for all the people ? The defendant here, in a very insulting and ex cited manner, addressed the magistrate. Mr. Beadon (to the defendant)—Do you wish to say anything? Defendant—Did I not say I was a member of the House of Commons ? Don't you know (to the con stable) that you have done an illegal thing P I ought to be at the House of Commons now [defendant stamped his feet on the table, having been accom modated with a chair]. Sergeant Joy and other officers having stated that the defendant's conduct was exactly as de• seribed by Elliott, Mr. Beadon said—Will you give a reason for this conduct ? Defendant—l must be heard on oath, then. I'm dead, &c. I have come here as a favour. I used to know Mr. Hardwick and Mr. Bingham. I was once fined ss. [The defendant here began singing a tune from a popular opera, beating time on the front of the witness-box.] Defendant, addressing the Chief Clerk, who was writing, said—Now, don't alter anything [egain singing]. Mr. Beadon—lt is perfectly clear that you are not responsible at present for your actions. I shall order you to find two sureties, in £5OO each, to appear before me this day week. Defendant (after whistling)—Can't you take my bail for £l,OOO. Am Ito go down stairs ? You'll have to let me out again very soon. The defendant was then removed from the court, after a scene seldom witnessed. While being brought to the court by Sergeant Silverton, the defendant nearly pushed the bark of the cab out. His lordship was sent to the House of Detention in a cab in the custody of Welsh and Barnes, the gaoler and under gaoler, and his conduct on the way was equally violent with that he displayed when taken into custody. During his progress to the House of Detention he frequently spat in the faces of the officers, and though having a constable to assist them it was only with great difficulty, and by the display of great forbearance, that the officers succeeded in their task. At the place of detention his lordship's conduct continued so violent that it was deemed necessary to place him in a padded room. 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The foundation stone of this mg wan g laid by his Royal Highness on the Ist of March, /IN 1860, and the structure i s now comp l e t e d. Hi s AA IWN "-- + Royal Highness then inspected the buildings, after which he proceeded to the mess-room of the Royal Engineers, where he partook of luncheon. Before proceeding to the lines, on which the troops were assembled, waiting his arrival, his Royal Highness visited the fleldworks of the Royal Engineers, and at the same time paid a visit to the convict esta blishment at St. Mary's, where the Duke and the other distinguished officers were received by Capt. Powell and the staff of that establishment. Scarcely ' any traces of the injuries inflicted in the interior of the prison by the convicts during the late mutiny 'are now to be perceived, and the whole of the pri soners, upwards of 1,000 in number, now maintain the utmost decorum and order. A body of troops are always on duty within the prison, both by day and night. On leaving the convict prison the Duke of Cambridge inspected that part of the shore of the river which will shortly be enclosed, in order to carry out the contemplated extension of Chatham Dockyard ; after which he proceeded to the lines, where the entire force of the garrison was drawn up to receive him. The troops on the ground included the companies of the amalgamated corps of Royal and Indian Engineers, now at head-quarters ; three battalions of the troops of the Line, consisting of the depots of the Ist battalion of the 4th King's Own, Ist battalion of the 7th Royal Fusiliers, Ist battalion of the 19th, Ist battalion of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Ist battalion of the 24th, 31st, 35th, 43d (Light Infantry), 51st (Light Infantry), 52d (Light Infantry), 73d, 75th, 81st, 83d, 91st, and 94th Regiments, and the division of Royal Marines Light Infantiy, the whole numbering nearly 200 officers and about 5,000 bayonets. On the arrival of his Royal Highness he was received by the troops with a general salute, the band playing the Na, tional Anthem. The wind at this time was blow ing a perfect hurricane, and continued to do so dat ing the whole time the troops Were under review, the extensive open plateau which forms Chatham lines experiencing the full force of the gale, which at times was terrific. The howling of the wind almost" prevented the orders given to the troops reaching the men, and this sadly interfered with the military operations intended to be carried out. After his. Royal Highness had:inspected the front and rear of the battalions the columns opened out and marched past in quick time, the high wind making marching in slow time out of the question. The troops then performed the same movement in quarter-distance column, after which they were formed into gene ral line on the centre battalion, and skirmishers thrown out to repel a supposed attacking party in the direction of New Brompton. The main body then advanced, on which the skirmishers retired, when the whole line poured in several volleys. The body then made an echelon movement, and executed a variety of other manoeuvres, all of which were performed with steadiness and precision. At the close of the review, which was not extended in consequence of the high wind blowing, his Royal Highness assembled the principal officers, but, as the hurricane would not allow a word he uttered to be heard, he contented himself by expressing to Major-General Eyre his entire satisfaction at the efficient state in which he found the garrison and the troops under his command. His Royal High ness then ordered the troops to be marched off the ground, and afterwards proceeded to inspect the Mounted Royal Engineer Train, which was drawn up at the end of the lines, under the command of Capt. Duff, R.E. The waggons, containing the Blanshard pontoons, cheeses, and gear, each drawn by six horses, as well as the ambulance waggons, `were also on the ground, all of which his Royal Highness inspected. After visiting the officers' , mess-room at Chatham Barracks, and transacting !some business with Major-General Eyre, his Royal ;Highness quitted the garrison under a second ;salute from the Cornwallis Battery, and proceeded Ito London. In consequence of the large number of soldiers who have recently- committed crimes with the avowed object of being released from the service, a. general order from his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief has been received at Wool wich, to the effect that military prisoners who may be convicted and sentenced to imprisonment or penal servitude will not be discharged from their regiment, but at the expiration of their punish ment will be required to serve the remainder of the. Ferro for which they enlisted. RUNGAPY. Jotter froin Pesth, dated Feb. 26, says : Our political sly is otereaSt. The state of siege at Fiume, which forebodes no good to peaceful con stitntional development in Hungary, brings us, on the other side, into a most undesirable collision with Croatia. Fiume, the seaport ou the Adriatic, has an Italian population, which however clings to Hungary, and has a decided antipathy against Croatia. Before the invasion of Sellarthich the town and district had always a separate Hungarian go• vernor, but in 1848 the Ban of Croatia occupied Fiume and annexed it to Croatia. After the diploma of the 20th of October, the inhabitants, freed from Austrian bureaucratic oppression, re membered their ancient allegiance to Hungary, and claimed the re-annexation thereto, by an address to the crown and a deputation to Vienna. Their wishes were not attended to. On the contrary, a new county was formed in order to swamp the Italian population and Hungarian sympathies by adding a strong Croatian population, formerly con stituting the separate district of Buccari, to the district of Fiume. Serious disturbances were the natural result of such a policy, which together with the fear of a Garibaldian invasion induced the Ban of Croatia, General Sokchevich, to proclaim martial law. The county of Pesth remonstrated against this violation of the law in an address to the Chan cellor of Hungary, and requested likewise that Fiume should be re-united to Hungary, taken out of the jurisdiction of the Ban of Croatia, and put under the governorship of some distinguished Hun garian.'f. The Croatian county of Agram took this address for the emanation of a hostile spirit of Hun gary against Croatia, declaring that Fiume, by her geographical position, cannot but belong to Croatia. The county resolved, therefore, to protest against the state of siege by an address to the Ban, but to cut off her amicable relations with the county of Pesth. Thus we were again threatened with rival claim which might easily embitter the feel ings and trouble the peace and alliance but lately concluded between Hungary and Croatia. The county of Agram seems to have felt how in opportune was the resolution against Pesth, and tried to neutralise the bad effect by sending an address to the Emperor in favour of a complete amnesty for all the political prisoners and exiles. This step is certainly significant enough, since there are no Croatian exiles abroad, all the refugees being Hungarians, and belonging to that party with whom Croatia was at war 12 years ago. We cannot but acknowledge the delicate feeling of the Croatians which led them to such a noble resolution, and we hope the Hungarians will reciprocate it by laying less stress upon the question whether Fiume shall belong to the crown of Hungary through. Croatia or in a direct way. In fact, the Hungarians ought to face the question of the different races in Hun gary boldly, and if they think that the irrepressible Conflict with Austria draws near, they should try to ally themselves with the Croatians, Serbs, and Roumans, by the most extensive concessions, even by yielding to their prejudices some points which by historical right belong to Hungary. If, on the other hand, the leaders of our movement believe !that a reconciliation with Austria is possible, and that the Hungarian ministers at Vienna possess sufficient influence over the mind of the Emperor Ito have all the laws of 1848 re-established, then (they might insist upon all their old rights and claims towards Croatia, the Serbs, and Roumans. And let us not forget that, if the more recent laws from the 17th century down to our days call Sla vonia and Croatia " partes adnexa.," the expression of " regna socia," implying federation and state rights, is not unknown to our more ancient laws. Let us under the circumstances forget now for ever the annexed parts, and let us examine all the claims of Croatia as a federal kingdom, let us extend these claims even to the Slavonians who scarcely pretend to them, but let us be true friends with the Croatians before the wiles of Vienna involve us both in a new war. The tidings from Vienna arc indeed ominous; we hear that the Chevalier Schmerling prepares a new draft of a theoretical constitution for the whole empire, as bungling and centralising as Baron Bach's notorious stillborn organisation, which was to surround the throne of the Emperor with democratic institutions. It is said that a central Diet is to supersede the functions of the Hungarian Diet—that all the questions of the taxes and duties, of income and expenditure, of the post, telegraph, railways, means of communication, commercial intercourse with foreign countries, the public debt, and everything concerning the army, arc reserved to the imperial Parliament at Vienna, by which the Hungarian Diet at Pesth or Buda would become a mockery and delusion. Should this news prove true, then the way of reconciliation is at once blocked up, We cannot believe that any Hungarian Minister would ever countersign such a draft, or that the Diet could be induced to send a delegation to the central Par liament. Francis Joseph may once more rule Hungary by the sword—he has done it for full 11 years—or he may govern the country constitu tionally by a responsible Ministry independent of German Ministers, but Hungary cannot be ruled by a Vienna Parliament. Any attempt to enforce on the Hungarian municipalities the laws passed at Vienna by Germans, Bohemians, and Galicians, must lead to a revolution. SPORTING' .12VT.ELLIGENCE. NOTTINGHAM SPRING RACES—WEDNESDAY. Tho Forest Plate Handicap of 50 SOYS for all ages , winners _ . extra. T.Y.C. Mr, J. Dawson's Confession, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Whiteley) 1 Mr. Flutter's Lady Derby, 3 yrs, 6st 21b . (Daley) 2 Mr. Thomas's Miss Dunstable, 3 yrs, Gst 71b (Hardeastle) 3 1 -A most disagreeable case in the county of Ab au j in creases our apprehensions about the future. A certain Zahar, an ex-soldier, tried there to excite the peasants against the proprietors by telling them the fable that the gentry desire to restore the old feudal laws about serfage and villeinage, and that all the old soldiers have got the order from Vienna on a certain day to kill the great proprietors. Mr. Ferdinandy, the district judge, at once gave the order to arrest Zahar, but the ex-soldier fled to the Imperial judge at Kashan, who not only refused to surrender him, but signed a warrant for the arrest of the district judge on the plea of treasonable deal ings against the Emperor. The county at once sent a deputation to Baron Vay, the chancellor,who is still at his country residence in the neighbourhood of Kashan, to bring the case to his notice. Still more important is the arrest of Col. Asboth, of the late Hungarian army, who was seized and carried to Bohemia without any legal proceedings whatever by the military authorities, though the martial law has not been published at Lugos, where the arrest took place, and where military interference has not even a formal excuse. Such are the signs Of the time, still the municipalities do not despair, and are now deeply engaged in the general elections. As far as we can see there will be few contested seats, and every member will pledge himself for the uncon ditional restoration of the laws of 1848. Since Hungary seeks no conflict with Austria, the exiles have little chance of being elected. The three speeches from the throne at Paris, London, and Turin have by their peaceful turn emboldened Austria in her reactionary schemes ; we can there fore scarcely expect that the Emperor should con• tin ue to yield to the legal claims of Hungary. Thus there is but little hope that the Diet, convened for the 2d of April, will do more than protest against the illegalities of the Austrian rule before the face of Europe, and be dissolved. If Francis Joseph really believes that he can be crowned with St. Stephen's crown without the restoration of the law,he is sorely mistaken. He may continue to be Emperor of bankrupt Austria, but be cannot become King of Hungary. THE RAILWAY HOST.—In the middle of last year the railways in operation in the United Kingdom had 127,450 persons in their employment, and the railways in course of construction employed 53,923 more, making in all 181,373. On the railroads in operation there were 3,601 stations. There were 1,051 miles of railroad in course of construction, and upon them were employed 7,381 artificers and 42,126 " labowars ;" but the word " navvy" does not seem to be admissible in these returns made to the Board of Trade, Tyrant and Charmione also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Lady Derby, 2to 1 agst Miss Dun stable, 5 to 1 each agst Confession and Tyrant. Miss Dunstable led to the hill, where she gave way to Confession, who won a close and exciting race by a neck. The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 20 sous added, for all ages, with selling allowances. Half a mile. 7 subs. Mr. Rayners's c by Newminster—Mouguliston, 2 yrs (to be sold for £3O), 5-t 81b (Whiteley) I Mr. Saxon's Quaker, 4 yrs (£3O), 7st 121 b (Midgelvy) 2 Mr. Lincoln's Duplicity, 3 yrs (£3O), 7st 71b .. (Taylor) 3 The following also ran:—Fallow Doe, Adamant, Salvia, and Rose. Betting-5 to 4 agst Duplicity, Gto 1 each agst Quaker and Newminster colt. The three placed ran in front throughout, the Newmins ter colt winning a splendid race by a head for Quaker, who finished a neck in advance of the favourite. The others ran close up. The winner was sold for 82 sovs. The Little John Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added ; for two-yr-old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. Winners slbs extra. The second to save his Stake. Half a mile. 17 subs. Mr. Hawkeley's Paradox, Bst 71b (Gardiner) 1 Captain Christie's Mi ss Swift, Bst 41b.... (G Fordham) 2 Mr. Rayner's Lass o' Gowrie, Bst 41b (Rayner) 3 The following also ran :—Wolsey, Dorritta, Flatcatcher filly, and D'Orsay. Betting-6 to 4 agst Lass o' Gowrie, 2to 1 agst Para dox, 6 to 1 agst Miss Swift. After several failures Paradox got off slightly in front, Lass o' Gowrie and D'Orsay being his immediate followers. Shortly after the favourite went in front, which position she held to the stand, where she was joined by Paradox and Miss Swift, the three finishing a good race home, Paradox just winning by half a length, Miss Swift defeat ing the favourite in the last stride by a like distance; Wolsey was a moderate fourth. The Great Annual Hurdle Race of 5 soya each, with 50 added, the second to save his stake; winners extra. Two miles and a half, over eight flight of hurdles. 20 subs. Captain Christie's The Dane, 5 yrs, 10st 61bW. White) 1 Mr. Hodgman's Conductor, 6 yrs, 9st 2lb (Nightingale) Mr. Searle's Ingestre, 4 yrs, 9st 6lb (Plumb) 3 The following also ran :—Bueephalus, Romeo, and Norma. Betting-3 to 1 each agst Dane and Conductor, 4to 1 agst Bucephalus, 5 to 1 agst Norma. After clearing the first flight of hurdles Romeo took a Bucephalus, Dane, Norma, Ingestre, clear lead, followed by i and Conductor in the order we have given them to the Mansfield turn, where Bucephalus took up the running and • led to t h e s traight, where he was passed by The Dane, who, i n company with Ingestre, went in advance to th e Stand, where they were joined by Conductor, a good race home ending in favour of Captain Christie's horse by half a length, Ingestre finishing a length from the second, the others beaten off. The Hunt Cup of 50 sovs, given by the Gentlemen of the Hunts, weights for age ; winners extra. To be ridden by gentlemen, professionals 71b extra. Two miles and a half, over seven hurdles. Mr. J. Mallet's Topsey, aged, 13st 131 b (Mr. Rogers) 1 Mr. Wilkins 's Knuckl e D uster, 125 t 21b.... (I ' . Homes) 2 The following also ran :—Forester, Gay Lass, Chant .wood, and Spiteful Dick. Betting even on Topsey. Knuckle Duster led up to the last flight of hurdles, when Topsy went a-head in advanee, and won in a canter. PETTING ON TDB. COURSE. LITERI 00i, STEEPLECHASE. 11 to 1 agst Master Bagot (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 6to 1 agat Klarikoff (taken) 10 to 1 agat Diophantus (taken) 10 to 1 agst Sweet Hawthorn (taken) IMPERIAL REVERSES.—When Louis Napoleon put down the Red Republic he was, according to the priest party, the " Saviour of Society." Now the Bishop of Poitiers calls him Pontius Pilate. According to that Prelate he is the Pilate of the Creed • whereas only the other day the French clergy regarded him as the pilot who weathered the storm.—. Punch. THE IVA TT. The trial of the new screw steam sloop Rosario at the Lower Hope has been reported at Woolwich as highly satisfactory, the engines supplied by Messrs. Scott and Co., of Greenock, performing 06 revolutions per minute s her draught of water being 10 feet 4 inches forward and 12 feet 8 inches aft, worhing up to 630-horse power, being nominally 150 on,:,', The speed of the vessel was 101 knots per hour. Her Majesty's paddle steamer Vivid yesterday returned to Woolwich from her second trip to the Nore on trial of Mr. D. N.. Clark's'patcnt apparatus for the prevention of smoke issuing from the chim ney. Mr. Clark's invention consists in introducing a supply of air into the furnace above the fuel by means of jets of steam. The operation of the jets during the trials is stated to have been attended with a falling off of indicated power to the extent of 62 horse-power ) being about 10 per cent. of the power worked up to by the Vivid, and a consequent reduction of speed from 13 . 17 to 12.95 knots, by a loss of nearly a quarter of a knot per hour. The consumption of fuel was scarcely affected, being in each case about the same. The plan of mitigating the nuisance of smoke, though somewhat favourable, is stated to be still imperfect. The effect of the apparatus, it appears, occasions a noise in the en gine-room to some objectionable extent, but which it was suggested might probably be in a great mea- sure remedied by the inventor. The screw steam gunboat Procris is ordered to be commissioned at Plymouth by Lieut. the Hon. J. Carnegie. She is to have a crew of 30 men. A further official trial of the system of instan taneously disconnecting boats from their falls, on being lowered from a ship's davits on any sudden emergency, took place on board the steam tender Lucifer at Portsmouth, on Tuesday, in the presence of 'Rear-Admiral Superintendent Hon. George Grey ; Captains Moorman and Coote of her Ma jesty's ships Cossack and Victory; and several other naval officers. The trials took place outside the harbour, and the boat was lowered three times with the most perfect success, as far as the inven tor of the system pretends to go—the instantaneous freeing of the falls from the boat at the moment required by the person in charge of her. To obtain this result the boat is fitted with an iron shaft run ning along the boat's kelson and connected with an eccentric under the sternsheets ; the latter, worked by a small hand lever, throws the shafting forward or aft as may be required. On this shafting, in a line with the boat's falls, are stout claws or teeth, immediately in front of each of which are stout metal rollers. From the after part of each roller run three-inch square casings, level witb the boat's thwarts. The lower block of each fall has its hook prolonged into a stout bar, sufficient to reach the shafting in the bottom of the boat, and terminating in a semicircular link moving upon a stout iron pin. To hoist the boat up to the davits from alongside the bars attached to each block are passed down the casings until the semicircular links touch the bot tom, when the lever, thrown forward by the hand of the man in charge of the boat, the classe of the shafting catch the links and jamming each under its roller, it is locked by the eccentric in that posi tion. A pin inserted abaft adds to its security. It will therefore be seen that to lower the boat, the falls having been cleared in the usaal manner, and the crew having taken their seats, the lowering from the ship commences in the common way. The officer in charge of the boat, with his hand on the lever, has the power of freeing the boat from its falls at any moment he sees a fit opportunity, and releasing both ends of the boat at. the same instant. In this certainty consists the merits of the inven tion claimed by the inventor, who does not prefer any claim to give the boat headway prior to clear ing the ship, as in Clifford's plan. The invention is of a somewhat analogous character to the late Capt. Kynaston's, whose disengaging hooks were also of a very similar character to those adopted for a like purpose, in 1833, by Lieut. Waghorn, the projector of the overland route, and which were fitted to the Levant, merchant steamer, and tested in Falmouth Harbour in the following year, in the presence of Capt. King, superintendent of packets, with the most perfect success. The system of low ering tried on Tuesday, however, professed to be, and certainly appears so, a more certain and instan taneous method than either Kynaston's or Wag horn's. Webb, the inventor, is a carpenter's mate on board her Majesty's ship Illustrious, not the St. Vincent, as formerly stated. The first delivery was received yesterday at Woolwich of the new Admiralty night signals, in vented by Mr. W. H. Ward, and manufactured by Messrs. Ridsdale. The inventor ha's succeeded in embodying in these signals (the system of which is now adopted by the British and American navies), the whole of the improvements which have been suggested from time to time by the authorities of Woolwich dockyard:in their investigations during the last 18 months, as well as by the Lords of the Admiralty themselves at the various in spections of the invention during the pro gressive stages of improvement. The system now presents an entirely new feature, the dimensions, weight, and efficacy of the apparatus having been totally changed. The whole of the sets delivered yesterday having been inspected by the authorities were readily epproved and stored for transport, being intended for the Ist division of the Channel fleet, in command of Rear-Admiral Smart. The weather was exceedingly tempestuous at Portsmouth yesterday, with the wind from W. to W.S.W. At 7 p.m. the strength of the gale con tinued unabated, and a heavy squall, accompanied with rain, passed over. A large number of vessels had taken shelter inside the Wight, and there was every appearance of a wild and boisterous night. The undernamed have been nominated to naval cadetships :—W. W. Pughe, H. R. G. Hughes, C. Gardner, J. Maitland, A. Pigott, and F. Chalmer. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty—John Brown, chief engineer to the Terror; Wm. Owen, first-class assistant-en gineer, to the Indus, for temporary charge of the machinery of the Phoebe ; Henry Cooper, promoted to the rank of acting first-class assistant-engineer in the Skipjack. and A. Stretton, acting third-class assistant-engineer, to the Fisgard, for service in the Monkey. TRH ARMY. Yesterday the Duke of Cambridge, Commander in-Chief, paid a visit to the garrison at Chatham in order to hold a review of the troops now quartered at that station. His Royal Highness, accompanied by Major-General the Hon. Jas. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., Adjutant-General, Major-General Sir R. Airey, K.C.8., Quartermaster-General, and at tended by Col. C. Tyrwhitt, and his other aides-de camp, travelled from London by the Chatham and Dover Railway, reaching the Chatham station at a few minutes after 11 o'clock. On alighting his Royal Highness was received by Mejur-General Eyre, commanding the _garrison ; Col. Harnees, C. 8,, commanding the Ro y al Engineers ; Col. E. E. 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