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. : -•,• • Apr, 410 , ?a , '‘ ., 41 1... 4(4 . s r t, • • 1. • " 4 t ~s .. 0 . ,•5 A AO ' 411101411111111141 L,,, 0 14 :#1\ • '!‘s,l4. . , • - • -;7 b rk\ 4 Zer..-I,JZ/2 THE GREAT .NORTHERN RAILWAY FRAUDS. L -<• - • wow's, Mayor.—The First Court of Mayor and Aldermen held in the Inner Chamber of the Guildhall, on Tuesday, the lath day of November, 186, and in the 20th year of the rein of Vlrtoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and belied, Queen, tee. t Received unammoully,—That the cordial thanks of this Court be presented to the Right Hon. David Salomons, late Lord Mayor of this City, for the courtesy and ability with which he has presided over the deliberations of this Court--for the efficient manner in which he has discharged the arduous duties of Chief Magistrate in the admit titration ofjtistice for the splendid hospitality which he has displayed, and the ready liberality with which he has not only assisted the charities of this metropolis, but aided in alleviatitur the distresses or the neighbouring allies of this country, and for the dignity with which be has sustained the importance of his office, and urheld the rights and privileges of this City, thereby securing to himself the esteem and regard of all classes of his fellow-citizens. -,07.70 t 7tti d ~~~~ ;r~,«•. LATEST PARTICULARS. 211 4 I. ( - 1 ..., WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER it, 1856. (No. 20,099.) LON DON_ [PRICE 4D. STAMPED bb". 31 3/lENVETHER. PUBLICATIONS. iItELAAD. COURT OF ALDERMEN. MS ELECTION OF MR. BUCHANAN. MBXICAN and SOUTH AMERICAN COMPANY. The Shareholders are reminded that the last day for making the payment of One Pound per share on the shares of this Company is the 28th of this 'month. HYDE Ll 5, Angel -court , Thro gmorton-street Secretary. • t, Nov. C 13th, 1856. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and GENER iL LIFE ASSUR INCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent street, Waterloo-place, London. Caoital, 100,0001. TRUSTIM. Rt.Hn. Spencer IT. Walpole,M.P, Richard Spooner, Esq., MP. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. lE. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. N.B. The bonus declared at the last division of profits averaged 33 per cent, on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. PRINCE'S CLUB.—RACQUET an d TENNIS COURTS, clans.place,Belgrave-square.—The Racquet Courts efthis Club are now OPEN, comprisb , u three close and two open courts. Gentlemen desirous of becoming members are requested to forward their names to the secretary of the club. By order. R. CLEMENTS, Secretary. IMPORTANT TO EVERY MAN WHO KEEPS A HORSE, COW, SHEEP, OR PIG. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE. THE CHEASIEST AND BEST EVER VET INTRODUCED Sold in Cases containing 448 Packages—each Package One Feed at the cost of three Half-pence each, equal to Ks. per case. Carriage paid to any railway station. None are genuine without my signature— JOSEPH THORLEY, the Inventor, • 115, High-street, Hull. Post-Otßco Orders must be made payable as above. C"IS'S CELEBRATED READING SAUCE, Which is so highly esteemed with Fish, Game, Steaks, &UPS, Grills, Gravies, Hot and Cold Meats, and unrivalled for gene ral use, lS Sold by the most respectable clearers in fish and sauces. J. and C. Cacti., Rpading, sole Manufacturers. FRIEND of the CLERGY CORPORATION, for allowing Pensions, not exceeding 41/. per annum, to the _WidoWs and Orph an unmarr i ed Daughters of Clergymen or the Established Church, and for affording temporary assistance to neces sitous Clergymen and their families, throughout England, Wales, and Ireland. The next ELECTION of PEN-ITONERS will take place at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on TUESDAY, November 25th, 1856, at 12 o'cloek precisely; The Rev. JOSEPH BROWN. M.A., in the chair. The Report 'Of the Proceedings of the Corporation during the past Year, the balance-sheet, list of subscribers and pensioners, &c., may be had at the Offices, 4, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square, where donations and subscriptions will be thankfully received. The Rev. JOSEPH BROWN, M.A Hon. The Rev. JOHN EDMUND rox, M.A., F.S.A., I Secs. HENRY BRAMALL, Secretary. fIIMLICO IMPROVEMENTS.—Extension of Time for Compulsory Purchase. NOTICE IS HERE BY GIVEN, That application is in. tended to be made to Parliament, in the next session, for an Act to extend the time granted by " The Pimlico Improve ment Act, 1853" (public), for the compulsory purchase of lands, tenements, and hereditaments, authorised by the said Act, and also by the Act of the 15th and 16th Victoria, cap. 78 (public), to be purchased or taken by the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, for the purposes of the said Acts, er either of them. Dated this seventh day of November, one thousand eight Itundred and fifty-six. By order of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works sad Public Buildings. JOHN GARDINER, Solicitor Board of Works, &c., Whitehall-place, Solicitor, PUBLIC OFFICES EXT ENSION.— NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That ap• plication is intended to be made to Parliament, in the next session, for an act to empower the Commissioners of her Ma jesty's Works and Public Buildings to pull down and remove certain houses and tenements, situate in Upper Crown-street, Crown -court, Lower Crown-street, Charles-street, Duke street, Upper Charles-street, King-street, Whitehall, and Parliament -street, in the parish of Saint Margaret, Westmins ter, in the county of Middlesex ; and to appropriate the sites of the said houses, and tenements, and a small portion of Saint James's-park, and all the ground described in the plan hereinafter referred to, whether now used as streets, ways, yards, pleasure grounds, vacant ground, or otherwise, as a site or sites for the erection thereon of offices for the public service. Also to empower the said Commissioners to stop up any streets, ways, paths, or passages which now lead into, or pass upon, through, or over the site hereinbefore de scribed, or any part thereof; and in such act powers will be contained for the compulsory purchase of all such lands, tene ments, or hereditaments as may be necessary for carrying the purposes aforesaid into effect, and to vary or extinguish all rights and privileges in any manner connected with the lands, tenements, or hereditaments proposed to bo taken for the purposes aforesaid. And Notice is hereby further Given, that a duplicate plan and section, describing the situation of the houses and tene ments proposed to be pulled down and removed, with a book of reference thereto, containing the names of the owners, or regnted owners, lessees, or reputed lessees, and occupiers of the said houses and tenements, and also a copy of this notice, aa published in the London Gazette, will, on or before the to H of November inst an t, b e d eposited for public inspec i°: the Clerk o f th e P eace for the county of Middlesex, County of Middlesex; and with the Clerk of the Peace for the city and liberty of Westminster, at his office, at the Sessions Rouse, Clerkenwell aforesaid; and that on or before the said 30th day of November instant, a copy of the said plan and book of reference, and also a copy of this notice as published in the Londe% Gazette, will be deposited with the Parish Clerk of the said parish of Saint Margaret, Westminster, at his place of abode. D ated this seventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. ay order of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings. JOHN GARDINER, Solicitor, Board of Works, &c., Whitehall-place, Westminster. PROSPECTUS of the NEXT EXAMINA TION for ADMISSION to the ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY at Woolwich. N.B. No more direct appointments will be made to Provi sional Commissions in the Royal Artillery, An Examination for the admission of Cadets to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich will be held in London in the month of Juno, 1857. Provided a sufficient number are found competent, thirty admissions will be e made to that Institution ; candidates must be between the ages of 17 and 20 years. Those however, who have not exceeded 2CI years of age on the lst,Jan. next, will not be considered disqualified. The successful candidates will remain under instruction until they are sufficiently advanced in scientific knowledge to pass a satisfactory examination, and they will then receive commissions in the Royal Ar lery or Royal Engineers. They will be required to pay a sum of 221. 10s. on admission, to cover the expense of uniform, &c., and a contribution . of 62/. 10s. for each half-year books, of the time during which they remain at the Academy. - The half-yearly contributions, however, for sons and orphans of naval and military officers, will be regulated at the following rates, as heretofore : For Sons of admirals and generals having regiment s 240 Sons of generals without regiments ...... 35 Sous of captains and commanders ffi of . th under y the 3° colonel and regimental field o an e d ei A o rmy Sons of all officers of the Navy above ranks 2O Sens of officers of the Army and Navy are oh ov a e v d e diet( in the service, and whose families pr to be left in peccniary distress lO . The sons of general officers paid onlyati as h their commissionstesonsof as field officers, will pay the same contribution field officers. The son s o f o ffi cers on f u ll an d ha lf -pay will pay alike ; but eons of office rs w h o h ave vo l untar il y ret i re d on half-pay, or received the difference, will only be admitted onthe l. termsios Prescribed for the son s o f p r i va t e gen tl emen , viz., 62 for each half-year. The sons of officers in the civil departments te o rm of the as thoseheArmy are admissibl e t o th e A cademy upon the same prescribed for the so ns o f N ava l an d m ilit ar y officers. The admis s i ons w ill b e determined by the res b u e lt as ef f a ol compe titive examination, the subjects of which will Pure and Mixed Mathematics, i.e., Statics, Dynamics, ..... 3,500 and Hydrostatics .................................. - . . .... ory, lEnglish Language Literature, Composition, I t and Geography ............. d ... H ... i . 8 . t . 1 0 . r .. y . ..... 1, 250 Language, Liter atu; : e . ,...GeOg . ;Phy, and Ancient Rome, and of A ncient Greece 1,750 Ditto ditto Ditto ditto d i t t o of Germany of France (The exam ditto nation in F renc h and German will be both wn and viva voce). Ex perimental S c i ences, i.e., Chemistry, Heat, Electri eity, in c l u d ing Magnetism.. . rY, I , oo ° n Natural Sciences, Mineralogy, .... Ge010gy .......... ......... 75„ Moral and Political Sciences .1 Ouo ............................. - , Drawing, i.e., Elementary Geometrical Drawing, in cluding the use of Drawing Instruments, and either Machinery, Architectural, Engineering, or Land- Nape Drawing No candidate will be allowed to be examined . in .... than five subjects, of which one must be Mathematics, and no one who does not obtain at least one -fifth of the allotted number of marks in this subject will be eligible for an appointment. From the other subjects of examination each candidate may select those in which he desires to be examined ; but no one will be allowed to count the marks gained in any subject, unless those marks shall at least amount to one-sixth of the total lumber of marks allotted to that subjeet. No candidate will be admitted into the Royal Military Aca demy unless h e o bt a i n an aggregate of 3,000 marks at least. Any candidate who shall not select French and drawing among the subj ec t s for his examination, will be required to satisfy the examiners that he has such knowledge. at least of the elements of these two subjects, as shall afford reasonable ex pectation that he will perfect himself in both during his residence at the Academy. The following papers will be required to be transmitted by each gentleman to the War Department, before the Ist June, With his application to be noted as a candidate, unless he Rhea notify that he has been a candidate at a previous exami nation, in which case the statement of subjects only neod ac esnipany the application :- 1, A n extract from the register of his baptism, or in de fault of that, a certificate verified by affidavit. 2. A certificate of good moral character, signed by a cler gYman of the pa r i s h t o w hi ch he belongs, and by the tutor or awl of the school or college at which he has received his ed neation for at least two years, or such other proof of g ood Ineral character as will be satisfactory to the Secretary of State. 3 . A statement of the subjects of e xamination in which (in addition to mathematics) he may desire to be examined. • All candidates will be required to present themselves at the place of examination, hereafter to be determined in order to 13,!, inspected by military surgeons, that It may be ascertained • 'EV me free from any bodily defects or aihnents calculated to haterfere with the performance of military duties. iotice,svlil be given a, month previously, in the public papers, efti l e Nat* and days appointed for holding the examination. H. R. DREWRY. 1164 ]). l 3 • 4 lxtent, Pall-Mall, NoT. 14, 1856, SECOND EDITION. Revised, in 2 vols., 215., bound, REVELATIONS of PRISON LIFE*; with an Inquiry into Prison Discipline and secondary Pun. ishments. By GEORGE LAVAL CHESTERTON, Twenty-Ave Years Governor of the House of Correction at Cold Bath-fields. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough•street. Just ready, in 2 vols., SYDNEY FIELDING ; The Domesti c Hi s t ory of a Gentleman who served under the Reigns of George the Fourth and William the Fourth. By EDWIN KEENE. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington street. JVING CELEBRITIES : a Series of 1.4 PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, by MAULL and POLYBLANK. The November number contains, SA‘IIJEL WARREN, Esq., Q.C., with Memoir. Maull and Polyblank, 55, Gracechurch-street ; and all book and printscllers. The Second Edition, just published, price 55., by post free, ss. lid., TRICTURE OF THE URETHRA. THE PATHOLOGY AND RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the URETIIR 1, in all its Varieties and Compli cations, with Observations on the Use and Abuse of Instruments in the 'freatment of Diseases of the Urethra. The whole Illustrated by numerous Cases selected from the Records of upwards of Twenty Years' extensive and successful Practice. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R C.S.E. "We know of no man to whose care we would sooner intrust the treatment of a severe stricture."—Medical circular. London: H. Milner°, 219, Regent-street. A RGYLL ROOMS.-LATIRENT'S CASINO, Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above clegan some are now open every evening for the winter season, with .aurent's celebrated Orchestra. rrincipal Cornet-a-piston, M. 'loalcourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that this ashionable place of resort has been entirely redecorated during the ecese. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis ion One Shilling. I) R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen nly) from 10 till 10, containing upwards of one thousand models tad preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in realth and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, ?, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SErrort, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and iighly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery y Dr. KAHN, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One TO LOVERS of FlSH.—Fifth Season.— ' Genuine YARMOUTH BLO:ITERS. These highly esteemed delicacies forwarded to all parts, on receipt of the amount as under, in penny postage stamps, or Post-office order:— _.. 100 prime 100 especially selected Bs. 4d. /Package Included. 50 ditto Send full and plain directions, county, an d nearest station. Ad dress, THOMAS LETTES, Jun., Fisit Curer, Great Yarmouth: CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Brompton.--Secrctary's Office, 167, Piccadilly.—This Institu tion has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor afflicted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, Piccadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted at the Brompton Establishment, fo7 one month, and for a longer peried if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the lest three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this Chart y. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application to the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continuo this a rest work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be paid to William Loxham Farrar, E-q., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's inn-fields; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand; and at the Secretary's Offices, 167, Piccadilly. Ey or. W. J. COCKERILL, Secretary, OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron---The QUEEN.—Founded 1828. No order for admission is here required. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone. Durinz the past month the folio vrfrtg number received the benefits this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal ppllcation Week ending 7th October Ditto 14th October.... •• • • 2,162 Ditto 21st Oct"ber.....• • • 2,075 Ditto 28th October... •• 2,241 29th, 30th, and 31st October 1,014 Total in October . • •• • • 9,680 of which 3,303 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat ment) having been admitted previously. Heavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual General Meeting in January. A Bearer is held every Thursday, at o'clock (Rev. subscriber may attend, if so dispo o sed, the Board t all times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, Which are received by the Treasurer, John Masterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; 'ferries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Denison and Co. ; Williams. Deacon; and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber ners-street ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order. J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIF ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London. DIRECTORS. FRANCIS HART DYKE, Esq., Chairman. HENRY HULSE BERENS, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. John Dixon, Esq. =Stewart Marjoribauks, Esq. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart, John Martin, Esq., M.P. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bre.; Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Thomson Ilankcy, Esq., M.P.' James Morris, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John, Thornton, Esq. John Lahouchere, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. John Loch, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. AUDITORS. A. W. Robarts, Esq. f Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. I John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. LIFE DEPARTMENT.—Under the proTtaions of an Act of Par lament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of he Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Kato of Premium without participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1860, when all participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year t Christmas, 1859, will be allowed to share in the Profits. At the five divisions of Profits made by this Company, the total reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 913,000. At Christmas, 1854, the Assurances in force amounted to upwards of 4,240,0001.; the Income from the Life Branch in 1854 was more than 200,000/. ; and the Life Assurance Fund (ladependent of the Guarantee Capital) exceeded 1,700,0001. FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East and West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the United States of America, have been materially reduced. INVALID LlVES.—Persons who are not in such sound health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, "nay have their Lives insured at Extra rrefflillMS. LOANS granted on Life Policies co the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. made for volley Stamps. AB,4IGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received and registered. MEDICAL ma . _ FEES paid by the Company, and no charge will be Losses caused FID DS —E DEpAR T ; property, at moderate rates. description of MEN T. Insurances are effected upon every Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company 212° IV IILNER'S HOLDFAST an d FIRE" w ith all RthE: ve.IiSmTDIrIsToGSAenF,Es,S ender (non-conducting 1810-5144 and 1855, including their Gunpowd e r P roo f S o lid L oc k their Quadruple , and Door (without which no Safe is secure). Tu Sraosumwr, 'REST, AN D CHEAPEST SAFEGUARD EXTANT. MIL NERS' PHCEN IX (212.) SAFE WORKS, LIVERPOOL, the most co mplete and ex t ensive in the world. Show-rooms, 6 and 8, Cord- complete LiverpoolTßEET. LONDON DEPO T, 47A, MOORGATE , City. Circulars tree by post. BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. Price is I%d. and 2s. 9d. per box. This preparatio n ' s one of the benefits which the science of modern chemistry has conferred upon mankind ; for during the first twenty years of the present century to speak of a cure for the Gout was con sidered a romance; but now the efficacy and safety of this medicine s so fully demonstrated by unsolicited testimonials from persons in every rank of life that public opinion proclaims this as one of the most important discoveries of the present age. Further proof of the great efficacy of BLAIR'S Gru (IT and RHEU MATIC PILLS, forwarded by Mr. Reinhardt, Chemist, Hull:— Sir, —Enclosed is a testimonial from a customer of mine, who is woutell k and Rh bout ere ; he speaks in the hi ghest terms of Blair's anybody. Gmc Pills, and would be g l ad to give information to ...._ _ "To Mr. Reinhardt 22 Market-place, Hall. "ecember , 1855. "Dear Sir,—l have been afflicted with rheumatism for 12 years, during which time i have t r i e d almost everything., both int ernally and externally, but could not obtain any permanent relief. A short time ago purchased a 2s. 9d. b ox of Mait's Pills of y ou, and baffe rtled I taken the whole of them I was more free from pain than I had been for the last dozen years. You will please let me have another ox, ,as me r d oblan to keep them by me i n case 1 should again require "Dear Sir, your s o b ediently, e n 1 aaige, - . " JiItEMIAIT GAMESS." Sold by Prout stud Harsant, 229, Strand, London, and all Ven dors of Medicine. ___________ • A NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. Eformin A:llozenge, Patent Office Seal of Great Britain. Diploma d' Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of m e r - Pharmacie icine, Vienna . 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TRIESEM AR Ne. 11., effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entlrt , l) eradicates all traces of GonotThceit, both in its mild and aggravated orms, Gloats, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention of Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which Copaivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for. to th e tutu of the health of a vast portion of the pdpulation. TRIESEMAR No. 111., is the great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary Symp toms. It also constit u t es a cer tain cure for Scur v y , Scrofula, and all Cutaneous Eruptions, remo v ing and expelling in i ts course all corrup tions and impurities trom the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate the virus of disease, a n d expe ll it with the insensible perspiration through the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is'a never-failing remedy for that class of disorders which unfortunately the English Physician treats with Mercury, to the inevitable destrue iion or the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot restore. Price l 1 s., or four cases in one for 335„ which saves I IS., and in 5/. .axes, whereby there is a saving of 1/. 12s To be had wholesale and retail in London, of Derby Prout. 229, Strand; n Hannay and C0 ., 63 , Oif d Met • Sanger, 150, and Gordon, 140, Leadenhall-street; 0., Jr -S , Oxford-street. HUMAN FRAILTY ; a Popular work, price Is., post free, bea u tif u ll y i llustrated with 100 engraving s, and containing the opinions o f V alpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &c. It gives eoPlons instructions f or t h e perfect restora tion of thosehip wise are prevented by impedi ments from entering into the mar ried s tate, also showing the dreadful abuse, g results f rom ear l y Medical onorrlicea, and syphilis, and the benefits arising from th e chemical tests arid examination of the spermatoza, by the author's newly-constructed miero , c ope, with powerful lensee t —pip er and Cc, 23trAternOpter ow ; Andfrwri au agents for the Nile pt "Trlexemar.", THE MURDER OF THE RAILWAY CASHIE ' DUBLIN, Noy. 13. This horrible tragedy still remains shrouded in mys tery, the few additional particulars that have been oh. rained serving to throw but very little light upon it. Soine traces of the murderer's mode of escape have been discovered, but none at all of his entrance, and it is im possible to conjecture whether he obtained admission as a friend or acquaintance, or under the pretence of having business w transact ; or, finally, whether be contrived to steal into he room during a moment when Mr. Little's back ww; tune ►. The crime appears to have appalled the entire community, and it is discussed by every one with feelings of the most painful interest: The following are some of the particulars which appear in this morning's papers : From an early houryesterday morning Inspector Ryan, Sergeants Craeen and Murphy, of the detective police were actively engaged in making inquiries about the railway premises, and in closely questioning several persons in the employment el the company. Discoveries have been made wnich throw seine light on the attempts made by the assassin ,to effect bis escape after the perpetration of the murder, though no certainty exists as to the manner in which his exit was finally accomplished. The police have discovered marks of bloody fingers on the posts of the door leading to the hall, at the foot of the principal staircase, and the (nark of a boot, thickly studded with nails, in the dust collected.on a window stool facing the platform, and about three feet from the ground. There were also marks indicating that the skirts of the mur derer's coat had brushed over the dust as he leaped from the window stool. The signs of blood were also found on the gate leading from the platform where the up trains arrive. The portion, of the timber thus marked were carefully removed for the. purpose of having them mi nntely examined.' During-the course of the day a servant man in the emplo,ymenteataCaS, Ilartiety, of Cloneilla, gave the following information, which some persons be lieve to be of importance :—" The informant came to town on Friday last, and whiles passing through Stoney batter he went into a public-house for same refreshment. lie saw two men and a woman sitting in the taproom Oinking. One of the men was low-sized, and wore a cap without a peak ; the other was a strong burly-looking person. The low-sized man asked the woman for some money, which she refused, when he swore a terrible oath and said, 'You had better give it to me—you know what I can tell.' The woman got frightened, and pulled out of the bosom of her gown a pocket-book, which burst open on the table. The informant said that there could not be less than 300/, in notes in the pocket-book. The toree parties subsequently agreed with a carman to drive them twenty miles, but to where the informant could not say." On receiving this information the police im mediately commenced inquiries, the result of which is not yet known. The directors of the railway are using every exertion to facilitate the ends of justice, and we learn that they have given directions for a portion of the canal to be drained for the purp tee of trying to discover the weapons used by the murderer. They have also offered a reward of 2001. for the apprehension and conviction of the guilty party or parties. The Govern ment will also offer a large reward for the same purpose. Up to an advanced hour yesterday evening no person bad been arrested, but it is said that facts are in the pos session of the police, which as yet it would be injudicious • reveal. It is generally believed that a considerable cansu rn be o f n o o n d e o y u h b a t sthbaeetn3taken s e i g lv h e y r hthaes i b n e u e r u d er madeer. aTherata with. 801:00 say that as much as 3501. has gone, but we believe the exact amount has not as yet been ascertained. THE TIPPERARY BANK. In the Court of Chancery yesterday the importlet case of O'Flaberty v. M'Dowell, official manager of the Tipperary Bank, was opened, the object of the motion being to take the proceedings from under the Winding up Act, and place them under the bankruptcy laws. Mr. Whiteside stated the case of the petitioners, and occu pied the 'day with his address. The petition set out the wet , ' in relation to the establishment of the bank, and its failures, &c., which were shortly as follow :—ln the year 1833, a company, consisting of more than six per sons, formed a copartnership in the county of Tipperary, under the provisions of the 6th of Geo. IV., c. 42. By an indenture of agreement, which was executed about this time, it was agreed that certain establishments should be opened in Tipperary, Carlo, Carrick-on-Suir, and other places, to carry on the business of bankers, and to keep the money of any party or body politic whatsoever.. He (Mr. Whiteside) did not complain that this latter clause was not carried out, for he admitted that this bank had carried it out to the very letter, by taking the money of the public and never giving it back to them. The capital, it was agreed, was mil; to exceed 500,0001., in 101. shares of 50/. each. The petition went on to state themode in which tke business of the company was to be managed by a board of directors. It appeared that various persons became shareholders in the concern, and the bank having commenced doing business as bank ers, such as discounting bills, receiving deposits, &a., went on for a period of ten years or upwards, and until ; Feb., 1856, when it suddenly stopped, and, as he (Mr. /Whiteside) contended ; within the meaning of the old ,Bankers' Act, the 33d Geo. IL, the statute upon which the principal, in fact the only question in the case was raised. At the time of this stoppage the bank was indebted to the petitioners and about 500 other persons, whose debts amounted to about 450,000/., to pay which there were assets to the amount of about 50,0001., if even so much would be realised. On the 2d February, in the present year, a Mr. Rafferty presented a petition under the Joint-stock Winding-up Acts, stating the fact as to the stoppage of payment, and praying for an order to dissolve the concern ; and on the 4th March, 1856, the Master of the Rolls made . an order under those acts of Parliament to wind up the co-partnership, under which order Mr. 111`Dowell was appointed official manager on the 17th of the same month. The learned gentleman then went at great length into a detail of the litigation which has taken place since Mr. M'Dowell's appointment, and the defences made by the respondents * Messrs. Hone and Stirling, to escape their liability, and contended at great length, and upon a very full reference to the several banking statutes, from 33d Geo. 11. down to the wind ing-up acts, that his lordship was bound to hold that the old statute was applicable to the present case, and that the decision of Sir Michael O'Loghlen, in the matter of the Agricultural Bank case (Fausett v. Hodges), was good law, and should be upheld. At the conclusion of Mr. Whiteside's argument, the court rose. Yesterday, in Master Murphy's office, Mr. Charles Henry Edmonds, of London, attended for the purpose of being examined relative to a bill for 2,3001., at 21 days' date, dated the 28th January, 1856, drawn in his favour on Glyn, Mills, and Co., and signed by J. W. Kelly, for the Tipperary Bank. The bill had passed into the' hands of Peas, Liddell, and Co., bankers, of Hull, and was dishonoured soon after the failure of the Tipperary Bank. Peas, Liddell, and Co. sued Mr. Edmonds, who gave them judgment, and was obliged to pay. He is nuw the holder of the bill. In the course of the examination the disclosure of the *private affairs of Mr. Edmonds rendered it necessary for the Master to direct that the proceedings should be private. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. [The following appeared in our late edition of yesterday.] APPLICATION TO THE VICE CHANCELLOR. Yts' erday afternoon Mr. Wyld, and several other gen tlemen, forming a deputation from the depositors in the Royal British Bank, waited upon Vice-Chancellor Kin denley, at his Court in Lincoln's-inn, for the purpose o presenting to him the fallowing memorial "London, 18th November, 1856. "To hi s H onour t h e Vice-Chancellor Kindersley. _ " Sir ' —We the u n d ers i gne d , b e i ng t h e C omm itt ee o f Depositors in the Royal British Bank, appointed at a gene ral public meeting, venture respectfully to bring to your Honour's attention the destitute condition of a large number of the depositors to whom an imme diate distribution of the available assets of the Bank is of the most serious importance. The interests of so many thousands of suffering creditors are involved that we have no hesitation in requesting your honour to postpone the consideration of the general or routine business of your court in older that you may be enabled to pronounce immediate judgment upon the questions before you, the effect of which will be the speedy distribution of the available assets. " We do not pretend to express any opinion upon those questions, but the committee are naturally anxious that tho interests of those whom they represent, and so many of whom are really in a state of destitution, should for a time take precedence of ordinary wha busin ess . The fearful consequences of delay and the mag nitude o f the calamity which has befallen, so many of the industri ous classes must plead our excuse for thus some- Our s tion.t irregularly trespassing upon your Hon ' 'atten- 'Vire have the honour to remain, sir, " JOHN R ICI IARDSON. " G ROBERTS. " JAMES WILD, Chairman. " JAMES G. WAKLEY. W. BENJA " GEO. JAS. KAIN. "H. S. MIN FORSTER. " PETER B ROWN. GILLING. Mresr. W a " ALFRED FOLKES." add yld point e d out in short, b u t very e ff ec tive, s the stat e of misery, d es ti tut i on, and sufferings which th e d epositore tinned p os t ponement of were experien o i ng from the con urged that h e would his Honour's judgment, and which they d es i red to recpeive and ac t upon the memorial resent. memorial, whi c h must co The Vice-Chancellor said he could nut rece i ve t h e me through the ordinary chan nels of the court. In this case he could not pronounce a rash and hasty judgment, but he would bring the pro ceedings to a close with as little delay as possible. Mr. Wyld again urged upon the Vice-C'etncellor to receive the memorial, which, however, he declined to do, and the deputation then retired. The fact of a non-professional advocacy of such a case in a chancery court created much excitement upon the legal gentlemen who were in attendance, a feeli i which also seemed to b e s h are d i n b y th e bench. g A. Berlin journal states that the youngest daughter of the oelebiated composer Meyerbeer has just b trothed to th e B aron d e K or ff , a lieutenant iu een be te. gin of the D ragoons o f t h e G uard, he r A Court of Aldermen was held yesteriay. The LORD MAYOR, on taking his seat, briefly expressed his desire so to condu c t hi mse lf i n h i s new office as to give satisfaction to that Court and the ettizins of London. ♦OTE OF THANK 3 TO THE LATE LORD MAYON. Sir P. LAURIE then moved, and Alderman FARE BROTHER seconded, the following resolution : " That the cordial thanks of the Court be presented to the Right Hon. David Salomons, late Lord Mayor of this City, for the courtesy and ability with which he has presided over the deliberations of this: court ;" for the efficient manner in which he has discharged the_ onerous duties of chief 'magistrate in the administration of jus• tice ; for the splendid hospitality which he has displayed, and the ready liberality with which he has not only assisted the charities of this metropolis, but aided in alleviating the distresses of the friendly ally of this coun try ; and for the dignity with which he has sustained the• importance of his office, and upheld the rights and pri vileges of this City, thereby securing to himself the good will and regard of an classes of his fellow citizens." Alderman WIRE supported the resolution, and eulo gised the public conduct of the late Lord Mayor, as an illustrious example to prove that there could be nothing prejudicial to the Christianity of the country in admit ting our Jewish fellow subjects to all civil offices. The motion was put and carried amid applause, and a copy of the vote of thanks was ordered to be emblazoned, framed, and glazed, and presented to the late Lord Mayor. LAW OFFICERS OF THE CITY. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY—My Lord Mayor, seeing that the learned Recorder is not present, an unusual thing, this being the first court in your mayoralty, I wish to ask whether you have received any intimation from that learned officer as to any appointment which I have seen advested to in the public papers. It is reported that Abe 'ear d& Recorder has been appointed to A high office. I think it is an important matter. Sit P. LAURIE—I rise to order. Ido not think it is a proper question to put at all. The Recorder, I am sure, would let us know immediately if he had accepted office under the government. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY—I do not know that there is any point of order involved in the question. The LORD MATon —I have received no such commu nication. But I am perfectly well aware that a near relative of the learned Recorder is exceedingly ill, to which case doubtless his absence ;t4 to be attributed. Mr. Alderman CARTER—I folly concur in the question and in the observations' of my friend Mr. Alderman Sidney, but I must now be permitted to ask why our Common Sergeant is absent. It is usual when the Lord Mayor takes his seat for the first time to find our table graced by the presence of our principal officers. The LORD MAYOR said that the Common Sergeant had received his sanction to be absent. That learned officer's name was included in the commission for hold ing the assizes—a high compliment which had bsen paid to the corporation. (Seer.) DEBTORS' PRISON, WRITECROSS STREET. On the motion of Alderman CUBITT, the plan for the improvement of the Debtors' Prison was approved and referred back to the committee, with power to carry it into effect, at an expense not exceeding 5,0001. . - THE CITY POLICE. A long letter from Mr. D. W. Harvey, Chief Commis sionix (1 the City Police, was read, in which he set forth that in several respects the police establishments were not in a satisfactory condition, and made the following specific suggestions :- Ist. That the majority of our station-houses are most inappropriate for the purposes of police, and their con fined and pestilential condition affects most severely the health and comfort of the occupiers. 2d. The chief office is in every respect excepts its lo cality totally inadequate to the requirements of the ser vice. 31. The Commissioner is not, and never bas been, provided with a suitable residence for himself and family, conformable with the resolution of the Court of Common Council, while the allowance of 2001. paid as a substitute has been and is withheld. 4. The effect of the unhealthy condition of the chief office and the station-houses is established by a return based upon the surgeon's report, which 1 have recently made to the Police Committee, of the physically disabled condition of a large number of our most experienced and valuable officers and constables. This report gives the names and condition of six inspectors, six sergeants, and 48 constables. Mr. Harvey stated, moreover, in his letter, that 20 other officers and men are on an average upon the sick list, and he referred also to the daily increasing vacancies which arise partly from the severe nature and character of our service, the heavy rent of lodging and the great demand for men to supply the couaty plice force which is now in progress of formation. The chairman of the Gaol Committee, Alderman Cu. bitt, and several other members, expressed their opinion that there was some exaggeration in the statements of the letter, which was referred to the Gaol Committee. It was stated in the Guildhall in the course of the morning that in the event of the appointment of the pre sent Recorder to the office of Solicitor-General, Mr. Russell Gurney will be chosen Recorder, and Mr. Bod kin in all probability will succeed Mr. Gurney as Com mon Serjeant. CITY ! ,COURT OF SEWER 3. Yesterday a Court was held. The members were oc• pied during the day in hearing appeals of several persons against the assessment of their respective premises to the consolidated rate. SANITARY STATE OP THE SEWER. Dr. Letheby presented a list of the places that re quired the orders of the court for their sanitary improve ment in various particulars. The mortality tables for the last fortnight indicated a very favourable state of the public health, especially in the absence of epidemic disease and in the small propor tion of deaths from diseases of an endemic character. The total number of deaths for the fortnight is 98. Of these 39 occurred among children under five years of ago, and 41 among old people of 70 years and upwards. The mortality has, therefore, been some what high among the aged ; in fact, so many as 17 old persons have died during the fortnight whose average ages were 77. This has been occasioned by the depressive influence of the cold weather. Among the other causes of death are the following :-5 from fever, 6 from measles and croup, 10 from hydrocephalus and convulsions, 13 from bron chitis and pneumonia of children, and 18 from consump tive disease ; besides which there were only three cases of death from scarlet fever, and one from diarrhoea. There were no deaths from small-pox. THE GREAT CENTRAL GAS. Dr. LETHEBY submitted his quarterly report on the illuminating power and chemical quality of the gas sup plied to the city by the Great Central Gas Consumers Company, from which it appears that the photometrical value of the gas has been equal to that of 12.5 sperm candles, or 14.3 wax, each burning at the rate of 120 grains per hour. This is from 19 to 20 per cent, over the act of Parliament standard. The chemical quality of the gas has also been of a satisfactory description. THE AGAPEIIONE. Should any of our readers desire to visit this abode of love—situate at the Four Forks, Spaxton—having, in their way from Bridgwater, journeyed about five miles, they will come upon .the site of a group of buildings ; and, towering above one, looking somewhat like a chapel, they wig perceive a flag-staff. Having turned an angle in the road, you will soon find yourself in front of a low range of cottages, lying to the right of this chapel, before which are placed some iron rails. Ascending a few steps to the raised ground in front of them, you will per ceive two circular flower-beds, neatly bordered, and sup plied with a variety of flowers. Looking at these cot tages, you will probably find that the lower room of one is occupied by a number of laundresses, busily enga ge d i n preparing the fine linen clean and white for the saints within. One of the maids will probably ask your business, when, having inquired if you may be permitted to view the premises, and giving your name, you will be politely requested to remain while she goes to inquire. Upon her return, you may be informed that a gen tl eman which will presently wait upon you to guide your en o steps aright. Having thanked her for her kindness , you wait, saunter ingindustrious you expect tohaes t gentleman, and al n eg d u il downaannglance r inpefrr perhaps towardsan p t s o t hf;taht door nu cotta ionrg at g the s, wo men, and feeling a little curious to know the purport of a conversation that is passing between one of the prirei cipats and a fair young girl that you observe in one of the lower rooms of these cottages, who s eems very much like a pretty bird fluttering around . the net of th e f ow l er . Your ears having been saluted with some witty remark seeing a party aa ta n g eg e ee s n , reminds let you know from wai ti n o g n one for r r more entrance, o of th the eem neighbours, dilpose who, h t o o , that their opinion is not very high as to the morality of the inmates, a little door opens to the left of the cot tlelemadaningpriensteontts"itsgelrfoubriedf%e aynCt. His appear the figure of you of the shabby genteel_a tall figure, around which seems to hang a cloud of mystery, and a treading a path to Having entered c the e rt g a i a n t e indescribable yr our s u e: v g e n d i d o c , o u w r h te o s T . the right, leads you to a conservatory, where your senses a re delighted with the fragrance and the various hues of to to the left, which plants may be seen, a number of rare and beautiful flowers. Having feasted your eyes with these, you are next led to a h o t-house, You been m where many a ssono ,woonst leavingl very andergy nicely a rnaoraby beautiful uti foreignfl w apatent machine, and ascend palisades, a mtowahtieorhraycoen, may y ly have aview of the completed, with n hills behind, and the plea sant vale between. From thence s a t s o you descend in the middle of t h e terrace by some steps leading you by another path towards th e s t a bl es, a n i ce few steps to range of buildings, where you will be show n some beau tiful horses. Your sense s are g r atified with the varied objects of a magnificently furnished saloon, instead of, as you had expected from outside appearances, a neatly pawed chapel. Looking around you, you observe a splendid harp, covered over to keep it from dust ; and if you examine it you will find it a beautifully -finished ins i strument, inlaid with gold and pearl. Not far from this ' yon will observe one of Broadwood's very handsome pianofortes, said to have cost 160 guineas. But that which demands the greatest admiration in the music de• partment is a splendid and costly, fine-toned, powerful, self-aoting organ. Around the sides of this part of the chapel you observe seats, evidently for the second-cla-s worshippers. Proceeding towards the upper end of the chapel you have to ascend a platform, raised about tw feet from the floor, and commencing about hallway along the chapel. This you find covered with a variety of splendid furniture,• as if it were a nobleman's drawing. room instead of a place of worship, consisting of a cum ber of lounges and chairs covered with rich crimson vel vet or fine plush, sinking under you like a bed of down. Here you find, in the very holy of holies, a billiard-table, large and splendid, of considerable value, said to have been made (at least the frame) of the wood of the Royal George. Haviniadrnited the vases and varied beauties of the place, you are asked if you would like to hear a piece of music played .on the self-acting organ, to which you gladly assent ; and being directed by your guide to take your place at the opposite side of the room to the instru merit as the best place to hear it to advantage, you sink in a reclining position On one end of the lounges, full of expectation. • You tremble for the fair and simple one •ini tiated into the mysteries of the Princeite religion under sneh circumstances. Before they entered the Agapemone there were certain new revelations about some mysterious marriages that took place. In all these cases there were no previous courtships nor intentions to marry known ; but Mr. Prince said it was the will of God to choose each lady for each gentleman, and oblige them to marry at once —the result of which was that Mr. Williams was mar ried to Miss Perry, Mr. Thomas to Miss Nottidge, Mr. Price to Miss H. Nottidge, Mr. Cobb to Miss E.Nottidge, and Mr. Starkey to Miss E. Perry. At least three of them are said to have had 10,0001. each, and we have good reason to believe the others were not penniless. Having secured these ladies, and some other persons of property, they then thought they could do without the world, are d that the world raust•do without them,; and so, shutting the bowels of their compassion against us wicked unbe-. lievers in their creed, they declared that the day of grace was ended ; and having persuaded many that had be lieved their testimony to enter into community and take up their abode with them, they asserted that the door ef mercy was shut. From that time there was no public preaching. The reading of the Word of God and prayer were disc• untenanted, the inmates being informed that their work now was to praise God, instead of to r,r ty. The setting apart of one day as a day of rest or sacred Sabbath was disregarded, each day being considered to be equally holy ; and then they worked on ad days alike. The outer court worshippers used to go in various ve hicles from the surrounding villages to spend their Sab baths at the Agapemone, where they pass d the time by working in the gardens and in various household duties, or in a variety of sports, such as hockey, billiards, &c. Here, having gathered their tribes, they enjoy all the luxuries of life--driving about—that is, the upper class, for it was only those who could add to the funds that could be permitted to enjoy first class entertainments, the others becoming the hewers of wood and the drawers of water, menservants and maidservants. These were per mitted, no doubt, to behold with their eyes what they might notenjoy in their lives ; but, as it isagrest honour to wait upon the great and the noble, they were permitted to dwell within this ark, preserved from the contamination of the wicked world without, and to serve their masters and mistresses as required. Although they are fed and neatly clothed, however, and on the whole, we suppose, are e pretty generally well-treated, yet they cannot look to the hand of their mistresses or masters for wages—for silver and gold they get none, and, indeed, what can they want with it F—for the end of the world is near ! The time of the inmates seems to have been generally employed in reading, working, riding, and walking, and occasionally their evenings in entertainments, such as ooncerts, &c.—Somerset Gazette. THE MURDER AT BRITS. Yesterday evening C. J. Carttar, Esq., coroner for West Kent, held an adjourned inquiry into the circum stances attending the death of a young man named Geo. Carter, who resided at York-road, Battersea, and was found on the Bth instant lying on the grounds of Capt. Wheatley, at Erith, covered with wounds, and presented appearances which clearly proved that a shocking mur der had been committed. At 5 o'clock the jury assembled at the Crown Hotel, Erith, when the following witnesses were examined : Mr. E. Carter deposed—He is an auctioneer, and re sides at Battersea-rise. On Wednesday last he saw the body of the deceased, and identified it as that of his cousin George Carter, the son of a market gardener, now de ceased, but who formerly resided at Battersea. Witness last saw the deceased on the 4th inst., at Union-road, Battersea, but on that occasion no conversation took place. The deceased resided with his sister, at the resi dence of their late father, in York-road, Battersea. The deceased intended to proceed to Australia, and on Oct. 11 be executed a power of attorney, appointing witness to attend to his property, and also with the object of ob• tuning 100/. in ready cash, to enable him to proceed on .his voyage. Witness a ft erwar d s saw th e d ecease d w ith a bundle, which he stated contained his outfit. By the Coroner—l always considered the deceased to be in a sane state of mind. I am not aware of the object of deceased going abroad. He said that he could do no good in England, and should try what he could do at ,the diggings. • Mr. P. Oates, a surgeon residing at Erith, deposed that he made a post mortem examination of the body of deceased, in conjunction pith Mr. Spurling, a surgeon of Bexley-heath. The appearances presented were as fol• lows:—en the left side of the chest from the breast-bone to the fold of the armpit were 16 punctured wounds — some being superficial and others perforated. Eight of these wounds had entered the heart, and either was sufficient to have caused death. On examining the heart one of the wounds was found to be much larger than the rest, and appeared to have been made by two thrusts with the same instrument. The external wounds and the wounds in the heart corresponded exactly with the shape, size, and form of the carpenter's gouge produced, which was found in the hand of deceased after death. The contents of the stomach presented appear ances of spirituous liquors having been taken immedi ately before death. Two severe fractures were found on the skull ; one was three inches long, and extended from the centre of the top of the head to the left temple ; the other was on the right side of the head. By the Coroner—lt is absolutely impossible that the deceased could have inflicted these wounds himself. The gouge found in the hand of the deceased had the point outwards, and had the deceased inflicted the wounds the point of the tool would have been turned towards his body. Independently of this, it would have been im possible for the deceased to have inflicted several punc tures in his heart, as one such wound would have ren• dered him totally prostrate. The immediate cause of death was the wounds in the heart. Mr. Lawrence, surgeon, of Wa,u - dsworth, deposed he had examined the body, and fully concurred in the opinion of the last witness. Mr. Harwood, of Battersea, deposed that he was left as a joint executor to the estate of the father of the de ceased. The evidence of this witness proved that the deceased had received a sum of 1001. a few days previous to his death, and also the important fact that the de ceased invariably used his left hand for all purposes. At this stage of the proceedings the room was cleared and on re-admission the Coroner stated that the jury considered that the best course to adopt would be to ad journ the inquiry for the attendance of the sister of the deceased, and other witnesses not in attendance. At the close of the proceedings we were informed from undoubted authority that police-constable Crouch, an active and intelligent officer of the R division, had ob• tained important information which, if divulged at pre sent, might defeat the ends of justice, but which will probably lead to the apprehension of the murderer. FIRES IN THE METROPOLIS. Yesterday morning between 2 and 3 o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. W. Lai t ham, a builder, carrying on business at No. 3, Acton place, York -street, Wal worth-road. The disaster arose in a brick and timber building used as the workshop, in which property of considerable value was deposited. The discovery seems to have been made by a police officer of the P division, who lost no time in sending off for proper assistance as well as arousing the neighbours. ID the course of a few minutes the engines of the London Bri gade belonging to the Waterloo and South wark-bridge roads attended, as well as that of the West of England Insurance office. The firemen then found that the whole of the workshops were in flames. They forthwith went to work in an admirable manner, but they were unable, al though assisted with a plentiful supply of water to get the fire extinguished until the workshops were nearly destroyed and the contents consumed. Fortunately the sufferer was insured in the Alliance Fire-office. Another fire took place in the Stable-yard, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, in the premises belong ing to Messrs. Rains Brothers, foreign warebousernec, which did a considerable amountof damage. The sufferer was insured in the Royal Liverpool Insurance-office. The most extensive fire that took place during the night was at the well-known range of premises belonging to Messrs. Thomas and Co., termed the Lavender Dock, situated at Rotherhithe. The discovery was made by one of the policemen of the M division, who, in passing the wharf, perceived a great glare of light shining over the surroundingbuilding. Having given the necessary intel ligence to the occupiers, the officer sent off for the en gines, and in a very brief period those of the London Brigade, including the two powerful steam floats, at tended, when the firemen set their machines to work in good earnest, but it was some houti before they oci aid get the mastery, and not before they joiners' shop, the saw-pits, nearly 10111 feet long and. 80 wide, were de stroyed. At one time it was apprehended that the splendid ship Candahar, belonging to Messrs. Sheldon and Co., would have been consuraed. As it was, the larboard side of the vessel was extensively damaged by fire, and the premises of Mr. E. Jolliffe, manure-mer chant, had the side windows burnt out, and the contents are damaged by water. A fire also took place at 16, Hawley-mews, Ramp. stead-road, belonging to Mr. H award, a corn-chandler, but the damage done was trifliog, and will fall on the West of England office. (Prom the Times.) There It one assurance in the long and able letter of our Pennsylvanian correspondent of Saturday last which we should receive with the most extreme satisfaction were it not overthrown by the commen tary which he appends to it. Mr. Buchanan, as President, he tells us, will not only be superior to Mr. Pierce, but must not be measured by the standard of the Ostend manifesto. We desire most earnestly to believe this. It is our wish that America should have for her chief magistrate a man in every way calculated to secure the respect and promote the best interests of the community over which he presides, and nothing could more disentitle biro to that respect, or more entirely compromise those interests, than an adherence to those doctrines of the, supremacy of 'night over right, and of the justification of violence by an arbitrarily assumed political necessity, of which Mr. Buchanan has unhappily made himself the ex positor. But when we seek for proofs iu support of these flattering assertions they are entirely wanting, We are told that Mr. Buchanan settled all questions between the English and American Governments , during his residence as ambassador here, and that he cannot choose his Ministry ex clusively from the South. The first assertion is rather rashly hazarded, when we remember that not only did Mr. Buchanan not settle the Central American and enlistment questions, but that he kept them alive and omitted in one instance to transmit to his Government the offer of mediation distinctly made to him by Lord Clarendon. As for his Administration, we agree that it is not likely that it will all be formed from the South, but that is of little moment to us if it be formed, as it is sure to be, of men whether Southern or Northern, are pledged to the extension•of slavery and davotd to the policy of annexation. Those slaves, says an American political satirist, that the South make the most out of aro all north of Mason and Dixon's line. Mr. Buchanan's principal adviser will pro bably be Judge Douglas, senator for the Northern State of Illinois, the repealer of the Missouri Com promise, and the ablest and most unscrupulous advocate of slavery extension. The South has never been without obsequious admirers in the North, ready, after having made a reputation by denouncing slavery, to employ the reputation so made in its support, and to employ against the interests of those who raised them to power the very power which they owe to them. Such men are known to America, from the flexibility of their political countenance, by the homely but expressive name of " Doughfaces ; ' and it matters little, so far as the interests of freedom within and tranquil lity without the State are concerned, whether the new President's Cabinet be filled by Southern men such as Jefferson Davis and Senator Toombs or by Northern Doughfaces, only too happy to be employed as their obsequious and unscrupulous agents. We do not derive much comfort, therefore, from the assurance of our correspondent that Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet will not be exclusively South ern, still less from the fear which he expresses that slavery will be extended, that Fillibusteriem will be feebly resisted, and that there will be a want of respect for foreign rights and political ethics. This is just what Mr. Buchanan's previous career would lead us to apprehend, and these are strange rea- Fons why we should form of his Administration better hopes than of that of Mr. Pierce. Nor are we much reassured by being told that Cuba will probably be annexed, but must be purchased, like Louisiana, for we fear this same " must" expresses a moral, and not a physical necessity--a species of sanction which has no binding force at all to men wanting in respect for foreign rights and careless of political ethics. Passing over, then, the remarks of our cor respondent, whose premises seem not a little at war with his conclusions, let us try to make out for ourselves, not from the invectives of party or the declamation of disappointed ambition, but from a fair consideration of the case as it stands, what are the prospects of this country and thy United States from the election of Mr. Buchanan. In the first place, there can be no doubt that it will be regarded, and justly regarded, by the South as a great and signal victory, its importance being mea-ured by the terror telt by the victorious party after the defeat in Maine, by the enormous exer tions by which alone it has been obtained, by the fact that it was gained over the North for the first tim• active and united, and by the great probability that this triumph, signal as it is, unless improved to their advantage, may be the very last which the South is destined to obtain. The victory has been one rather of superior organisation and dexterit,y than of greater force ; it has required all the influence of Govern ment to secure it, and has been mainly promoted by threats of disunion, which cannot be used with similar effect on every succeeding occasion. All these things tend to enforce upon the Southern mind the necessity of using the next four years so as to make the very utmost of their success, and place a party inferior in numbers and intelligence on a footing of superiority, which nothing but a revolution and civil war can destroy. They have the President and the majority in both Houses ; their political existence is at stake, the quarrel with the North is henceforth irreconcilable, the struggle has begun in earnest, and on either ban ner " Yce victis" will soon be inscribed in very legible characters. We are therefore justified in expecting that, so far as the internal policy of the Union is concerned, the course adopted by Mr. Pierce will be persevered in and carried out with even still greater violence. Now or never is the time to increase the number of Slave States, to ad mit Kansas, to subdivide Texas, and to seek wherever it may be found fresh territory in which to plant the institution, the extension or repression of which is henceforth the only issue of American politics. Whatever be Mr. Buchanan's personal predilection for reasonable and moderate counsels, we believe that he will have great difficulty in standing against the violence of the men by whom he is surrounded, and who are committed to an ex tent which admits of no increase to the propaga tion of slavery and the counteraction, by whatever means, of the free spirit of the North. As regards foreign policy the prospect might at first sight appear to be equally gloomy. The election of Mr. Buchanan over Mr. Fillmore, agreeing, as they essentially do, in home politics. is a declaration on the part of the American nation in favour of the foreign policy of the former over that of the latter—that is, a declaration in favour of aggression and annexation. Moreover, the spirit of annexation is essentially Southern, having re ference to the necessity of obtaining new Slave States, to counterbalance the accession of Free States from the North! Still, we are disposed to be much more sanguine as to the foreign than as to the domestic policy of the new President, and we are convinced that his election by no means im plies hostility to England on the part of the De mocrats. An aggressive foreign policy, carried out in the spirit of the Ostend manifesto, means a foreign war, and a foreign war is in the present state of the Union a contingency which North and South would be equally anxious to avoid. The South would view with dread a chance of a rising among their slaves, in the suppression of which they would have little to hope from the sympathy of the North, and, having little accumulated capi tal, would suffer severely from any restrictio:i of their power of exportation. The North wouLl view with increasing disfavour the prosecution of foreign conquests, which they would justly regard as really made over themselves, and would natu rally refuse to aid in operations entailing upon them great immediate loss, and ultimately destined to counterbalance or undermine their influence in the councils of the Confederation. The breach be tween North and South is henceforth declared and open ; and though by the forms of the constitution one party may govern, it cannot hope to carry on a war, which is a matter not of abstract rude, but of practical, and very apt to redress by th to sum mary process of revolution inequalities whi ch the indolence of peace has ieft untouched. VITo also hope that Mr. Buchanan nay rise more . nearly than he has hitherto done to the level of his posi tion, and, discarding after he has obtained ; iower the questionable arts by which it was sec ured, rise above the dictation and exigencies of ! his party, and think more of the g reat trust pl 'aced in his hands th an o f t h e instruments' and the assurances by which that trust has been ob tained. For ourselves we can truly say tha twe shall respect the choice of the American natio) 3 in a matter so peculiarly of domestic cognisance, and never allow any objections we may have enterts aned to Mr. Bu c h anan ' s pr i nc i p l es or professions to pre , vent us , from dealing w ith respect and can odour with the act s o f th e c hief magistrate of a g rt tat ' a friendly and a kindred people. A. slight modification of the law relating to the osn• eorahip of the press has just been m ade inc 1 3, - 118th a, at lowing more latitude than has hitherto been ed ed to historical discussions and criticis ms of thO el' of foreign GovernmentF. TUESDAY Timmy'. As time advances, and as fresh opportunities pre sent themselves for inquiry, it becomes more and more astonishing how a man who had gone through such an extraordinary career during the years ire vious, to his appointment as a clerk in the Great Northern Railway could have had so much trust reposed in him, and been advanced to ,:a position for i which the strictest integrity and the most proaohable life should have been indispensable con itions. In the various positions he has occupied during the last years there seems to have been no inquiries into his conduct by those who have relied upon him, and the consequence has been that he kas forced himself on from bad to worse until he has crowned all by a series of gigantic frauds which find few parallels in the commercia 1 - history of the country. When the Peninsular and Oriental Company was started, it being then rather a private concern than a public company, Redpath was engaged as a clerk by its promoters, Mr. Wilcox, M.P. for South atupton, and Mr. Anderson, the present chairman of the Crystal Palace Company. In this service nothing particular is . remembered of him, nor is it known exactly under what circumstances he left the Messrs. Willcox and Anderson's employment. Before he ceased that connexiono•he obtained an in troduction to Mr. T. F, x, the extensive and well known up oolsterer and estate agent, of Bishopsgate street Within, to whom it was represented that he was a highly respectable and honourable young man, and that he was about to marry the daughter of one of the directors of the company in which he was a clerk. There is every reason to believe that this was a false representation, inasmuch as it may be supposed that if he had formed such an alliance he would never have been reduced to the state of poverty which marked the next few years of his eventful and chequered life. Upon his introduc tion to Mr. Fox, Redpath informed him that in anticipation of his marriage he had taken a house in Dartmouth-terrace, a row of somewhat quiet but still fashionabletouses, on the main road leading from Deptford on to Blackheath-hill. After 1101110 little hesitation Mr. Fox supplied him with furni- ture to the amount of belween 5001. and 6001. Redpath was soon afterwards married, it is thought to a ;person in humble circumstances, and he then left his employment and started in business as a ship insurancs broker, and transacted business generally as a steam navy agent for the sale of shares, &c. This business he carried on at 44, Lime-street, City. Meanwhile he lived in good style at his suburban residence at Blackheath, and seems there to have first entered upon that appa rently religious and charitable course with which, up to the time of his capture, he was so intimately identified. The time which he could spare from his commercial pursuits he devoted to the advocacy of the claims of charitable institutions, to the dis tribution of religious tracts and to other objects of a kindred character, which soon raised him in the estimation of his neighbours, by whom he was re garded as a most exemplary person. This delusion tie successfully maintained by contributions of a liberal charaeter to the institutions in which he evinced an interest. He gave at the same time considerable orders to tradesmen, which were un hesitatingly performed, so high did Mr. Redpath's character stand, and so conspicuous were his vir tues. This portion of his career was a sliort one, for in less than three months he was made a bank rupt, and it was then found that he had incurred debts to the extent of 5,0001. —amongst his creditors being pianoforte makers, musical instrument makers, dealers in articles of bijouterie and vertu. Mr. Fox applied unsuocessf ully for his money, it hav i rig bean understood that it was to be a cash transac tion, and upon calling personally upon Mr. Red path he found that some of the tradesmen were taking away the goods they had supplied. He then made Mr. Redpath a bankrupt on the 20th April, 1840, and the case was disposed of by the late Mr. Commissioner Merivals, the papers relating to the fiat having passed from the hands of the late Mr. Gibson and the late Mr. Green, who were succes sively the official assignees, into the hands of M. Pennell, of No. 3, Guildhall-chambers, who now re tains them. Redpath's effects were sold by auction, at his residence in Dartmouth• terrace, and the re sult was, that, after payment of the customary ex penses, the estate realised two dividends, one of ls. 6d. and the other of ls. In the course of the same year Redpath obtained his certificate, under circum stances which showed that even at that time he was au adept at clearing himself from difficulties. He obtained his certificate by getting the signatures of two-thirds of the creditors to his petition, not, how ever favouring Mr. Fox with an interview on the subject, although that gentleman was the principal creditor, and it was the proceeds of the sale of the goods of he had been defrauded which mainly provided the dividend for the other creditors. Be. fore the Court of Bankruptcy Redpath wasextremely insolent, and was severely reprimanded by the com missioner, and on the strength of Mr. Fox's oppo sition he was sent back. _ From this time anddur . ing the period of railway speculation which resulted in the "mania" of 1845, although a man without character or means, Leo pold Redpath managed, like many other shrewd men of his class, to pick up a precarious living amidst the bewildering excitement which then pre vailed. While the Great Northern Company were strug gling with a rival company in Parliament for their bill Redpath was of great assistance to them in pro. moting their cause, and when they started as an organised company he was engaged as a clerk. For some time he occupied lodgings in Cumberland market—an obscure locality, lying between the upper part of Regent's•park and the road-to-Cam den-town. His finances indeed were at this time of such a limited character that in order to meet their expenses his wife was obliged to accept a situation as companion to an invalid lady resid ing in Cumberland-place, Regent's-park. In course of time his circumstances began to improve, and he then removed to lodgings at 43, Upper Albany street, after which he took the house No. 2, Park Village West, where his taste foillelegance and his extravagant habits first began to develope them selves. He lived in a style which was very far beyond the means of a man wko had a salary of 5001. or 6001. a year, his own receipts from the company being at that time less than 1001. a year. In June, 1852, and while ,residing at Park Village, Redpath's house was broken into, and a number of valuable articles were stolen. Of these a vase, worth about 30 guineas, was traced, and two men—one a man named Jacobs, a dealer in such articles, and the other named Lawrence, a beer -shop keeper, of Chenies-street, Tottenham court-road —were prosecuted by Redpath, at the instance of Inspector Shaw and Sergeant W . Smith. They were convicted at the Old Bailey, and sen tenced to ten years' transportation. This day (Tuesday) fresh frauds to an enormous extent were discovered. Since the examination of the books commenced last Monday week every day has revealed forgeries of the most startling character, which makes it almost a mattor of cer tainty that Redpath's frauds will far outstrip the amount originally stated. It is a fact beyond dis pute that the company have been for a long time past paying dividends upon 200,0001. of capital the existence of which they have been unable to true. Many of the fraudulent entries which have been discovered, unless some very clear explanation is given, show a complicity in the transactions on the part of Kent. Ono singular fact in connection with this young man man be mentioned. UP?" his marriage, which took p his life not long since, he settled the whole of his household furni ture, life policy, eand all the other property he possessed, upon hi s w ife, so that in the event of his being found guilty, in connection with Redpath, it is a upon what he may be found to pos t : il t e r fraudulently . question whether the company will have a claim It has been ascertained that Re _P he in stitutions with which he . was c t o o trafficked in the votes of somenont:ot It appears that, in adG l ition n _charitable ed as governor. being a governor of almoner, and one of Christ's Hospital, he ao. of Redpath's transactions As a proof of the exteueit may be stated that he Mrs. Redpatb, the its committee of manag; on the Stock Exchange, leading brokers engaged had constantly three of the for him. me a nt. wird. is now in custody, wife of Leopold Redpath, and coreverting to his own chars©d with forgery, and The Essex shares in the Great Northern Railway, was the use the late Major Shernian, in the service Herald says :---," daughter of . _ of the East India Company, and ,she was described at the period of her marriage as a young lady of considerable personal attractions. Major Sherman resided for many years, and up to the period of his death, five or six years since, at Maryland Point, Stratford. Mr. Redpath was known in the neigh bourhood of Stratford from his frequent visits to Major Sherman's residence, both previous and subsequent to his marriage." CONVICTION OF STOWELL, THE INFORXER.- - Ir e9terda l at the Su rrey Sessions, Th os . St ow ell, described as an attorney's clerk, was indicted for obtaining by false pre tences.sl. from Harriett Perry, with fraudulent intent. . The circumstances of the case bare alreadY m la i b s o d u e r m i e rt an th o e ur w , he was months hare appeared in this journal. The jury returned a verdict of ellty, and there bei n g former convictions agitinst the prisoner for or j r 2 eo m ti s rir antoenusemedofteo