The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-03 00:00:00

MPERIAL PARLIAMENT, - , ITOUSE OF COMMONS.—(TBsitmemr.) The &MAILER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PETITIONS. Numerous petitions were presented in favour and against the Medical Profession Bill ; and also a large number for and against the FactorieS Bill. CLERKS IN THE CUSTOM-HOUSE. Mr.MITCHELL moved for certain returns respecting the payments made to clerks in the Custom-house for extra attendance, and other particulars.—Agreed to. THE MALT AND HOP TRADE, &c. Sir J. DUKE moved for returns relative to the culti vation of hops in England, and the exports and imports of that article. Accounts of the total number of quar ters of malt made in the years ending the 10th of October, 1854, and the 10th of October, 1855, distinguishing the quantity made in each year in each country, and the quan tities used by brewers, by victuallers,and by retail brewers. Account of the number of persons in each of the several collections of the United Kingdom licensed as " brewers," " victuallers," "to sell beer to be drunk on the premises," and "to sell beer not to be drunk on the premises ;" stating the number of each class who brew their own beer, and the quantity of malt consumed by them, particularising each class in each collection, from= the 10th Oct., 1854, to the I..th Oct., 1355. Ac count of all sums paid into the Stamp-office in Great Britain and Ireland on insurance from fire, for the quarters ending severally the 25th of Marcb, the 24th of June, the 29th of September, and the 25th of December, 1854 ; distinguishing the amount of allowance made to each office for collecting the same in the country, London, Edinburgh, and Dublin respectively, with the date of each' payment ; and on SUMS insured by each office on farming stock for the same period.—Agreed to. MEDICAL PROFESSION BILL. the injustice of the act by the various contilictions that were issued by the factory inspectors as to the interpre tation of the act relative to fencing machi n ery, and in sisted that that injustice might be got rid .af by deciding by arbitration what was dangerous in factories, requir ing machinery to be fenced. That was t);►e only object he had in view in proposing this bill, and it was in order to settle the question that the manufacturers supported it, and with a desire of securing to the utmost extent the lives of the numerous operatives engaged in their factories. Mr. COBBETT moved the second reading of the bill that day six months. He contended the bill would not attain the object it professed to have in view, but would have the effect of mutilating the salutary provisions of the present Factory Act for the prevention of accidents in factories by machinery. He reviewed the legislation that had taken place on this subject since 1833, and re ferred to the orders that had been issued by the factory inspectors. It was thought at first that shafting 7 feet from the ground need not be covered, but, in 1854, in consequence of a communication ad dressed to the inspectors by Lord Palmerton, the then Home Secretary, from the increase of accidents from shafts 10 feet and more above the ground, an order was issued for securely and entirely fencing these shafts. A deputation of manufacturers then waited on the noble lord, and represented to him how inconvenient it would be to case them, but that they would have recourse to a mode that would avert accidents, ♦iz., the application of "strap hooks." Un fortunately the manufacturers did not use them se much as was desirable, and it was in consequence of that neglect that too often acci dents still occurred. The present act afforded every security possible for the prevention of accidents in facto ries from machinery, except from the culpable neglect of the party who was the sufferer. He thought that the VII as it stood was an extremely in judicious measure, and he therefore thought it his duty, representing as he did a large manufacturing district, to move that the - bill be read a second time that day six mouths. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Lord It. GROSVENOR, before the house west into committee on this bill, said that whilst he believed there was necessity for some legislation on this question he objected to the bill now before the house, and he called attention to the notices on the paper amounting to nearly 100, all affecting the principle of the bill—(bear, bear)—and asked the hon. member (Mr. Headlam) to postpone the bill going into committee to enable mem bers to consider the effect of the amendment proposed. There were many alterations suggested in this bill which it would be inexpedient to consider in committee, and it would be better not to take np the time of the house by discussing it then, but rather postpone its and give the hon. gentleman (Mr. Headlam) an opportunity of remodelling the bill, and getting rid of the objec tions raised to it. Mr. BARROW concurred in the opinion of the noble lord. He agreed with the necessity of such a measure, but objected to them then proceeding . with it. He saw that by the bill the medical profession were to be governed by a representative body, and the first amend ment on the paper affected that principle, and pro posed the governing body should., be the nominees of the Government. Mr. HEADLAM objected to the postponement of the bill, because no good would be effected by it. The great difficulty was with reference to the constitution of the proposed governing council. There were three bodies who claimed that right. First, the Government to the whole nomination ; second, the corporate bodies; and, third, the great mass of the medical profession, by an elected and representative body. If they post poned the bill for ten years nothing would be gained by it, for even then the above objection must be met and decided. Many of the amendments were mere technical ones, and out of the 70 or 80 amendments there were not more than 19 or 20 of any importance. Mr. WALTER considered the amendments were too important to be considered in committee, but should be got rid of first. He instanced one amendment, which imposed a fine of 51. on every person practising medicine unless duly registered under this bill. Mr. MITCHELL opposed the bill. The provisions of this bill, by repealing the Apothecaries' Act, would enable chemists and druggists to act as. such. Sir G. GREY said it would be better to get rid of the suggestion thrown out by the noble lord before dis cussing the details of the bill. He regretted the notices of amendments had been given so late as yesterday, and he exonerated the Government from any charge of de lay, with reference to their amendment, from the Pre sident of the Board of Health not being informed by the councils of the medical profession at an earlier period. Mr. WA.LPOLE said the bill was read a second time on an erroneous impression that the provisions of the bill were approved of by the medical profession, but from what had since occurred it appeared the profession was divided in opinion on it. He agreed with the Govern ment in the amendment they had given notice of, that the council should be nominated by the Crown, and thought that the whale of the amendments proposed were so important that the bill should be postponed, and the subject be referred to a select committee, and he moved the postponement of the committee until Wednes day next. Mr. DRUMMOND supported the amendment. Lord EBRINGTON also supported the amendment, to give the country air opportunity of considering the alterations proposed to be made in the bill. Time would be gained by the investigation proposed, and benefit would accrue thereby both to the profession and the public. Mr. CRAE'FURD supported the proceeding with the bill. It was introduced.. with the sanction of the majority of the medical' profession, who, however, it appeared had now changed their minds, and ha-1 called on the Government to propose an amendment that would do away with the representative system in connection with the constitution of the council. He trusted the house would slot endanger the progress of the bill by consulting to the amendment for postpone ment. Mr. HENLEY urged the postponement of the fur ther consideration of this bill for the reasons that ad been assigned by previous speakers. Mr. HEADLAM said that this bill was introduced last session, and from the returns made during the re cess from the profession to the Home-office, after a con sideration of its clauses, he had ascertained that the majority of the profession were in favour of the bill. These returns he quoted on the second reading of this bill this session ; bat it appeared that since then many of the profession had altered their views respecting it, and had induced the Government to propose the amend ment of which they had given notice. He looked upon the postponement of the measure as virtually its defeat, and he declined acceding, to it without first dividing the house. • After some further discussion, Sir G. GREY explained, the reasons which had in duced the Colleges of Surgeons in England and Edin burgh, and many of the graduates to change their opinions with regard to this bill. On well re-consider ing the question these bodies, whilst approving of the general principles of the bill, totally objected to the con stitution of the council as provided in the bill, viz , that of election by the medical profession, and wishe 1 its nomi nation should be by the Government. He ag ain urged on the hon. gentleman (Mr.. Ileadeen) t o po stpone the bill for a week. Mr. DUNCO MBE asked if the bill could be committed pro forma, and then go to a select committee ? He called the attention of the house to the fact that the mover of the bill had three pages of amendments on the paper of the house, He (Mr. Duncorabe) wished to get rid of Ole bill. Much b a d b een said about the profession, chemists, &c , being in favour of this bill. He had a large constituency com bining doctors and quacks, at least the hon. member opposite (Mr. Brady) would call them quacks, because they were not properly registered practitioners. Re (Mr. Duncombe) claimed the right for the public to be consulted on this question, aed left to physic themselves as they thought proper, and- if they liked homoeopathy let them enjoy it. Sir J. PAKINGTON thouebt the bill should. not be got rid of by a side wind, but on its merits. If it were postponed in all probability it could not be again brought in for some time unless the Government took it under their fostering care. The how. mover deserved the thanks of the country for taking up such an import ant question, and he was entitled to the thanks of the house and the country for it. The house then divided when the numbers were For the postponement of the committee... 116 Against it ............ 81 Majority ... . . ....... .................... —35 Mr. HE A.DLAM called Upon . . ° the . Government to state the course they would now p ursue in reference to this bill. From the interview he had at an early period with the Home Secretary with regard tothis bill, he relied on the Government support, but instead of that the Government had thrown him ov er , de feating this bill, (Hear.) D e , Sir G. GREY denied that anything - had been done or said by him to mislead the mover of this measure as to the course Government intended to take on this g ees e. tion. The bill' bad, however, as he had expected, re ceived the most decided opposition of the profession a 1... this stage of its proceedings. He declined to take charge of the bill on the part of the Government, but he would give the hon. mover all the a.sistance he could. It was not the intention of the Government to bring in a bill this session with reference to this question. Mr. WALPOLE said that, in moving the postpone ment of the committee, he had no wish to get rid of the bill by a side wind. He thought the hon. mover would better accomplish his ehjeet by the appointment of a select committee to consider the bill and report on it than otherwise. • After some further discussion, in which ?ir. Brady, Mr. Cowper, Sir J. Pakiogton, and other hon. members took part, Lord ELCHO said that in consequence of communi cations made' to him - that morning, he intended to morrow to ask for leave to introduce a bill relative to the better regelation of the medical profession. The furthee consideratiOn of the bill in committee was postponed for a week. FACTORIES BILL. Ou the motion for the second reading of this bill, a large number of petitions were presented from the manu facturing districts in favouvand against this bill. Mr. W. PATTEN moved the second reading of this bill, which proposed to provide for fencing all the gear ing and shafting of machinery in factories. By the present act a .distinction was drawn between shafting and gearing; the law enforcing else fencing of the for mer but not the latter, and hence differences of opinion existed between the proprietor's of factories and the , inspectors as to what featly. should or should not be fenced. It was for the purpose of settling these doubts that he bad introduced this bill, and to put an end to the litigati on t h at resulted from an inf ringement of the provisions of the present act, which were so diffi cult of interpretation. Manufacturers, , this in. stance, were subject to a law it was impossible for them to comply with, which was a great injastice; The hen. gentleman, in the course of his address, elucidafid Lord J. MANNERS seconded the amendment. He believed that the present bill was entirely uncalled for, and that the objects set forth in the preamble could not be carried out. It was unreasonable on the part of those mill-owners, who proposed to do nothing to prevent the number of accidents that so frequently occurred, to ask the house to pass this bill, which would be to throw back the factory legislation, of the house. Entertaining this feeling, he cordially concurred in the amendment of the hon. member opposite. , Me. T. M. GIBSON differed entirely from the hon. member who had just sat down. The effect of the present measure would not throw back factory legislation, but would only fully develops the factory out that had but lately been passed. The law was very indefinite with respect to factory machinery, but lately a decision bad been taken which was consi dered to be definite on the point. By that decision it was imperative for mill-owners in all cases, to apply to all machinery a secure fencing. Now, what did Mr. Horner say on this point ? 'Why, he said to fence in all parts of machinery was impossible —you could not fence the drums of machinery. He gave his cordial support to the bill, and he thought that nothing but 'misrepresentation would prevent its receiv ing the sanction of the house. Sit' G. GREY argued that if it were found that the pre sent law afforded sufficient protection to the operative from danger by machinery, no relaxation of the law should be sanctioned, but there was evidently uncertainty arising out of the uncertainty of the provisions of the Factory Act, for which some remedy ought to be applied. On the other hand, he was of opinion that they should not has tily take away from the operatives any safeguard which they now possessed. The danger referred to did not appear to arise from the shafts of machinery ; but the point at which accidents were most likely to arise was the driving bands, and he was of opinion that band fencing should c one under the 431 sec. of the act which related to machinery. He thought some settle ment of the law was absolutely necessary, and if the hon. member would agree to certain modifications which the Government woud arrange with him, they were willing to support the motion for the second reading of the bill. Lord STANLEY, on the part of his hon. friend who had introduced the bill, begged to say that the modifi. cations which the right hon. hart. who hal just sat down, had mentioned would be adopted. What the sup porters of the measure contended was that there was not sufficient distinction between shafting and other machinery to justify its being placed in aifferent positions in an act of Parliament, and this would be remedied by placing the shafting under the 431 sec._ Mr. HARDY opposed the measure. Inspectors had been appointed to decide as to the fencing of mill gear ing, and he did not think that any advantage would be gained by taking that power out of their hands and giving it to arbitrators. Mr. MUNTZ said this was a very important question. It was clear that the drums and horizontal shafts were quite out of the reach of the law. It was impossible to fence the drums without doing more harm than good. Mr. CHEETHAM then made a few observations to the house, and read an extract from a paper which, he stated, contained an account of the meeting held by the short time committee shortly after Mr. Horner's circular was issued, at which one of the speakers, a practical working man, stated that if drums and shafts situated above seven feet from the ground were en closed, more harm than good would be the result. • Mr. BROTHER,TON defended the bill. Col. W. PATTEN replied. Cal. DUNNE, amidst cries of " Divide," rose, and moved the adjournment sf the debate. Mr. M. CHAMBERS seconded the motion for the adjournment of the debate. The hoes, then divided, when there appeared , — For the anjournment a the debate 9 Against it 193 - Majority The SPEAKER then announced that according to the standing orders the debate must be adjourned, it being beyond a quarter t• six o'clock. NEW WRITS. On the motion of Mr. HAYTER, a new writ wai ordered to be issued for the election of a member for the b-rough of Athlone, in place of the Hon. William Keogh, who has accepted the office of one of the puisne judges in Ireland. A new writ was also issued for Ennis in place of Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald who has accepted the office of Attor ney General for Ireland. The house then adjourned. FRENCTE AND 1111_ITI,S'It FIIU INSURANCE OFFICES. On the subject of the competition of French against British fire insurance offices, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer has announced a bill which he appears to consi rier will prevent French policies from being undertaken here without the payment of the Government duty. The general belief is not merely that the measure will prove futile, but that, short of a reduction, no method can be devised which would be likely to prove effectual. The case st tnds thus :—English insurances ate Halite to a duty of 3e. per cent. In France ;here is no duty. The Parisian office La France has consequently established an agency here, where policies, which at oar offices would be charged 4s. 6.1. per cent. (namely, ls. 61. premium and 3s. duty), may be effected at 2s. 6d. per cent., the French office, even upon these terms, getting ls. per cent. more than the English for its risk, and the assurer, at the same time, saving 2s. To meet this the Chancellor Of the Exchequer proposes to make all agencies effecting insurances in this country liable to tho same duty as the regular British offices. It is contended, however, that the insurance is not effected by the agent, whose func tions are simply tho4e of facilitating the arrargemeots between the insurer and the Paris 'establishment. More over, the exist ence o f an agency. here is not. essential, and nothing can prevent an Englishman writing to France to enter into any contract that may be in con formity with the laws of that country. Of course, in case of a claim being disputed, his remedy would lie only in the French courts, but there is no reason to suppose he would fail to obtain justice there as speedily and - effectually as in our own. Indeed, under the circumstances, a disposition mi g ht pos . sibly grow up to manifest generally a favourable leaning to the foreigner, and, at all events, the offices themsefies heing Judy aware that the continu noce of the business would depend mainly on the honour and liberality with which it was carried on, would be certain to avoid vexatious litigation, while they would also be able to be less rigid than our own, since they would receive 2s. 6d. instead of is. 6d. premium. Under these circumstances, the view is that a reduction of the duty from 3s. to ls. will be the only plan to pre vent this immense and profitable branch of business be ing'grodually transferred from London to Paris. Uo eloubtedly the question as regards its effect on the re .venue itreerious the aggregate annual sum derived by rn IheGeveruent ' from this source being about 1,250,0001. But the immediate loss would probably soon be male up by the increase of policies, and even if this were not the case the fact must ba s recognised, that the matter is one of choice b e t ween keeping any portion of these receipts and sufferin g th em gradualfy to be lost altogether.. In France, it is asserted, seven-eighths of the owners of house property effect insurances, while in England the Thereresul t o i sf thetherefore, duty is gtoookdeerPootmhetor - the revenue tion t tO n r e e t c h o i v r e i r . _propor a o e the the advantageta t of doingpre sent from a reduction, and a p art from °their considerations, aawndayabwoivtehtthhee digmacl el'urwld bi age u raett which point offers to the exercise of th a t kind of a of which in a commercial country s h ou ld be eultil:uated en a c s most essential. [AuvEarisztivir.]—Only to be known to be valued.___ Dt . Roberts's Celebrated ointment, called the " P oor maw ; Friend," is Confidently recommended to the public as an o n _ failing remedy for-;wounds of, every description, a cert a i n t cure of ulcerated sore lege, if of twenty years' standing, cuts, • burns, scalds, bruises, chilblains, scorbutic eruptions, and pimples in the face, sore andinflamed eyes, sore heads, can cerous humours, dm., and is a specific for those afflicting ' eruptions that sometimes fellow trAccination. Sold in pots, at I.s. lid. and 2s. 9d. each.—Also Antistro phulte," confirmed - by more than forty years , eiperienee to be, without exception, one of the best alterative medicines ever compounded, for purifying the blood and assisting nature in all her operations ; hence they are useful in scrofula, scorbutic complaints, glandular swellings, particularly those of the neck, eic: They form a mild and superfor family aperient that raay be taken at all times without confinement or change of, diet. Sold-in boxes, at is. 1(.1., 2s. 9d., 45.,6d., and 220. each.j , --Sold wholesale by the. proprietors, Beach and Barnieott, at their dispensary, Bridport; by the London houses ; retail by- all respectable medicine venders in the United Kingdetta': 'Observe.—No"thedicliii bold under the Above-names cad'possibly be genuine, unless " 'leach and 53 ar nicetf,v 1.0*.`, Pr; Roberts ? . BridPOrt," is engrai , ed and priatedvt.ttle stamp affixed to each box. THE SUN ; LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1856 bo'asts of Menschikoff, instead of provoking a smile as idle braggadocia, would -have proved a stern and tragic reality. Happily for us, Russia, however prepared in hosts and materials, yet lacked that which in strategy is . of equal import ance, viz., the means of easy and rapid locomotion. This defect she now applies herself to repair. The " interlude " forcibly imposed upon her schemes of aggression is to be employed in repairing her bat tered armour ; and the wounds that the swords of England and France had inflicted upon her, are now to be healed by the balm of their gold. We wait with curiosity to learn what measures the French Government will think fit to adopt• against these intended financial operations of Count Orloff. But two or three weeks since, the Moni teur contained a much-commented-on article, in which the capitalists of France were reprimanded for the over-hasty zeal with which, at the approach of peace, they seemed ready to throw themselves into speculations and enterprises of all sorts and countries. With the tone of peremptory authority, the official organ of the French Court cautioned financial men against embarking too readily in foreign enterprises, lest France, in the course of the present year, should feel herself unable to meet her own pecuniary exigencies. Capitalists wer• oven warned by the Moniteur that Government, despite the imminent probability of peace, would decidedly refuse to charter French companies in vesting capital for foreign purposes. The Russian Plenipotentiaries, do not appear, however, to have taken the hint. They openly avow their intention of inviting financial associations in France ; and those organs of the French Press who are devoted to Orleanist or Legitimist interests—and, through them, to the Russian cause—already have put out feelers to sound the public mind ou behalf of 1 the " industrial" schemes of the Czar. These schemes are unquestionably but the dis guised forerunners of deep designs. If anything characterises the present political situation, it is the untiring exertions Russia makes to establish a rapprochement between the Cabinet of the Tulle rise and herself. Russia is in haste to escape from that state of isolation' in which she has found heself during the last three years. She longi for the moment when the coalition of Western and Eastern Europe will be dissolved. She is eager to create powerful alliances of her own. And with the traditional perspecuity peculiar to her, she forthwith selects the field most favourable for her intrigues - . Concealing, for the nonce, the senti merits of revenge that animate her against the French nation, Russia offers the Judas kiss to our Ally, and babbles of friendship and brotherly union to' a people on whom, a moment before, her official scrioos had vented the vials of defamation. not knowing how the property ought to be described, left it entirely to Greaves to put into the policy such a description as should fairly cover all his property. A. policy was accordingly effected, and the description given was that this 1,6701. was the amount insured upon "shafting, stock in trade, goods, fittings, &c." Though the insurance was 1,6701., the property was of a very much greater valne, nearly 3,0001. in all, - hut a considerable portion consisted of anvils, hammers, and other articles, which could not be injured very materially in case of fire. On Saturday, 21st July, Mr. Firth went to Chester, returning to Manchester on the Mon day. During his absence, on the Sunday, a fire had taken place which had consumed the property insured. Mr. Firth immediately gave notice Mr. Greaves, who visited the premises, and then told the plaintiff to make out a statement of his loss, and send it to the office. There was considerable difficulty in complying with this wish, the books, vouchers, and other documents having been destroyed in the fire. Mr. Firth, however, made out the best estimate in his power, in the shape of a rough estimate in a round figure, which he delivered to Mr. Greaves. Mr. Greaves told him he must make oat an estimate in detail, and send it to Sheffield. An account in detail was afterwards made out, by the assistance of the pattern makers in the plaiiitiff'ss employ. The insurance company put that statement of account in the hands of a gentleman named Bran son, an inspector, accustomed to examine into cases of loss after fire, to make the best investigation he could. Mr. Firth saw Mr. Branson, and gave him orally .an explanation, affording him every assistance he could in proceeding with his investigation, and sending to him ' the pattern makers for examination. Mr. Branson made an offer of a sum of money. He disputed the fact that the patterns were included in the policy. Now, the actual loss to Mr. Firth, in patterns alone, by this fire, was very nearly 1,0001. The entire value of the pro perty consumed or injured, after deducting the value of the salvage, about 2001., was nearly 1,8001., of which probably 1,0001. .or thereabout would be the value of the stock in trade, which consisted of pat terns. Some .correspondence followed between Mr. Firth and the company, who referred him to Mr. Branum', in whose hands they said they had left the matter. The plaintiff saw Mr. Branson again, who made him an offer of 700/. He again wrote to the defendants, who intimated in reply that, as the pat terns formed a considerable item in the plaintiff's claim, and as it had been disallo wed bg Mr. Bran- Son, their valuer, they should take proceedings, and wished to be made acquainted with the owe of his so licitor. No satisfactory arrangement being come to, this action was brought. In the first instance the company had put pleas upon the record to the effect that the plaintiff had given them no immediate notice of the fire when it broke out., and that he had given them n m oral evidence to satisfy them with regard to the nature of the loss ; and they disputed their liability to pay one farthing. Puree clays ago, however, they had amended their pleas by paying 1,2001. into court, 'saying that that was suffi cient to satisfy the loss. If the company attempted to assert that patterns were no part of " stook in trade," covered by the description in the policy, he (Mr. Hil) would satisfy the jury by evidence of the largest and must respectable machinists is this country, that pat terns did come within the "designation of stick in trade. At this stage of the proceedings, the Attorney• General (f,r the defendants) stated that though his clients bad a strong impressiten that patterns were not included in the insurance under the general term "stock in trade," and though such patterns had invariably, with their office, been the subject of a separate insurance, they were only desirous of having justice done to themselves as well as to the plaintiff. It was clearly impossible that his lordship or the jery could try this case, inasmuch as he should have to go through a tedious investigation as to the character and value of each portion of each pattern. If his learned friend, therefore, was disposed to meet his proposal, he should be content to refer the question, whether patterns were included in the term stock in trade, to some gentlemen to be mutually agreed upon. Mr. Hill said the suggestion was creditable to the coin. pany, and as his client did not shrink from any investi gation, he had great pleasure in acceding to it. A verdict was, therefore, taken for the plaintiff, subject to a refer enee.—[lt was subsequently agreed to refer the matter to Mr. H. Ashton Crop, of Manchester.] The designs of Russia, in this sudden metamor phosis, are but too palpable. Were her intrigues at Paris to succeed to the full extent of her desires she would secure a threefold advantage. She would set against each other the two greatest maritime nations . of Europe. She would torce the German dynasties to return unconditionally to Al , iscovite protectorate = lest hemmed in by France and Russia, they should be crushed. Last, bat not least, she would play the same game with France, of secret and confidential transactions, in which she failed with England in 1833 ! [a all this the Government of St. Petersburgh acts but according to section 13 of that famous Last Will which ever: seems the undeviating guide of the policy of Mus• covite Monarchs. We have spoken of the sham " industrial " ex ertions Count Orloff is in course of making in, France. We now come to some military facts that have recently occurred in Russia, and are calcu lated. to throw light upon the ulterior plans of our "new friend," the old enemy. of Europe. It is, then, a remarkable circumstance, that almost on the very day on which the treaty of Peace was signed, in the Frond' capital, a new levy of troops was made throughout Russian Poland ! Coupled with the incessant work of for tification and military road-making that continues along the western frontier of Russia, this recent levy goes far to prove that the spirit of encroach ment is not yet defunct, the mania for commercial enterprise not yet so deeply, rooted in Old Mus covy, as the panegyrists of Alexander 11. would fain us believe. Forced as Russia is to sheathe the sword for a while, she throws herself with energy upon the task of repairing her financial and mili tary losses. And she does so on a scale so profuse ' as to rouse the suspicion that it is not reparation for the past, but better preparation for the future that actuates her efforts. At almost the same mo ment the Russian Government accepted the pro positions of Count Esterhazy, it issued ten new series of paper money, each of three million silver roubles ; and also renewed eight series formerly drawn—thus creating a fresh capital of fifty-four million roubles ! Almo,t on the very day when the Plenipotentiaries met at Paris, it became pub licly known that the creation of twelve new regi ments of (cavalry had been decreed by Russia among the Baskirs and Khirgiz of Orenburg ! Now, when the treaty of Paris is signed, a fresh levy is made throughout Poland ! By this rule of coincidenCe, what are we to expect three weeks hence, when tho ratifications are to be exchanged Meanwhile we caution the country not to be de ceived by the ." industrial" and " commercial" blandishments of Russia. Let the people always recollect ho iv suddenly this recent war came upon us ; and let them well ponder on the words attri buted to the first Napoleon—" To speak of Russia is to speak of perfidy." Spirit of the Public Journals. (Front the Morning Herald of this day.) In reply to an inquiry made by Lord Malmes bury, on Tuesday night as to the period when it was probable that the Foreign Minister might be present in his place in Parliament to answer in person to the heavy charges outstanding against him in reference to the betrayal of Kars, it was stated by Lord Lansdowne that he could not tell when the Foreign Minister might be expected to appear, "as though the treaty had been signed, there were certain arrangements in connection with that treaty which must necessarily be completed before the noble earl could return to his duties hero." We believe that a fair translation of the noble marquis's answer would simply amount to this— that although the treaty has been signed, not one single article of importance has as yet been defini tively arranged. In fact, that the much-vaunted signature of the treaty of peace simply amounts to a prolongation of the armistice in the interests of Russia. 'We shall take the great items seriatim. No human being can venture to assert that any thing has as yet been done with reference to the Asiatic frontier. Kars is, then, to remain in the hands of the Russians for an indefinite period, to say the least of it, and we know - how Russia uses her time. With regard to Circassia, it is not even pre tended that any available guarantee has been exacted from the Czar with regard to the future in dependence of that country, or its security from in vasion. On the other hand, the partisans of Russia in the Western Cabinets have taken good care that no attachment or respect should exist towards England or France in the minds of the tribes, whereby any obstacle of a moral or a physical na ture might be raised against the future machina tions of Russia. Our own Correspondent from Anapa proved the other day that the course adopted towards the independent tribes—forte it observed they are not subjects of the Porte—was one of practical alienation from the West ; Sefer Bey was not supplied with arms and ammunition ; he was left to do his best With two old gun; and an offer made on his part to support and provision 40,000 men as long as they were employed either in the Caucasus or the Crimea, was, if not peremptorily refused ; at least treated - with such contempt as never to arrive at any practical conclusion. Upon this we wish' to reniark, 'that such a summer force transported during the from Anapa to Kertch, and supported by a French or English division, would, of necessity, have forced the Russians to give up the, line of , the Mackenzie heights ; a matter of some little 'importance before and even after the Bth of September. The delusion with regard to Nicolaieff—whereby that great arsenal is to be transformed into a mere dock for building merchantmen—hardly requires a comment. No men know so well as Englishmen how easily vessels may be built for apparently' mercantile purposes, to be changed, as occasion may render it necessary, into such war steamers as the Vladimir, which, our .readers will remem b er , navigated' the Back Sea in 1854 without making any account' of the monstrous British fleet in those Waters. We come next to the proposed Bessarabian frontier, and the transport dodge (there is no other word so expressive of the fact) by which the ultimate settlement of hat important point en tered for an indefinite period into the limbo of open questions. Surely no man in his senses can believe that the two astute and wary diplomatists, Buol and the Russian Plenieotentiary, could meet without laughing in each other's faces at the recollection of the now evanescent chain of mountains, which they laid down with the stroke of a pen,, from Chotyni to Lake Sasik. It is not to be supposed,. although an Ent lish Minister, might try to make us imagine that Schamyl was much to blame for neglecting to send, through an impassible country, from his moun tains on the Caspian, SGO miles from the shores of the Black. Sea, for the arms and ammunition which we said we were willing to furnish to him, although we refused them to the Circassians, who could re ceive them because they werenn its coast—we say, that though an English Minister might be so igno rant of geography as to make such a statement, neither Austrian nor Russian diplomatists are so dull as not to be perfectly aware that their so-called range of mountains on the Bessarabian frontier— raised for a special purpose —was nothing but a swamp. The object of this strange diplomatic change in the physical geography of Bessarabia is now easily fathomed. It was simply to allow Count Orloff to rise at the Conferences and point out, that as the supposed conditions were in direct antagonism to facts, it would be necessary to hold over the ulti mate arrangement of the frontier until a joint com mission, with all its paraphernalia of maps, sur veys; protocols, and statements, sho u ld fi na lly de cide what really were the circumstances of the couiatry ; and thgt by these means : the question might be kept in abeyance, "it may be for years, and it-may be for ever ;" but at all events as long as Russia wished it to remain undecided. Mest.of these matters have been argued before, but there remains a point referring more directly to the interests of Western Europe, about which ominous discussions and differences have already arisen. It will be remembered that by means of one of those extraordinary leakaqes (which Lord Malmes bury has assured us, on rho authority of Sancho Panza, sometimes occur at the top as well as at the bottom of the cask) it is now generally known that Count Cavour was most anxious to bring the state of affairs in Italy, more especially its occupation by foreign troops, under the notice of the Con ference : that Count Buol objected to the Sar dinian Minister speaking in the name of Italy, to which it was retorted that the Piedmoutese Mi nister had as much right to speak in the name of Italy as the Austrian Envoy to assume the position of representative of Germany. The discussion, however, ended, as has been re ported, by a statement on the part of Count Buol " that the Conference could scarcely be expected to enter upon a discussion with reference to the occu pation of Italy by foreigners, when it was itself on the point of authorising and ordering the occupa tion of Turkey by the troops of the Western Powers, perhaps of the Sardinians themselves:" We have recalled the circumstances of this rather remarkable breach in the unanimity of the assem bled diplomatists, in order to point out how little their labours have as yet conduced to the secutity of a permanent and durable peace. Singularly enough the commentary upon this transaction is furnished by the correspondent of the Times at Turin, who of emirs* was ignorant, when he wrote, of what had taken place at Paris. That commentary is contained in a report on the state of public feeling in Turin and Genoa at the present moment,- with respect to the peace, wherein he re marks that the Sardinian nation was only induced to take part in the Eastern war upon the implied promise held out to their statesmen, on the faith of both England and France, of some vast advantage to be derived to the consolidation of Italian na tionality, with the aid of the great powers, on the conclusion of the war. Such being the case, it is now represented that, on the return of Count Cavour to Turin, a baffled Minister, and obliged to acknowledge that he has not been able to realise those advantages by the promise of which he had obtained the assent of his ,countrymen to a distant'and expensive expedition, it will be impossible for him to carry out any longer the system of policy under ,which Piedment has so largely advanced within the last few years. So far the correspondent of the Times. Upon this we have 'merely to remark that the cessation or failure of the Cavour policy is tanta mount to the rise of the revolutionary party, and the throwing of the now prosperous kingdom of Sardinia, in a great ineasur6, into the hands of Mazzini,. which we need hardly remark is tanta mount to transferring Italy to Russia. Thisis done by English statesmen. (From the Morning Advertiser.) A few weeks ago, a high financial authority in Paris was reported to have made use of the remark able expression, that the peace which is about to be concluded can only be considered as " an inter lude intended for the negotiation - ef loans." It is not a little curious that this dictuin should have so soon re c e ived a species of confirmation. Scarc e ly, indeed, have the last echoes died - away of the guns that announced the signature of peace, when we already hear of the efforts Count Orloff is makin e ‘ , at' Paris to bring about " numerous and powerful associations of French capitalists, with a view of creating vast enterprises, destined to establish a community of , interests .between Russia and France !" The enterprises alluded to, we are informed, will Principally b ea r upon the construction of railways and canals in Rimilaterritory. During the "late war," the greatest iMpediment the Czar has had to contend with, has evidently been the difficulty of cornmnnie,ation between the many provinces of his unwieldy empire. Through the want of railroads the - troops marching from Poland and the Baltic coast, and. everarom the farthest Siberian stations on the Altai, to the rescue of the points menaced, -!could 'only be brought to their destination by diffi cult,' harassing, and ruinous journeys. Had a propeerailway communication existed from Central Russia to the southern &minions but few,, we fan* :o;f the Allied invilders would have escaped' from the shores of the Tauric Chersouese, The ASSIZE lATELLIGENCB. SOUTH LANCASHIRE.—LIVERPOOL, Aram 1. • . (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) MURDER OF A SEAMAN BY STRANGULATION AT LIVERPOOL. Philip Wall, 25, and William, Carr, 28, both seamen, were charged with the wilful murder of a sailor named James House, at Liverpool, on the morning of the 20th February last. The facts of the case, as given by wit nesses for the prosecution, were as follows :—The deceased was a seaman, about 44 years of age, and in February last he lodged with .a man named John in Nelson-street, Liverpool. Ile left his lodgings at eleven o'clock on the night of the -19th February, and be had then in his possession three half-crowns ' two shillings, and some copper. He went to the house of Mr. Thorn a licensed publi can , i n D enn i son - s t ree t, where he had three glasses of port wine and half a glass of bracdy. Ile left the house about ten minutes past twelve o'clock, in company with a girl named Jane Burst, with they intention of going home with her. At the corner of Chadwick -street the deceased left the woman, and turned back. A short time afterwards a police-officer, named Newsham, saw the prisoners and the deceased in company on Chisenhale Br idge. He asked them where they were going, and the deceased replied, " It's none of your business." One of the prisoners said, "It's all right, we'll take him away." About this time, a woman named Brennan, living in Chisenhale street, saw the pt isonere passivg her house. She knew Carr, and spoke hien. Whilst she was speaking, she saw the deceased lying on some steps. A man came up and raised him, but they both fell down again. She went up and told the deceased to go home, or the police would take him. He replied that if they did be had money. The prisoners came up .and took hold of., him, one by each arm, and, calling, him "shipmate," led him away. They went to wards Baggins Entry. They went into Clement-street, and a constable saw them enter a bad house in No. 5, .Court in that street. They remained there about ten minutes, and then left. Abeut half-past 4 o'clock in the morning, a carter named James Bryan, on going to the stable where he kept his horses, in Baggin Entry, discovered the body of the deceased, lying in the entry, about five yards beyond thextable. The deceased then had on striped blue trousers, a shirt with a stripe dovin the front, a pair of stockings, and a singlet. There was a muffler, which bad been seen in the posses sion of Carr on the previous day, tied twice .round his neck, and fastened with a hard double knot under the right ear. No. money was found upon hiss. His face was black and swollen.—Dr. Sayer, a surgeon at the North Dispensary, who made a post-mortem examina tion of the body of the decf axed, gave it as his opinion, that death had beeli caused by strangulation. He was cross exemined by Mr. Tindal Atkinson, with the view of showing that death bad resulted from apoplexy, but his replies were inaudible to - the reporters. On the day 'after the murder, the'priSoners were found pawhing the cost and - vest of the deceased, and when they were ap proheeded, Wall was wearing the boots, and Carr the muffler, which had been taken from the person of the deceased. For the defence of the prisoners it was urged, that the evidence, such as.it -waete was , entirely circumstantial, and that th - ere was no sufficient motive sho wn for the Committal of the crime of murder ; and in conclusion it was sugge=ted, either that the deceased had met with his death by his own band, or.that it had been caused by an attack of apoplexy, brought on by excsSsive drinking. Ills lordship summed up the evidence, and at a quarter to six o'clock, the jury retired to consider their verdict. The jury found both Wall and Carr guilty, and both prisoners were sentenced to - death. Nisi FETUS COURT. (Before Mr. Justice WilleF,) FIRTH V. THE NORTH OF ENGLAND FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Mr. HenryFirttetAlurn•street, Manchester, machinist, was the plaintiff, and the North of England Fire and Life Insurance Company were the defendants ; and the declaration stated that the plaintiff effected a policy of insurance against fire, to the aenount of 1,6701. on shafting, stock in trade, office furniture, &c. in la building in Alum-street, Manchester, belonging to the plaintiff. The defend an t s bad paid 1,2001. into court.— Mr. Hill, Q.C. in stating the plaintiff's case, said; in the year 1855, the plaintiff, who carried on an extensive business as a machinist, was desirous of effecting a policy of insurance again s t fire upon property which he pos sess dat Manchester. He entered into communication with Mr. Greaves, of Manchester, agent for the North 't f England . Fire and Life Insurance Company, whose head j office is is Sheffield. The plaintiff gays Mr. Greaves 1 full details with respect to all the property he possessed in the building; explaining_to him that his stock in-trade carnprieed a 'valuable number'of patterns ; patterns being iii essential - part of the stock - in trade, and necessary, in fact, to every machinist carrying on business, Firth POLICE INTELLIGENCE-April 2. MANSIO N-HOUSE.—George Frederick Lillicrap, why had been remanded but admitted to bail on a for mer oeca,iion, upon the charge of having removed, con cealed, and embezzled part of his estate and eff•lcts after he had been adjudged a bankrupt, in the month of April lust, with the intention of defrauding his creditors, was further examined.• Mr. Parry appeared on the part of the assignees to conduct the prosecution ; Mr. Hunsphreys attended on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. J. Wright, a clerk in Mr. Commissioner Goal burn's office, Court of Bankruptcy, produced the whole of the proceedings against the prisoner in bankruptcy. Edward Pimm, a grocer's assistant, of No. 5, Clifton street, Finsbury, said— I was in the service of the pri soner, who formerly carried on the business of a grocer at No. 20, Bishopsgate-street-without. I was in his ser• vice till he was a bankrupt.. A meeting of his creditera was called about a fortnight before he was a bankrupt. There was a second meeting of creditors, perhaps a week afterwards, and between the two meetings I assisted in removing some furniture and six bags of coffee to the house of a friend of mine in Princess street, Soitalfiells. The value of the coffee was between 101. and 2Q1., and that of the other article, between Si. and 101. I remember the messenger from the• Court of Bankruptcy coming to take possession, and I recollect assisting in pulling a bag of pepper and other articles through the trapdoor. I also assisted in putting a box of raisins in the coal cellar, where it was covered over with coals. By the prisoner's directions I went round to eome of the cos tomees after the bankruptcy and received between 101. and 201. from them, which I handed to him. The pri soner gave me 71. finetaking.care of the furniture, put• Ling away some spices and covering the raisins. F. Long, a private in the 4th Dragoons, who was for. merly assistant to the prisoner, corroborated the testi mony of the last witness, and added that the prisoner had promised him 51. when the affair was settled if he would not eay anything about it. The witness after wards received 2/. from the prisoner. W. T. Stallibraes, cellarman, of 25, Brunswick : , street, Hackney-fowl, proved that lie also assisted in removing some of the stock in trade from theprisoner's horse after the bankruptcy. The pris nee was again remanded, but admitted to bail himself in 2001., and two sureties of 1001. each. Miss Jane Field, a young lady of prepossessing ap pearance, and who is highly respectably connected, was brought before the Lord Mayor under the following die treesing circumstances : James Dell, a Thames police-officer, having been sworn, said—About 10 o'clock on Sunday morning, the 27th of January, I was in a galley near London-bridge, when I heard something fall, apparently from the para pet. I almost immediately heard a call for a boat from :he bridge. I went to the 'second abutment from the Surrey side, and saw the prisoner lying on the abut merit, apparently lifekess. I immediately procured as sietancee.and placed a rope round her body and lowered her into my boat. I the❑ took her to St. Thomas's Hoe rital, of which she has been an inmate till this morning. She had thrown herself off the kridge, and was most seriously hurt. The prisoner, who appeared to be suffering very great mental as well as bodily pain, and who supported her self by the aid of crutches, expressed much contrition for the offence she bad committed, which she promised not to repeat. She was then given in charge of her friends, who seemed overwhelmed with grief. The cause of the rash act did not transpire. Patrick, Gillilh,an was charged, on his own confession, with being a deserter, eight years ago, from the 77th Regiment of Foot, then stationel at St. John's, Canada. The prisoner was remanded, in order that the autho rities at the Horse Guards might be communicated with. BOW-STREET.—.Lieut. Charles Ackerley, R.N., a gentleman whose eccentricities have on several occasions brought his name before the public, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, on a charge of creating ► dis turbance at the United Service Institution in Whitehal, and assaulting the secretary, Mr. Tonna ; and an Ame rican Indian, named Peter Beequet, who appears to be an attendant on the Lieutenant, was charged with at tempting to rescue him from custody. Mr. Tonna informed the magistrate that a meeting of the members of the institution had been held that morn ing for the purpose of considering a resolution for the expulsion of Lieut. Ackerley. Of the 83 votes which were received 82 were for the resolution, and the gentle man who gave the solitary vote in his favour afterwards explained that he did so by mistake. After the result was declared, Mr. Ackerley, who was standing at the back of the lecture chair, rushed down the hall to the place where he (Mr. Tonna) had been sitting, and seized upon some of his papers. Several memberd who were near him attempted to prevent him from doing so, and witness seized one of the papers and took it from him. Upon this defendant struck witness violently in the side with his elbow. Witness, assisted by some of the went hers, then seized the defendant., lifted him up, and car ried him out of the hall. Tbey set him down in the lobby, hoping he would then go away, but he insisted on re turning to the theatre, and became so violent that it was f .rand necessary to have him removed by the police and tie porters. Having been thus expelled at the side door, Mr. Ackerley went round to the front entrance and was mounting the steps when witness went to the door and closed it. As he was doing so, however, he received, through the door, a blow from the Lieutenant's walking stick. The stick, which was a light bamnoo cat); he believed, was, caught by the cl'sing door, and broken to pieces. , . Policeman Mine, 513 A, who was on duty at the en trance, corroborated the latter: part of Mr. Tonca's evi dence. " The captain" used very bad language, and threatened " knock Mr.- Tonna's head off." After the door was closed, as described by Mr. Tonna, defend , Ant still wanted to force his way back, and witness was I obliged to take hi m in charge. " The captain" then called to his man to assist him, asserting that he was a constable, .and directing. him 'to take witness in charge. Besquet, who appeared fully to believe that he was a constable, and that be was justified in doing . whatever Mr. Akckerley told bim, seized witness by throat and tried to pull him away. He ,then caught hold of de fendant, and after a struggle succeeded in releasing him from witness's band, He (witness), however, immedi ately seized Mr. Ackerley again, and, with the aid of the porters, removed him aid, his man. to the station, home. Several otberl witnesses corroborated the evidence.. 4 Mr. AckerfeY, who had cross-examined each of. the wit s . fleas... 6 at great:length, but to very little purposevcom meneed his defence by handing in a - docuinent, which he - asserted would pr ne that be was himself a magistrate. He then entered into an exceedingly prolix and unin telligible statement of the relation between himself and the other defendant, who he said was formerly a c-m -stable in Canada, and had since succeeded him (Mr. Ackerley) in some-office in that country. Pie had been maintaining this man for some five years and a half, in order to enable him to establish some claim against the Government; and he earnestly-hoped that, if his worship should be of opinion that any wrong had been done, he would not visit with any punishment this poor Indian, who could neither read nor write—could hardly speak English,—but would let the whole responsibility rest on him, who had called the poor fellow to his assistance. He then proceeded to give a very detailed account of the transaction, explaining that in attempting to seize the papers he only wanted to get , a copy of the charge on which ho had been expelled. ' He did not wilfully strike Mr. Tonna, either in 'the theatre or at the door. In fact, he did not see him. He was very shortsighted, and when he thrust his stick in at the door to keep it open he did not perceive that there was any one there. He contended that being a life member he could not be expelled, and on that ground justified all he had done within the building as being done in defence of his rights, but admitted that he had clone wrong outside, especially "in .using expressions which no prudent man would permit himself to employ." • . _ - The other defendant declared in broken English that he was a constable, and . his master a judge, for which reason they must hang together. What his master did he would do, and if his mast* went to prison for it he was content to go to prison too. Mr. Jardi.:e ;aid the notion, that the members could not expel Lieutenant Ackerley because he was a life member, was ao absurd that he wondered a gentleman who had lived so long in the world should entertain it. Hid conduct was wholly unjustifiable. He must pay a fine of 51., and find two sureties of 1001. each to keep the peace ; Bosquet milt pay 1/. Lieutenant Ackerley paid both fines, and was liberated on his promise to bring forward two friends as bail on the following (this) day. Sporting Intelligence. DONCASTER SPRING MEETING.—TuEnDAY. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS OF TUE LAST TWO RAGES. The She ffie!d and Rotherham Plate. Red House Inn. Mr. Bowes's Grxeulus Eiuriens, by Epirus, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (E. flarri,on) 1 Mr. Wilson's, Plausible, 4 yrs, 7,1 (Snowden) 2 Mr. W. Wood's Pera, 3 yrs., 64 .(Shakespeare) 3 _ . , The following also ran :--Corin, Lady of the Lodge, Vanes,a, Victory, Eustace Fitzjohn, Bright, Double Mixture. ]Jetting-9 to . 4 agst Grlccultri Esuriens, 7to 2 agst Dube Mixture, 5 to 1 agit Grin, and 10 to 1 agst any other. - Won by two lengths ; same distance between the second and third. Baclsworth Hunt Cap. To.o miles. Mr. Thomas Smith's Venture, 4 Tv, Ost 1.011) (includ- in g 31b extra) (Wells) 1 Mr. M. Sunley's Life Preserver, yrs, list 41b (Mr. C. Ledger) 2 Mr. Gray's Hope, 4 yrs, lOst 31b (inciudir , g 3ib extra) (Moat) 3 Mr. Harrison's g by Sleight-of-Eland or The Castor, and Sir Richard, also ran. Betting-7 to 4on Venture. Won by a neck ; a lergth between the second and third. The principal movements in the Subscription Room at night were with reference to Canobie for the Metropol;- tan and Bird-inland for the Two Thousand. 5 to 2 wit") taken freely about the former for the Metropolitan, and 800 to 100 and 900 to 100 were betted against the lat ter for "The Guineas." WEDNESDAY. The Scurry Stakes (handicap) of 3 sovs each, with 20 aided ; winners 7lb extra ; the second to save his stake. - Red house in. 7 sub , . Mr. Tennison's Ariel, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (Foraarn) 1 Mr. E. Day's Weathercock, 5 yrs, 84 71b • (Well,) 2 Mr. E. R. Clarke's Plausible, 4 yrs, Bst (T. Cliff) 3 Canute and Mr. J. Osborne's f by Chanticleer also ran. Betting-6 to son Ariel, 4to 1 agst Plausible, 6to 1 agst Hopeful filly, 10 to 1 agst Weathercock. Won cleverly by a length, a head only between the second and third ; same distance between the third and fourth, the Hopeful filly close up. The Doncaster Handicap Stakes of 10 soya each, 5 ft, and only 3 if declared, &c,, with 100 added ; certain penalties for winners ; the Second to save his stake. St. Leger Course. 60 subs, 16 of whom pay 3 Boys each. Mr. Morris's Cos‘ey, 4 yrs, 6st 41b (Mundy) 1 Lord Derby's Bracken, 5 yrs, Est 71b (Cresswell) 2 Mr. Morris's Gamekeeper, 5 yrs, fist nib...Minton) 3 The following also ran :--Saraband, Mary, Green castle, Squire Watt, Bobby Taft, The Prince of Orange, The Caledonian, and Cardsharper. Betting-9 to 4 agst Squire Watt, 7to 2 agst Sara. band, G to 1 agst Bracken, 7to 1 agst Mary, 15 to 1 agst Gamekeeper, 20 to 1 each agst Cossey, Bobby Taft, and Cardsharper. A. fide nice from the distance with the first two was won by a head ; a length and a Ealf between the second and third ; Bobby Taft was a bad fourth ; Squire Watt was beaten at the Red House. The Juvenile Selling Stakes of 5 sore each, with 40 added, for two-yr-olds ; colts, 9st ; fillies and geld ings, Bst 10th ; the winner to be sold f ,, r 100 ROTS ; allowances if entered to be sold for less, ice. Half a mile. 4 subs. Mr. Montagu's Adamns, 7st (40/ ) (Cresswell) Mr. Morris's Sebastopol, 7st (401.) (Mundy) 2 Mr. Osborne's f by Chanticleer, 6it 10ib 000 (Bearpark) 3 Bitting-5 to 4 agst AdamnA, 2to 1 each agst Sebas topol and Hopeful filly. Won ea , ily by a length and a half ; bad third. The wiutivr was sold fur 145 guineas. The innkeepers' Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 25 added, for 3-yr-olds-and upwards ; optional selling weights, c. One mile.- 4 subs. Mr. J. Osborne's f by Bir2.catcher, 3 yrs, Gst 41b (301 ) (Ducker) 1 Mr. W. King's Victory, aged, Bst 1 llb (30/ (M`Lcaa) 2 Mr. C. Iteynard's Turpitude, 3 yrs, 6,t Blb (601.) (Fordham) 3 Betting--6 to 4on Inheritress filly, sto 2 li Victory. Won by two lengths ; Turpitude beaten of. The winner was bought in for 40 guineas. The Betting-room Stakes of 5 Roes each, with 50 added ; for 2 and 3 yr-olds. Red House in. 15 subs. Mr. Tennison's Ariel, 3 yrs, withdrew his stake, and Mr. J. o.borne's Saunterer, 2 yrs, 7st lln (inciudii , g 31b extra). BETTING ON THE COITR.SE. CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Fisherman 7 to 1 agst St. H übert 10 to 1 ag , t Hospitality (12 to I taken freely) GREAT METROPOLITAN. 2to 1 agst Canobie (taken) 10 to 1 azst Middleton (taken) CHESTER CUP. 15 to 1 agst Yorkshire Grey (taken) 20 to 1 avit lio.pitality (taken) EXTRAORDINARY ELOPEMENT.—The Worcester NT.- aide describes at length a flight of incipient Mormons, which took place last week. "On the previous Sunday morning Mr. Hodgetts had made one of his usual voyages to the coal country, and on his ratarn on the following Saturday was distracted on finding that his wife bad left him, and induced all her children to accnn pany her. Not only bad she left him, but she had taken away a great deal of ready cash, which she had collected from the customers, had drawn 3141. by cheque out of the bank on the previous day, and bad earried off every. thing portable, even the bed linen from the house. The poor man's agony and distraction of mind can scarcely be imagined ; he implored the aid of the police in re covering wife and children ; And on the same night Su perintendent Chipp started, with him in pursuit. They proceeded at once to Liverpool, procured the assistance of the police in that town, and, after several hours spent in making inquiries, learned that the Enoch Trail had started out of port two hours before with four hun dred Mormons on hoard, and it was supposed that Mrs. Hodgetts and family were • the number. With some difficulty a bargain was struck with the captain Of , a steam-tug, the Great 'Conquest, which shortly afterwards i.t•rted in pursuit of.-the fugitives. Nothing was seen of the Enoch Trail until the Conquest had crossed the , bar at the mouth of the Mersey, when her captain made out the vessel with his glass, and screwed down his safety valves. For two' or three hours the chase cot.- tinned, when the Enoch Trail slackened speed, and the Conquest was allowed to come alongside. As soon as the errand of the pursuers became known, the greatest excitement pervaded the passengers ; but after a great , deal of wrangling and abuse, _which,, lasted an hour and a half, Mr. Hedgetts was allowed to take away his wife and three of his children. The two eldest girls, aged respectively 16 and 18, obstinately refused to go back. Mr. Hodgetts is now once more safely housed with his wife who, we believe, positively declares that she will go back to the Salt Lake at some time or other. She has brought back with her the greater portion of the money, but not the whole." tAnsnertisssissr.] Stour AND HEARING. SPECTACLES, POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA,II.I,CE AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES, —llessrs. S. and B. Solomons, 'opticians. 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. Observe opposite the York Rotel. By firer Majesty's Ro! al Letters. Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Raceemirse, Opera, and Per. spective Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed through them—of great importance to the army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye piece, aili show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same tmeszope can be seen a person's counterience thiee miles and a half distant andanob jectfroml6 !o 20 mil es . Th ey are o f l ar ger anda sizes, wi th inc reas i ng powers accordingly ; while their vary ing from 4 to Ge 6i o n i c g h i e s s n enable us to discover more than the above, andthe his n e 6 w s l a y t fi l n li v t o e u s t , e f4 d, c*— ve The small, po werful 1851 powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 1 miles' distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course,; and at the opera house, country seenery i • and ships are Clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, Aeer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen •gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful power. Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, aod s very aged persons are enabled to employ their eight at the most minute occu pation can see with - these leuse's of a much less magnify big power—and, they do note require the frequent changeo to the dangerous effects of further . Rowerful assistance. Deafness—New Dieceireiy.-- r Tfie• 'Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful,'small, newly invented instrument for deafness, entirely dlfferent frohi all others, to surpassi any thing of the kiid that has been i or probably ever pan bey produced. duced Being of - tte same colour as the skin is not per. t ep tiblo ; it enables . 4eitf Reysifia to hear ; distinctly at•chlircl) and at public assemblies ; the Aplealiane sensation - Of Singing noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords an th e assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle. street, Piccadilly. Observe--opposite the Yorls Country blartets. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—Aritn, 1. There were in the market to-day 14 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 280 lbs imperial, which sold at 435. ed. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET APRIL 1. Supplies of all kinds these last six, days again large. Oat straw, from 8s Od to 10s Od per keniple of 16 stones tron; wheat do., Ss Od to 103 Od; barley do., 71 04 to 64. Od. Hay from 10d to 15d. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—M.titell Si. • Oatmeal, per Rack of MiOlbs Find. 1 Second. ! Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto -3 Od s 04 --s Od Flour, per ditto —s ea --n Od Od Pot-barley, per ditto HULL--ArniL 1. To-day.our farmers brought a moderate supply of Eng lish wheat, which met free sale at fully the curront rates . of last Tuesday. Foreign firm, and unaltered in value, with more inquiries. Spring corn generally in steady con sumptive demand. Linseed without change ; stocks of ' Cake a good deal reduced, and fair sale. Boxes rather quiet. Rape cakes in fair demand. 8 8 I 9. . 8 Wheat, English, red 67 to 70 1 1:Peas, grey and black —to , Ditto whito 72 to 74 Linseed, Black Sea... 60 to 65 Dautzic and Konigs- Ditto Petersburgh ... 58 to 60 berg 7O to Ifs Ditto Riga and Arch- Pomeranianand Ham- 1 angel burgh Danish, Holstein, and Memel 54 to 56 Friesland 63 to 68 Tar Tot. Russian and Odessa 60 to 64,Lins. c., Hull 10s to lit 7frid Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 26 to 30iRape cakes —s Od to 130 s Od Barley, malting Ditto grinding 36 to 381 Ditto foreign Beans 38 to 40I t Bones l3oe Od to 140 s Od 1 Ditto foreign 1 Peas, white and ye. 40 to 441Rys Meal ' DUBLIN—Aram We had a slow market to-day, but the curienoies of Friday were firmly maintained for all descriptions of grailt and Indian corn. Whit; wheat, 3S, Od to 42s ; red ditto, 35s Od to 39 0 barley, lie Od to 19s Od ; oats, •113 Od to 14s ca ; rapeseod, —s Od to —s Od per brl ; oatmeal, 14s Od t. 15s 6d ; bakers' flour, 21s Od to 273 Cd per old ; ludiau corn, 30s 01 to 33i - O per 480 lbs. - COAL MARK} Prisms of Coal per ton et T.—ArEir, 2. ;he glofle , of the market' e. d. Byass's West Hartley l7 6 Longridge's Wst Hartley 17 6 'Canfield Moor Butes 14 0 West Felton l4 6 Eden Main 16 3 Wslluend, Lambton l7 0 Russell's Hetton 16 6 south Hetton 17 1 itewart's 17 6 Caradoc .. _l6 .6 Hartlepool l7 3 Nees l7 6 Wsllsend, kc ~15 6 Belmont .15 t rrimdon Hartlepool .....17 3 Frainwellgato .. Haswell .15 Whitworth - l6 0 .17 ¶ Derwentwater Illtrtley 17 6 Fletton .17 CI Wayne's Merthyr 29 3, Hetton Lyons Main ....15 61 ships at market... 34 I Sold ITRABURNB MAILS. . C. (11 dignifies that the mails are sent from the General Poet °Woo :y the night—and X by the morning—despatch.) P - 3 V wh'snala 4 te al From whit' Wo' 00rNTRI.E2. in General ost, Port du e ; li, :: .- OtTice, London.. Dtspatche I. Ear aa(l. Arnertca(byletrit.pack)N,Every Friday .... Liverpool ... April 1 mericr. (by United Sts. imerlca (by U. States packet) ..........N packet) ..........N ss .. •• • - Southampton - - , &Intranet (via South- ampton) .......... hi) •-•••- • • • • Southampton • Ditto (via Marseilles) N 1 **" '"'" • - • • • Dover .. - ' . Ditto (via Cape of (coecl, ..N , 23d of the month .. Pl ymou th .. 1 -•, • ' 24, &30 of In.tDover .... k Bop.) ....•• - •• .•NI •••••• ...I/nada/II 4 4: f ic ri x c an a (Z i e s s . t .. C . o . a . s . t . ) .. N R. 9, Alexandria..........M 4th Pk 20th of mon.is out h anipt „, . fl a h amas ...........M 17th of the mentids out h imp t m t Belgium —.........N DailY•• • • • • • • • • • •IDover ......'Dan. - Brazil ............ -Al 9th of the month -ISou thamptol• April 16. . Buenos Ayres ........M ,6tll of the month., Southamp ton*April 16 , Cape of Good Hope .. N j . Various port lUncertaltst Cape of Good Hope .. NI Ceylon'2.ared (see eVer l d n e di . ;) .. ..N ' 9th of the month South am pt on 1 Ceylon .............. IC __a Chanuel Isles - ......N Mon ..Wed.,&Fri?. illoutharripton fTtt.Th:sa. Chili .................M 2d & 17th of month iSouthampto Chi na Once a month.... 'April 4 Constantinople ......,N 11,13,111,23,1t28 of n Dover .... . . ~ Censtantinopte 4th & 20th of man . 'S outhampto n I ` wlCont. of Europe M . & N l Twice daily ...... 'D over .......T cede,/ Egypt (see India) I France ........ 31 ft N Twice deilY • • •••• Dover .... ,Twicedant Gibraltar ..........ht 4, 7,17, 2 0, 27, , 1i0 Southampton' tGreoco (see India) 1 Greytown ........ -IA 2 nd & 17th of mon, Snathampto t , fismiairgh ~„ .. ~,, ~, „N Tuesday & Fri:Nyiundon ..... ...• flavannah .......... si 2nd of the mn»tl , lsouthatapto, April 1 Holland ...........,. M Daily ............ I IDover ..... Lail. y 4th -t, 20th of mon.Plymouth .. 4 & 99 it iiondurm .......... m 17t ~ c ?the month , Southampto, 16thottne India (viaSouthampt.) 9th& 2lSth of monthl Dover .... .. i M 17,A 27 of moo :Dover."... , Ireland ........M & N ['vita (via Marseille.s)M .Twice daily ......ill o l ; head ,Twitte44lo lonian TecS (sea India} 7, Lisbon .......... „„ „yt .7, 9. 17, &27 of m.:Southampton April 6 • , Madeira ............ At .9:11 of the monthlSouthamptoa • ' Sfadeira -„„ „„ ~. ___ N 23•1 0 4 , month •• • • )Liverpool ...1 .• • ' Malta (see India) Malta IS B.IS, &28 of mon. Dover .. —4, 20 silo. , I ............ Mauritius (see India) :::::::. :1 5 11 t 4 h t i n 5 o th f s th m e ho m rni on o i zi l, , Dover ...... I : Kmiec, ........... m,2ml of the irr)ritt.. ' i}ciathatript.-s, April 1 l' M Na a p u l ri es tlu . s , ... New tlranada .• -_ro V & 17th of morat:'Bouthampto- i New Zealand jiy private slip ..IVarious port Uncertain Papal States ........N Ihthlsth2l% th 6 fmon•lDover .... .1 Peninsula .......... M 7 thl7 th 2 7thotinon.'Southampton Peru .............. m Id & 27th of mon.:Southamptonl - . .. Bolt Natal ..........N By private ship.... Various ports Ijocartate :Alcily ........, ..., , .I.7,sthlStb2sthofmoo, ! Dever ...... 4 Tuscany ............N rsthlisth 15 tholinon. Dover ...... creneyue i, ..........m Id ic 17th of month Southampton 1 &111 AU van Dlemen'aL.nd (se , I Australia) .. _ ~, _ - West fndtes .. .. v 'VI& 17th 0 , mon,VA l Soothamotan'l & Is WO 15onthampten &I 6 wog Bell . 120 17th o! monr., Whenany of these gates fall On a Sunday, the malts *tit I " I : spatehed on the following day. with the exception of the In :to (/ '; ...',onthrunpton), and the Malta. b o th o f w hi c h will be ileapatc%:•e t preceding day. BHARE MARIETB. LIVERPOOL, Arsir, 2. STACK EXCHANGE.—The market has been quite etesof today, and a large business WAS done at an advance of nearly A per cent oa all the leading stocks. Birkenhcadi Lancashire, and Cheshire, 18i—London, Brighton, and South Coast, 1031—Dutch Rhenish, 11 p. 1 18 9.—Natulq and Liege, 84— Luxembourg,d.—Edin - burgh, Perth, 1 1,0 ;t Dundee, 7i—North British, 8.16.3.—50uth E as t ern , 2 2 1 1 a—Caledonian, 30i—Midlands, 751 Blackburn, 61 --- 4 Manchester, Sh e ffi e ld, an d Li nco l ns hi re, 29i —London North-Western, 102 c. 2i—North Eastern, Berwick, 2 0 —Eastern Counti es , Ai—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1 0 1 —East Lancashire, Pref., 5.3.9.—5 t. Helen's, 101. MANCHESTER, APRIL 2. STOOK EXORANGS.—There has been a good busine., to day, at yest er d a y' s ra t es , b u t p r i ces c l ose d somewl2o weaker. East Lancashire, 193 Sheffields, 291—Leodors Si —Dover, 223—Blackburn, 6 13-16—Midland, 751", London and North-W es t ern , 1023—Ditt o , Ei g hth s, C. —Eastern Counties, 101—Caledonian, 30i—North British' Bj —Berwick Capital Stock, 20. BIRMINGHAM, lnuL 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was very 'Aire to' day, and prices of all descriptions of stock were higher' London and North• Westerns, 1021 102#—Manchester and Sheffields, 29i—Afidlands ' 754—Great Westerns, 6 5 1 —Ditto, Stour Valley Guaranteed, 59—Ditt o , Pref.:9l' Birmingham Town and District' Banks, 12g. [ADVERTISEMENT ]—Holloviay's Ointment and Pill s incomparable remedies for sore wounds and uleers.---Igr: James Newman, residing near Emyvale, wag a dreadful sufferer for four years from running ulcers in his leg; b . tried all means without .effect; be had been - in an hospita l three months, and turned out incurable. He then boa recourse to Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and by * steady perseverance in their use for a few weeks he ob• tamed an effectual cure,. and his leg is now whole and' sound, to the astonishment of his friends. Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world, at Professor Holloway's establishm en t s , 244 , Strand, London, aO 80, Maiden-lane, NeW York; by'A. Stampa, Constanti' nople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna; and E. Muir ? Malta. BIRTHS. Op A SON. On the 29th ult., at Walton-on-Thames, Hrs. Oldham. On the 31st ult., at Sibton-park, county of Suffolk, the wife of J. W. Brooke, Esq., On tho let inst., at Herne-hill ; the wife of J. Langton Butcher, Esq. OW ♦ DATORITE. On the let inst. at 12, Stratford•pl aee , th e w i fe o f th e Rev. Fitzgerald ViTintour. On the 2d inst., at 2, Thornhill-sptare, Islington, We' R. P. Steele. MARRIED. On the 29th ult., at St. Pancras Church, George Parto* Raggett, of Gower-street, to Mrs. Sarah Grover, of Reird , near Devizes, late of Camden-town. On the 2d inst., at St. Andrew's, Holborn, Chas. .74120 Allen, son of Joshua Jullian Allen, Esq., of 20 Bedford' row, to Augusta M ar i a Ll o yd, d aug ht er of Eusebius Arthur Lloyd, Esq., of 14, Bedford.iow. DIED. On the Ist inst., at Oakwood, Beckenham, Kent, /00 William Ogle, Esq., aged 67. On the 14 inst., Georg e Nathaniel G ra n s , neeen d son °I William Grane, Esq., o f 23, Bedford-row, aged 40. On the 30th ult., the Lady Honors Elizabeth 110 901 " Harvey, the eldest daughter of the late Earl of aged 72. On the 3Gth ult., at Hamburg, Henry Hampden Dutton, Esq., late British Consul at Cuxhaven. On the 30th nit., at 13, Belinda-terrace, Canenburii Mr. Francis Mattock, of Newgate-market, aged. 65. On the 31st ult., in Camden-town, :arch Matilda, 1 - I °' wife of the Hon. James Edward Roney, of George-town' Demerara. On the 24th ult., at Paris, Arthur White, Esq., formal , ' H.M.'s Consul at Granville, and late Colonial Secretor/ 9, Trinidad. LONDON: Printed and Published by. 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