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GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITH. M.D., of the University of Jena has just üblished, for the benefit of Nervous ~,_Sufferers, a , FREE EDITION p of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A Medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of tleraory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike , 0 Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re ft2cation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if Neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature 'Leath ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health 4 ) 1 4 vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob n ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRY Smrru, M.D., 8, Burton crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. Just published, price 2s. 6d., by post 2s. 10d., SKIN DISEASES and their REMEDIES By ROBERT J. JORDAN, MD. 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Of fifty yea rindiscribable Puy from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipa afn, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting , Maria Joly , Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121. Mips Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 54,816. The Rev. James T. Fainpbell, Syderstone Rectory, near F a kenham, Norfolk, of ',. 7l digestinn and liver complaints. Cure No. 56,814. Mr. Sam nel '.',9cton ,Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure So. 180. Mr. 'l' • Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London, of 25 years' nervous ness, nstipation, indigestion, and debility. Cure No. 4 , 028 : -Fight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, !_Pasms, and nausea, Rev. John W. Flavel, Ridlington Rec `QrY, Norfolk. Cure No. 3,906. Thirteen years' cough, indi gestion, and general debility, James Porter, Athol-street, r Girth. Cure No. 58,314. 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Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Portrait 3, MEMOIRS of the COURTS and CABINETS of WILLIAM IV. and VICTORIA. By the DUKE of BUCKINGHAM, K.G. "These valuable and important memoirs should find a place in every library."—Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 3 vols., T HE WILD HUNTRESS. Ey Captain MAYNE REID, Author of " The Scalp Hunters.'7 _ "Captain Mayne Reid has seen and heard much, and has much faculty for describing vividly the stirring scenes and incidents in which he has taken part. '.the descriptions of tropical scenery and natural objects are true and graphic." —Athenaeum. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. SHE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITIPS " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties cx perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in bus ness has now become the Brim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., late Piper and Co., Paternoster-row. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, Is. Id., ()N THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of V STRICTURES of the URETHRA ; showing why they so often appear Incurable, when In reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan_ Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappflittrerers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuab contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular, Dec. Ist, 1858. London: 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street VSTILLIAM GAMBIER, Esq., deceased. Pursuant to the Act of Parliament 22 and 23 Vict., cap. 25, intituled "An Act to further amend the Law of Property and to relieve Trustees," Notice is Hereby Given, that all Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of William Gambier, formerly of Sacambe Park, in the county of Hertford, afterwards of Dover, in the county of Rent, and late of No. 46, Charlotte-square, Edinburgh, IR North Britain, Esq., deceased (who died on the fifth day of December, 1860), are requited to send in particulars of such Claims on or before the twenty-first day of May,lB6l, to Ama bel Frances Gambier. widow, William Stuart the younger, Esquire, and Captain Robert Fitzgerald Gambier, the Exe cutors of the will of the said William Gambier, deceased. at our Office, No. 8, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, London. And Notice is hereby also given that after the said twenty-first day of May, 1861, the said Amabel Frances Gambier,William Stuart the younger, and Robert Fitzgerald Gambier, will proceed to distribute the assets of the said testator amongst the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims of which the said Amabel Frances Gambier, William Stuart the younger, and Robert Fitzgerald Gambier then have notice. And further, that the said Amabel Frances Gambier, William Stuart the younger, and Robert Fitzgerald Gambier, will not be liable for the said assets, or any part thereof, so distributed, to any person of whose claim they shall not have had notice at the time of such distribution. Dated the twenty-first day of March. 1861. OLIVE RSON, LAVIE, and PEACHEY, Solicitors for the said Executors. DR. BUCHAN'S DOMESTIC MEDICINES. known throughout the world, for the cure of every disease. 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Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. r. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate he interesting study of MINERALOGY, CONCHOLOGY nd GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRITCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANL at 149, Strand, W.C. ‘4PECTACLES.-SIGHT AND HEARING.- DEAFNESS.—A newly-invented instrument for ex treme cases of deafness, called the SOUND MAGNIFIER, Organic Vibrator, and Invisible Voice Conductor. It fits so into the ear as not to be in the lee at perceptible ; the unplea sant sensation of tinging noises in the head is entirely re moved. It affords instant relief to deaf persons, and enables them to hear distinctly at Church and at public issemblies. Every other kind of hearing instruments. Messrs. SOLO MONS have invented spectacle lenses of the greatest trans parent power. The valuable advantage derived from their invention is, that vision becomes preserved and strengthened ; very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation, can see with these lenses of a much less magnifying power, and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assist ance.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. ELESCOPES, Opera, R ace - course , Fi e ld, an d T general Out-door Day and Night Perspective Glasses, very small, for the waistcoat pocket, each containing. 12 and 18 lenses, constructed of German glass. Will show distinctly a person to know him at two-and-a-half and three miles, and an object from 8 to 10 .miles distant. Her Majesty's Coast Guard are making use of them as day and night glasses in preference to all others ; they are also preferred for deer stalking by sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Tele scopes, 3i inches long, by which a person may be clearly seen and known at 3i miles, and an object at 12 to 14 miles' dis tance ; and with an extra astronomical eye-piece Juniter's moons, Saturn's rings, and the double stars are distinctly seen ; they are in endless variety, of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers, and are secured by her Majesty's Royal letters patent.—Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, W. ~IFAGIC LANTERNS and DISSOLVING VIEWS lent out, and sent into the country, with the option to purchase. Messrs. S. &B. SOLOMONS' Improved Phantasmagoria Lanterns having lenses of pure German Glass, and being arranged with Solomons' beautiful light, which surpasses any other for its simplicity and brilliancy, a clear disc is obtained 20 feet diameter, hitherto unattained. Slides in great variety. They also ben to introduce their new Instrument, which is one of the most amusing and in structive ever brought out. It illustrates the motion of the Planets, Armstrong's shot, and many wonderful effects, price 255, Also, the improved Life-boat Barometer, by Admiral Fitzroy; it needs no comment upon its superiority, and is now arranged by them for the use of the public. Price £4 4s. Scientific Instrument Makers, 39, Albemarle-street, Picca dilly, W. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD: MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRIREA, NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. ust Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price ls., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, VIANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions for f'erfeet Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. CIIIITIS, 15, Alberntarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological , tructure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER 11.--Causes of Sperinatorrhcea and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER Review of the various Disqualifications ,f Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or.lnfection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of 1-3onorrhcca and Syphilis.- The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting ases, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive lotion. REVIEWS 014' THE WORK. 'Curtis on Manhood, -This is_a truly valuable work, and hould be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," id 3:arch, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this i , ttle work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old are."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 11155. " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empiri •al hostility, treats in aplain and sympathising manner on the 'various disqualifications and impediments arising from' nervous excitement and de • bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and excesses it wil l be found valuable and useful."—Record. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater - noster-row ; Mann, 32, Cornhill. Hours of Consultation-1 0 to 3 and 6 to 8 ; Sundays. 10 till 2. , GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W., NEAR THE PANTHEON. D R. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apo hecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as ,hove, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Lose of Memory, Sterility, and all Functicnal Derangements 4 both Sexes,-emanating from early and excessive indul enoes Has Just published, price la. ; by post, 13 stamps, 18 sealed, No. 4, • An entire new and original Work, entitled OURSELVES. Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation —The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. ‘lso, an Exposition of. and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange :, ents and Marital Disqualifications, The modern treatment of MALE Syphilis, Stricture, lilennorrhagia Gonorrhoea), Spermatorrlicea, Impetency, and all Diseases of 'he Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, Jzo.l FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women—Functional Ir regularities in Health and Sickness—Choice in Marriage— Their Expectancies and Disappointments —The Cause and 'removal of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta ,ion—Use of the Speculum. Also, No. i. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2. LOVE AND MARRIA GE : (heir Obligations, Happiness, and D isappointments; Love nd other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off piing secured.: No. 3. ' and &c. t Bte. li e Aut n THE CASE BOOR : lOC Cases of SPERMATORRIEA, Symptoms, _and Treatment, ent, Confessions and a li - a - Guinea. ore. Their,l,Coy Causes, ileariosiat2,iioannsii, Mann, 1, o n r i nhil liz ; Classes lcE t . e ) e IT Dr. Culverwell is the only legally qualified Advice to the W ( o s r r k E i medical practi tioner living of that name, and can be consulted (only as above). ILN oT THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1861. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 8. The Vice-Chancellor has informed the members of the Senate that he has received the commands of his Royal Highness the Chancellor of the Univer sity to ascertain whether there are any gentlemen at Cambridge who would desire to compete for the appointments mentioned in the subjoined communi cation which has been addressed to his Royal High ness by the Right Hon. Lord John Russell:— " Foreign-office, March 30. " Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint your Royal Highness that I propose to nominate a certain num ber of candidates to compete before the Civil Ser vice Commissioners for the appointment of Student Interpreter in China or Japan, and I shall have great pleasure in including in the list of candidates the names of three gentlemen of the University over which your Royal Highness presides whom your Royal Highness or the Vice-Chancellor may recommend for that purpose, and whose age may be within the prescribed limits of between 16 years complete and 20 years complete. " The object for which such appointments are made is that the persons on whom they are conferred should, in the first place, devote themselves to the study of the Chinese or Japanese language, as the case may be, and in the next place should qualify themselves generally for the public service in China or Japan, so that her Majesty's Government may always have at their disposal persons competent to discharge the duties intrusted to her Majesty's con sular officers in those countries. " The salary which is assigned to the office of Student Interpreter in either country is at the rate of £2OO a year, to commence from the date of de parture from this country, the passage from Eng land to the place of destination being, moreover, provided at the public expense. " I enclose a statement of the subjects in regard to which the relative capacity of the candidates will be tested by the examination ; and I would add that, as the climates of China and Japan are considered to be more or less trying to English constitutions, the probability that the health of candidates will be such as to bear a residence in those climates will be taken into consideration by the Civil Service Commissioners. "I have further to observe that candidates must clearly understand that if they succeed in obtaining one of the vacant appointments, of which, as re gards China, there are six, and, as regards Japan, two to be filled up on the present occasion, their retention in the public service, and their future ad. vancement in it will depend entirely on the ability which they may show after their arrival at their destination, and on their general steadiness and good conduct. " I propose to leave the successful candidates, in rotation, to elect whether they will take one of the appointments in China or one of those in Japan. " I have only to add that, if your Royal High ness should be disposed to avail yourself of my pre sent offer, I should be glad to be made acquainted, as soon as possible, with the names of your candi dates, as I should wish that the examination should take place as soon after the Ist of June as may suit the Civil Service Commissioners. "I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your Royal Highness's most obedient humble servant, " J. RUSSELL." sincerely hoped that they would long live to wear their well-earned decoration. Col. Rea then fas tened the medal to the breast of each; remarking, as he did so, that he trusted the example set the other non-commissioned officers and men would prove an inducement to all who then heard him to preserve a good character in the service. Sergeant Nicholls and Private Rose have both served in the corps of Royal Marines upwards of 20 years, during the whole of which period their conduct has been roost exemplary. Intelligence has been received at the depot of the first battalion of the 24th Regiment, Chatham, that the head-quarters may shortly be expected to arrive in England, the regiment being now on its passage home from India. The 24th :has been in India nearly 15 years, the regiment having em barked from England in May, 1846. This fine corps has seen a great deal of hard fighting, the regiment having served throughout the Punjab campaign of 1848-49, and been present at the bat tles of Sadoolapore, Chillianwallah, and Goojerat, as also the passage of the Chenab. The 24th also served against the mutineers in 1857-58, and was present at the memorable defeat of the Jhelum mutineers on the 7th of July, 1857. It has not yet been announced at which station the Ist battalion of the 24th will be quartered on its arrival in England. Cupolas for melting iron for Martin's shells are in course of supply to the following batteries in the Chatham district :—New Tavern Fort, Sheer ness ; Tilbury Fort, Gravesend ; Coal-house Point, Essex ; and Shornmeade, Kent. A percentage of Martin's liquid shells will be supplied to each of the above forts to form a part of the au thorised proportion of projectiles to be retained in store at each battery, in readiness for immediate use. hope that a system which answers no good end will be presently reformed. There would be something to say for it if it we re p ar ti cu l arly cheap, or if it were particularly efficient, but it i s ne i t h er one nor the other. We have got some excellent vessels, no doubt, but we have only got them at a time who' it is doubtful whether they are not superseded by a new class of ships, and at a probable cost which drives the Commissioners to recommend that no ships of the new class shall be constructed under the same system. That is the condition of affairs. We do not deny that, except in the event—by no means impossible—of iron-plated ships sweeping every thing before them, we have got a very fine navy, but this navy we only got by an abrupt and con vulsive effort, and for it we shall this week be charged twelve millions sterling; whereas it ap pears plain that under a better system of Naval Administration much of this charge might be re trenched. How long, then, in the face of estab lished convictions, are we to go on in the same way? That is the simple form to which the great Dock yard question is now reduced.—Tines. THE NAVY. Yesterday the large sheer-hulk used at Chatham for masting the various vessels of war was towed out of harbour by two Government steamers, which will proceed with it to the Thames, the sheers being required for =sting the Warrior, 40, A party of 18 seamen from the Wellesley, 72, proceeded in the sheer-hulk to assist in navigating it to London. The masts and yards for the Warrior are expected to be forwarded from Chatham Dockyard in the course of a few days. The North Star, 22, screw corvette, building in Sheerness Dockyard, has her framework nearly complete, after which she has been ordered to stand for a few months, in order to admit of her timbers being thoroughly seasoned.. The screw gunboat Surly, 2, having undergone the necessary repairs at Sheerness Dockyard, will, according to present arrangements, be taken out of No. 5 dock this day, and be replaced by the Thrasher gun-vessel. The screw steam frigate Newcastle, 51, 600-horse power, in dock at Sheerness, is ordered to be im mediately got ready to join the steam reserve in the Medway. The iron paddlewheel steamer Lizard, in the steam basin at Sheernes, is being extensively repaired, and is now fitting with a new upper deck. From an examination of her engines it is expected that new ones will have to be provided. The following appointments were made yestep day at the Admiralty :—Capt. C. P. Coles to the Fisgard, for special sarvice ; Lieut. Richard Sheep shanks to the Itnmortalite ; Lieut. Edward Poul den, to the Excellent ; Lieut. John R. T. Fullerton, to the Cossack ; Wm. J. Olive, master, to the Wel lesley; William J. B. Hilliard, master, to the Cum barland ; William H. Drysdale, master, to the Vic tor Emmanuel; Francis Hale, master, to the Hawk€ ; Edwin Rowe, master, to the Blenheim; Robert Hetherington, second-class assist.-engineer, to the Asia, for charge of the machinery of the Amelia ; Charles C. Hyde, third-class assistant-engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary for hospital treat ment; Ewd. Williams and Jeremiah Murphy, acting third-class assist.-engineers, to the Asia, as super numeraries ; William Fraser, Robert H. Cooper, and Thos. W. Dearden, acting third-class assistant engineers, to the Cumberland, as supernumeraries. TuE ARMY. The following circular memoranda, addressed to he army, was yesterday received at Woolwich, 'ram the Horse Guards : " To the Cavalry at Home.—No. I.—His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief desires that all cavalry regiments which have 400 troop horses and upwards will cease purchasing remounts for the present. Staff Service.—No. 2.—His Royal Highness, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State of War, is pleatted to direct that substantive. Majors, holding one of the appointments on the Staff enumerated in Class 8 of the Warrant of the 14th of October, 1858, shall obtain the local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on relinquishing their appoint ments on the termination of five years' service, pro vided their duties have been discharged to the satisfaction of the general officers under whom they have served. " No. 3. The following General Order, dated April 1, 1861, is substituted for that of the 4th of March, 1861, which is hereby cancelled :—' His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State for War, has decided, in consequence of the special scientific instruction which officers of the Royal Engineers have to go th roug h a t Ch a th am b e f ore joining their corps for duty, that in future officers of that corps shall not be called upon to pass through the Staff College in order to qualify them selves for employment on the Staff of the army." A full parade of the officers and men of the Chatham division of Royal Marine Light Infantry took place yesterday morning, on the occasion of the ceremony of decorating Colour-Sergeant Wil liam Nicholls and Private William Rose each with a silver medal, awarded them by direction of the Lords of the Admiralty for long service and meri torious conduct. The battalion having been formed in the centre of the barrack-square, Colonel Rea, the commandant of the division, addressing Ser geant Nicholls and Private Rose, said, in delivering to each of them the medal awarded by the Admi ralty, he could not help congratulating them on hav ing passed through the service with so much credit to themselves. He regretted it was not in his power to give them a gratuity with the medals, because the gratuities were only given in limited numbers, which of necessity excluded many equally deserving with those who were awarded gratuities, As a certificate of good conduct and a proof that each of them had faithfully performed his duty to his country, the medals to be presented them would be in every respect as valuable as if they had been accompanied by the gratuity. In leaving the divi aion they took with them their best wishes, and be ROYAL GEOGRAPVICAL SOCIETY. A crowded meeting of this society was held last evening,Pir Roderick I, Murchison, vice-president, in the chair. The papers read on this occasion were a commu nication from Mr. Frank Gregory, who had been despatched under the auspices of the society for the purpose of exploring the north-western parts of Australia ; a despatch from Governor Sir G. Bowen on the capabilities of the new colony of Queens land for the production of cotton, and an account of the attempt of Sir Richard Macdonald to penetrate into the interior of Australia by much the same route as had been previously taken by Mr Stuart and Mr. Babbage. All these communications partook more of the nature of short letters than the regu lar papers usually read before the society, and the chief interest in the proceedings lay in the .discus sion to follow as to the value of Australia generally, and Queensland in particular, as a cotton-growing country. Sir G. Bowen's communication spoke in the highest terms of the fertility of the land along the banks of the:river Murray, in Queensland, and of the immense extent of rich prairie soil capable of producing cotton of the very finest quality. The climate, though almost tropical, was remarkably fine and healthy, and it was found that the wool even of the sheep did not deteriorate, gaining in softness and fineness what it lost in weight. In these parts of North-East Australia the progress of colonisation was most rapid, and the boundaries of civilisation and Christianity were extended at the rate of 200 miles a year. Governor Macaonald's communication stated that he started into the in terior from the south with an escort of mounted police. He found, as he proceeded inland, that the want of water was very great ; so much so as to meke this portion of the interior quite inaccessible to cattle in the month of January. His party had suffered much from the heat, thirst, and the hot, dry, arid nature of the sandy soil over which they had to travel. After journeying some days into the interior they determined to equip a lighter expedition to endeavour to penetrate into the Warburton track, and also to keep along the route by which Stuart had en tered. The ordinary maps of the country were of no use whatever, but fortunately they had with them a small map which had been marked out by Mr. Stuart, After leaving the Strangeway springs they found they had no chance of falling in with water for the next 45 miles. They carried on a supply with them, much of which was unfortunately lost, and continued forward till they came in the tracks of Mr. Stuart's party, but met with no water, and their privations become so severe that they at last determined to return. Fortunately, one of their scouts found a fine spring about two miles a-head of where they had halted, which restored both the men and cattle. Had this not been providentially discovered most of the cattle and many of the men would have been unable to return to the Strange way springs. While at the latter halting place a man, who had apparently deserted from Mr. Stuart's party, joined the camp, and stated that Mr. Stuart was then surveying Mount Charles, and that for some time past the whole party had been on half rations. On the return of Sir Richard, however, he found that supplies of provisions had been sent to Mr. Stuart, which must have reached him about that time. In the discussion which ensued on these papers, Mr. CRAWFORD said ho sincerely believed from the number of authentic accounts he had heard that the colony of Queensland was capable of producing cotton enough to supply all Manchester. Unfor tunately, however, the climate was equally well adapted for the cultivation of the sugar cane, and he believed that that would displace the cotton. He thought that the scientific geographical world had now received sufficient evidence to show that the interior of the vast continent of Australia was a mere wild desert. Different exploring parties had penetrated so far from the south and from the north that lud there been a range of mountains in the interior—mountains of 7,000 or 8,000 feet high—they must have seen them. With out such a chain of mountains there would be no water, and without water there would be utter sterility. Wherever such ranges existed there would always be water, and water in the tropics meant fertility. Without such a range of mountains India would be a desert. He could not bring himself to think that Queensland was as good a place as it was represented for sheep. Queens land was in the latitude of Canton, and Canton was a great deal too hot for sheep. But of all places he had heard of he believed it was most eminently fitted for the cultivation of cotton ; and he had himself seen samples of cotton from there, both raw and manufactured, and he had rarely seen better specimens of either. They were quite equal, in his opinion, to the Sea Island cotton of Georgia and South Carolina. The Hon. J. BAKER, a member of the Legislative Council of Australia, said he differed entirely from the hasty observation made by the last speaker, that the centre of Australia was a desert, and he should not be doing his duty if he allowed such a remark to go forth uncontradicted. Sir Richard Macdonald was not an explorer. He had started with Stuart's maps in his pocket, and yet he lost his way. (Laughter.) He went round the wrong side of Lake Tibbs, and missed the Hermit Range, and what he had called the Denison Range was only the Hermit-hill of Mr. Babbage. Mr. Stuart was a light, spare, active man, who could and con stantly did ride his 50 and 60 miles a day. Sir Richard Macdonald was a man of 6ft. 2in., and weighed some 20 stone. What Sir Richard Mac donald, therefore, would call fatigue and privation would very likely not be noticed at all by Mr. Stuart, to whose labours he conceived the Geo graphical Society could not award too high a meed of commendation. Now, Mr. Stuart himself had said that much of the interior of Australia was quite equal in fertility and in rich picturesque beauty to the Ohammeran hills, than which it was not pos sible to conceive a more lovely country. He thought that the safety with which the exploring parties had made and returned from the expeditions to the interior proved that the country was not a desert, though he by no means meant to say that the whole of the vast interior would ever be profitable to work or hold. The banks of the river Murray and the whole of the splendid tract of country which it.passed through were also as well adapted as the fertile plains of Queensland for the production of cotton. A few thousand pounds expended on that river in the erection of some four or five lock gates would render navigable an immense extent of water, the banks on either side of which were equal in rich abundance and luxuriance of soil to the valley of the Nile. Lord ALFRED CHURCHILL did not think Mr. Baker had at all overstated the advantages of Aus tralia as a fertile and good cotton-growing country. Australia was at present essentially a pastoral coun try. It now supplied 50,000,000 lb. of wool a year to the manufacturers of this country, and he had not the least doubt that if the colonists took up the question of cotton-growing they would do equally well with that. He certainly did net think from what he had heard that Queensland was at all too hot for sheep. The alpaca or llama of South Ame rica had been introduced by Mr. Ledger, and the animals appeared to thrive very well indeed. If this important experiment succeeded, as there was now every reason to believe it would, flocks of these animals would add another and most profitable branch to colonial industry. There could be no doubt from all the evidence they had heard that immense tracts of country were pre-eminently fitted for the cultivation of cotton, and, in fact, there was no' known part of Australia in which it could not be cultivated. Mr. Stuart had proved that the . in terior of Australia was not a desert, and the and expanse from which the hot winds came must be looked for to the west of his new country. A gentleman whose name we were unable to catch, said he had been in Calcutta and in QuFens land too, so he could judge of the relative merits of i the two climates, and the a dv antages were ncom- Iparably in favour of the latter colony. The climate [ ' was unusually healthy, and vegetation was luxuri... ' beyond description . As he had received honourable mention from the commissioners of t he Paris Exhi ' bition for his samples of Australian cotton, grown ' at Queensland, he knew, what the young colony t e ould do in respect to that cultivation ; but cotton quired labour. Sheep (which he though t throve , lendidly a t Q ueens land) fed themselves, but a tton plantation required hands to look after it, and here were the colonists to get them ? For a man 4nd his wife the settler had to pay £7O a year, and the man exp ec t e d t o b e a ll owe d to smoke some eight or nine hours out of the ten. He lit his pipe to take out the sheep, and he lit it to smoke while he lay down and watched them. (Laughter.) If a settler going up the country wanted servants, he went to the depot, when he was met by those he wanted to hire with such questions as, "Are we allowed to have visitors ?" " Will you have your washing done out ?" and so on. And to terms like these they were obliged to agree, and to pay wages varying from £25 a year to £4O. He was certainly an advocate for free labour, but in the face of such facts as these he was obliged to admit that convicts would do much more work in cotton plantations than any men whom the settlers could hire in the colony. He did not agree with the outcry that had been raised in the colony against the admission of what they called Sir George Grey's pets—the con victs. On principles of morality and humanity they were bound to give such men a chance of re trieving their position by honest labour. That they did so retrieve it was evidenced by the fact that nearly all the principal men in South Australia and New South Wales were the descendants of those who had been sent out as convicts. He had lived among them during one time for nearly a year, and his experience of them was that they were quiet and generally inoffensive, and, above all, they were men that would worle 4 -for they were ) Well aware that their masters hadlhe_pOwerlo compel them to do so, and that all thir hopes flirr the future depended on their industry. At the same time, it would be useless sending out men only. If women were not sent out with the men, the men did not settle. If women were sent, the men married, established their homes, and laid the foundation of flourishing colonial communities. If, under proper regulations and arrangements, con victs were sent to Queens land for 10 years, there would be cotton enough coming from that district alone to supply all Manchester. (Cheers.) Mr. CHILDERS, M.P., also addressed the meeting in support of the introduction of cotton plantations into Australia ; and Soon after 10 o'clock the proceedings terminated. EXTRAORDINARY BANK ROBBERY AT NEW YORK. About ten o'clock on the morning of the 25th ult. an extraordinary and ingenious attempt of robbery was discovered by one of the employees of the New York Exchange Bank, corner of Greenwich and Dey streets. One of the porters, it appears, was unable to unlock the vault door, and reported the trouble to one of the officers of the bank. A blacksmith was sent for, but it was only by tearing away a portion of the brick-work of the massive structure that in gress could he obtained. It was evident that some person had been tampering with the vault, and the officers commenced an examination of the premises forthwith. On opening the inner door of the vault they were astonished to find a hole in the floor sufficiently large to admit a medium sized man. A further examination showed that the cavity extended in the shape of a tunnel under the entire building, and ended in the basement of a little frame building next door to the bank. The tunnel which connected the frame building with the bank vault was over seven feet in length, and must have cost en immense deal of trouble to the miners. _ _ . The safe, which contained between three and four hundred thousand dollars in notes, specie, and cir culation, was found to be intact. An attempt had been made to bore into the outer work, but the burglars appeared to have succeeded poorly and given up the thing in disgust. A tin box, contain ing about 1,000 dols. in uncurrent funds, belonging to a broker named A. L. Peck, was found to be missing, however. It had been deposited in the vault merely, and fell an easy prey to the daring thieves. Information of the affair was immediately sent to the General Superintendent's office, when detectives were despatched to the premises to make all thg necessary inquiiies. One of the officers, by way of experiment, entered the frame building adjoining the bank, and without much trouble crawled through the subterranean passage until he arrived under neath, and actual:y entered the vault; the basement, upon being examined, was found to be full of rag carpets, and judgin from the appearance of the place, it was evident these carpets were manufactured there. Some 50 or 60 bales of the carpeting had been piled at the rear of the basement, with the view, no doubt, of screening the operations of the burglars while they were engaged in tunnelling their way into the next building. Behind this barrier was concealed the earth drawn from the ex cavation under the bank ; but, upon close inspection, it was evident that the great bulk of the rubbish must have removed to the street and carted off. In the carpet store was found between five and six hundred dollars' worth of burglar's tools, besides a old wearing apparel and a demijohn of whisky. The police took posse ision of the different articles, and made the following inventory of the same : One jack-screw, valued at 50 dols.; one small ditto, valued at 25 dols. ; one large crowbar, one small ditto, one compound driver, two jemmies, one iron bar, one large sledge hammer, three braces, one hatchet, one foreplate, one hand-vice, three files, one claw hammer, one screwdriver, one chisel, three saws, one pivot, 5t drills, two cold chisels, two oil cans, one large iron poker, two spades, two shovels, one carpenter's square, a large number of wedges, two shirts, two pairs of overalls, a demijohn of whiskey, and one mallet. Mr. Peck, who appears to be the only loser by the transaction, if we except the burglers them selves, has attacked the stock of carpets, and hopes in this way to remunerate himself for the loss of his uncurrent funds. He states that he came within an ace of putting 3,300 dols. in city funds in the tin box on Saturday afternoon, but finally determined to deposit it in the bank. He had been in the habit of leaving his box in the bank vault for over ten years, and oz various occasions it contained property of much value. The porter in the bank says he heard a dull, heavy noise in the basement when he arrived in the morning, but thought nothing of the circumstance until he found he was unable to enter the vault. The suspicion then flashed across his mind that there was something wrong going on, and he reported to the president of the bank accordingly. The result of the president's examination, confirming the porter's suspicion, is already known. A subsequent examination showed that in tunnelling . to the vault the burglars had to pass through a heavy founda tion wall of stone, and also a lighter one of brick. The line of the tunnel was not regular. It was crooked, and at one point a detoir of eight or ten feet was made, although for what purpose we can not imagine. The way was cut through a mass of sand and made ground. The tunnel was found to be carpeted throughout, and strewn with books and papers, which had been removed from the.vault so as to facilitate the movements of the daring ope rators. The job was a long and tedious one, but the burglars worked at it s t ea dil y , an d h a d t h ey no t miscalculated a little as to the strength of the safe, they would have been handsomely rewarded for their trouble. Besides the cash in the safe, there was 20,000 dolla rs wor th o f ra il roa d b on d s belong ing to the president of the bank, which could easily have been converted into gold. Suspicion rests upon two well-known English burglars, who were arrested by detective Keefe about three months a g o, and th e police are using every means to ferret out their whereabouts. It is supposed that they belong to the same gang who were engaged in the celebrated barge Emily robbery about fifteen years ago. The ringleader of the gang is now confined in the Toombs en an other charge, but it is supposed that the robbery of the New York Exchange Bank was concocted by him, and executed by two of his trustiest fol lowers. The detectives are hard at work trying to unravel the mystery, and expect, in the course of a few days, to bring all the guilty parties to justice. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Pills and medicine Invariably ag' gisvate and perpetuate diseases; their annoyance, dis appointment, and expense may be avoided by perela . in indifferent health sending only their address i° h , S. Barry, Esq., 77 , Regent-street, W. 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One-sixth of our whole national expenditure is consumed upon the Navy.. One-half or so of that enormous sum is taken to satisfy the demands of the dockyards. Upwards of five millions of money must be pro vided by Mr. Gladstone's forthcoming budget for the purchase of stores, the construction of works, and the wages of workmen borne upon these establishments. Now, what was felt and said all over the country on this subject was, that such outlay must needs be excessive, and that equal results ought to be obtained at a less extravagant charge. It was not merely the miscellaneous public that entertained these ideas. Foremost among the assailants of the system were seamen themselves, and there was hardly an officer who was not ready with his assertion that things were most wretchedly managed, and would never, until the system was changed, be managed any better. Nor was the popular opinion without certain substantial justification. True it was that nobody could tell exactly what ships ought to- cost, or even what they did cost, but, besides the misgivings necessarily suggested by the overwhelming magnitude of the charges, there was the fact that we were never in a proper position, but were always building vessels of the wrong kind or at the wrong time. France managed these matters much more economically, and yet came out periodically a head of us, simply because the money was applied at the right point without waste of power. Such being the convictions prevailing, one out of half-a-dozen commissions charged with investigating the administration of the Navy received special instructions to visit the dockyards, and report upon the system of control and management, the method of keeping accounts, the cost of shipbuilding, and the plan adopted in purchasing stores for the establishments. The commissioners devoted six months to their work, and a few weeks ago presented a report which places the actual facts of the case beyond any further question. Well, do our ships really cost too much money ? There is lint a doubt about it, although, in conse- , quence bf a peculiar impediment, the Commissioners are debarred from returning a specific verdict on the point. The truth is, they found the dockyard accounts in such a state that it was impossible to arrive at the real cost of anything. Of course, there was no want of pen and ink work ; in fact, the system of accounts was both "elaborate and mi nute," but so ingeniously devised as to be utterly useless for any practical purpose. So the Commis sioners, after painful inquiry, were fain to give this matter up, and admit that they could neither insti tute any profitable comparisons nor get at any credible statement of facts. However, not only from what they heard, but what they saw, they do not hesitate to echo the general opinion of the pro fession and the public, that a better system of ma nagement would enable us to make large retrench ments without any sacrifice of efficiency. That is exactly what everybody was convinced of, and the universal persuasion will certainly not be weakened by what is now disclosed. When a man finds, first of all, that an item in his private expenditure is appallingly heavy, and then ascertains that there is no account to be got of it, he is not long in form ing his opinion on the point. If the Commissioners had proved that every ship in the fleet cost 100 per cent. above the proper price they would not have proved more against the system than they have done now by reporting that the facts could not be discovered at all. This happy state of general ambi guity had its natural influence on the officials em ployed. They adopted a belief exactly opposed to that of the public. The public, knowing nothing, concluded from the look of the bill that the proceed ings must be terribly extravagant. The dockyard officers, not knowing any more, persuaded them• selves that they were doing their work with remark able cheapness, and that their figures for a ship were decidedly below those of private yards. This impression they communicated to the Admiralty, and the consequence was that the dockyards got hold of the steam factory work, as well as the old timber work of the navy, and this new department was added to the establishments on a very unne cessary scale. The. Commissioners are only afraid that iron shipbuilding may go the same way, and recommend that the dockyards shall not be allowed to touch this branch of manufacture, at any rate till their accounts have been revised. They dis approve even the experimental attempt now pro ceeding at Chatham, observing, very reasonably, that, as nobody will be able to tell what that vessel has really cost, no test of the prices charged by private builders will ever be forthcoming. On one of the chief points of investigation, there fore—the method of keeping accounts—the report condemns the existing system absolutely, and leaves a very easy inference to be drawn as to its economy. On a third point—that of the administration gene rally—the verdict is equally clear. The Commis sioners state in distinct terms that the system of control and management is inefficient, and explain how this inefficiency has been brought about. The presiding Board—the Board of Admiralty is ill constituted ; the departments under it are defec tively organised ; there is no definite responsibility anywhere, and there are no means of checking ex penditure. The results are certainly pretty well accounted for by these announcements. What would be the fate of any private establishment conducted without organisation, responsibility, or Check upon outlay we need not say. It was long ago observed that - any ordinary yard managed upon Admiralty principles would soon send its proprietors into the Gazette, and enough has now been put upon record to seal the fate of our Admi ralty administration. Who can wonder at the Estimates being heavy, and who can defend such a system ? It deserves to be remarked that there is no'single point:on which the dockyards are acquited. The Commissioners do, indeed, remark, that the a ; but that was not launched, denied. al workmanship Nobodyrwknin sh s i a p id is xtehacteolnt our ships, when finally ere not good specimens o f th e i r ki n d. c tu a was that they cost to o muc h b e f ore launched; and were too oft en on obso letetThhe63 `charge were models. Neither is there much excuse offered on the point of conversions and alterations ; for the question was not whether these changes were judicious in themselves, but whether they might not have been saved by better arrangements at the outset of the work. This, therefore, is the state of the case at the pre sent moment. We know and feellonly too surely that our system of Naval Administration cosh; us an ex travagant amount of money, and entails upon us a grievous weight of taxation. We are told, upon authority which no one can impeach, that the sys tem is actually so organised as to render these re sults extremely natural, and in this position we are left. How long are we to continue accepting the combined conditions of inefficiency and extrava gance it is now for:our legislators to determine. We 1.41 D STAMPED, 5D DUBLIN, MONDAY MORNIITC: isj THE PORTOBELLO TRAGEDY. Never in my recollection did any occurrence send such a thrill of consternation through this city as tl fatal omnibus accident at the Portobello-bridge o aturday night._ The news passed in all direc- _ t vith electric rapidity that one of the omnibuses 1' n into the lock chamber of the canal, and he passengers were drowned.. It was first whether the omnibus was going out of town or returning, and the anxiety was in tense among persons who expected their friends to be travelling by omnibus about that hour. Multi tudes crowded round the scene of the disaster, and cabs and cars lined the streets in the neighbourhood. Some years ago Mr. Wilson, a London gentleman, established a line of omnibuses from the General Post-office to Roundtown, running through Rath mines and Rathgar—the greatest thoroughfares about Dublin. During the day the " Favorite" omnibuses ran every 15 minutes, and after 6 o'clock. p.m. every half-hour. The line was very well con ducted, no serious accident having ever occurred upon it before. On Saturday night the omnibus No. 7 left Roundtown at 0 o'clock, and arrived in the usual time at. the Canal-bridge, to which there is a sharp ascent on both sides. The driver pull e d up to let out a passenger on the bridge. While the conductor was taking the fare the omnibus began to back down the incline towards Rttthmines. In the effort to get on the horses, which were fresh and spirited, one or both became restiff, the pole got entangled in the harness, the driver lost con trol over them, the omnibus continued to back up on the road towards Portobello Barracks, and then, turning rather sharply round, it was pushed vio lently up the rising ground to the lock basin, bursting and passing through the wooden railing ; and before any assistance could be rendered the omnibus, horses, and all were precipitated into the canal. The driver, Patrick Hardy, a steady man, who is said to have been perfectly sober, kept his seat till the omnibus went down, and was dragged out of the water alive by a policeman named Goffney, who had been on duty in the neighbourhood. No thing is known of the way in which the e4eig4eede acted on the occasion. There were six ineideipas-: sengers, all of whom lost their liyeg; diately. 'The scene wee frightful.' 'ln a a awil h o .,, must unlikely, where the possibilit of — Cr conld scarcely be imagined, six huina Alt up in an omnibus, were plunged into a dark chani ber, 16 or 20 feet deep, half full of water, shriek ing, and struggling for help in vain. The horses were plunging furiously, striking their hoofs against the smooth slimy stone walls, splashing the water about in their convulsive efforts for life. The people on the bridge and around the place presented a scene of wild confusion and horror, shouting for help, rushing to and fro, striving to let off the water to break open the omnibus, to do something to save the lives of the passengers. All was vain. The cries gradually died away. When, after an interval of 20 minutes, the top of the omnibus was broken in with a hatchet, all were dead. The following are the names of the victims :—Mrs. Byrne, aged 26, and her infant child ; Mr. Gunn, proprietor of a music establishment in Westland-row; a man named Cunningham, a night watchman in one of the docks ; Mrs. O'Connell, the wife of a solicitor, from the county of Clare; Miss O'Connell, her daughter, aged 18 years, who was at St. Patrick's ball in the Castle a few evenings before, and was much admired for her singular beauty. The two last-named and the child were immediately removed to Mercer's Hospital; the rest were taken to the Meath Hospital, were every exertion was made to restore consciousness by Drs. Smyly, Porter, Whar ton, Jameson, and other medical gentlemen. Dr. Monk, who lives near the scene of the disaster, had previously done everything that was possible to save some of the lives, but all skill was in vain. Six corpses await the coroner's inquest, which is to be held at 12 o'clock to-day. Many rumours are afloat on the subject —as to the blame attached to individuals. Amidst the ex pressions of horror at the catastrophe, a feeling of astonishment is universally expressed as to how the thing could have occurred, even if the driver and conductor were endeavouring to do it of set pur pose—why the conductor or some one did not seize the horses' heads—how the omnibus could have turned round in such away, and been forced just into the spot that seemed most inaccessible, and also at the same time most fatal. Multitudes are travel ling daily by these omnibuses, and a thought of danger like this never occurred to any one. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-.LIVERPOOL, April 8. OWEN V. lIOLLINS Mr. Conway appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. lspinall for the defendants. This was an action to recover damages for an ex cessive distress and for selling the plaintiff's goods after tender of the rent. It appeared that the plain tiff, Margaret Owen, kept a beerhouse and also a sailors' boarding house. • The rent for the latter was two guineas a-month, and in November, 1859, was in arrear four months, less £1 paid on account. The bailiff, who had been instructed to distrain seems to have called on the plaintiff and to have obtained £2 los _from her, on the promise that nothing further would be done in the matter. la spite of this promise . however, w hi c h was re peated to her at th e defendant' s office, she found, on returning to her house, that it had b een gu t ted from top to bottom of all her furniture, amount. ing in value to about £7O. She hastened to the defendant's office, where the goods were, but they knew nothing of what had been done by the bailiff, and proceeded to sell the goods, notwithstanding plaintiff's offer to pay the rent if the £2 10s paid to the bailiff were allowed her in deduction. No money or account was returned to her after the sale, but the defendants offered to compromise the case in a way which did not satisfy the plaintiff. In the absence of any claim for special damages arising from loss of profits by the lodging house, the jury were confined to the value of the goods taken, and the damage arising from refusal of the plaintiff's tender of payment before sale, and they returned a verdict for the plaintiff for £25. POTTS AND OTHERS, ASSIGNEES, V. MEARES. Mr. Monk, Q.C., Mr. Cleasby, Q.C. and Mr. Ovens appeared for the plaintiffs ; and Q.C., and James, Q.C., and Mr. Holker for the defendants. This was an action to recover the value of certain goods and hook debts delivered and assigned over to the defendants under circumstances that made the transaction a fraudulent preference as against the other creditors of the owner, who soon after became bankrupt. It appeared that Myott, the owner of the goods, was a grocer in Manchester, having one shop in Stratford, New-road, and another in Oxford-street, and that about the beginning of October last, the bankruptcy of a person for whom he had been ac cepting accommodation bills brought him close to ruin. Some evidence was given that letters, about a fortnight before this date, and again within 21 hours of it, were sent to Myott, by Meares, pressing for payment of a debt of £1,400 due to him. The amount of his debts to other trade creditors was at the kerne time £BOO, and, altogether, including the accommodation bills which he had been accepting, he was liable for £3,860. Meares, on receipt of a letter from the debtor Myott on October 4, the day after the bankruptcy of the drawer of the accom modation bills, had an interview with Myott in his shop in Stratford, New-road. Meares the same day met a traveller named M'Girr, and that even ing this traveller agreed to buy the stock and book debts in the place of business in Stratford, New road. The stock was to be valued next morning at 6 o'clock, and it was accomplished in the course of four hours. The estimated value was £554, and. the book debts, amounting to upwards of £600,, were sold for £3OO. A deed of assignment, drawn. by an attorney selected by the attorney of Mearesi. was delivered to M'Girr on the 6th of October, to gether with possession of the shop and stock, and. M'Girr gave his check for the amount, vrizi°b• Myott, the debtor, handed over to Meares's attor ney to pay Meares, his creditor, or do what he74iked with it. About th e same t i me t h e s l e ek an'd fix tures, and goodwill o f t h e s h op i n Oxfore.-street were sold to a p erson name d Gi r dlestone foi: £ 5O . The learned J u d ge summe d u p the evide/ ice , and stating, in answer to a The jury at once f oun d a v erdict for the vlaintiffs, ue stio b Jadge, that they were of opinion that t her e ha y d the been, a fraudu lent preference. The defendant had already recovered £360 of the book debts, for which £3OO only had b een gi ven, a sum of £9 14, and this, together w ith the vai ue of t h j c .l 3toek,•made t h e amount for whit 1 the 'verdict was taken. Mr. Baron Channell and a Speciah Jury.) CHE STER CIRCUIT.—CIIESTER, _l:mil 6. IrALL V. CRAWFORD ,1 ...11D OTHERS,. (B g ef r o . re ßaron Channell summed up with gr 'eat care in this case, which has extended over tb ree days, involving a disp'ited right of footpath,. s xplaining to the jury the nature of a dedication, ar id the acts from which it might be inferred or k 7 w hich it might be rebutted. He then commer ited on the alleged acts and of the of user on the one hand interruption o n t h e other, and conclrla e - d by telling , the jury that a dedication by the a timer of the l land an to the public ought to be mad' a out u nequivocally ; but that if the ro ad vra t s he•owner dedicated, no subsequent irhterrr i ptioll by would destroy the right f4f vor y. f d t thus edeen An , The jury found a verzdict fo', - .th clear l y y ce so est4blishingithe public, right, as alleged, git ) COO 7 80 for Ss; ?9 r :55 a• he Li! , •