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Tho committee considered that it would be desirable in the first instance to try the experiment of providing two additional courts only, which might be used fur the trial of causeg 111 any of the courts as cir cumstances might require. They considered that the crypt under Guildhall might be adapted to the purposes of a kitchen ; and that the present kitchen, together with the offices lately used fur the transaction of the business connected with the Bridge•house estates, migh be converted into two convenient courts. The architect had submitted a plan for making the proposed altera tions, the expense whereof he had estimated at about 7,5001., exclusive of the expense of adapting the crypt under Guildhall to the purposes of a kitchen. The com mittee recouiraended that the aiteritions referred to be cArried out, and that in the meantime no expense should be incurred in making alterations in the existing courts of law. —FEn.I9. :a oats 03 , e a ch Os. Oti. MR. ALBETINsmiTres Movlr BLANC, TO-NIGHT, an very elienl4l,(elleept INturday), at ✓dock, and Tuesday, 71 roday. and SllTut.lay l‘lorrlngal at r. ugall k Zs. ; area, 2s. ; gallery, I s.—Egyptlan Hall, Piccadilly. • " 4 - I i % . hIARICIVT-- ARGYLL ROOMS.—LAIIRENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter ee3soa. Principal Cornet a Piston, )4. Boulcourt , .—Doors open at S. Admission One Shilling. Laprent's new Vaniovlana every te g ht. again largo. mple of 160 0 ! do., 7s od to [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• ROY A.LPOLYTECHNIC. —0 n Saturday Even ._ lag, the 23d, at B.ls, lir. F. LISNox HouNE will repeat his r 11 0-Comic Musienl Lecture on the USE and ABUSE of ART, Zeltionstrating the Errors in Popular Taste concerning Italian and English Singing ; with Vocal and Dramatic Illustrations. N o . 19,777.1 LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1856. .F .El 3. 18. ieC011(1. I l'hir' o . l — ll s 6d 3T 0 , —s Od I .- -a Od 04 —a Od - Od and exhibitions— of all of which it may be said with truth that they, like the British Museum and the National Gallery, tend " to promote the moral and intellectual improvement of the working classes." It is for this reason, and from a strong conviction that this beginting of change would lead ulti mately to alferiug utterly asd throughout the character of the Lord's Day in this country, that we say emphatically No to the plausible proposition of Sir Joshua Walw.sley, THE STATE OF TURKEY. a means of enriching themselves, and thus making up for the heavy briles.which th. y had had to'pay for their places. When the power of the Janissaries was broken by Nlabineud, be re-chtabli,hed the election of the princes, retaining only the right of confirming them. Tho nomination of the princes by the Porte out of three candidates would only bring back the same results which the nomination of the Ytnariote Princes by the JaLissa ries had- -namely, the place would be sold to the highest bidder,' and some Turkish officials would make a hand some thing of it. To-day is the fourth and last conference on this sub- • W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of O'DDITIES; Fifty instantaneons Iletamorphnses of Vole., Character, 'el'el Costume, concluding with an impersonation of Mi le. Rachel, as Costume, . 4 Les Hora,..4.'t Every evening, sit 8. Private taxes 114 d malls may be secured in advance, without extra charge. Poly graphic-hail, King William- street, Charing-cross. PUBLICATIONS. iit Gf the Public Journals. MISS BUNBURY'S NEW WORK. Now ready at all thrlbraries, In 3 vols.,_ (From the limes of this day.) After a long discussion the report was adopted. BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE REPAIRS. OUR OWN STORY. By SELINA BUSBURY, Author of" Life in Sweden,' &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, suczessors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. A voluminous report made by the Bridge-house Estates Committee, detailing the enormous sums of money ex pended in repairing lilackfriars-bridge from time to time, was ordered to be printed. It ends in the following; recommendation :—" We therefore recommend that the present unsightly centringa under the sth and' 6th arches of Mackfriars-bridge, and the Dolphin piles and booms connected therewith, should be removed, and that in lieu thereof iron ribs should be placed under those arches, as shown by the model accompanying this report, at the estimated expense of 17,0001." The motion of Deputy CORDER " to agree with the committee in their report" was seconded by Deputy BARNARD. If Mo t to-day. tt (1 dearer 0 0 ' E I were small, all extreme 011 , zfia Od co 40 [Ss Od. ; raP',,, 016 s Od b g fp4 1,33 i 0 1 to 30 4ADAME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT - LIND. EXETER HALL. THE NIGHTINGALE FUND. It Is respectfully announced that Mr. and Madame (.OLT)- its le"MI DT will give an EVENING ( ON' ERT of SACRED and ELLANFOUB MUSIC, with Full Band and Chorus, at Exeter Bali, on TUESDAY EV -SING, Mach 11th, 1856, the proceeds of v +itch will be presented to the Nightingale Fund. ° , l this occasion the seats throuchout the Hall will be numbered mild Reserved, price One Guinea each. Old for Tickets received by Hr. Mitchell , Roya l Librar y , 33, old Rond.street. liThe places will be appropriated recording to priority of applea- Irl and tickets will be ready for delivery on and after Monday , aro, 3. 14 AI Library, 33, Old Bond-street. NOTICE. SIR BERNARD BURKE'S PEERAGE an d RARONETAGE for 1856. New. Edition. corrected through out to the period of publication, will be ready with the Magazines, Fen. 2). Horst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to floury Colburn, 13, Groat Marlbor..ugh-street, and to be had of all booksellers. ject. Galata is still in a state of excitement and confusion about the continued fall .of the rate of exchange. All things have sunk in price, and all those who have heavy stocks expect heavy losses. However disagreeable these consequences may he for the moment to all those who lose by them; it must have a good effect on the market in the end, by bringing down prices and wresting the exchange from the hands of the few for the benefit of all. • Tbis day is published, THE POETICAL WORKS of THOMAS AIRD. A 'law and Complete Edition, handsomely printed in small octavo pa 440, price G•. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. the mattes. send, &a• . 19 ................ . . .. . as Main •.. 17 . .............. tton .......... , 7 ................ n .............. • 9 . :19 • ..... . ........ ......... . 4l 17 1 9 es ...... 6 .... 46 General Post 'fit! ou4 ver.st do' Port TAtv patch.- , 0 j i irpooi 144 r. 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SETCI' I O 0, EtSPBCTIVR 'I . 39, Al l,OO O l, the York 14° , 0 1 for valuable, 0 111 st powerful t er Opera, and 1 0 of objects it o lo the armY r _ si ll teh extraelw fe with an extra as, Saturn'' , VI telescope CO id a half diolor 13 of larger of while their rer more than 0 1 8, Stc.—The nted, very 6 walnut, bye P oe r `.ant; they he opera Iwo at 8 to 10 ul to ting, tourists. Ol e { l , with wono e o " ea of the 0 1 1,01 (vantage deli is ming impair's - o r , god persons co . ost minute ° c I ry ich less noas- z o frequent nb. 9 ' l : c o , rerful assiots", % , Vibrator, $ D a . - fra d instrumen t t• surpw. 6 10 , .bly ever ssl i „ o° r' skin, is act 1.11 tinetly at ell_ Ar t l "l Ligation of rlr it affords Al' r i e • —39, Albotos rork Hotel. , the wird, of °' :ospibal, 110 0 ' tendent, of 'are, the Wl."' 0 'ord, Essez, be t/ Burch, SteP Mary, the 0' _ . mare. ..„,,,, o 1 , n, Alfred 1 1 ,,,, .° is. Gibbs, Es {e iv, IslingteiN, 4 , Edward Stuvw" )gton. mercmith, Ce°' late Mr. MO/ rich, Mr. IV°. v. Johtt El Dover. - go W.Wettg li aged 70. or ge No vct'-' louse, Gloucc.. plier Bakow ell BasEano, E 9' 4 _.._.._~ DO YOtriV! Iffice, 114; the cowsti THEATRE ROYAL COVENT-GARDEN; ENGLISH OPERA. greet hit and immense success or the new tenor Mr. Henry Haigh. The Bohemian Girl will he repeated This Evening. nc IRIS V.YEVING, Friday, February 22, will be performed the '..r.;MIAN GIRL. Arline, the celebrated AmeriCitn rat= Donna, irleY Iseott; Thaddeus, the new tenor, Mr. Henry Haigh; Devils "ol; Mr. Farquharson; the Count Arnheim, Mr. Durand. .., '0•1/torrerr will be produced, THE MOUNTAIN SYLPH. Donald, Henry Haigh ; the Sylph, Lucy EscOtt. Each of these operas will be produced on the grandest scale, the Zwhale of the unlimited resources of this, the first theatre in the "Nrooolis, will be called into requisition for the occasion. The miss kene will be characteristic of all that has,been produced on the 2 'rds of Covent-garden. Conductor, Mr. Leder. Fu'l band and . S. Tne opera to be followed each evening with the new Farce (con of WIIA I' DO YOU W ‘NT? (in consequence of numerous n , , luiries). The Wiz t rd. by Professor Anderson ; the other Wizard t Mr. Leigh Murray, who will have Vie honour of introducing his fac-similits of Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Charles Aeati. L> Performance to conclude each evening with the Ballet of F ftETILLAN r, snopo rted by Mr. Flexmore, Mr. W. V", Mr. Charles Brown, and Miss Emma Horne. :Mlle. Ankara Ail make her fifth appearance these eight years at this theatre in `: role of Josephine. rrivate boxes, 3/.'3s. 21. 2s , li. is., and 12s. ; 'grand balcony, 4s. ; D r Per boxes, 2s. 6d. ; pit and amphitheatre stalls, 2s ; gallery. Is. civate boxes and seats irk the balcony. stalls, and upper boxes, may seeured on application at the Box Office of the theatre, which Is al. tinder the direction of par. O'Reilly, daily from rex to rive. e t °" oen every evenng at Half-past Six. Commence at S e v e n. ,"'id p price at Nine o i 'lock. 4. 1" . . 11 , Monday, after the Opera, Gilderoy. Jock Muir, Professor Pr o f essor Anderson's Great Carnival Benefit, Monday and Tues .!. March 3 and 4. UANK OF DEPO SIT, No. 3, PALL.MALV EAST, LONDON. Established A.D., 1844. pa rties (I , slrous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to i n 7; s u'uotho Plan of the Bank of Deposit. Prospectuses and Forms uPelting Accounts Bent free on aonlication. PETER MORRIsON, Managing Director. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LONDON. Ipi'telleles effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE IN a c u ll - PIFTHS, or SO per cent. of the Net Profits of the Society,ecordinq, to the conditions contained in the S , ciety's Prospectus. T he Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Uwe are lower than in many atm* 014-estah'ished offices, and luau: ere protected from all risk. by an ample guarantee furyl, in " "'"l to the ammoniated funds derived from the investments of I. enl tur n , Policy stamps paid by the Office. ? t o „TsPectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, "u° ll , or of any of the Agents of the Society: CHARLES HENRY LI ODERDALE, Actuary. j ONDON and NORTH WESTERN, MID SP... IRE, * L AN D and AN MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, and LINCOLN- " COMPIES. N i le Obblie Is reauested to take_ notice, that on and after 1110N the 25th instant, the Fares hetween ows London awl the fol "nnt Towns will be FURTHER. REDUCED, as fol :-- . First Class. t , ecend Class. . , s. d. s. d. ~Bradford_4 .. .• .. .. •. .. •.. . .. 5 0 • • 3 6 " 1 ••,..n (1,3 •• • • ..... • ..... . • • •• • .. 0 3 6 5 0 .. 3 6 o n a r r n z i i ar n •: . 0 ° a :t d o . • •:• : : •• •• : : •• :::•• : •• : 0 .: :• 3 6 3 6 I ineoln Shefileld..... ............ •'• • • 6 0 .. • 4 0 kettord 02 6 P eterborough . b ig o n n tt e l a n s , t h e ft r ni . •••••—•• " • • . • • • c 6 0 .. 4 0 ° .. 2 6 3 0 • • . •• Newark 3 0 hall .. . 7 6 .. 5 0 .... ••••••••••••••••• By order. MARK MEISEL •lA•t. ‘l,Lrour. Xuston Station, Feb. 20, 1856. ED. WATKIN• ...._ IPWRSUANT to an Order of the High Court of 0 4 Cancery, made in the fare of the Estate of William u t .T' lll Z. and In a cause, Richard ening anA others against Wel. • tinton Bousfleld, the lIREDITOIN of WILLIAM. (IRE F:NING. ate of No 22, Marlborottib-pla'm, Old Kent-road, in the County of ;Zhu oentleman, deceased the Testator in the proceedings named solicitors, died on or about the 6th day of June, 1855), are, by their „, I , C iteml, on or before the 29th day . of February, 1856. to come in 1 4 .",.. prove their debts at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Sir ~° • 11 1 Stuart, No. 12, Old square, Lincoln s-inn, Middlesex, or, in "Vtult thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit 6 '14 said Order. t huraday, the 6th day of March, 1856, at one of the clock In the r i terneon, a t the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adju 9,!ting upon the claims. Dated ated the 12th day of February, 1856. ALFRED STALL, Chief Clerk. • BA.TT, Dyers' Hall, London, and Wandsworth , S urre y , ` l4 inilff's Solicitor. NEWLABEL.—Ia consequence of the great I tA , variety of counterfeit labels of A. ROWLAND & SONA' ti,TASiAIt OIL, now in circulation, and wh!ch so nearly resemble ",'.! 'KZhaat as frequently t deceive the unwary—they have em :t°Yed those eminent artists Messrs Perkins, Bacon, & CO., who, Est cost, and by a peculiar process of their own, have succeeded It roduclnz from steel " A NEW L kIIEL," which cannot be foroed. e ° 7 lPosei of a section of an (nip:lnt-turned circle, repealed cue __mired__ an thirty times—and forms an original lace-work ground, ul) ° ,l which is enaraved in white letters, " ROWLANDA' AC iSSAR OIL. Og THE GRORTII, R M ESTORATION. AND FOR BEAUTIFYING TILE HUMAN HAIR." Under which is the Signature of the Proprietors in Red Ink " A. ROIVIAND & SON'S." B old by eriemers them at 20. [fatten-garden, Lundell, and by Chemists and Ir. 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To be had of the investor, nRIEL JOZEALT, French chemist, 49, Ilaymarket, London, and t he Principal chemists. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. TRIESEIViATL—On the 29th of May, 1855, a.n iniunction was granted by the iligh Court of Chancery. and tit the 11th of June following was made perpetual, against Joseph wranklin and others, to restrain them, ruttier a penalty of one thud land Pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by oYai Letters Patent, of England, and secured by the Seals of the b .COlt de Ph =mit de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine TRIESEMAR, No. 1, ts a rem e d y for Relaxation, snermatorrhre, am! all the distre.sing co nsequences arising from early abuse, &e.,"nnd its effects are'efli taelous in youth, manhood, and old age; and t • persons who are Prevented entering the married suit, from the results of early Fors it is invaluable. TEIESEMAR, No. 2, I btrectually. In the short space of three days, completely and tntire.: '?radicates all traces of these Disorders which Capalvi and Cnbeb have so long been thought an antidote for, to the Mtn of toss t• Of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 8, Is the great C3ntlnental Remedy for that class of Disorders, whic' unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all th "ruParllla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAR, Ncs. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid ot taste or smelt and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet tart Without their use being suspected TILIE , EMAR, Nos. 1,2, and 3 ,a e to'd in tin C 119! F, price I le., or tour cases in one for 335., which saves I Is. ; and in 5/. eases, whereby Ithere is a saving of I/. 125.; tuvtueci in.. s -,iarute doses, as admix/tit tered by Valpeau, Lailernami, Foul' & :., Esc. To be had Wholesale and Retail in Londcn of Johnston. 6S, Coruhill; Hannay slid Co.. 63, Oxford-str et; and stringer. ISO. (1,• f ord -street ; R. H. Ingham, druggist, 46. M arket-street. Manchester I . Bradbury, bookseller, Dea&gate, Bolton; J. Priestly, ehemist. 14 W -street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street D thlin ; Winnall, bookseller, nigh-street, Pirminghsan. THe SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY Ju s. published, price ls., illustrated with O&M; free by post for 1 stamps, NERVOUS DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper matorrhcea, with Practical Observations on it sitter and more tine eesstul mode of treatment of the (linens of the Oenerativt , ' ' Y s temt obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting ane , di stinguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of every variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, ex cesses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, fo unded on twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Icerreee Debility, Local Weakness, t3permatorrhma, &c. To which are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre cautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical prrctico, 1 ,-, 1 on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writel . 3 on t 5.10 important disorders. SA - 4UEL LA'MERT M.D. 87, REDFORD-BQU A FL, LONDON, D /cter of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edit: burgh, honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Social Licentiate of Apoth ees.rl km' hall, London, Etc., &a. 'Cho essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful cau se luences resulting from certain ha.hits, Irregularities, and excesses, w,aich have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man ho xi, and premature decay at all 81 ages of Life, than, perhaps, any „ o tier class of disease known to modern y ethologists. Its perusal is p' rticularly recommended to Peroens entertaining secret doubts of th it physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled is absolutely necessary that all Men should know, that there are Principles of personal management which cannot be violated without Incurring grievous penalties, end when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indutgen ee , how these penalties may be mitigated, hew the sting of their bittern ess ma y b e r e moved, and how the evil and its consequences maybe avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any decree of Phrlieal infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. The Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive Practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have unfortunately been too generally' wadded to the care of ignorant enteirios, who inflict great injure On those teLo are induced to place faith in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had price la, of Messrs. Sher wood and Co., 23, Paterncster4ow; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Horne , 19, Leicester-square; Mann, 39 , Cornb i ll ; or free by Post for st4mps to any address fri m the Author's residenco, a'r, B e e. tordeemere. At home for consultation doily from 2107'0 till two, and from Six till Vght. , r0 ,,,,' , 31Itr• 4 SIR ARCHIBALD ALI - ON, BARE • On Monday next, In 3 vols., CLARA : or, Slave Life in Europe. With a Preface by Sir ARCIIISSLD ALISON, Bert. "It is intended to exhibit a picture of all the stage, of society, from the clhars through thr saloon to the garre', in order to prove that the coov,mtiorai bonds of civil , sed life are even more galling than the rude fetters of the African; and that many a white slave would have something to envy in the lot of Uncle To u."—Sir Archi bald Alison London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. MR. WILKIE COLLINS'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the libraries, AP TER D A R K. By WILKIE Commis, author of " Basil," " Ride an 'I Seek," &c. In 2 vols. London : Smith, Elder, and Co.. 65, Cornhill. Jest published, .A. M B E R H By A. J. RARIZOWCLIFFE. In 2 vols. I L L. . - " The^e is great power in ' A mberhill,' and its faults are forgotten in the sustained excitement of the narrative. There are in the book some of the shrewdeat sketches of-character we have ever an t with. If we suppose the e tiqy to be the work of an artist, the leading character to be ima4ine I, and her whale career from first to last to be shaped by design, we must regard it as a worniermi work of creative genius."—Press. "There is talent and vigour about this wrrk ; we welcome it, in spite of the morbid and painful interest of the story. The story is told with great energy and some elotinence."— Athenaeum. " mberhill ' appears to be intended as a lesson against weak ness of character, over-lust of wealth, and disregard of religvon. In point of manner, the book belongs to the school of 'Jane Eyre.' The writer has one great quality for fiction, that of commanding the attention of the reader."—Speatator. "This is a striking and remarkable story, with great originality of plot and vivid delineation of character, drawn by a vigorous hand. The style is earnest and often eloquent, the characters aro distinctly drawn, and th interest untiaggisg."--Sutt. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhiil. HENRY MAYHEW'S NEW PERIODICAL ON LONDON AND LONDONERS. On Sa'u:day, March 1, 1856. will he published, Part 1., price one and No. 1., 'mice threepence, of the REAT WORLD of LONDON : Its Hard `LW Life, Its Easy Life; its Drawing Room and Garret Life; its Industrious, Idle, Business, and Pleasure - Life ; its Highways, and Byeways, and Sly way s ; its "Pluralities of Worlds." e. g., of Fashion and Vnigo-Gentility, of Science, Art, Letters, Vanity, and Vice; its Lions and Puppies, Sharks and Gulls, Big-Wigs and Small Fry, Philo sophers and Fast men ; its Lawyers, DoCtors, Parsons, " Magsmen," Soldiers, Servants. Merchants, •-hopmen," Duffers," Authors, Arti,ts, sh,;wmen, Nobies, - Swell- Viobsmen, and " Shallow Caves ;" its Palaces and Penitentiaries, Clubs, Merchant Halts, and Soup Kit chens; its May-Fair and Rag-Fair ; its Parks, Railways, Docks, Mai kets, Belgravia, and" Padding Sens;" its Exchanges and Banks ; Ps MI-Discounters, Pawnbrokers, and " Dolly-Shops ;" its Dull dres of ?►tile s of Streets and Sewers ; its Crowds of Carriages and Carts, ' Busses,' "Cabs," and Coster-Trucks; its Law Courts end Judge and Jury Clubs; its Houses of Parliament and " cogers' Halls ;" its Operas, Eagle Taverns, Cyder Cellars, and 'Coal-holes ;" its Aiinaeks and Argyll Rooms, Spectacles, and " Peony Gaffs ;" its Churches, Chapels, stay-Meetings, and Free-tbinking Societies; —in flue, its Every-day and Oat-of-the-way Scenes, risers, and Charac ters. By HENRY MAYHEW, Author of" London Labour and the London Poor." David Bogue, Fleet-street. • the Third Elition.--Just published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d . ON TRUE & FA LSE SPERMATORRIREA , with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the deal ,=ufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. • Translated from the German of Dr. I'ICKYOIin. Piciaor, 'a known to English muter* oy his frequent pracci .:at t.ontributiom to German medical literature. This is the first ,me, he Informs as, that he has addressed himself to the noa-medi :al reader. We trust this may not be the iast, if be shall ,ietect any other equally dagrant evil which it. may be in his p)wer to cor rect." —London !tie 'jet.) Gazette. " The tribe of I Quiet Sympathisers,' and ' Medical Fri , ;nils,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book 4veld find its w •.y• into the hands of those who stiffer from the corn- Ilaint of wnien it treats. we are satisfied that many hundreds would e saved much needless su tering of body and mind, and what is of es% input Lance, 'though it is that which the quacks most prize nue', money --This volut,ne is well qualified to put an end to the aatpirlcal , ystem of treat;ng iipertnatorrhrsa ' and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do touch gotxl." bondon : 11. Balm. 219. Regent-street. a4..70-1 __a_nri_ Mi I i tn.nr_ Intellizence. The Colossus, 81, (crew), Captain the Hon. H. Keppel, C. 8., senior officer of the gun-boat flotilla, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning acd anchored at the Motherbank The Blenheim, 60, Captain W. H. Hall, C. 8., was removed out of the steam basin yesterday at Portsmouth, and got up steam to try her engines preparatory to re• joining the fleet at Spithead. The Urarger and Skylark steam gun-boats were re- moved from docks yesterday, and the Cockchafer and Cheerful took their place. The Fury, 6, paddle•sloop, was takeh into the fitting basin at Portsmcuth yesterday, to fit for sea. The Resistance troop-sbip, Master Commander Hall, went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon to refit. The Wanderer, 8, screw gun-boat, Commander Luce, is being fitted for sea with the utmost despatch at Chat ham. She is of 670 tons, and is to be armed with two Lanca-ter guns, 68-pounders, of 95 cwt. each, which will be worked on pivots the foreside of the funnel, one on each side, also one pivot 32-pounder of 56 cwt, to be carried forward ; the other two are to be light 32- pounders. The Mohawk, a sister vessel, has also ar rived from the contractor, and the Sparrowhawk is shortly expected ; also the Assurance and Cormorant. The whole of these vessels are to be ready so as to take part in any operations which may ensue in the Baltic or elsewhere this spring. Eight mortar-vessels are also ordered to be fitted out at Chatham for the like service. The finding of the Court•martial which sat on board her Alajest:,'. ship Victory on Tuesday, for the trial of Commandcr Crang and Mr. Green, the n►agter of her Ma jesty's steam-sloop Perseverance, for getting that vessel aground on Portland Bill on the 7tb inst was " that the charge had been proved, and that both officers be severely reprimanded, and admonished to be more care ful in future.' --- - -The steam transport Alps, No. 82, Captain Robert Inglis, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the East. She left Constantinople on the 4th inst., with Lieutenant Nutting, of the 19th Regiment ; Capt. Harness, Turkish Contingent ; Major Lewes (Deputy A,,sistant-Quarter masier General) of the 3d ; Civil-Surgeon Glover ; Capt. S Ninton, 3d Dragoon Guards ; Civil-Surgeon Rowden ; Staff-Surgeon Barrow (in charge of invalids) ; one pri soner of the 93d Highlanders ; one woman, one seijeant of Turkish Contingent, and tw o civilians. On the 15th the Alps passed the steam-ship Europa with the flowing battery Giatton in tow, for Lisbon and England, The C,cutta, 84, Captain James J. Portsmneuth, arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday,Bt r)P f °rd' from andi n s appointed to go into Haaioaze immediately, to he fitted E'er the flag of Admiral Sir M. Seymour, Commander in-Chief in the East Indies. The paddle-wheel steam-sloop Gorgon, 6, Commander R. B. Crawford, from Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday. The screw steam-ship Orion, 91, Capt. N. Erskine, went from Hawoaze into Plymouth Sound on Wed nesday. The screw steam-frigate Enryalus, 51, Capt. G. Ram say, was warped front the uasin-dock to her sailing moorings in Hamoaze, on Wednesday. During the visit which the Lords of the Admiralty paid on Saturday last to Woolwich Dockyard, for the special instruction of the gun-boats, it was suggested by Mr. Green, the master of the despatch vessel Coquette, that a handing and return scuttle should be out on. the lower deck of that Blass of war-vessels, so as to feral a direct communication from the handing-room to the upper deck, which plan would considerably facilitate the supply of powder, it being at present conveyed the entire length of the store-room and lower deck. The proposi tion having been found useful, was immediately approved by their lordships, and it has been ordered to he carried iuto effect. Every exertion is being made by the officers and men of the Coquette to get ready for sea. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander W. E. A. Gordon, to the t C o o t c h h e ra v n, ie t t o or t ; h s e t. Conflict p.; Lake,Noe Hermes ; Commander De C. A.. Agnew, to the Frolic ; ' e Coquett e ; H er b ert D. W alker, CommandaecrtinTzthomomattashe ieetant, to the Ar rogant ; Arthur Adams, actingm Osborn,as tmaster's r s mat,a s s surgeon, to the Sparrowhawk ; L. B. Chitty, clerk, to the Belleisle. Commanders Henry Coryton, J. B. Marsh, N. S. Nolloth, and W. C. Ch amberlai n have been promoted to the rank of Captain. Lieutenants J. P. Palmer, C. J. P. Gli nn 3. S . Rundle, and J. E. F. Risk have been promoted ' to the rank of Commander. JUSTICE IN R Ow. —ln the Wensleydale debate upon the life peerage Lord Campbell in self-exculpation declared that he had privately but "distinctly stated to his noble and learned friend (the Lord Chancellor) that he should be obliged to make a row about it when Parliament met." Who, out of the major circle of the peerage, could ever believe that a live, hereditary peer could, just like a paceman, ta:k of a "row ?" What then will be the amazement of merely common people to learn that even the awful Lord Chief Justice of England has, in the security of private life, been h ear d t o " dem his uttone," tn,l to " dakh kII Wig. "_Punch . A few years ago a popular preacher was inveighing against Sabbath desecration in every possible shape. Not a stitch of work must be done on that day ; not foot moved, except to church ; not a tongue wagged, e. cept his own. A ride or drive in the Park, which, by the by, is not quite so general a crime as the Sabbatarians seem to imagine, was utterly for bidden. It made sot only the coachman and the footman, but even the poor beasts, break the Sabbath. While the preacher was haranguing inside the chapel there stood outside between 20 and 30 carriages waiting for his deeply-impressed bearers. The footmen were assemb.ed at the door of the ad joining public-house, and the whole neighbourhood was in an uproar; 50 horses and the same number of men were breaking the Sabbath in the most flagrant style. Had anybody ven tured to suggest to the preacher to keep his own congrega• tiou in order - before he put down all the world, he would pro bably have replied that he knew liis own business, and wanted °nobody's advice. Obvious and indefensible as this inconsis tency may seem, it is a universal owe. Everybody is for lay ing down just those /tiles and admitting just those modifica tions that suit his own convenience. The principal bane of this course is that it ends in a purely negative system. What this world, and, in particular, this metropolis wants, issomc body to tell it what to do, for every stupid fellow can tell it what it ought not to do.. There ar.t many thousand artisans living within a mile of St. Paul's, and a good distance from anything to call a garden or a green field. Of these at least nineteen out Of twenty go to no place of worship on Sunday, don't emerge from their musty dens till the middle of the 'day. For our part, we have frequently urged.ou the Legis lature the duty of providing plaCes of innocent recreation for these people,—parks, walks, and pleasure-grounds,—but that is just what Parliament will not do. It will do no good, because doing good is a difficult, anxious, responsible affair, attended with cost, and followed by occ tsional failures. It will only forbid what it conceives to be harm, for that is easy and cheap. It acts Ike the parent who never gave five minutes serious thought as to what to do w.th his child, who never had . word to say to it of an improving tendency, and very seldom of a cheering one, and who confines the exercise of his paternal dominions to scoldin g , beating, snubbing, thwarting, silencing, and all the other forms of interdiction. No. doubt, a parent who never does good will h# B o o casion enough to forbid what- is wrong. If a man does - not sow good seed in Lis fields, be will have weeds enough to root up And we venture to submit that the reason why the British Legis lature is so overtasked with the enormous arrears of crime to be punished and depravity to be reformed is that it will not do anytaing to instruct and elevate those whom it ultimately has to riform or chastise. • As to the particular question and the particular decision of last night in the Cummons, we have nothing to say against them. The British Museum as it is, and the National Gallery as it is, don't seem quite the place for Sunday - edification or recreation. Of the former we spoke yesterday, and contented ourselves with advising our country friends not to expect rest in its half-mile of galleries. As to the National Gallery, it was obviously never designed for a Sunday exhibition. Gods and goddesses, mythological stories, and nude figures of all sorts are not quite proper subjects of contemplation on a holy day. Moreover, the gallery is so small and stuffy that two or three hundred people make it intolerable. But we must be permitted to deprecate and denounce the hypocrisy with which member after member last night spoke as if a man was made good, and the day made holy, by shutting up these two places and as if it wasenough to tell:people some thingswhich they ought not to do. Moreover; we deprecate this continual comparison of oup own metropolitan population with that of the continental capital. What in the world do our legislators see of the Loudon artisan on the Sunday, er know of his man ners and notions, and his haunts and resorts on that day ? Wo can tell them that he does not spend the day in the bosom of his family. He does not take his wife on his arm and lead his children in procession to take a walk in the fields or on the river -side, for there aro no fields and no river side, thanks to the obstinate indiffelemee of Parliament to these public benefits. The London artisan does not spend the Sunday in psalm singing, ur in prayer, or in reading the Bible. Gentlemen who go abroad in the autumn, and inves tigate the suburbs of Paris, and Munich, and Vienna, will, of course, see a great deal of bad taste, and even some bad mo rality ; but if they would take a tour tois year through Beth nal-green, Spitaltields, Benno edsey, Lambeth, or even the neighbourhood of the Royal establishments at Chels2a, Greenwich, Deptford, and Woolwich, so as they use their eyes and ears properly, they would observe a good deal that is not in keeping with a sacred day, or even any day. Not all the prollieitive laws in the world will make a people good; they only stop certain outward forms and particular develop ments of evil. Thby leave the man himself unchanged. But, whatever the business of the legislator, and whether or not it be his duty to prohibit, and nothing more, we have certainly a much larger, more comprehensive, and more generous office to perform. _ . We should be sorry to see any new Book of Sports ; but we wish the 376 members who las' night put their negative on Sir J. Walmsley's motion would just inform the house how they spend their Sunday in the country. We believe it to be a very uniform process. Between services, or after the after noon service, they go round their domains with their visitors ; they measure the shoots on their young plantations; they in dicate improvements made or intended; they visit the farm, look at the cattle and pigs ; thence to the stables, whore they discuss the respective merits of the sleek occupants, point out the various new dodges for supplyinr , the animals with corn, hay, and water ; thou to the kennel, and set the clogs of all sorts and sizes in full cry ; stop here and there to enjoy the prospect, or mark a good situation for a house ; measure the girth and-guess the ages of the trees; then a tout into the shrubberies, and a . discussion of Deodara tvi,liC a ttr t fol e kdiKdae 6 s u i c aei:_ juSt lo Into the eonserva perhaps a visit to the poultry-yard, or Ovetra n liPs4. the wine-eel ar may conclude the day. Should the -visitor fall into the hands of the children there is Master Charley's flotilla of boats to be reviewed, thO rabbit-hutch to be in spected, the experimental garden to be admired. Should the weather permit a row on the lake, or even an immersion, is not thought inconsistent with the sane . ity of the day. Should the visitor request to see the schools, doubtless his wish will be complied with; and if he should absent himself from the company to send the afternoon in private devotions, he will enjoy perfect toleration. But the visible observance of Sunday is generally such as we have described. The even ing is solemnised with quiet talk about affairs in general, and pieces of music which, occurring in oratorios, are, of course, sacred. If bon, members would confess the honest truth, this is a fair account of their Sabbatical observances, over and above the services of the Church. What wo want them to do is to enable the artisan to enjoy the like serenity, the same holy calm, the same contemplation of natural and agree ablti objects, the :ame easy transition from one living picture to another —if it were possible, the same air and scenery, the same lawns, gardens, woods, meadows, and running streams; or, Una, at least a green field and a mouthful of fresh air. If they will do this, it will be a more Christian work, and will do more good than all the prohitory laws that were ever made, It will draw the working man from the ginshop, in stead of driving him to it, which is the natural result of our resent Sunday legislation. (Aoin (he Morning Post.) We cannot rank ourselves with the one party, who main- ahi - th . ai -- 6,ll — ti;e - b;:e - a s ie - rs — of the law fill the courts of the police-offices on Monday mornings are the victims of Puri tanical Sabbath observances ; or with - the other party, who would have us believe that, i - f reereation upon the Sunday be placed within the ♦iew and the reach of the people, the churches will be left deselatc, and the schools of religion un attended. We do not agree quite with the other party. Both would do mischief if they were allowed to have their own way; and' both misaprehend, as it seems to us, the true uses of be Sunday and the intention of its institution. ' But we eon 'ess we are far more Widely at issue with those who seek, by restriction carried to extremity, to prod Ice in this country an observance of the Sunday in spirit and character such as that which distinguished the Sabbath of the Jews, than with the patty who originated the motion brought be the house last night by. Sir Joshua Walmsley. Nothing can be more unwise—we had ahnost said nothing can be more insane—than to imagine that real devotional feeling, or true reverence for the Sunday of the Ch istian Church, can be created by taking violently from the people all means of re creation, by closing the gates of parks of locking the doors of railway stations. In fact, the carriage of such modes of in- finence to their legitimate and perfect conclusions would in volve the confinement of everybody to their homes, if not to their beds, for the day: Entertaining these opinions with regard to the views and policy of the League, who have their head•quarters in Exeter- Hall, it may be expected, - perhaps, that we should lend our aid to the promotion of the objects aimed at by Sir Joshua Walmsley, and those allied with him. Oa mature considera tion, however, we find ourselves compelled—differing, never theless, in general views, with a great portion of those who composed the enormous majority of last night—to range our selves among the opponents of the proposition submitted to the House for throwing open the doors of the British Museum and the'National Callery upon the afternoons of Sunday. Wo had no hesitation in opposing the bills so unadvsedly intro duced last year, by which new and unaccustomed restrictions were imposed upon the freedom of action heretofore enjoyed by the people upon Sunday. We opposed those bills because they ignored the habits of the people, and disregarded cus toms long established and sanctioned by time. Pot the very same reason we are equally opposed to the proposition of Sir Joshua Walmsley. What he asks for is not simply ab stinence from restrietion, Or even the mere removal of an ob s acle found in a particular direction to the legitimate enjoy ment of established and existing habits. Did his proposition inroi'Ve only that much we might be found on his side; but even at i resent it goes further, and unquestionably in the development which would ultimately be inevitable, would lead us, without power of resistance, beyond the boundary which we deem it right in principle to maintain as a limit to man's use of the Lord's-nay. At present there is a line of demarcation fixed by a combination ef law and custom, which Marks in a manner sufficiently intelligible the extent of amusement and character of recreation permissible upon the Sunday. It is recognised that all persons may, without in fringement of religious observances on Sundays, seek recrea tion in the parks of the metropolis, or in the green fields afar from it, which rail Ways place within our reach. We rejoice that it is so. We believe that, taking people for oven half a circumstances. been day in A week out of the bustle, the n o i se , and the excite ment inseparable from the aggregations of multitudes within the walls of a trading city exercises n beneficial influence on the 'r minds, and we have had broughtunder our notice many, turned y e m d whichmtioy,reilnisgtiaonucsescoinnsid men'ss by t s h u o c u h g ht s Nor would we on any account have the Legislature interfere by forcible means to restrict th.; liberty which, in that re spect, our urban population now enjoy; but there is estab lished and has for a long time existed in this country a broad ei•ation line of separation between this use of Sanday and that which would be involved in , the opening of public places of amusement. Sir Joshua Walmsley now asks Parliament to move this line further iu advance, and to bring within its de marcation certain institutions established for the amusement, recreation, and instruction of the nation. Sir Joshua Walms ley assured the house that then he should stop, his line should slide no further; and he proposed rigidly to keep on the other side of it all institutions marked by the characteristics of a trading or commercial enterprise. Such may be, and we will do Sir Joshua Walmsley the justice to believe that such is his intention ; but, however earnest may be his intention to take and hold that position, we are positive that he would be driven beyond it before two sessions of Parliament passesl over his head, and we cannot doubt that, had it given way last night, the Legislature would, ere long, have been forced again to advance the boundary line in order to bring within it the Crystal Palace, the Royal Academy,, the Panopticon, the Polytechnic, the Panoramas, and dozens other inntitutions _ (From the Times of this clay.) As .a mere political tour de force the Commission to in quire into the value of, the °Minoan Commission is well enough. The Government, in fact, proceed upon the system which has received the sanction of the most approved heroes of the gaming table. They are for playing double or quits until the run of the game declares self in their favour, as no doubt it must at last. The history of the case is briefly this. According to public rumour the affairs of the British army in the Crimea were grossly mismanaged. Plebeian critics ventured to assert that British soldiers had died by thou sands in consequence of the grievous mismanagement and in competence of certain officers. Under these circumstances, after a ministry had been driven from power and an army swept from the face of the earth, it was determined by Eng lish statesmen that commissioners accredited from the Go vernment, and whose office it should be to represent the Go vernment, should . be sent. out to the Crimea to inquire into the reality,of affairs. Why shOuld shrink from, stating the very truth of the question? It was in consequence of the reports which were printed from time to time in the'columns of this journal that these Commissioners were despatched to the scene of action, and they wore sent under the idea that they would be able to 'contradict our reports and cover us with shame and confusion. So great, however, was the force of truth that the reports of our correspondent were confirmed at all points. It was not exactly proved that he had stated the truth, becausefit was proved that he had stated lcssthan the truth. The " Sebastopol Committee," however, and the " Crimean Commissioners" were less merciful, and rightly so, inasmuch as they were public men solemnly chosen for the performance and discharge' of a public trust. They, in their reports, referred to culprits by name. They said, the Earls of Lucan and Cardigan made such mistakes, Sir Richard Aim- and Colonel Gordon were guilty of such and such de relictions of duty. . Well, then, with the reports of the Sebastopol Committee and of the Crimean Commiesiouers before then-4 the members of the'present Government sit down to council. Itis no Ii Ilt thing that 10,000 men should have been lost; it is no light thing that any body of statesmen should be called upon to de fend the system under which such a sacrifice took place. The members of the Administration were however equal to the occasion. The acts of four officers in high command were dis tinctly impugned in the report of their own commissioners. These very officers had been selected for promotion and dis tinction. A member of the House of Commons had given notice of a motion expressing the regret felt by that assembly that officers condemned-by. the commissioners of the Govern. ment should to selected by the Government for honour and advancement in their profession. The motion was no doubt a puzzli g one, for it was difficult for the Government either to repudiate their own acts or the acts of their own agents. I,t was they who had promoted the men whom their own agents had condemned. Under these circumstances they have resolved upon an appeal from their own sentence. In the hope of upsetting the accusations of the unofficial accusers they sent out agents to the Crimea, but the officials have not only endorsed the accusations of the non- officials, but have brought • them home with every particularity of time and place. The new idea, then, is to appoint fresh Commissioners to inquire into the verdict of the commission. It was not enough that Government agents should have been employed in the first instance, but, when their report was such as was inconvenient to their principals, it was necessary to repudiate them. This has been done. Who is now to be put upon trial? Not Lord Raglan, or his memory; not Sir Richard Airey or Colonel Gordon ; not the Earl of Lucap or Cardigan ; but Sir John 111‘Neill and Colonel Tulloch. The Government is to try its own judges. One of the most whimsical features in the strange proceeding is that whereas when the inquiry was in progress before the Sebastopol Committee, it was stated that the chief difficulty lay in the fact that the judges—that is, the members of the committee—were entirely ignorant of the local facts, Lord Palmerston now reckons ignorance of the same kind as among the first qualifications of a Crimean Judge. He said last night, " As the duty of the Board will be to inquire into transactions which occurred in the Crimea, it is fitting that no officer who has served in that country shall be a member of the Board." So, then, the first qualification is ignorance ; riSUI72 teneatis In other wores, every officer who has ever served in tho Crimea is so fully aware of the real state of the case that it is highly politic to strike off his name from the list of judges. In the next place the proceedings are to be conducted with closed steers, and the instructions under which the Commissioners are to act will not be laid before the house. All is juggle and secrecy, In order to defeat the report of their own CoMmissioners the Government is com pelled to appoint a Commission of Generals whose qualifica tion is iguorahce, which is to act under secret orders, to sit with closed doors, and which will, no doubt, make a report about the month of October next, when the pheasant shoot ing begins and the Parliamentary session is at an end. (Front the . Morning Herald of this day.) Last nigh the Earl of Derby drew the attention . of their lordships to the anomalous condition of our war departments, and drew from Lords Paumnre and Hardiage replies which will hardly satisfy Parliament or the public that the present state'of things is likely to impart efficiency to our military services, or that the present system should be any longer tolerated. The recent changes which have been made in the civil department of the any were forced upon the Govern ment by the utter conftision—the dead lock, in short, to which matters have been reduced: The consolidation of the Oeduence, the stores, the contract and clothing departments, suit of a pressure which — COT - AI `teeltoirAini4arelvAel.l3e re-_ although a step in the right direction, was not sufficient, as events have proved, to a perfect organisation or anything Mee it. There are still those departmental colisio es between the Eloise Guards and the War Office—that absence of unity of action so essential to the working of sny, but especially of a military system. My Lord Panmure mey tell us that be cause he communicates occasionally " with his noble friend the Commander-in-Chief," whenever, in the judgment either, an occasion arises, that everything goes on pleasantly stud smoothly ; but the public think differently, and every nose and then the public are strengthened in their distrust by the appearance of some crushing revelation like that contained in the late rep rt of the Crimean Commissioners. Lord Pan mure may also assert that any attempt to define, by a line of demarcation, the civil and military duties in the management of the army is impossible ; but Lord Panmure is too clear-headed an administrator really to believe aay such thing. The duties of the two departments are separate and distinct, although unquestionably in their action they mutually affect each other. Whether the com plete consolidation of both under a responsible Minister, on the French plan, would be desirable, presents a fair quoithen for discussion ; but a clear definition of the functions of the Horse Guards and the War Office is, with Lord Panm ure ' s leave, neither difficult nor unadvisablo. Lord Derby stated, with brevity and force, that two things are essential to the due administration of the public service where two departments are connected, however without which it is vain to hope for effective action. "tee first is," observed his lordship, " that the duties of those toe) depa tments must be so distinctly defined, their responsibi bilities so ascertained, and the limits of their authority and jurisdiction so clearly set forth, as that there should be no possibility of conflict of authority between the two depart ments on matters relating to them both. Aud the next thing necessary was, that in carrying on the business of the departments there should be on the part of their respective heads a mutual desire to facilitate the public duties, by c o a f c h t h e c a o r e t f h u e l r l w a h v il o e i d pr g e p e a n r e c d r oa t c o h mt afford e u pon each tohtehearutchooridiitayl assistance in performing their public duties." No one acquainted with the character and functions of both de partments of the army can maintain seriously that the demarcation here demanded is impossible, or that, having ' been laid down, it could not be adhered to. The contrary is the fact, for in 1812 some such-definition was directed by an order in council; it was effected, and, although incomplete, has formed to the present day, on Lord Panmure's own ad mission, the recognised guide to both offices in the discharge of their duties. That definition is not as rigid as it might be, but that is a reason we submit for making it so. Lord Pan mure's logic is somewhat novel; - he admits the rule which defines the duties of the two departments to have been ne cessary ; ho admits that it is acted upon, although imper fectly, with good effect, but he denies that it can be made die- Una and intelligible, and of wider application. Common sense would seem to point out that if a particular machinery is found valuable, it is because it contains a good principle, and that the further the principle is applied the better will bo the working of the machinery. Eut Lord Panmure thinks otherwise ; so does Lord Hardinge ; and, of course, they point triumphantly to the evidence in the report of the Cri mean Commission in support of their somewhat inconclusive reasoning. If the controversy of 1812 settled the question between the chiefs of two departments, it might, for all practical purposes, as well never have-been raised. If the "private communica tions" between the heads of the departments in this our day arc sufficient for the efficient a dministration of the army, that no confusion exists between these departments, and that the system is mechanically perfect, then Lord Derby's motion of last night was highly irrelevant, and the conversation to which it gave rise a mere waste of time ; but Lord Panmure him self will hardly go the length'of asserting that he is not em barrassed by the Horse Guards, and the Horse Guards know they are liable to be let and hindered by the War Office. The broad fact is, that the British army has been miserably ad ministered in both departments —the obvious truth is, that the departments conflict incessantly -- the unfortunate result is, that our military operations have been a failure. Tho army, bo it remarked, is neither the property of the Horse Guards nor of the War Office, but of the nation ; and if such a hint as Lord Derby gave last night is not attended to the public dissatisfactian will find voice elsewhere, and will make itself heard too. ADVANCE SQUADRON FOR THE BALTIC, An advance squadron w ill proceed to the Baltic forthwith, comprising her Majesty's ships Imperieuse, 51 (screw), Captain R. B. Watson, C.B. ; the Euryalus, 51 (screw), Captain George R amsa y , C. B. ; the Pylades, 21 (screw), Captain D'Eyncourt : the Dragon, 6, paddle frigate, Captian IL Stewart, CB- ; and the Falcon screw sloop, 17, Commander Pullen. All the above are with the fleet at Spithead, except the Euryalus, which is ordered there from Devonport. They are all prepared for sea, and will be under the orders of Captain Watson, who is the senior captain of them. They will probably leave for the Downs, and start thence for Kiel, if the Belts be open. They will await for further orders from the Admiralty at Kiel. The blockade will depend upon the progress and tone of the forthcoming negotiations. The Arrogant, 47 (screw), Captain Lyster, will probably join this advance squa dron. She will go to Spitbead on Monday next. __— DEATH OF SIR BENJAMIN OUTRAM, M.D.—We re gret to announce the death of Sir B. F. 0 utram, K.C.8., which mournful event took place at Brighton on the Vith inst. He was formerly senior physician of the Marylebone Dispensary, and surgeon to the Nymphe, a hen, in conjunction with the St. Fiorenzo, she captured the French b izates Resistance and C mstance, at Brest ; also of the Boadicea in 1798.1799, a - id one in the action in the Straits of Gibraltar in 1801; and an inspector of hospitals and fleets. - . ... (Prom, the Times Correspondent.) CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 11. The Ambassadors are still waiting. for the official ac ceptance of their propositions with respect to the Fourth Point. In the meantime they have received copies of the fire - lan which contains all the concessions urged by them in favour of the Mahomedane, subjects of the Porte, and which the Turkish Ministers hope to have sanctioned by the Sultan. Before, however, this can be done,. these concessions must be submitted to and approved by the great Council in one public sitting at the least. It would be a great mistake to apply to i.ur own ideas of despotic power to Turkey or to any other Mahomedan country, and to believe that, in theory, at any rate, the Sultan's power is so unlimited that every one of his wishes is a command, and every one of his words a law. In ail Mahomedan counttiec the form of government may he called theocratic—that is, based on religior. This is especially the case in Turkey, where the Sultan is the head of the whole Mahomedan reli gion. This mixture of spiritual . and temporal power, while giving, on the one hand, to the Sovereigns that unity of action which made them once so formidable to their neighbours, limits, or, the other, their power in the interior to the observance of the 'traditional rules and usages laid down from the earliest times ; and, strange to say, these rules and usages relate more to temporal than sii:ritualaffa.'rs. As regards religious belief, Mahe medans are as free, if not freer, than the followers of any religion ; every man is left to search after truth, and toleration of dogmas is carried so far that the late Sheikh-ul-Islani, by whose cooperations Malimoud car ried out his reforms. was well-known to disbelieve in the Koran, and yet he remained up to his death in his place without ever being molested. In the same way, there is nothing in the Mahomedan religion which can be called priesthood. Every man may read prayers publicly and preach. The Ulemas are only doctors of the Mahomedan law, inherited by the Turks from the early Arab Celiphe, which it is their duty to -explais s asnd over the observances of which they have to watch. This law is composed of the decisions of the most prominent Mahomedan doctors of all ages on every matter connected with the external religious observances, with civil and criminal jurisprudence, and the public law of the state, but it has nothing whatever to do with dogmas. It is thus rather what, in other countries, is called the fundamental law of the state than a religious code. One must well understand this position to be able to judge of the nature of the influence which the Ulemas exercise. They have a hind of control over the power of the Sovereign. This control has been recog nised at all times, and, whenever the Sultans have taken important •decisions, the Sheikh-ill-Islam, as the elected bead of the expounders of the Mahornedan law, on which the organisation of the state is founded, has been always asked to investigate and decide whether the meas ire proposed is not unlawful. The decision con sists in one single word affixed to the project, which is "Pais "—that is, "allowed." But in more important decisions the Fetva, or decision of the Sheikh-ul-Islam, is not thought sufficient ; the project must be submitted in a public sitting to a general council, at which every one may attend and make his observations. This is carried so fsr that even questions the decision of which belongs in other countries 'exclu sively to the Government—for instance, the right of peace and wai—are submitted to the scrutiny.of such public assemblies. An example of this occurred at the beginning of this very war. ,When the Government had decided that the war with Russia was inevitable, three such public councils were held, with the in terval of a week between each of them. In a ques tion of such importance as the enunciation of the principle of perfect equality between all subjects, ono or more of these assemblies cannot be lawfully dispensed with, but unfortunately such seems to be the intention of the Cabinet. They try to get the firman signed .by the Sultan without any such pre liminary public council, for all the councils held hitherto have been secret and only attended by members named by the Government. Ia consequence of this, consider able fermentation exists among the Mahometlans in Con stantinople. The Ministry is pledged to the represen tatives of the allied Powers to have the measure carried, and they fear not to be able to do so, and to lose their places should they bring on a public discussion on such a point, This is the Cause of the delay in this matter. It is impossible to say what will be the result—whether the Sultan will consent to sign the firman without its being submitted to a public sitting of the Council, or whether the Ministry, unable to realise its promises, will have to resign ; or, lastly, whether it will decide to proceed law fully in this question. Au opinion about this is even more difficult, as there is a division in the Cabinet itself —Aali Pasha, and several others being averse to violate what they consider to be the law, while Fuad Pasha and Mahmoud Rushdi Pasha seem not to be troubled by these scruples. But the Grand Vizier embarks to-mor-. row on board the Ajaceio for Marseilles, and so the queetiou now is which side his Kaitnalcau, Mehmed Kibrisli Pasha, will take on this subject. Thus the matter rests. The conferences about the percdifir -- "lleare -t ureittaA - ag i — th come likewise to a preliminary arrangement in sespect to the future position of the Principalities before the final conferences should begin in Paris, the conferences on this latter point commenced on Friday last, the Bth inst., and have been since that day held every afternoon at the French palace. Unlike the conferences about the fourth point, this thee the Turkish ministers come forward themselves with,a proposal for the regulation of the Principalities. The leading idea in these proposals is to adopt the old firrnans and stiptilations between the Porte and M ildavia and Wallachia as the bases of their pobtical position. As regards the election of the princes it is proposed to let the native assemblies elect three candidate 4, out of whom the Parts is to name a prince for life. In order to understand what these .bases pro posed for the future regulation of the Principalities, I must say something about the stipulations. In point of time the snbrnission of the two Principali ties to Turkey goes back fur many years, that of Wal lachia having Won place in 1392, under Sultan Bajazet Ilderim, white that of McAdam:a took place in 1513 under Selim. In the first case the auhnsiosien was compulsory; in the second it was voluntary. Tbe Hatti-Scheriff given by Sultan Bajazet 1. to the WallAch)oxis is as follows : ." Art. I. Actuated by our great clera;ncy, we con sent that the principality newly acquired b; our invin clhle power shall govern itself according to its os'un laws, and thset the P.ince of Wallachia shall have the right to make peace or war, and of life and death over h:s euhjecte. " Art. 2, No Christians, who having embraced the Mahotnedan relik;ien, may pass lion countries sub jected to our power into Wallachia, and may become again Christians, shall he reclaimed, or in any way molested. " Art. 3. All Wallitehhins who may emigrate into any other part of our dominion shall ire exempt from the Kharadj and all other taxes. "Art. 4. The Christian princes will be elected by the metropolitan and the boyarde. "Art. 5. For this our clemency, and because we have placed this rayah prince among the number of our other subjects, ho will have to pay to our treasury every year the sum of 3,000 gold piasters of the country, or 500 silver piasters of our money. " Given at Nieopolis in the month of Flub ul Urrl of the year 795, or 13923." This firman, as well as a subsequent convention of the year 1400, forms the basis of the connection between Wallachia and the Turkish empire. This convention confirms and explains all the rights given to Wallachia iri the former, and the only alteration is that the tribute is fixed at 10,000 piasters yearly. Both these documents are existing in Wallachia, and were printed. The original convention given to the M.olelavians has been burnt, but it is probable that ano ther copy exists in the archives at Constantinople. It i , , however, known that this convention is very similar to that with Wallachia, or, if anything, it is rather more favourable. The fact is mentioned, that Moldavia sub mitted to the Ottoman empire from her free will and without any coercion, and that, in consideration of this, all churches and religious rites shall be inviolable, and that the laws shall be maintained in their full force. The tribute a 4,000 gold pieces, 40 horses and 24 falcons was only mentioned under the name of presents. The election of the princes by their countrymen was not only recognised, but all other prerogatives which Wallachia enjoyed were inserted. It was in 1583 that Soliman converted the donation into a regular tribute. The great principles recognised by these conventions are that of autocracy in the internal administration of the two Principalities, and the right of supremacy of the Porte. This is not at all impaired by the right con ceded to the Princes of Moldavia and Wallachia to de clare peace or war, for all the governors of the frontier provinces had it mentioned in their firmans until the new reforMers divided the civil and military power. The proposal of ithe Turkish Ministers to place the Principalities in the position stipulated in their original convention with the Turkish empire met in a great mea sure the views of the ambassadors, so that every hope may be entertained of this question being settled to the satisfaction of [all parties. If I say all parties, I include the people of the Principalities themselves. All the more disinterested part of it, that is all Those who aro not compromised with Russia or Austria, will for an inti mate connexion with Turkey, provided their indepen dence in internal affairs be guaranteed. A rather more doubtful question is, whether the pro posal of the Turkish Ministry about the election of the Princes of Moldavia and Wallachia will be viewed with so much favour by all parties. It is i whichdect cont areradic- never tion to the terms of the c onventions, theless assumed as the bases for the regulation of the Principalities. According to these the right of nominat ing the princes belongs to the Metropolitan and the Boyards, and this system was adhere thed to ae,,long these conventions were respected. All princes in both countries were elected in this way up to the begin ning of the last century. The change which occurred then was the work of Russia, and it was by the aboli tion of the elective system and the nomination of the Fanariote Princes that Russia first established her in fluence in the Principalities. The Fanariote Princes, bought their places from the ruling power at Constati• -tinople, and the J.ll4lsSarieS looke4.at theii office only so PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FEB. 21. . BRITISH MUSEUM, dre. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That, in the opinion of this house, it would promote the moral and intellectual improvement of the working classes of this metropolis if the colleetions of natural history and art, in the . Brit sh Museum - and the National Gallery, were open to the public inspection after morning service on Stiudako." Amend ment proposed, to leave out from the word " House" to the end of the question, in order to add the words " more frequent opportunities should be afforded for week-day in spection of the National Gallery, Government Museums, arid Works of Art ; also, that the British Museum should be open five days in the week." Instead thereof :—Ques tion proposed, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question." Amendment, by leave, with drawn. , Main question put ;- -The house divided ; Ayes, 48 ; Noes, 376. „, AYES—Ig. . Biggs, W. ” Gibson, M.. ~ O'Brleti, P. - - , Blake, M. J. I 4thierich, Viscount O'lirien, J. Bland, L. H. Gordon, A. O'Connell, J. Brady, J. Greene, John 0 tway, A. Brockman, E. D. Grenfeli, Charles Ricardo, S. Bruce, ii. A. Greville, Colonel F. Roebuck, J. A. Crook, J. Henchy, D. Scholetield, W. De Verc, S. E. Heywood, J. Seymour. W. D. Devcreux, J. Higgins, G. 0. Stanley, Lord Dill wyn, L. L. Kennedy, T... Steel, John Dunne, M. Layard, A. IL • Sullivan, Michael Ebrington, Viscount MacEvoy, E. Swift. it. Esmonde, J. M`Cann, J. Tancred, H. Evans, Sir Do Lacy Maguire, J. F. Wilkinson, W. fortescus, C. S. Moffat, 0. TELLERS. Fox, W. J. Moore, G. Walmsley, Str J. Gardner, It. Murrough, J. P. Shelley, Sir J. NOES-376. Acland, Sir T. Fitzroy, Henry Morgan, 0. Adair, H. Floyer, S. Morris, D. Adderley, C. B. Foley, J. H. Mostyn, E. Anderson, tdr J. Follett, B. S. Mowbray, J. R. Annesley, Earl of Forester, Cul: Mulgrave, earl of Antrobus. E. Forster, Charles MuDings, J. It. Arbuthnott, Gen. H. Franklyn, G. Mundy, W. A rchdall, M. Freestun, Colonel MUTILZ. G. Atherton, W. Gallwey, Sir W. Naas. Lord Bagee, W. ' : Galway, Viscount Napier, J. Bagshaw, J. . " - George, J. ' Napier, Sir C. Bailey, Sir J. . Gilpin, Col. H. Neeld, John . Bailey, C. • Gladstone, W. Newark. Viscount Bantle, IT. Gladstone, Capt. J. Newdegate, C. Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Gl yn , G. Newport, Viscount BA. E. Goddard. A. North, Col. J. Bankes, Itt. Hon. G. °welt, Sir E. North, F. Baring, Sir F. Goodman, Sir G. Northcote, Sir S. Baring, T. Gore, W. Oakes, 3. Barnes, T. Gower, F. Olive'ra, B. Barrow, W. Graham, Lord M. Osgulatoit, Lord Baas, B. Greaves, E. Owen, Sir J. Batesoi, Capt. T. °recital], Gilbert Packe. C. Baxter, W. ' Greene, Thomas Faking ton, Sir J. Beckett, W. Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir G. Palmer. Robert Bell, J. Grey, It. Palmer, Roundel% Bennet, Capt. P. Grogan. Edward Palmerston, Viscouu Bentinek, G. S. Grosvenor, Ld. R. Patten, Col. B e resford, Rt. Hit. W W . Guernsey. Lord Peel, Gen. Berkeley, Hon. H. Guinness, It. S. Pellstt, A. Bignold, Sir S. Gurney, J. H. Pennant, Co'. E. Black, Adam Gwyn, Bowel Percy, J. Blackburn, P. Haddo, Lord Pare, Sir E. Itlakeinore, T. 'Duffield. George Philipps, J. Blandford, ;Marquis of Hale, Robert Phillitnore. 3. G. Boldero, Lt.-Col. H. G. Hall, Sir Benjamin Pigott, F. Bond, J. Hall,tl eneral John Pinney, W. Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Hamilton, Lord Claud Portal, M. Couverie, Hon. E. P. Hamilton, it. A. Pritchard, J. Bramley-M , ore, J. Hamilton, It. Pugh, D. Bransston, 'r. W . ITankey, T. Reed, .1. Brand, H. B. W. Hamner, sir John Iteptou . C. Ricardo, 0. Rice, E. I llit a r r, c i , v 7 G. t..Col. thistle, Alex. Ridley, George Hattie, Arch A. Robartes. T. I I IB I : r rrr 0 00a c ti, :h i: ne t , e : , I Ct. ) . Ho u . n. r L : t j. . J. • Buck, L. W. . Ileadlam, T. Robertson, P. Buck, G. lleatlicote, G. Bolt, P. Buckley, Gen. Heathcoate, Sir W. Rttshout, Capt. G. Banbury, Capt. W. lleneage. Geo. H. Rass,ll, Lord J. Burroughes, El. N. Hen l ey, J . Russell, F. W. Butler, C. S. Herbert, S Rust, Jam s Butt, G. M. Herbert, Sir T. Sandars, G. Byng, G. lI.C. Hervey, Lord A. Scobell. Capt. Cabbell, B. B. Iliklyard, R. C. Scott. F. Cairns. 11. 11;ndiey, C. Seyrner, 11. Campbell, Sir A. I. H o n.,i, i t. Seymour, 11. Cardwell. E. Holland, E. Sherid..n, R. Carnac. Sir J. R. Ilorifal', T. Shirley..'.. Javendish, C. CA Hn , n ..„. E. Sibthorp, Major Cavendish, G. C. Hotham, Lord Smith, M. Cayley, E. S. }toward. C. Smith, it. Challis, T. " Tlngtic , , W. Smith, W. Chambers, M. Ingham, It. Smith, Abel. son. VS". Smyth. J. G. Child, 5mitt.t.,,,,..., ..• Cholmondeley, Lord Johnstone, Sir J. -Somerville, Sir v Christy, Satnuel jolliffe, Sir %V. Spooner, It. Clay, Sir W.. nt. jam , ii. Stafford, A. Clinton, Lord (I. :tones, Admiral Stanhope, J. Clinton, Lord R. .Tones, D. Stephenson, li. Clive, Ron. It. W. Keatlrgr, IT. Stirling, W. Cobbold, J.C. Kell:, Sir F. Stracey, 11. Cocks. T. S. Kendall, N. Strickland, Sir G. Cole, 11. A.. Ker, D. . .tewart, Sir M. Coles, IT. Kerrisco, Sir E. Ftuart, Captain Collier, R. V.; KershlW, J. Sturt, it. Colvile, C. R. King, L. Talbot, C. Crossley, F. King, J. Taylor, Colonel Cubitt. %V, Kingscotc, Capt. R. Thesiger, Sir. F. D as hwood, Sir G. Klnnaird, A. Thonipson, G. Davies, D. Kirk, W. Thornhill, W. Davies, J. Knatchbull. W... Tite, W. Davison. R. Knox, Col. B. W. Tollemache, J. Deasy,ilt. Labouchera,Rt.llon.ll Tomline. G. • D ee des, William Lacon, Sir E. Traill, G. Denisnn, E. Langston, J. IT. Tyler, Sir G. Dent. J. • Langton. W. IL I'. G. Tynte, Col. C. Dering, ,Sir E. Langton, G. G. Vance, John Disraeli, B. Laslett, W. Vane, Lord 11. Doti. J. Lee, W. Vansittart, G. Druinlanrig, via. Legli, GC. Verner, Sir W. Drummond, H. Lennox,•Lord A. F. Vernon, cam. L. Duckworth, sir J.T.B. Leslie, C. r. Vivian, 11. 11. Duff, G. Lewis, Sir t+.(l. Vys ~ ',lol. R. butt J. Lindsay'Col. J. Waddington, D. Duke. Sir .T. Lockhart. A. R. Waicott, Admiral. Duncan, Viscount Lockhart, W. Walpole. S. Duncan, George Long, W. Walsh, Sir J. Duncombc, lion. A. Lovable, Lord 1 Walter, J. Dancomba. 0. Luce. 'l. Warner, E. Dundat, F. Luslangton, C. M. Warren, S. Dmgarvan. Viscount Lytton, Sir E. Watkins, Col. bmilop, A. Micartney, G. Watson, \V. Durn,,`,.Colonel Mackie, J. Wells, W. Du Pre, C! MacGtegor, James Whatman, .T. East, Sir a; 111. Gregor, John Whiteside, .T. Egerton, li., ~ IV cTa,trart. Sir J. Whitmore. A. ERertOn. Eclrr.,V• Maddock. Sir IT. Wickham. ii. Ellice, E. Matins, Richard Wigrain. Loftus T. Elliott, J. E. Manzes, R. Williams. M. Emlyn, Viscount 7,,nilers, Lord J. Wilson, J. • Estcourt, T. marc,2. Laid of Wise, A. Etisten, I• arl of Martin. ir. woo I, Sir C. Wo dd, B. Evelyn, W. J Tiartitt, P. Ewart, W. Massey, Tr. Wortley, J. S. Ewart, J. Masteraoln, J. Wrightson, W. Farnham, E. Menx, , ir 11. Wymiliain, Gen. Fanner, J. • Miles, W. Wyndham, li. Fellowes, E. Mill , gan, R. Wynnl, W. Fenvrick, 11. Mills, T. Yorke, F. Ferguson. Sir R. Milton, Vi: count Ferguson, J. Michell. William Ferguson, Sir:J. Monck.iVis. Filmer, Sir E. Montgomery, Sir G.; Ir ayter, W. Fllzgcrald, W. R. B. Moody', C. Berkeley, G. TELLERS. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. The Court assembled for the despatch of public .1)1191- ;less. The list was a very large one. THE FREEDOM TO SIR EDMUND LYONS. Mr. D t ;nuty DAMN gave notice of motion , t hat the freedom of tlsis ancient City be presented to Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons in a gold box of the value of one hundred guineas, in testimony of his distinguished services. THE SITE OF THE FLEET PRISON. A report was brought op from the improvement committee, recommending that no steps should be taken for the appropriation of the site of the late Fleet Prison until it was determined whether anything is to be done respecting the removal of Newgate market, and the arrangements of the ma rkets Of the City genelly, and whether any alterations were likely to be with resect to the Central Criminal Courts and themade ga ol of p Newgate. In the discussion which followed, Mr. T. H. HALL, the chairman of the committee, said mine at the s p ug of a new street, w hich bad been exam that personally he ha d inclined to the op d n that a lan gestion of Mr. Ross, would be likely to be eligible, but the architect of whose skill andon experience so hig if ch arried ti ma te was madean wa s of opini that the plan, t i n t o execution, would not give satisfaction. He moved that the report be agreed to. Deputy MOLT thought the site referred to would be a capital place for the erection of baths and wash houses. Mr. Ross expressed his surprise at the opinion pro nounced by the architect. The necessity for a new f he daily palpable, and would be still g reater m contemplated ore removal of Newgate-market s treet became t should take place. For the space of 14 years the ground had been unoccupied, during which time the serious sum of 34,0001. had been wasted. He should move as an amendment that the report should lie upon the table, and that the question be referred to the City lands com mittee. Mr. HAWKINS seconded the amendment. After some discussion, in the course of which it was mentioned that the question of the new street was masked for early consideration by the Board of Works, the amendment was lost, and the report agreed to. THE OFFICE OF COMMON SERJEANT. The voluminous report upon the office of Common Serjeant was read, and the election was appointed to take place at the next court. CONSTRUCTION OF NEW CITY LAW COURTS. A. report was read from the City Lands Committee, to whom it bad been referred to ascertain whether the re . cen t a lteration in the law authorising the appointment of two Courts of Nisi Priva to sit at the same time w ithin the City rendered it necessary to provide any ne w courts; and also to consi der whether any, and what, alterations shoulti be ruscio 4e -preseat, courts. _.-.s- Deputy AITCHESON moved the previous question. Mr. ANDERTON said it was the intention of the Go vernment to place the bridge property in the bands of the Board of Works, ea that it was useless for that court to interfere in the matter. Mr. TAYLOR —There i‘ no mistake about that. (Hear.) Upon the question being put there appeared— For the amendment . 50 For the motion 9-41 Adjourned. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S—THURSDAY. The betting on the Liverpool Steeplechase comprised numerous investments, but most•of them were only in small sums. Sir Peter Laurie still held ground in front, closely followed by Emigrant, who was a point in - ad• vance of Harry Loriequer. Seaman and Jean du Quesne, I'6 to 1 and 15 to 1 each, were, howeier, backed, for inost money, and lad an advancing3Andenny_ at thu - iloso. Victor - Emmannil, - apparentirianpeloss - , -- fell back to 50 to 1, taken and offered. For the Two Thousand Yellow Jack and Fly-by-Night were again " head and head." Even money was betted between them. _ _ _ 7to I was taken to 3001. about Wentworth for the Derby. A hedging bet of 1800 to 200 was laid against Ellington, hut the odds current'y offered did not exceed Bto 1. 500 to 50 was taken about Fly-by-Night, and 1000 to 10 about Newington. CLOSING PRICES. LIVERPOOL gTEEPLECHASE. Bto 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie (taken) 0 to 1 agst Emigrant (taken) 10 to 1 agst Harry Lorrequer (taken) 15 to 1 agst The Seaman (taken) 15 to 1 agst Jean du Quesne (taken) 16 to 1 agst Jumpaway (taken) 22 to 1 agst Freetrader (taken) 25 to 1 agst Potter (taken) 40 to 1 agst Little Charley (taken) 50 to 1 agst Minerva (taken) 50 to 1 agst Victor Emmanuel (taken and off.) THE TWO THOUSAND. 10 to 3 ag6t Yellow Jack 10 to 3 aegst Fly-by-Night (taken) 50 even between the two. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Yorkshire Grey (taken) 25 to 1 agst Fatalist (taken) 50 to 1 agst Lady Tatton (taken) 50 to 1 agst Kalipyge (taken) DERBY. 7to 1 apt Wentworth (ta!ton) Bto 1 agst Ellington 10 to] 1 agst'Fly-by-Night (taken) 100 to 1 agst New;ngton (Waken) DOUBLE EVENT. 250 to 10 azst Fly-by-Night winning the Two Thousand and the Derby (taken) BRISTOL STEEPLEC LIASES.—THURSDAY. The Bristol Grand Open Steeplechase. About four miles, Cup Bearers Louis Napoleon 2 Three ran. The Elton Steeplechase. About four miles. Minnr .. Goodlad Four ran. SIIERIFF,S" )U.RT—Fcb. 21. BEALE V. WHIFFEN.-CRIM. CON. This was a writ of inquiry to assess the damages in an action brought in the Court of C 'mown Pleas, to recover compensation from the defendant for the seduction by him of the plaintiff'4 wife, The damages were laid in the declaration at 10,0,30/. The defendant had suffered wror thereby a.lrnuiplailcipo the plaintiff's; wife. Mr. Forsyth app , ared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Kerslake and Mr. Morgan Lloyd for the defendant. The learned counsel for the plaintiff, in opening the case, said that the peenliar form in which it came be fore the Court—that of a writ of inquiry—relieved him from the duty of adducing evidence of the fart of the wife of the plaintiff having committe' adul tery with the defendant, such being admitted by the defendant not pleading to the action, and therefore de tails of a painful nature to the parties concerned, and scarcely fit to be made public, would not have to be gone into. The only object the plaint ff had was to ob tain such fair and reasonable damages as a jury should think him entitled to; and he (the learned counsel) should only adduce such evidence as would show the terms on which the plaintiff and his - wife lived formerly, and go lightly over the case. avoiding anything WHO') inight he offensive to decen...y. The plaintiff, Mr. J rho Samuel Beale, was a surgeon practising in London in the neigh bourhood of Paddineten, and the defendant was in 'Reins capacity in the servic 3 of the London and North Wes.e.7a Railway Company. In the course of bit; jr ;fessional practice the plaintiff became acquainted with tie defend ant, that acquaintance subsequently became an intimate one, and eventually the defendant rook advantage of it, and seduced his wife. The plaintiff was not aware until November last of the di,h-nour which had been cast upon him by his supposed friend ; he discovered it in that thorth, bit previeus;v he lia , l not had the s:ightest reason to suspect his wife': fidelity. They had beets married about three years ; he was a man of an affection ate disposition, and they had lived well together. There were degrees of damage sustained in such cases accord ing to the peculiar circumstances by which they were en! rmr.ded, but in this no eircum twice of any kind dis paraging to the plaintiff could be adduced a, , ainst him, and the jury no doubt would give him ample damages for tho injury which had been done to him by the defendant. The defendant's counsel said his client had not re sisted the action, and he Baas jistruct , el to offer at once to consent to a verdict being given for the plaintiff for 1001. The defendant was but a clerk at a salary of something like 1301. a-year, so, of course, it would be utterly impossible for him to pay any large amount of damages. He admitted the adulter), and bad nothing to say in mitigation of his conduct, but his position was such that rendered it impossible for him to pay but a moderate sum as damages, and a verdict for anything beyo o beyond that a woulditsthe utmost bring imcotuoldrpt.. He therefore offered This was consented to on the other aide, and, accord• ingly, a verdict was taken for 1001. The learned Under-Sheriff observed to the jury that verdicts by consent in action. for crim. con. were " mo . dern inventions." There used to be nothing of the Bolt when he first presided there. ATTEMPTND ,SUICIDE BY LIVERPOOL MERCHANT. this forenoon, T t h y ur t a n d e ay a . —nnTouhnecenmeiegnhtb t e h u a r t h neighbourhood of of the the Exchange was thrown into the greatest consternation merchants of this port had made an attempt upon Lis life in the Exchange News-room. Upon inquiry, found it was that the report was too well founded, and that the person who committed the rash act was Mr. William Tatham, of the firm of Messrs. Hill, Tatham, and Co., brokers, Lancaster buildings. It appears that the unfortunate gentleman went into the water-closet, under the bar of the news room about half-past ten o'clock this morning, and shortly afterwards one of the porters going for coals saw blood issuing under the door of the closet. He e tried the the door, but found it fast. He thereu p on gav alarm, and Me. Warburton, the master of the room, at once broke open the door, when to his horror he dis covered the unfortunate man sitting on the seat with his throat cut. He was riot dead, and medical gentlemen were at once called in. He was kept in a vault under the news-room all day, being too weak to be removed. Upon examination it w as found that the wounds were inflicted by a razor, one t o eing found on the floor and another in a case on the scat of the clet. At. preSent hour (four p.m.) lie l ies in a very precarious state, an d no hopes are entertained of his recovery. The melancholy event is said to have been caused by heavy l o sses, the fir m with which he was connected sill fcring severely by the failure of . an extensive soap-boil ; ing house here, which suspended, Payment yesterday, and also by a Bristol house in the African trade, which ( also stopped pa3ment yen'erday. H e is a young man, most respectably connected, and has only been married a few months. Unbounded sympathy was expressed ) for the unfortunate young man on 'Change, and a very perceptible gloom overhung the countenances of every one. - , , N ORTH ERN AND EASTE RN BAILWAY.—At the neat yearly meeting of this company, held yesterday at the Bishopsgatc-station, Mr. Paterson in the chair, the usual dividends, at the rate of 5 per cent and 6 per cent. per annuiri on the guaranteed shares; were declared fcr the .halt-yor Wing, the 31st. of Deoember,lfiet. MI