The Sun. — London, England, 1861-04-04 00:00:00

THE NAVY. The hospital screw steamship Mauritius, Capt. D. Cruickshank, the arrival of which at Spithead on Monday evening was briefly reported in The Sun of yesterday, sailed from Hong Kong on the Bth of of January, Cape of Good Hope the 25th February, and St. Vincent's the 18th March. She has brought home 132 military and 55 naval invalids, many of the former having greatly distinguished themselves during the Indian mutiny and the Chinese war. One soldier of the 85th Regiment wears the Victoria Cross for deeds performed before Delhi. The inva lids on board are in medical charge of Surg.-Major PDonald, principal medical officer, assisted by Staff : Surg. Daniel and Assist.-Surgs. White, Barne well, Kerans, and Murtaugh. The ship's passenger list comprises Staff-Surg. Cunningham, Surg. Mor gan, R.N., Assist.-Surg. Fagan, R.N., Staff Assist.- Surg. Longmore, Assist.-Surg. Hawkins, R.N., Lieut. Gilmore, Ist Royals; Messrs. Collier and Wilson, engineers, R.N. ; Purveyors Knapp and Robertson, and Messrs. Chapman, Dawson, and Becker. 31 men of the Army Hospital and Medical Staff have been in attendance upon the sick during the voyage. The passage home was fine up to the Cape and thence to St. Vincent's, but from St. Vin cent's to Cape Finisterre strong northerly gales were experienced, the ship for three days only mak ing 120 miles. The sea time of the Mauritius since leaving Hong Kong has been only 71 days, she having lain at anchor 10 days at the Cape of Good Hope and three days at St. Vincent's. Two officers (military) died on the passage—Lieut. Lawford, Ist Sikh Cavalry, from dropsy contracted in North China ; and Captain Cobham, 13th Light Infantry, from dysentery contracted in British Caffraria. The Mauritius brings four days' later news from the Cape than was brought by the regular mail steamer ; since her sailing thence the following troopships left for England :—Cressy, Hougou mont, Macduff, and York. Her Majesty's steamers Samson and Magicienne had also arrived from China, and with her Majesty's ship Inflexible were under orders for England. The Sir William Peel screw steam transport was at the Cape when the Mauritius left, and would embark a portion of the troops that were wrecked in the Miles Barton for England. She was expected to leave in four or five days after the Mauritius. Her Majesty's ship Ariel, Commander Alexander, had not arrived out at the Cape from England. The eleanliness and admirable order in which the Mauritius arrived at Spithead from her long voyage was beyond all all praise. Much of. this was due to the careful manner in which she was specially fitted out under the superintendence of Dr. Mapleton, Deputy-In spector-General of Hospitals, in January, 1860, with all the equipments and requirements of an ambulant hospital, and much is owing to the suit ableness of the ship herself for such a purpose, she being Mt. 6in, in height between decks on the lower deck, and 7ft. 10in. on her main deck, while her large side scuttles, which were kept open even in rough weather, materially assisted the ventila tion of the ship as carried out by the windsails and bonnets through the deck. She has sleeping berths for 208 invalids in three compartments, each com partment more resembling the roomy ward of an hospital on shore than one on board a steamship, each man having 300 cubic feet of space. The roomy and well-stocked dispensary ; the orderly state of the bedding, with the little luxuries pro vided for the men in the wards, such as a well assorted library, draughts, and solitaire, &c., with arm •chairs for such as are enabled to walk about the wards, to relieve them during the exercise, all show that a considerable amount of forethought has been at work, providing for the comfort of the invalid. The diet has been equally well attended to, and a patent kneading-machine, with a baker in charge, provided fresh bread every morning ; 145 days' salt and fresh provisions were put on board at Hong Kong, with a plentiful supply of sheep, fowls, vegetables, wine, &c., these four latter articles being replenished at the Cape of Good Hope. The provisioning of the invalids has been carried out by the Government, the ship receiving so much per ton per month for her services. Since her en gagement in June, 1860, she has had 1,072 sick soldiers, marines, and seamen treated on board, and out of this large number only 54 deaths have occurred. Nearly two-thirds of the men were suffering from chronic tropical diseases—many of them in an almost hopeless state. The mean range of the thermometer between decks during the hottest weather has been 82 deg.. ; but this was only for a very short time. Eight soldiers and five marines and seamen died on the passage home from Hong Kong, a much smaller proportion than had been anticipated by the medical men in charge, on leav• ing for England. The military invalids requiring hospital treatment were landed from the ship at the dockyard yesterday, and conveyed to the mili tary hospital ; the remainder of the military will disembark this morning. The naval invalids were disembarked yesterday, 20 being sent to Has ler Hospital, and 32 to H.M.S. Victory. The following vessels have been chartered by the Government and the Hon. Council for India, for the conveyance of stores to India and the colonies— viz., the Accrington, 1,931 tons, the Maria Hay, 924 tons, the Mahratta, 773 tons, and the Thomas Sparks, 497 tons, for Calcutta ; the Howden, 1,018 tons, for Bombay ; the Edmund Graham, 887 tons, for Madras ; the Avon, 645 tons, for Ceylon ; the Earl of Mar, 422 tons, for Wellington ; the Hero of the Nile, 356 tons, for Algoa Bay ; the Roxana, 274 tons, for the Cape of Good Hope ; and the Esmeralda, 144 tons, for St. Helena. The Manger ton, 964 tons, has Leen taken up for the convey ance of emigrants to Moreton Bay. No further discharge of hired smiths will, it is understood, be made at Chatham dockyard, but those now working at that establishment who have received notice to leave the dockyard will be trans ferred to the Achilles, iron-cased steamer, about being commenced. The number of smiths who will be employed on the Achilles will be upwards 01 1,000. The whole of the shipwrights and artificers em ployed on the Royal Oak, 91, and Bulwark, 91, line of battle screw steamers building at Chatham dockyard, have been taken off those vessels and dis persed among the other ships now building and converting, in order to expedite their completion; The screw steamers ordered to be launched from Chatham dockyard during the next financial year are the Rattlesnake, 22, 400 horse power ; the Reindeer, 17, 200-horse power, and the Myrmidon, 4,250-horse power. _ _ The following steamvessels are now in the steam basin at Sheerness, fitting for the steam reserve : The Anson, 91, 800-horsepower ; the Barossa, 22, 400-horse power ; the Leander, 51, 400 .horse power; and the Lizard, 1, iron paddlewheel steamer, making good defects. It is expected that the Lizard will required td be supplied with new boilers. The Wildfire, paddlewheel steamer, has been placed in the fourth dock at Sheerness, to have her defects made good. The Newcastle, 51, 600-horse power, in the third dock at :Sheerness, is ordered to be fitted for the third division of the steam reserve on the Medway. The screw steam gunboat Procris, 3, Lieut. the Roo. J. Carnegie, was removed on Monday from Ratnoaze into Plymouth Sound. She will have her Compasses adjusted there, and after receiving her Powder will proceed to her station, Gibraltar, for a tende r to the Governor there. The Lords of the Admiralty have called for a -separate r eport of the e x p ense a t D evonpor t o f fit ting up the cabin s of the Narcissus, 51, Capt. Risk, for the reception of Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker. ]pier bridge Wee removed at . the admiral's request. The screw steamship Conqueror, 101, Capt. E. S. Sibebtoy, at Plyta m , th , sent up lower yards and topmasts, and cro .opgall an t an d roya l yards ,ye,terdfly,Tuesday., The leakage of the scre w Princess itooti, ? b o o t stopped, and I loyal, 91, Capt. C. . Vellowes, is to m Itt. ti ,4t h a at she may ail necessary defects made al m after her not requiru to be r edocked at trial should th e won't log of the sh r Prove Blois. fa, story. Letters received at Nymouth from the Paddle. wl ieel steam sloop J aydra, 6, Commander Riatut,a V. Hamilton, state t teat on the 11th of March- s h e was at Port Royal, 4 ,Jamaica, where she was ap. IRE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1861. ...-0.--,-,..._ . . ..—.....—. c r ,p,.......,..---..... pointed to wait the arrival of Rear-Admiral of the i to the Statf College w SA promulgated for admission ' Blue Sir A. Milne, K.C.8., who was expected thOre yes,tera 61 7 ) , from the Horse Guards : on the 15th or 18th, in the screw steamship T %let . ; )• the following regulations regarding the exami -90, Capt. E. K. Barnard. The screw steamshil i St. nation of officers who may be candidates for ad- George, 91, Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton, with. his mission to the Staff College in February, 1862, are Royal Highness Prince Alfred, was looked for at published for general information : Port Royal on the Ist of April. Should Adaiiiival There will be vacancies for 15 officers, two of Milne determine to send the Hydra home, shf; wiN whom may belong to the Royal Artillery. probably be supplied with a convoy. The screw , HOME STATIONS. steam corvette Cadmus, Capt. H. S. Hi ll yar , C. 8., Officers serving in the Unit e d Ki ng d om w h o are d es i rous left Jamaica on the 12th of March for Greytown, °IV o f ( e t n h t e er 2 in 2 l e t f he ju Staff Co,lleandge, fol wi fill be examined in London d. nextowing . but was appointed to return in t en da y s to meet -, iomman mg officers of Royal Artillery, and of all regi the Commander-in-Chief of the station. muds and depots of the cavalry, guards, and line, on the The paddlewheel steam sloop Bustard, 6, at home stations, will forward to the Adjutant-General, Devonport, is stripped, and is ready to have her through the usual channel, for the consideration of the General Commanding•in-Chief, the appli c ati ons o f su ch masts taken out. Report says that she is to be put out of commission to-morrow. officers as wish to compete for admission, together with the Rear-Admiral Mundy, C. 8., sailed on the 28th necessary The cer l tifi t c i a e te e s. h ;ti er w n hi s eh o d u e ld te b t e he sent in not laterthan , the ult. from Malta in the Hannibal, 91, Capt. Farquhar, 15th These applications a e p • P officers, approved of 1) ) his for Beyrout, to take command of the division of the Roya l Hi g h ness , w ill b e i nstructe d to place themselves in fleet assembling on the coast of Syria. communication with the Council of Military Education, In order to afford still greater protection to the with the Tie* to their receiving the rules for the examina. important dockyards at Chatham and Sheerness an Lion. ''' additional line of fortifications is to be effected at the entrance to the Medway, the preparations for which have commenced. The new line of defences will consist of casemated batteries, bomb proof, and all armed with 68-pounders and 10-inch guns of the heaviest calibre. It is also proposed to mount guns, en barbette, above the casemates, which will materially add to the strength of the works, and, with the present extensive system of fortifications, render the entrance to the Medway almost impas sable. FOREIGN STATIONS. At foreign stations the following regulations will be strictly adhered to : The examination will be held on the 22d July and fol lowing days, or as soon after that date as the examination papers shall be received by the Council on Military Educa tion. A Board of Officers will be appointed by the general offi cer in command, and will consist of three officers, one of whom to be, when practicable, a staff officer, having the rank of field officer, and the other two, if possible, not tinder the rank of captain. One of these officers will belong to one of the Scientific Corps, where any such officer can be obtained. The examination will be conducted by means of the same printed questions as are set for the examination of candi dates in London, and they are to be answered in the pre sence of the board. The board will give to each candidate a number which he will affix to each of his examination papers, instead of his name. He will retain the same number throughout the examination. The board will give to each candidate a paper of the printed examination questions on each subject at the time specified for the examination in that subject. The candidates will write their answers to the questions in the presence of the board, and their papers, together with the printed examination questions, will be collected at the hour appointed, and made up into a packet, which will be sealed before being taken from the examination room. Yesterday the floating battery Thunderbolt, 16, 200-horse power, was towed into Chatham harbour, by two steamers, and placed alongside the sheer hulk, for the purpose of receiving her guns on board and ;being fitted for service in the Thames. She commenced shipping her guns yesterday from the gunwharf, her armament consisting of 16 68- pounders, each of 95 cwt. complete. It is expected that she will be placed at Thornshead Point on the Kent coast; and the Etna will be stationed at Coal house Point on the Essex coast, which is a few miles below Gravesend, to protect the River Thames. The Admiralty transport Aid has been placed in the second dock at Chatham, where she is making good the injuries she sustained on the recent occa sion of her running ashore in the neighbourhood of Beechy Head during her voyage from Chatham to the western ports. Mr. W. H. Ward, of Auburn, United States of America, inventor of the new system of Admiralty signals, yesterday attended at the Dockyard,Wool wich, and superintended the stringing and attach ing the working lines to the sets of lanterns already received for the fleet, which will be forthwith de spatched to the Channel division in cowl:nand of Rear-Admiral Stuart, K.H. In directing the Fisgard's signalmen as to the method of operating, Mr. Ward remarked that the one hoist signals would be quite sufficient for all practical naval purposes for any fleet, however large, while the working lines would be used for promiscuous tele graphing generally. An official trial having been made by order of the Board of Admiralty to ascer tain the relative consumption of the old and new systems, it was proved that a saving of 145 per cent. was effected by the introduction of the new system, at the same time affording a more distant and comprehensive signal, a report of which has been accordingly forwarded for their lordships' satisfaction. A number of double-burner signal lanterns are in course of manufacture for special purposes upon the same principle, the present ones being supplied with single burners only. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Dr. J. A. Yule, assist.-surg., confirmed, in the Meander ; Francis E. Julian, promoted to the rank of acting third-class assist.- engineer, in the Centaur ; G. L. D. P. Keeling, promoted to the rank of acting first-class assist.- engineer, in the Jason ; W. C. Brewer, promoted to the rank of acting second-class assist.-engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary ; S. G. Hill, third-class assist.-engineer, to the Hornet; J. Lyon, paymas ter, to the Hawk ; W. W. Blayney, assist.-pay master, to the Conqueror ; W. H. Whichelo, assist.- paymaster, to the Sanspareil ; E. A. Burmiston, assiss.-paymaster, to the Ajax ; J. D. Harvey, clerk, to the Impregnable, as supernumerary; and E. P. Williams, assist.-clerk, to the Conqueror. The board .will, immediately on the conclusion of the examination ; forward the papers of the candidates to the general officer commanding, for transmission to the Council on Military Education, accompanied by a certificate that the candidates obtained no assistance from books, or help of any kind in their examination. The board will, at the same time, forward the names of the candidates, corresponding with their index numbers in the examination, in a separate envelope, for transmission to the Council of Military Edu cation. The following will be the order of the examination :- Ist Day—Military Drawing, three hours; Hindustani, three hours. 2d Day—Fortifications, three hours ; ditto, three hours. 3d Day—Mathematics, obligatory portions, Ist paper, three hours; ditto, 2d paper and voluntary portions, Ist paper, three hours. 4th Day—Mathematics, voluntary portion, 2d paper, three hours ; military history, Ist paper, three hours. sth Day—Military history, 2d paper, three hours; mili tary geography, three hours. 6th Day—French, three hours. Chemistry, three hours. 7th Day—German, three hours. Geology, three hours. _ _ There will be, in all cases, an interval of not less than one hour between the two periods of examination on each day. The papers will be collected at the appointed hours by a member of the board ; any candidate, however, who may have finished his examination paper on any subject before the hour named may deliver it into the hands of a member of the board. Candidates will bring their writing and draw ing materials, instruments, &c. ; and also the tables of logarithms they are in the habit of using. No other books or notes of any description will be allowed to be used. It is scarce} necessary to observe that no communication whatever will be allowed between the candidates at the exa mination. Officers commanding regiments abroad are to transmit to the general officer in command a return of the officers desirous of competing, together with a medical certificate of good health and fitness for the active duties of the staff. such officers will then be ordered to join at head quarters for examination, or at any other places which may be selected for the convenience of those at the more distant stations. With reference to paragraph IV. of fhe revised Regula tions for the Staff College, published with the General Order No. 743, of the 23d of January, 1860, which directs " That if the commanding officer of the regiment or the general officer commanding cannot recommend the appli • cation of any candidate, the grounds of objection are to be distinctly stated." It is to be observed that as there will not be time at distant foreign stations to refer to the Adjutant- General on the subject, such officer should, in all cases, be permitted to undergo his examination, on the understand ing, however, that the objections urged against his applica tion will still be submitted for the decision of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in •Chief. General officers commanding at foreign stations will place no restrictions upon officers competing further than the exi gencies of the service may absolutely require. It will be understood that the rule by which only one officer can be spared from a battalion at a time, for the purpose of study ing at the Staff College, does not apply to candidates from battalions which have officers now at the college, but whose course of study will terminate in December next. General officers commanding at foreign stations will select the hours for the examination which are best suited to the climate and circumstances of the country, taking care, how ever, to conform strictly to the number and distribution of the hours, as detailed in the foregoing regulations. On the completion of the examinations general officers commanding should transmit the candidates' papers to the Vice-President of the Council of Military Education, Whitehall-yard, with the least possible delay, in order to enable officers from distant stations, who may be suc cessful in the competition, to join the college early in February. They will at the same time forward to the Adjutant-General a return of the officers examined, with their certificates, as required by the regulations. In the event of there being no candidates, general officers com manding will notify the fact to the Vice-President of the Council without delay. Officers serving abroad, who may be successful candi dates, will be,al)owed the regulated passage money home, on joining the Staff College. The names and examination numbers of the candidates who are successful in the competition, as well as of those who prove themselves qualified, and the examination num bers alone of candidates who fail, will be published imme diately after the reports of the examiners have been re ceived by the Council of Military Education, with the total number of marks gained by each candidate, and his place on the lists.—By order of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief, JAS. YORKE SCARLET; Adjutant-General. GRRAT W.ESTERN RAILWAY OF CANADA. The following letter has been received from the chairman of the Committee of Investigation of the Great Western Railway of Canada, It commences by stating that " charges of unscrupulousness levelled against the committee have been made without much consideration." This is an error and a misrepresentation. The charge of unscrupulous ness, such as it was, was made after careful con sideration, and, so far from being shaped in the manner now attempted to be conveyed, it was qualified by an intimation that it must be under stood to apply to the " hastiness" with which the committee are shown to have drawn their infe rences, and not to any supposed intention on their part to deviate from the truth. The committee, however, as was demonstrated on a former occa sion, seem so prone to ascribe to every one the worst possible motives that they are apparently blind to the conception that they can themselves be treated in a more charitable manner. The next statement is that " the committee have made no charge against Mr. Laing," but have simply stated facts, chiefly from the evidence of Mr. Laing him self. In their report they affirmed that the course of Mr. Laing was one "from which any man with right intentions would have instinctively recoiled," and that his assertion that his proceedings had been entirely open and above board was false, while the remarks on the affairs with which they have con nected his name were wound up by a denunciation of " all parties implicated in the deception prac tised," as well as to their " nefarious doings" and their gross proceedings in general,,which had re sulted in the " misappropriation" or waste of pro bably about a million sterling. If this is the mode in which the committee confine themselves to a simple recapitulation of evidence and " make no charge" against an individual, the are few who would like to trust to such chroniclers any single word or action of their lives. The next statement is that in the remarks yesterday on the reply of the directors to the committee the chief witness relied upon in favour of Mr. Laing was Mr. J. B. Smith. This, again, is contrary to fact. The committee had insinuated one of the worst points against Mr. Laing—that of having improperly attended the Board to advocate claims in which he was privately interested—by announcing that they had been so " informed." They did not mention the name of their informant. Teat point is now contradicted by the evidence of Mr. Gill, the president of the com pany, and Mr. Wythes, as it had been previously contradicted by that of Mr. Laing himself, whose statements, it appears, the committee will accept only when they think they can be turned against him. Mr. J. B. Smith also gives similar testimony; but, as it now appears that this testimony is con trary to a direct statement made by the same gen tleman in 1855, the committee through their chair man deem it creditable to assume that it is his evidence, thus neutralised and rendered worthless, that formed the basis of the criticism to which they object. Mr. Smith may account at the approaching meeting for his own inconsistency, when Mr. Kaye, one of the members of the committee, who declared in 1857 a certain loan to be " imperative," which the committee have criticised with considerable severity, will have to undertake a similar process. The remaining paragraphs contain little but a recapitulation of former arguments of the com mittee, which are fit only for reference to a Court of Law or Equity. With regard to the final state ment as to the circumstances under *hick the committee were nominated, it appears from an official communication just received, to be neither candid nor accurate : " Sir,—The Times city article of this day calls for some remark on the part of the Committee of Investigation of the Great Western Railway of Canada, not for the purpose of noticing the charges of unscrupulousness levelled against them without much consideration—these are matters which the committee can afford to pass without notice—but for the sole purpose of calling the attention of the public to the real merits of the only part of the committee's report which has been placed prominently forward, and which, from the position of Mr. Laing, has claimed public atten tion. " The committee have made no charge against Mr. Laing; they have simply stated the facts as they have come before them, chiefly in the evidence of Mr. Laing himself, and have recommended further inquiry. " The directors in their reply,' after stating that none of their body aro cognizant of the facts connected with the earlier portion of the history of the' Hamilton and Toronto Railway,' proceed to give their own version thereof, and in so doing make most contradictory statements. But as re gards the latter portion of the story, viz., the settlement with the contractor, they say they are enabled to afford very distinct evidence.' The witnesses they bring to dis prove what they call the assertion of the committee— although upon the point in question the committee merely say ' they are informed' that Mr. Laing advocated Wythes's claims at the Board —are Mr. Robert Gill, the present chairman of the company, and Mr. J. B. Smith, M.P. for Stockport, both of whom were directors of the company in 1855, and Mr. Wythes himself. Mr. Gill denies that Mr. Laing advocated Wythes's claims at the board; and Mr. J. B. Smith, in his letter to the directors, dated the 7th of March last, is very explicit on the point, and states distinctly that Mr. Laing did not advocate Wythes's claims.' "Against Mr. J. B. Smith's statement in 1861, the com mittee ask to be allowed to place that gentleman's statement in 1855, the time of the transactions in question. The fol • lowing are extracts from a letter addressed by Mr. J. B. Smith to Mr. Brydges, in Canada, and dated the 9th of August, 1855. " Mr. Laing, it appears to me, has acted most improperly. He is a partner with Wythes in this contract, and has, at the same time, been sitting at our board as a director, and recommending concessions to Wythes's claims. Of course, this will no lon g er be allowed.' " ' You must send us your case on all these points to be laid before Mr. Stephenson. I had understood that, so far as the land goes, you and Mr. Street had long ago agree d upon 80 feet width, but it seems Mr. Wythes—and for Mr. Wythes always read Mr. Laing—will not confirm this.' Wythes's contract, bearing date the 30th of November, 1852, it would appear by Mr. Smith's statement that the partnership must have existed nearly three years. Mr. Smith's letter, it will be observed, bears date the 9th o f August, 1855, four months after Mr. Laing had ceased to be a director, and six months after the Great Western directors in London entered upon the consideration of Wythes's "So that, according to Mr. Smith, Mr. Laing was in part nership with Wythes during the whole time he was a direc tor of the Great Western Company, and the directors in their reply,' state that from th e f orma ti on o f the Hamil ton and Toronto line, there was an understanding that the two companies should be associated, by lease or amalgama tion. w hen placed be s id e t h e statement of the princi " Truly, the report of the committee f a ll s gent l y upon Mr. Laing pal witness called by the directors. "This same witness (Mr. J. B. Smith) also appeared be fore the committee, and informed them that although he had heard of the existence of a partnership between Laing and Wythes, Mr. Laing had always denied it. " In his recent letter i o the directors Mr. J. B. Smith also says, They had to contend with a loosely drawn agreement with :Ir. Wythes.' Now, the committee must presume that the agreement in question was drawn by Messrs. Risen and Co., as those gentlemen were solicitors for both parties—for the Hamiltoa and Toronto Railway Company and also for Mr. Wythes—and it was signed by Mr. Laing, an able and acute lawyer, who signed it pro fessionally, end, according to the document itself, as a previsional director' and trustee for the shareholders,' being at the time, as he admits, a partner with Wythes in the contract. The directors in their reply' allege that M r . th a e in s g ta i t s e i ina r t op of anerly described in the agre emen t, an d pro d uce attorney's clerk to sot aside a deed under hand and seal. In describing this agreement as loosely drawn,' can Mr. Smith, the committe ask, pronounce a severer condemnation on all concerned ? It looks like an eccusation against some person or persons of having taken advantage of his or their own wrong. And this Mr. J. B. Smith, M.P., is the ch of witness whose evidence, in the opinion of the writer of the Times city article, proves the statements of the committee to be ' almost ludicrous, if the sense of the ludicrous were not overpowered by the stronger feeling which the occasion merits. "The committee now leave the directors and their wit nesses as to this matter in the hands of the shareholders, deeming it unnecessary to weigh the value of Mr. Wythes's statement, the directors having, in page 20 of their 'reply,' expressed an opinion that that person's conduct in another transaction, and that a most serious one, was indefensible. " Mr. Laing, it is alleged, was the only person who could with propriety take the share in the contract with Wythes, he not being officially connected with either company ; the fact being that Mr. Laing was not only provisional director and trustee for the shareholders, and partner with the con tractor, but he also appeared in a third character, that of one of three referees to decide whether or no any deduction should be made from the contract price of £328,000. " It was distinctly stated in the prospectus that the cost of the line should not exceed that sum, so that in no event could any further outlay be required,' and the agreement with Wythes provided that in the event of it being found that such sum gave him more than a fair profit a deduction was to be made, and this matter was to be decided by three referees, of whom Mr. Laing was one, and is so named in the agreement . This gentleman therefore accepted the office of refree to decide as between the company and the con tractor, he being at the time a partner in the contract. "And here the committee wish to draw attentioreto the real point at issue, which the remarks of the directors and the letter of Mr. Wythes, proposing to recpen the settle ments upon terms specified by him, do not touch, but have merely a tendency to put out of sight. The prospectus and the agreement with the contractor are both clear and dis tinct, and form a bargain with the shareholders that in no event should any farther outlay be required beyond the specified price ; and the committee consider that Mr. Laing and Mr. Wythes having made that bargain were bound be it, and are liable to repay the large amount received by Mr. Wythes in excess of that sum. Trio shareholders were never informed of the existence of the partnership ; but, now, find ing that Mr. Wythes had a partner in his contract, have not the shareholders a legal right to hold both persons respon sible for the fulfilaaent of the terms of the agreement? " The other points to which the directors profess to reply are 'natters that interest the shareholders only, and not the g. neral public ; and to the shareholders the committee will address themselve s upon the subject, merely remarking that sumo very serious charges are admitted by the directors; others are passed flippantly over; and some are denied which the committee have no difficulty in substantiating by documents. ,c Th e directors commence their reply by stating they did not approve the constitution of the committee, which was composed of most unfit persons, and who had on previous occasions shown themselves hostile to the management. " Upon this point the committee desire to state the real f ac ts. The resolution natraim.r the committee was unani mously carried, and was moved byMr, A. Beattie, a former colleague of the present chairmen in the management of the company, and who is described by the directors in page 14 of their reply as a gentleman of the highest commercial standing and position, and the motion was seconded by Mr. Head, one of the directors, and shortly after the appoint ment of the committee, Mr. B. Baker, the secretary of the company, addressed a letter to the management in Canada informing them of the circumstance, and stating that the selection of the committee had the fall concurrence of the directors, giving the .names of the persons elected, and adding that, they were all persons of high character and position. The London letter-book contains a copy of this letter; let the directors produce it, and let the shareholders compare it with the description of the committee now given. —I am, air, your obedient servant (for the committee), " H. H. CANNAN, Chairman. " Tuesday, April 2." Annexed is a letter concerning the nomination o the Committee of Investigation of the Great 'Yes tern of Canada Railway:— " Sir,---Referring to a letter from Mr. H. H. Cannon, the chairman of the Committee of Investigation, which appears in some of this morning's papers, on the subject of the con stitution of that committee, Mr. Head, one of th e di rec t ors , requests me to co mmnL i ca t e to you his version of the man ner in which it was formed. He says : " ' Mr. Head moved for an entirely different committee, composed, as he explained, of large and impartial share holders. It was only in deference to what appeared to be the wishes of the majority present that Mr. Head concurred in the appointment of the present committee, composed en tirely of persons known to be hostile to the Board, on the broad ground that the directors cared not who were ap pointed, it they would only act justly. Mr. Cannon and his friends refused to serve unless the committee was entirely composed of their own party.' " On the other side I send you a copy of the only letter I wrote to the management in Canada, after the appoint ment of the committee, in which I referred to the indivi duals composing am, sir, your obedient servan t " , " BRACK STO I NE BAKER, Secretary. Great Western Railway of Canada, " Gresham-house, April 3. " FROM MR. B. BAKER TO MR. C. J. BRIDGES ; IN CANADA. " April 6, 1860. " I enclose you a report of the meeting, and you will see by the minutes of it forwarded to the secretary that a com mittee was appointed, who will immediately commence their labours, and every facility will be afforded them, by communicating all the information they require and by giving them access to all our books and papers. These gen tlemen hold together nearly 5,000 shares, and upwards of £lOO,OOO money value of investment, which is a guarantee of their personal interest in the concern.' " NOTICE TO QUIT. M. Jourdan, one of the French journalists lately ordered by the Austrian authorities to quit Venice, has written, from Milan, an account of the transac- tion to the 6iecle. He says—" On the morning after our arrival at Venice, we had scarcely risen when a a Commissary of Police delivered to each of us a paper—a summons to appear immediately before the Director-General of the Austrian Police. Since our entry on the Venetian territory our passports had been subjected to so many formalities and visas that we thought that something had perhaps been neglected. We appeared before the amiable func tionary, who restored to us our passports, which had been taken from us on the previous day when we entered Venice, and then, addressing himself to each, said, with a German accent, Sir, I now signify to you the order to quit Venice in 24 hours.' Be it so,' - replied, 'we will leave to-morrow morning.' No, not to-morrow,' he replied, but this very evening.' How can we go this evening, when there are no more railway trains leaving for Milan ?" That is true, but a train leaves at 4 o'clock for Verona ; you will therefore leave Venice at 4 o'clock, sleep at Verona, and leave that place to- morrow morning by the first train.' Very well ; may we know the motives of this brutal expulsion ?' ' I have nothing to say to you on the subject.' At 4 o'clock in fact we left Venice. A boatman who crossed our gondola at the moment we were leaving pthaetiehnocte, g hotel saeidatioemuesnnyoaulowwillltraelitaunrn withvoice, Gari Hav baldi.' e . We will, i n f act , return to Venice, and soon I hope without .n h foo a rn v i nirneegda reaching noyugt intended t g r eonn t da o e wd d o ea rfro w iuv i n t a n dl t t h h A e e Austri anpolice lr e p a o d l police. e i sharp eye was kept . on us ; ou r p asspor t s , on w hi c h was written Pised, to leave the Austrian States in the day,' were again taken from us. Being desirous of executing this order to the let er, and impatient to escape the annoying surveillance of the Austrian police, we wished, on reaching Verona, to hire a carriage and proceed to Desenzano, on the Italian territory. That plan was however objected to by the Commissary of Police , who said that the line of Peschiera could notiebely prisonerscross while edduringt a h t e We were kept completely a police agent stationing himself in the hotel where we had alighted. Our trunks and our papers were examined at Peschiera for an hour, and it was only by good luck that I concealed this letter from the inquisitors. I shall terminate it at Milan." I? lILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA, The directors of this company state in their report for the past half year that the total expenditure on capital account to the 31st of January last was £4,976,049. The revenue account for the half-year ending the 31st of January showed that the receipts from all sources amounted to £252,824. Deducting working and other expenses (£i21,407), including rent of suspension -bridge, there remained a balance of £131,417. From this was deducted £17,498 for interest on Government loan, £36,078 interest on the company's bonds, and £25,699 for renewal of rails, sleepers, bridges, &c., leaving a balance of £52,142. Out of this sum the directors recommend the payment of a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, which will absorb £49,949, and leave £2,193, which, added to £13,598, the surplus from the preceding half-year, would make a balance of £15,791. The average dividend paid by the com pany during the last seven years has been at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum. The increase in the receipts for the past half-year amounted to £45,321 over those of the corresponding period of the pre ceding year, and the increase in the expenses to £5,236, showing a net increase of £40,085. Better rates have been obtained during the last half-year for the conveyance of goods. The earth oil lately dis covered is found in abundance in the district between the main line and Sarnia branch, and considerable quantities have already been conveyed by this com pany. The total sum due to the Great Western by the Grand Trunk Company, under the agreement be tween tha two companies,is £8,906 The Grand Trunk Company have refused to pay this sum, and have de clined to adhere to the terms of the agreement. Mr. Reid, the company's engineer, now estimates that the total cost of the renewals for the next five years will average £60,00) per annum. During the last half-year the cost of renewals has been at the rate of nearly £52,000 a year, so that the future charge at the reduced estimate will not much exceed its present rate. The traffic receipts of this company from business to and from the Detroit and Mil waukie Railway amounted during the last half-year to 115,223 dols (£23,045). The gross traffic on the Detroit and Milwaukie line for the past half-year amounted to 414,038 dols., being an increase of 82,419 dois, over the corresponding period of the preceding year. PERNAMBUCO. The directors of this company, in their report for the half-year state that the receipts for the half-year ending the 31st of January last amounted to £10,608, and for the corresponding half of the pre ceaing year, to £8,547, showing an increase of £2,061. The total traffic receipts from the 31st of January, 1858, to the 31st of January, 1861, amounted to £49,300. GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Aberdeen on Monday. Sir J. D. H. El phinstone, M.P., the chairman, presided. The CHAIRMAN said the revenue of the line had been maintained during the last year in the face of very discouraging circumstances. The past two harvests had been very unfortunate in the north. The result was that there had been a decrease, as compared with the corresponding periods of former years, in the agricultural produce carried over the line to the extent of 10,000 quarters; while the cattle traffic had fallen short 7,392 head, a dif ference which might be calculated, taking the ani mals at £2O each, to affect the northern farmers' pockets to the extent of £140,000. He thought, however, they were justified in believing there would be an improvement in the present year. The rolling stock of the company was in admir able condition. The working expenses were the lowest of any line in the kingdom--33 per cent. This fact, combined with the general increase of traffic over the line and careful manage ment, enabled the directors to declare a dividend at the rate of 61 per cent, per annum, in place of 6 per cent. par annum last year, carrying over £1,336, being marly another 1 per cent. Resolutions adopting the report, and declaring dividends at the rate of 61 per cent. per annum on original and preference stocks, and 4 per cent. on new stock, were then passed unanimously. TOURNAY TO JURBISE AND LANDEN TO HASSELT. The annual meeting of this company took place in Brussels on the 25th ult. ; Mr. R. W. Kennard, M.P., in the chair. The report stated that the gradual development of the resources of the line and the increase of its receipts had gone on during the 12 months of 1860, as in former years; that the total produce of the year 1860 had been £31,800, or £1,949 in excess of 1859; and the total dividend for the year £1 3s. 31d. against £1 ls. 111 d. last year. The line was paying above 51 per cent. per annum. The divi dend for the half-year ending April 30, 1860, having already been distributed (10s. 101 d. per share), there remained a balance for the last six months of the year of 12s. 41d. per share, which it was proposed to make payable on and after the Ist April. The report and balance-sheet for the two half years of 1860 having been adopted unanimously,, two retiring directors (Messrs. Baylay and 11.1olez) were re-elected, and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the Board for thei, success ful management of the company's affairs. BRUTAL OUTRAGE BX SOLDIERS. 1 The county bench of magistrates at Rochester were occupied a considerable time on Monday after noon in the examination of three soldiers, privates in the Ist battalion of the 4th King's Own, at Chatham, named William Clark, 22, William Gater, 33, and Thoma s Sti c kl ey, 2 0, on a charge of having burglariously entered the shop and dwelling -house of Nicholas Lean, a grocer and general dealer, carry ing on business at New Brompton, Chatham, and, after brutally ill-using Mrs. Lean, robbing the till of its contents, and afterwards stealing a quantity of tobacco. The prisoners, from their demeanour i during the time they were under examination, are evidently men of the most depraved as well as de termined characters, and all of them bear the very worst characters during the time they have been in the army. Gater, ono of the prisoners, was tried at the last assizes at Maidstone on a charge of having set fire to a wheatstack on the farm of Mr. Gilbert, Chatham -hill, but was acquitted by the jury from an insufficiency of evidence. On the evening of the robbery for which the prisoners underwent their examination before the magistrates they were seen lurking about the prosecutor's shop some time after the hour at which they ought to have been in their barracks. Between 9 and 10 they effected an en trance, but being met by the wife of the prosecutor they knocked her down with stout sticks which two of them had with them, and while one of the pri soners ransacked the till and took some other things out of the shop the other prisoners held prosecutrix and prevented her giving any alarm. Iler cries, however, brought some persons to her assistance, when the three prisoners immediately made off— one of them being pursued and captured, and the other two apprehended in one of the low neigh bourhoods at Chatham by Inspector Checkland, the same night. On being found by the neighbours Mrs. Lean was discovered to have received such in juries at the prisoners' handi that medical assist ance had to be obtained for her. The prisoners, who treated the matter with the utmost indifference, were committed to take their trial at the next Kent Assizes, THE ARMY. The Duke of Cambridge having approved the formation of the 35th, 36th, 37th, and 38th com panies of Royal Engineers into four depot compa nies, the detachments of Royal Engineers at head quarters, Chatham, have been transferred to those companies, and the arrangements connected with their formation completed. The officers appointed to the command of the new depot companies are Capt. J. E. Comes, 35th ; Capt. E. 0. Hewett, 36th ; Capt. W. C. Phillpotts, 37th ; and Capt. L. C. Barber, 38th. The other necessary transfers will take place in the course of a few days. By a general order issued by Col. Chapman, C. 8., Deputy- Adjt.-Gen., the 38th company is to comprise the staff, the detachments on special surveying and en gineering duties at Kensington, the whole of the band, buglers, and supernumerary boys. The Wool wich detachment of tailors, numbering 50 non-com missioned and men, will be transferred to the sth company at Woolwich. The four depot companies will, according to present arrangements, be perma nently established at Brompton. Lieut. A. R. Mac- I donnell has been ordered to Chatham, to take the command of the 37th company until Capt. Phillpotts joins headquarters. An exciting rifle contest took place at the garri son rifle range, Chatham, on Tuesday afternoon, be tween Lieut. A. C. Wallinger and a number of the sergeants of the Royal Engineers, in order to tes the merits of the Whitworth over the Lancaster rifle—with which the Royal Engineers are armed —when fired at long ranges. The challenge made by Lieut. Wallinger was in effect that he would, with his Whitworth rifle, attain a greater number of points in firing 30 rounds than •any number of the sergeants, using the Lancaster rifle, could singly obtain in 35 rounds, the range to be 700 yards. The challenge was accepted by Sergt.-Major Jones, Co lour-Sergt. Douglas, and Sergts. Hill, Wright, Gartshore, and Hartley, all of whom have under gone a course of rifle instruction. After firing his 30 rounds, it was found that Lieut. Wallinger had scored the comparatively high number of 25 points. Each of the non-commissioned officers then fired 35 rounds, when Sergt. Hill obtained the greatest num ber of points, his return giving 27, or two more than Lieut. Wallinger, thus carrying off the prize offered by Lieut. Wallinger, viz., £5. The shooting of the other sergeants was likewise very good. The con test excited some interest, and a number of officers and others connected with the garrison were present. On Tuesday morning the 2d battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards, which has been doing garrison duty at Windsor Castle since October last, marched from the Sheet-street barracks, under the command of Col. Hepburn, and proceeded by the South-Western Railway for the Tower. On the same day the 3d battalion of the Grenadier Guards, under the com mand of Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, arrived at Windsor Barracks from the Tower. Yesterday the Royal Horse Guards, under the command of Col. Baillie, marched from the Cavalry Barracks at. Spittal to Regent's Park Barracks, and will be suc ceeded by the 2d Life Guards from Knightsbridge. The forts at Sharnmeade and Coal-house Point, near the entrance to the river Thames, are now in course of being dismantled in order that they may be reconstructed and mounted with an increased number of guns of heavier calibre. A detachment of the Royal Artillery, under the command of Lieut. E. H. Thurlow, has been despatched to the forts, where the men are now employed in dis mounting the present armament. During the re construction of the batteries the Lords of the Ad miralty have sanctioned the floating batteries, .tEtna, 16, and Thunderbolt, 16, being moored in positions contiguous to the sites of the forts for the defence of the river. It is intended that the two batteries shall be ultimately mounted with the Armstrong guns. r THE STAFF COLLEGE. e he following General Order relative to new T Mims regarding the examination of officers itt e:AL,I SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NORTHAMPTON RACES-WEDNESDAY. The Delapre Handicap of 5 soya each, with 30 added ; for two•yr-olds and upwards. The winner to be sold for £lOO. Winners extra. About half a mile. 23 subs. Mr. Ridley's Liberality, 2 yrs, Sat 81b (Whitely) 1 Mr. Reeves's Lord of the Tees, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b.. (Reeves) 2 Mr. Fuller's Mountebank, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (11. Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—White Wave, Enfield, Mer cury, Rosary filly, and Taurina filly. • Betting-7 to 2 agst Liberality, 4to 1 each agst White and Rosary filly. Liberality jumped away in front, waited upon by Rosary filly, Lord of the Tees, and Mountebank. To these was the race confined. At the entrance to the stand enclosuze the favourite came out and won cleverly by a length and a half ; two lengths separating the second and third. Rosary filly was fourth. The winner was claimed by Mr. Reeves. The Racinz Stakes of 20 soya each, h ft, with 50 added ; three-yr-old colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 61b. Winners One mile. 6 subs. Lord Stamford's Imaus, 3 yrs, 9st 31b (inc. 71b extra) (A. French) 1 Mr. Parr's Kildonan, 3 yrs, Bst 51b ...... (G. Fordham) 2 Lord Strathmore's Strike, 3 yrs, Bst 51b (J. Covey) 3 Betting-2 to lon Kildonan, sto 2 agst Imaus. Strike started with the lead, which he held to the dis tance, when the favourite and Imaus ran by him and finished a close race home, Imaus winning rather cleverly at last by a length ; a head separating the second and third. The St. Liz Handicap of 100 sovs, added to a Sweep stakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft. 'Winners extra. The second to save his stake. 57 subs. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Penton's Atherstone, 3 yrs, 6st 91b • (W. Bottom) 1 Mr. J. Smith's Wombat, 3 yrs, sst 121 b .... (Wheatley) 2 Mr. Swindell's Sawcutter, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (car. sst 111 b) (Daley) 3 Mr. An ell's Calpe, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (T. French) 4 The following also ran :—Gallus, Lady Trespass, Flitch, Ambush, Oliver, Rockley, Dreadnought, Black Diamond, Snapdragon, Lucy, Ivanhoff, Belleisle, and Zodiac. Betting-2 to 1 aget Oliver, 7to 1 aget Sawcutter, Dread- I nought, and Atherstone, 9 to 1 agst any other. After some considerable delay the flag was lowered to an indifferent start. The favourite, making use of his advan tage, jumped away with a clear lead of two or three lengths, which he improved as he traversed the far side, Rockley, Dreadnaught, and Zodiac being his immediate followers, the rear division being headed by Calpe, Wombat, and Sawcutter, who were seen running nearly abreast. On passing the lower turn the favourite's lead began to dimin • ish, and, on ascending the hill, his horses got upon better terms with him, and ran in close order to the distance, where he was in difficulties, and in a few strides further disappeared from the front, the lead being taken by Ather stone, who, followed by Wombat, Sawcutter, and Calpe, ran a close raee home, Atherstone winning cleverly by a length, a head separating the second and third, and a like distance between the third and fourth; Oliver was fifth; Snapdragon sixth. The Althorpe Park Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added ; for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; and fillies, Bst 61b. Winners extra. T.Y.C. About half a mile. 37 subs. Lord Stamford's King of Hearts, Bst 101 b (A. F renc h) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Duke R o ll o , Bst 101 b (Wells) 2 Mr. W. Day's Man Friday filly, Bst 61b (J Adams) 3 The following also ran :—Over tho Sea, Patriot, Blood hound, Tutor, Crystal colt, Golden Fleece, Lass o' Cowrie. Betting-6 to 4 agst King of Hearts, 4to 1 agst Patriot, 5 to 1 each agst Golden Fleece and Duke Rollo, 6 to 1 agst any other. An excellent start was effected at the third time of asking. Duke Rollo being the first on his legs cut out the work at a good pace, followed by Golden Fleece and the favourite on the lower side. On reaching the brow of the hill the King of Hearts came out, and in a few strides ob tained a decided lead, closely followed by Duke Rollo, Golden Fleece, and W. Day's filly, to which four the race was confined, but at the distance Golden Fleece gave way to the Man Friday filly, but who however took no part in the final struggle, the favourite landing Lord Stamford's colours after a race by a neck, a bad third, The Tutor fourth, Lass o'Gowrie fifth, and Patriot sixth. The others pulled up and trotted in, the last of all being Bloodhound. Earl Spencer's Plate of 100 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft. Winners extra. The New Spencer Plate Course, straight. 61 subs, 29 of whom pay 5 sovs each. Mr. E. Hall's Fravola, 4 yrs, 7st 1 lb (Page) 1 Mr. Angell's Spanish Fly, Est (car. 6st 31b) (W. Bortom) 2 Capt. Christie's Spicebox, 4 yrs, 7st 81b.... (Grimshaw) 3 Capt. Christie's ‘iiss Julia, aged, 9st 61b.. (L. Snowden) 0 Lord Annesley's Sweetsauce, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (W. Boyce) 0 Mr. Henry's Lupullus, 4 yrs, Bst (G. Fordham) 0 Mr. Gulliver's Tiara, 6 yrs, Bst (Ducker) 0 Capt. Coates's Ariadne, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b (Cresswell) 0 Mr. Cooke's Ed mun d K ean, 4 yrs, 75t.... (J. Snowden) 0 Mr. Thomas's Touch Me Not, 3 yrs, Est 131 b .. (Daley) 0 Mr. T. Hughes's Newburg, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b .. (Mitchell) 0 Mr. Henrys Dr. Nichol, 3 yrs, Est 71b .... (T. French) 0 Mr. Jackson's Pollyolbion, 3 yrs, Est 41b .. (Buck) 0 Mr. W. Day's Bluestone, 3 yrs, Est 31b (J. Adams) 0 Mr. Nelson's Selina filly, 3 yrs, Est 31b (H. Taylor) 0 Mr. Watkins's R o bi a , 3 yrs, 6 st (Midgeley) 0 Lord Coventry's Icarus, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Bradford) 0 Mr. Hare's Criemhilde, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (Wheatley) 0 Mr. T. Brown's Zitella, 5 yrs, 7st 91b (Challoner) 0 Mr. Hare's Parasite, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Keating) 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Spanish Fly, 10 to 1 agat Lupullus, 100 to 8 agst Bluestone, 12 to 1 agst Pollyolbion and Touch Me Not, 20 to 1 agst Zitella and Icarus, 100 to 3 agst any other. The race was set down for four o'clock, by. - it was past five o'clock before the flag fell, the Hon. Mr. Villiers being compelled to render his assistance to the starter. An equit able start was at last obtained. The Spanish Fly was first in motion, and with Miss Julia, Fravola, and Touch-me- Not in close attendance made play, the others, headed by Spicebox, lying in a cluster at their heels. In this order they ran to the distance, where Spanish Fly was joined by Fravola and Spicebox, the three running together to the Stand, where Fravola got her head in front, and repeated her last year's victory by winning cleverly by a length and a half, half a length between second and third ; Pollyolbion was fourth, and Tiara fifth. The Selling Plate of 6 sous each, with 25 added. Weights for age, with selling allowances. One mile. 4 subs. Mr. Cameron's Antelope, 2 yrs (30) sst 91b (Midgeley) 1 Mr. Byrn's Yafa, 3 yrs (nc), Bst 41b (E. Taylor) 2 Betting-10 to 8 on Yafa. Antelope showed slightly in front to the entrance into the straight, where he was joined by Yafa, the pair running abreast to the end, the young one just winning in the last stride by a head. The winner was bought in for 31 guineas. The Northamptonshire Cup Stakes of 10 sovs each. Weights for age. Two miles. 15 subs. Lord Stamford's Newcastle, aged, 9st 41b.: (A.. French) 1 Mr. Whittaker's Black Diamond, 3 yrs,6st 91b (Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Stevens's Timandra, 5 yrs, 9st llb ... Mr. Knightley' s D u bi ous, 3 yrs, Est 91b.. .... (Payne) 3 ... (IVhiteley) 4 Betting—Even on Bl ac k Di amond a gst Newcastle. On going past th e stand the first time Tim andra led with Black Diamond, Newcastle, and. Dubious, in the order we have given them. Descending the bill Black Diamond took up the running, followed by Dubious and Newcastle, to the distance, when Lord .Siamford's horse went to the front, and won a punishing race by a neck ; Timandra was a bad fourth, and Dubious, who struck a post in the bottom, was last. A Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, la ft, for 2-yr-olds, colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b. Althorpe Park Stakes Course. 5 subs. Mr. W. Robinson's Twinkle, 7st 121 b (Page) w. o. Ddley, Bottom, and Wheatley were taken before the stewards upon the complaint of the starter, for disobedience of orders in the race for the Spencer's Plate. Upon hear ing the ease the stewards ordered the matter to stand over for the decision of the stewards of the Jockey Club. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE, TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 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Adeline Maltby, wife of the prosecutor, said that after the Count Zchylinski had married her daugh ter, witness and her two daughters accom panied the prisoner to Paris, the prisoner making all payments. Lived on amicable terms with the prisoner until January. He then became exceedingly violent. From the urgent counsel of French and English friends, witness wrote to Col. Goltz, and by his advice, s e nt th e p r i soner ' s photo graph. He actually kicked witness out of doors. He said witness had calumniated him. Capt. Lowe accompanied witness and her daughters from France, After witness had received a letter from the Prussian colonel, she wrote to her husband. Before the baron married her daughter witne ss wrote several letters to her hu s ba n d, aachylinskee dictation, and she was sorry to say that in those letters witness represented that the prisoner had rendered her some pecuniary assistance. After the marriage witness lent the count five hundred francs to pay for a gun he had purchased. The first quarrel the prisoner kind his wife had was his denying having had £3OO for:his wedding. Frances Maltby, daughter of the last witness, said that when she was at Rome she went to see a gentleman of great eminence, accompanied by her mother. Saw him give her mother a roll of notes to the amount of a thousand scudi. When they got home the money was given to the baron to pa,' the most pressing debts and their passage to Eng land. [A letter was here read, which had been sent by witness to the prisoner, in which she said that " We look upon you as a friend, sent from God to help us in our terrible position."] When they were in Paris, after the marriage, alteroations took place between mamma and the prisoner, in consequence, as witness thought, of prisoner be lieving that they suspected him of not being the person he represented himself to be. He behaved very violently to her mamma, as also to her sister (his wife). _ _ _ The Rev. Henry Maltby said he authorised his solicitor, Mr. Campbell, to give the baron £4OO, because he believed his representation to be true. Mr. Ford addressed the bench on behalf of the baron, contending that there was no evidence of fraud. The learned gentleman remarked strongly upon the nature of some of the evidence which had been adduced, and said there was not the slightest ground for anything else but an acquittal, as no case of fraud had been made out. The bench, after some consultation, acquitted the prisoner, amid a burst of applause. The baron afterwards appeared at the window of the Black Boy Hotel, and thanked the crowd, amid loud applause. COUNTRY MARKETS. LYNN-APRIL 2. There was a moderate attendance. Ihe supply of wheat was small, with a fair business. Good sorts realised ra ther more money than last week. Oats were not much altered. Beans moved off at previous quotations. Peas a quiet trade. Old white 58s to 62s I Old red 54s to 56e Barley .... 38s to 44s I Oats.. Beans .3Bs to 42s I Peas 48s to 540 SHEFFIELD-APRIL 2. A fair, supply of English wheat to-day, which sold at the advance on the extreme prices of last week. Barley a slow sale, at fully former prices. Oats were in demand. Beans scarce, and 6d per load dearer. Flour and other articles unchanged. . Red wheat, per lead of 3 imperial bushels...24s Od to 28s Od White ft ft ...25s 04i tb 28s Od New red ~ .20s Od to 22s Od New white „ „ ...22s Od to 2640 d Beans lf „ ...16s Od to 228 6d Peas per qr ..... 648 Od to 55s 04 Grinding barley, per qr • 33s Od to 35s Od Malting ditto, „ .. ... , 358 Od to 433 OdOats ~ 25s 6d to 34s Od Millers' prices for flour--2s 3d, 2s 6d, and 2s 8d per 141 b. HULL —APRIL 2. A moderate supply of wheat to-day, which wasinactive demand, at last Tuesday's prices. Barley heavy, with a fair show. Oats more inquired after, and late rates fully sustained. Beans and peas in slow request, and sold fully is lower. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr ... 65s Od to 68s Od Old red » New white .. ~ New red .... , Dantzic Konb , &c. old white 638 Od to 68.9 Od Dutch, Belgian, and French. 60s Od to 62s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red 6OB Od to 62s Od St. Petersbu rg an d Ri ga , old 528 Od to 55s Od Barley.... English malting 3Bs Od to 448 Od , Grinding Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3Bs Od to 40s Od Grinding Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per at Os 14d to 14id Friesland and Dutch oBl4ld to 0815 d Swedish and Danish osl4d to 08140 Beans ....English, old, per qr . , 5OB Od to 55s Od New pigeon 44s Od to 45s Od New tick. 43s Od to 44s Od Egyptian Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares .... Spring —a Od to —s Od Indian Corn Linseed, feeding ... s2s Od to 54s Od ' crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 15 0 to £lO 0 0 Foreign 9 5 oto 10 0 0 Rape cakes... 6 5 oto 610 0 Bones • ~,. 515 oto 6 0 0 COAL MARK . (Prices of Coal per Ton at e. d. ET—APRIL 3. the close of the market Davison's West Hart ley ...17 3 Carway and Duffryn Malting ...........24 0 Bell's Primrose ......13 0 Holywell West Hartley 17 3 Lambert's West Hart ley 17 3 Walker Primrose l3 3 Hartlepool West Hart ley 16 3 . 8, d. Walls - End.' ' Braddyll's Hett0n.....17 0 Framwellgate l5 9 Keiper Gra,nge.... l7 0 Hartlepool.... lB 3 Kelloe ... • 17 6 Harton. • 15 6 Heugh Hall 15 9 ICassop Stewart's 18 6 South Hartlepool 16 9 Hetton .. lB 6 Denison ......13 6 Gordon 13 3 Bell.. ..... • . ~ 1,5 0 Eden 15 9 q, 62; sold, 38. Walls End. Hedley 15 6 Acorn Close.. Ships at mark [ADVERTISEMENT.] —The difficulties and dangers of bringing up infants by hand or wet nurses have been en tirely overcome by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Feod, which feeds and strengthens, and removes all those little pains and irregularities infants are so subject to. The following letter speaks volumes :—" Archdeacon of Ross, Skibereen. Grammar School, Stevenage, 16th Dec., 1850. 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