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N°. 21,629 , THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1861. TELEGRAPH TO INDIA COMPANY (Limited). Capital, £lOO,OOO, in 80,000 Shares of £2 each, with power to increase to £250,000. Deposit 10s. per Share on application and 10s. on allotment. • Registered under the Joint Stock Company's Act. CIIA.IRMAN—Sir MACDONALD STEPHENSON. DIRECTORS. Philip Patton Blyth, Esq., late of the Mauritiu.. Sir George Bonham, Bart., K.C.8., late Governor of Hong Kong. The Hon. James Byng, Chairman of the South Eastern Rail way Company. William Dent, Esq., late of the Hon. E. I. Co.'s Civil Service, Bengal. Frederick Gaussen, Esq., 27, Chester-square. Capt. W. 11. Hall, R.N., C. 8., Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Company. John Farley Leith. Esq., late of Calcutta, Chairman of the Eastern lkngal Railway Company. Alexander Wilson, Esq., F.R.S., late of the Hon. E. I. Co.'s Civil S'ervice, Madras. (With power to add to their number.) OFricIAL AUDITOR—J. A. Franklyn, Esq. SOLiclTOßS—Messrs. Freshfields and Newman. BRORE.RS—Messrs. Knight and Coleman, 1, Royal Exchange buildings. FaiGINEERS—Sir Charles Bright and Latimer Clark, Esq. BANitEns—The London and County Bank. SECRETARY—C. L. Peel, Esq. OrricEs-62, Moorgate-street, E.C. The Government have agreed to transfer the line, stations, and property of the Red Sea and Indian Telegraph Company to a new Company on very liberal terms. These are in substance -Ist. That the cables, land-lines, instruments, stations, concessions, &c., belonging to the old Company shall be made over to th e new Company, free from charge. 2d. That the new Company shall use their best endea vours to repair the line and to workit when completed, beginning, with the line between Aden and Kurrachee ; and are to have possession so soon as two-thirds of the capital is subscribed, and one-third paid up, and asuit able 'vessel despatched with not less than 200 miles of new cable on board 3d. That the new Company shall be entitled to a clear dividend out of the profits to 25 per cent. per annum on the money paid up. And the Government is to have the power to repurchase the line on repaying the capital expended, at the expiration of 30 years. 4th. That any surplus profits shall be applied to reim bui se the Government for the interest they have paid and will have to pay annually upon the original capital expended; after which any further profits which may accrue will be applied to the creation of a reserve fund. sth. The accounts of the Company will be audited at the Treasury half-yearly. After the restoration of the line any outlay of capital to be subject to the approval of Government ; and the Government is to have the right (subject to arbitration) of disallowing working expen diture which they may-consider excessive. 6th. In the event of the failure of the Company to restore or maintain the line in working order the Government are to have the power of taking it into their hands again on repaying the capital actually expended by the new Company. Should the Government not exercise this right the Company are to be at liberty , to dispose of the property to reimburse their outlay, the balance, after defraying the actual expenditure, to be handed over to the Government. Failure is to be defined to be the non-working of the line from end to end after reason able allowance of time for restoration. 7th. All differences between the Government and the Company to be decided by arbitration. Bth. This arrangement" presupposes the concurrence of the Shareholders of the old Company in the terms pro - posed to them by her Majesty's Government ; any Par liamentary powers necessary to give effect to these arrario - ements are to be obtained by her Majesty's Go vernment. Forms of application for shares and information may be obtained at the Offices, or from the Company's Brokers, Messrs. Knight and Coleman, No. 1, Royal Exchange-build - ings. TELEGRAPH TO INDIA COMPANY (Limited). NOVICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That in order to give time for the receipt of applications for Shares from the Country. the List will remain Open THIS DAY (SATUR DAY), the 26th instant, till Two o'clock; after which time no application will be received. By order of the Board. C. L. PEEL, Secretary. 62, Moorgate-street, Oct. 26, 1861. CONTRACT FOR ITALIAN HEMP: Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset Place, 15th Oct., 1861. 1 1 11 E COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING th e -11- OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUESDAY, the 29th inst., at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying ITALIAN HEMP, to be delivered at her Majesty's Dock Yards, according to a distribution, which, with a Form of the Tender, may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Ten der for Italian Hemp ;" and must also be delivered at Somerset-place. V. R.—ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat, South Camp, Aldershot, October 10. 1861. TENDERS will be Received at this O ffi ce until Noon on Monday, November 4 next, from Persons who may be willing to enter into Contracts to Supply FLOUR FOR HOSPITAL BREAD, in such quantities as may be required, from December 1,1661, to May 31, 1862, for the use of her Majesty's Land Forces sta tioned at ALDERSHOT CAMP, And within the Command. Forms of Tender, and Conditions of Contract, may be ob tained on application at this Office, by letter or in person, between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock. Tenders on the printed forms must be prorerly filled up and signed, and delivered at this Office, under closed enve lope, marked on the outside " Tender for Flour for Hospital Bread," and no Tender will be noticed unless made on Forms obtained from this Office. (Signed) ALFRED SELWEY, Deputy Commissary-General. V. R.—ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat, South Camp, Aldershot, October 10, 1861. TENDERS will be received at this O ffi ce until Noon on Monday, November 4, 1861, from persons who May be willing to enter into Contracts to supply FLOUR AND MEAT, in such quantities as may be required, from December 1,1861, to May 31, 1862, for the use of her Majesty's Land Forces at ALDERSHOT CAMP, And within the Command. Separate Tenders are required for Flour and for Meat. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this Office, by letter or in person, be tween the hours of Ten and Four o'clock. Tenders on the printed Forms must be properly filled up, and signed, and delivered at this Office, under closed enve lope, marked on the outside "Tender for Comm' ssariat Sup plies," and no Tender will be noticed unless made on Forms obtained from this Office. (Signed) ALFRED SALWEY, Deputy Commissary-General. V. R.—ARMY CONTRACT. Commissariat, South Camp, Aldershot, October 10, 1861. kEALED TENDERS will be rec e i ve d a t thi s P*-- ) Office until oon on Thursday, N ovember 7 next, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract for the supply of PAILLASSE STRAW, AND STRAW FOR ROYAL ENGINNER SERVICE, in such quantities as may be required from Ist December, 1861, to 30th November, 1862, for the use of Her Majesty's Land Forces stationed at ALDERSHOT CAMP, and within the Command. Printed Forms of Tender, together with the Conditions of Contract, may be obtained on application at this Office be tween the hours of Ten and Four o'clock, where every infor mation which may be required on the subject will be furnished. The Tenders must be made on the Printed Forms, which should be properly filled up and signed, and delivered under sealed invelope at the above-mentioned office, marked outside " render for Army Supplies," before noon on the 7th proximo. No Tender will be noticed unless made on Forms obtained from the Office. (Signed) ALFRED SELWEY, Deputy Commissary-General. A RMY CONTRACTS.—Tenders will be _CIL received at this Office until noon on the sth of November, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contracts to oupPlY _ - BREAD AND MEAT, in such quantities as may be required, for the use of her Ma lesty's Land Forces stationed in the following places, from Ist December, 1861, to 31st May, 1862 :- 1. Brompton House, Hyde Park, and Kensington. 2. Regent's Park, St. John's-wood, and Portman-street Barracks. 3. Wellington Barracks, Horse Guards, Buckingham Palace, and St. George's Barracks. 4. Tower. 5. Hounslow and Kneller HalL 6. Hampton Court. 7. Windsor. 8. Brighton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shoreham. 9. Croydon. 10.' Sandhurst. Separate Tenders for Bread, and for Meat, must be made for each of the above-mentioned Stations or Barracks as separately grouped and numbered. Forms of Tender, and Conditions of Contract, obtained on application at this Office, by letter or in person , between the hours of 10 and 4 o'cl oc k. Tenders on th e may be Printed forms must be properly filled up and signal. and del iveredunder-mentioned Office, under at the Commissariat Supplies,") un der closed en ve l ope (marked on the outside "Tender for before noon on the sth November next. W. T. POWER, Deputy Commissary General Deputy Commissary-General's Office, 5, New-street, Spring -gardens, London, S.W Ist October, 1861, A A NHOOD DR. CLTRTIS' MEDICAL WORK , ,------T--.--pErtm NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, A MEDICAL ESSAY oN b ooks us Illple.i:Eatels, Just Published, the 150th thousand. ilvith numerous in a sealed envelope, price Is., Sold sent post paid, by the Author, fort 2 stamp ellen, and Al ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE ' tit MAT URE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Direction for Per f ec t Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr, J. L. Cuano, 15, Albermarle-strCONTENT S: Piccadilly, London. I°Meal INTRODUCT ORY CHAPTER on the Plivsi° Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Orga n „. Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER ll.—Causes of Spermatorrhcea and Iranote nee; Early Vicious Indulgences; CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualificati on , of Marriage; whether TPSulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and Interesting ases, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and should be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 23d M Th arch, 1856. e author has conferred a great boon by publishing, this little work, in which is described the so urce of those diseases Which produce decline in youth or more f r e q uently premature old age, ''—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in a plain and t sympathising manner on the various d is q ualifications Impediments arising from nervous excitement and de bility ; and to invalids suffering f rom youthful errors and excesses i it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. A d 9 on ; Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater litV gglallattbtism7l9 t 9 a 6;td tt9 8 i 8 1 4 46 M IQ till noster-row I Kann 89 , Oornhill. P ÜBLICATIONS. DR. COOKE TAYLOR'S MANUALS OF HISTORY. Seventh Edition, Ge., STUDENT'S MANUAL OF MODERN HISTORY. 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Purity of motive. intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. The Fourth Edition, Just Published. Bvo, in cloth, pries ss. by post free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE and FALSE §PERMATORRHCEA; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrheea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at whioh the 'brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street ARGYLL ROOMS.-GREAT SUCQESSi!- . The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc tion of M. 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Synopsis : The Phys Treatment, and Cure. entire new io a l n o :l y o an rigi a n A a n l W ato o m rk, yo e t n o ti ur tled —The Origin of Disease — Symp to ms , A lso, an Exposition of. and Remedy Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MA all Urinary The modern treatment of S h Gonorrhces,), Spermatorrhcca, Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &Oa ypEins, for, Sicture,Blennorrhagia FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women—Functional Ir rezularittes in Health and Sickness—Choice in Marriage— Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Removal of Sterility —The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum Also, No. 1. HEALTH, HAPPINESS. and LONGEVITY; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion. No. 2. LOVE AND MARRIAGE : Their Obligations, Happiness and Disappointments ; Love nd other Matches. Sterility' Removed, and Healthy °S pring secured.; No. THE CASE 3. BOOK': 100 Cases of SPIIRMATORRIREA; Their Canna, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and Cure ortaaterisations, Galvanism, &C, &o. To be had of Mann, 39, cornhui and the Authors. Advice to the Working Classes fee Half-a-Guinea; (SPECIAL NOTICE.) egally qualified medical practip ISV9Tv.) PRACTICAL JOIiI 7 VG IN INOTTINGHAM• Yesterday Mr. Jonathan Burton, an extensive lace manufacture ; Mr. W. Blackwell, upholsterer ; and Mr. George Burrows, commission agent, were brought before the Mayor and a full bench of magistrates, charged with violently assaulting Mr. Wm. Henry Brooke, on Friday, the 18th inst., at the residence of Mr. Burton, one of the parties im plicated. Mr. Heath appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Hanley, of Leicester, for the defendants. The complainant stated that a few days ago he was met in one of the town streets by the defen dant Burton, who was in his carriage, and was invited to dine with him on Friday. He accord ingly went, taking with him a Mr. Franks. Luring dinner wine passed freely, and shortly after the defendant Burton left the room, and was absent a considerable time. While he was away Black well and Burrows asked complainant if he could count the pictures in the room blindfolded, to which he replied that he could not, nor had he come for that purpose. The two defen dants then commenced sparring round the room until they reached his chair, and then fell on to him. He was then dragged into the hall, and thence on to the lawn. Here they commenced the most revolt ing indecencies against the complainant, One of them cut the crown out of his hat, which they then put on his head, brim uppermost, saying, " Let's crown the old -." They afterwards pulled him violently about, tearing his clothes into shreds. Burrows threw a pot of harness blacking on to him, blacked his face, and then poured a quantity of treacle upon him, and ultimately covered him over with flour. Some liquid had been previously thrown into his face s which caused him very great pain, and for a Lime blinded him_ They afterwards took dis gusting liberties with him, too revolting for publi cation. Mr. Burton came home while defendants were assaulting him, and stood by laughing. After a severe struggle,in which complainant smashed a very costly set of China, he got away, but the injuries he received fortw w o ereso severe that he was confined to his bed days in but c o n t sbeoquugebntc his e e T o n h e d ü b e e t n b c i h g balcy fisrqeeunspiestrditeoebtndhes reprehensible. hl Burton, ete.rtthmwisor.H tles e each,ine t a h g said cal i tu t e d w s no a v s go a cr 0- c rs a ut s sl e ,e for andtthh ee assault, and £5 costs for the damages. SIR RALPH ABE.RC.RO2II.BPS DEATH. It has never been ascertained at what precise time Sir Ralph received the wound which proved to be mortal. Col. Abercromby states that, his tent being at some distance from that of Sir Ralph, he did not see him when the first alarm of the French attack was given, and did not after wards meet him until about break of day, in the rear of the reserve, when the principal attack had been made, and he then gave him orders relative to the movements of the troops. Col. Abercromby did not afterwards see Sir. Ralph until near the close of the action, when ho found him in a small work about the centre of the line, where there were some guns firing on the enemy. Col. Abercromby observed that the clothes of Sir Ralph were cut, and that there were marks of blood on them, He asked him if he was wounded, and he answered, "Yes, by a spent ball, but it gives me no uneasiness ;" but he added that he felt considerable pain in his breast and side from a blow he had received from a French dragoon who rode against him when the cavalry broke in on the right. Gen. Ludlow and Col. Abercromby urged in the strongest manner that his wound should be exa mined, but he persevered in refusing; assigning as his reason that there were many poor fellows worse wounded than he was, and that the surgeons were more usefully employed in attending to them. Sir Ralph dismounted and walked about with apparent ease,watching earnestly the manoeuvres of the enemy. After an interval of half an hour he com plained of being very faint, and sat down on the ground, with his back to the parapet of the redout. Gen. Ludlow then sent for one of the surgeons of the Guards, who were nearest at hand, but only a mate could be found. The mate looked at the wound, and found that the ball had entered the thigh, and Sir Ralph was again pressed to leave the field, but he would not do so until the firing had ceased and the enemy had completely retired. As soon as the firing had ceased, Sir Ralph was removed to the tent of Col.Abercromby, where the wound was again examined by a skilful surgeon of the Guards, who, not finding the ball where he expected, advised that Sir Ralph should be carried on board a ship, to which ho at once assented, and he was conveyed on board the Fourdroyant, Lord Keith's flagship. Sir Ralph was placed on a bier, and an officer who was present took a soldier's blanket and was adjusting it under his head as a pillow, when Sir Ralph asked, " What is that you aro placing under my head ?" The officer replied that it was only a soldier's blanket, on which Sir Ralph said, " Only a soldier's blanket 1 a soldier's blanket is of great consequence, and you must send me the name of the soldier to whom it belongs, that it may be returned to him." This was accord ingly done, and the blanket was duly restored, Sir Ralph himself having given directions to that effect. Sir Ralph would not allow his son to accompany him to the beach, but frequently desired him to go to General Hutchinson, and to attend to his duty. Although the ball could not be ex tracted, sanguine hopes of recovery were entertained. On the 26th March the symptoms caused anxiety, but Sir Ralph rallied, and during the 27th he conversed with his son on various points connected with the public service with much composure, but in that night he became feverish, and at 11 o'clock on the night of the 28th March he expired without pain or suffering.—/Itemoirs of Sir R. ilbercromby, by his Son. REFUSAL TO BUM' A YOUNG WOMAN. The quiet village of Bradford is likely to become noto rious in consequence of the foolish conduct of its clergy and the importance of the question at issue in a national and constitutional point of view. The facts are briefly these : "In the matter of the death and burial of Charlotte , King, daughter of William King, of Roxton, who died after 11 days' illness, and was buried in the churchyard on Wednesday, the 2d of Oct., 1861. The sexton tolled the bell at the death. Mrs. Holden, the wife of Jas. Holden, attended to the deceased, accompanied by Mrs. King, the wife of William King, a cousin. Mrs. Holden went to the parish clerk's house on the Sunday, to give notice of the death, and to ',request that the bell might be tolled. The death took place about half-past three, and ;Mrs. Holden went to the clerk about half-past four ; and the clerk, who also acts as sexton, tolled the bell. Mrs. Holden went on Tuesday morning to the clerk's house for the pur pose of giving notice that the funeral would take pl ace on Wednesday (the day following) at half-past three o'clock. The clerk, William Howard, was not at home but Mrs. Holden saw his wife, who told her that' Howard, the clerk, was goi og to Mr. Richardson's, the rector of Roxton, in the evening, to tell Mr. Richardson and Mr. Horsley, the curate, that the deceased had not been christened, and she thought they would neither of them come to bury her, and further said that the bell would not have been tolled if they had known she had not been chris tened. The clerk called on the parents in the evening, be fore he went to Mr. Richardson, to ask if the deceased had been christened. The mother asked the clerk if he always went to the parents to ask that question. He replied'' No.' Then the mother said, "Why do yo come to ask me P 9 Both the parents of deceased aro Baptists, but told him the deceased had not received infant baptism. The same day Mrs. King, one of the nurses, went to Mr. Richardson's with the certificate of the cause of death and saw Mr, Richardson and Mr. Horsley, and told them that Mr, Howard, the clerk, was coming to let them know that the deceased had not been baptised, and they said " They dare not bury her, but if they had not been told it they should not have made any inquiry about it." No other commu nication was had with the parents upon the subject. The grave was dug and the burial delayed until 4 o'clock—the parents expecting, notwithstanding the message brought to them by the nurse, that neither Mr. Richardson or Mr. church, in silence. at The Roston, young under womanthe Horsley would att en d ; b ut ne i ther of them did, and the bell was not to tolled ; the f unera l took place, and the corpse was character in the village —a consistent member of the Inde pendent interred pastoral wasan c e a x r ern eo p f l t a h rY e Rev. J. W. Bolls." —B e df ordshire Mercury. APOTHECARIES' HALL. The foliowing gentle men passed their examination i the science and practice of medicine, and received certificate s jos n eph to practice, on Thurs. John Leech, iM ewis, Wm, Hunter Silverthorne L Belcher, — ohn Th ß e ob b e a r on the same dpassed his first Rawmarsh, Thurs day, the 24th of October : Nv --. followingnearßotherham gentleman Charing-cross Hospital ; Danielals o; barristers usually in anchester. The -- 1 - 1 F A L r Id E e r x i c o k E J . Ma nchester. examination xo vE L C : attendance at our borough quarter sessions, to do there on Monday afternoon of a legal ch ara ct erfindi ng nothing thought they might as well amuse themselves in the c strained leisure into which they were plunged by a game en a; hockey. They forthwith visited our Grammar School, and challenged the boys to play. The head master, nothing loth, and feeling sure his boys would beat the banisters, forthwith I gave them a holiday, and the game commenced. The game had not gone on long before it was quite evident that the confidence of the master would be fully borne out by the skill of the boys, and that the banisters might retire to their benches satisfied of the present superiority of many juveniles over an equal number of men, if not in the solu tion of nice points of law, certainly in the active cunning sof the game of hockey. The challenge of the barristers was instantly and cheerfully accepted ; the game was cleverly and skilfully played, but it is a fact to be mentioned in Chancery, that the boys bapged the NuTiatco,--Aory (fn 4 IP rifffliAg, TILE REPRESENTATION OF PLYlilOuvr. On Thursday night Mr. Morrison, the Liberal candidate for Plymouth, addressed the electors at the Mechanics' Institute, in a speech of considerable length. He complained of the canvassing tactics of his opponents, and expressed his wish that that part of an election might be always dispensed with. He advocated the ballot, not because it would do away with all the evil practices common at elec tions, but because it would prevent pressure. He condemned the Education Minute. He did not be lieve that the abolition of the church rate would destroy the church. He re-asserted his belief in the soundness of the principle of the Permissive Bill without committing himself to all its details. He spoke of the present enormous national expen diture, and said it was important that private mem bers of the House of Commons should undertake the somewhat onerous and disagreeable task of mastering the details of the Estimates, and he desired that the income tax should be readjusted. He referred at some length to the shipping ques tion, and to the advantage to that interest which, it was alleged, would result from the return of the Conservatives to office. At the close of Mr. Morrison's address three hearty cheers were given for him, which were fol lowed by loud calls for Mr. Collier, M.P., who was present. • Mr. COLLIER came forward in deference to the call, and was received with applause. He said —lt is not for me to dictate to this important constituency as to who they shall elect as my colleague in the House of Commons. You have heard Mr. Morrison, and can form your judgment on what you have heard. His sentiments are in accordance with those of the great liberal party of this town and of the nation. They have been well expressed —he has expressed them like a statesman, and if you send him to the House of Commons you will never be ashamed of him. (Cheers.) If you will allow me as an inhabitant of Plymouth—as one feeling a deep interest in the prosperity of this great and growing borough ; I say, if you will allow me to offer you a little advice, let me counsel you to he united in this coming conflict. (Cheers.) Let there be no divisions, no splitting ; don't ldse the election through the Permissive Bill or any other bill. I would say to you, don't let any one sow dissensions among you ; the Tories have thrown aside all minor differences, and will unite to support their candidate; let the Liberals unite and support theirs. (Cheers.) I think there has been a deal of misunderstanding with regard to the Permissive Bill. If I understand its provisions rightly, its intention is to give the rate payers some voice in the granting of licenses, either in conjunction with the justices or instead of the justices. My opinion is that the ratepayers would better exercise this proposed power through repre sentation than by a direct vote, but I give it to you I but as an opinion, and it is a point upon which I need not detain you now. I repeat that the most extraordinary misunderstanding and the greatest poss ibl e misapprehension has existed with regard to I th l i o s o b k i e l d.on l.lify tolk mepty a own pub selfish liehouse—(laughter)—and i n t e r e s t which I good of the country — (cheers , disapprobation, and " Go-a-head Bob") — I say , if I was an don't believe the publicans do, fo r they look to the inn keeper, and looked to my selfish interest alone, I should not only support the Permissive Bill but one which went ten times further. If it was proposed that no more public-houses should be opened, who would be benefitted ? Why, the publicans them selves. The licensed victuallers are impressed with a wrong notion regarding the Permissive Bill, as far as their own self-interest is concerned. Wilful misrepresentations have been made for electioneer ing purposes. I appeal to the great liberal party not to be cajoled or deceived by representations that there are no differences between the great political parties of this country. In every civilised land there is a party of progress and a reactionary party. If you send Mr. Morrison to parliament, he will not be pledged to support this or that par ticular minister; if the present government does not prove true to the liberal party, they can turn them out ; and there are sufficient in the ranks of the liberal party to supply their places. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Morrison goes to support the party of progress in the House of Commons; he further goes —I treat it in the present tense, as if he were already elected, as I take it for granted he will—he further goes to support the form of constitutional govern ment throughout Europe. All who rejoice in the blessing of a constitutional government have a great interest in maintaining the present administration in power, and in preventing Lord Derby and Lord Malmesbury from returning to office. (Cheers.) The tories tell us that they approve of Lord Pal merston's foreign policy. Yes ; they approve of it ; ard why ? Because they can't turn him out upon it. (Loud applause.) If they could turn out Lord Palmerston on his foreign policy they would do so. (Cheers.) This town is shortly about to be polled as to whether it shall send to the Commons House of Parliament a supporter of progress or a suppor ter of reaction. Will this large, intelligent, and enlightened constituency support by its voice the foreign policy of Lord Palmerston ? If the conti nent were to be polled, you would find that every constitutional government would give its adherence to that policy. But who did you find on the con tinent approving the policy of Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli? You would find the Pope, the ex-King of Naples, the Emperor of Austria, and it may be that you would find the ultra-revolutionists and the red republicans concerned in anarchy, and there you might find Mazzini. (" No," and "Yes.") This, then, is the great issue you are called upon to d eci de. Will you support progress or will you support reaction ? It is for you to determine, and I leave the issue in your hands. (The hon. member re sumed his seat amid loud applause.) Mr. NICHOLSON, in an able and forcible speech, moved—" That this meeting approve of the senti ments of Mr. Morrison, and pledge themselves to use their best exertions to promote his return as member for the borough." Mt. Alderman SKARDON seconded the motion, which was unanimously carried amid loud and con tinued cheers. Three enthusiastic cheers were then given for Mr. Morrison and Mr. Collier respectively. THE ROBBERY OF £2,500 AT FALKIRK. SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 25 (Evening).—The two persons for whose apprehension warrants had been issued on a charge of robbing a gentleman of £2,525 at Falkirk, have been discovered at Southampton by detective Peter Brown, of the Glasgow force, and Verge, a detectiv6 of the Southampton police. On Monday, the 7th inst., an English cattle dealer attending Falkirk Tryst, which he had visited for a series of years, was accosted by a woman, who was accompanied by a young man, and robbed of a pocket-book containing £2,525 in drafts and bank notes, viz—£l4o in £2O notes of the Commercial Bank of Scotland; about £5O in £lO and £5 notes of other Scotch banks; about £lB5 in Bank of England notes; drafts on the Royal Bank, Falkirk, for £1,300, £4OO, and £250; and a draft for £2OO, also on a Scotch bank. A description of the parties being given to the Northern police, they were recog nised as Thomas Cox, alias John Jones, alias Charles Lukeman, and about 29, and Mary Ann Jones, alias Jane Rose . or Cox, about 28 years of age ; and it was ascertained that they left Glasgow for Eng land by the Caledonian Railway on the Wednes day night following the robbery. A reward of £5O was offered for their apprehension, and detec tive Brown started on their track. That officer spent eight days in London, but failed to discover the fugitives. He returned to Scotland, and as , certained that £235 had been deposited at two of the Edinburgh banks. At Falkirk, a middle-aged man, who gave the assumed name of Cox, was apprehended. This individual had gone with the thieves from Falkirk to Edinburgh, where the woman deposited the money, and he subse quently endeavoured to effect its removal with a view to transmit it to them. A fresh clue was ob tained; the thieves were clearly traced from Edin burgh to London, and thence to Southampton, to which place detective Brown pursued them. The man Cox, who gave the additional alias of James Jones, was apprehended on Thursday evening; he had only £7 in his possession. Brown and Verge then commenced a yet more active search for the woman Jones, and obtained from the magistrates a warrant authorising them to search the l house, 8, Kingsfield-street, and the residence of a woman named. Byles, in Weymouth-terrace, in either one of which she was strongly suspected to be concealed. This afternoon the detectives entered the house in Kingsfield-street, the back of which is accessible from the rear of the house in Weymouth-terrace, a row of houses erected on the esplanad e u pon he cannot be overlooked from that sid e. were e er t n ore he s r h ein o w f a S l o k u e t d ha t m h p e to w n l w i ff a o s r d at.. woman nn T aac h ntee prisoners are sought, and the nd nameof c e o f u E r s l e l e s n h C o now in the borough polic e station. - s r eviwc a hu n hro d ienilde w . tt h hsh i e c ehy h ye To-morrow (this day) morning Brown an d Verge onyey their ErniQuOrri to FAlkirke IHE NAVY. The Warrior, 40, screw, Capt: the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C. 8., made her trial of speed with re duced power at the measured mile, in Stokes Bay, yesterday, in charge of Capt. Broadhead, com manding the reserve at the port, Mr. Miller, of the factory department, and Mr. Murdoch, in- spector of machinery afloat, superintended the work ing of the machinery and other details of the trial. The weather was as favourable as could be wished for the occasion. Four runs were first made over ;he trial ground with six boilers (the ship at full power uses 10), and the following results were oh __ ,ained:—First run Pressure of steam, 211 b ; vacuum, forward engine, 261 ; after do., 261 ; revo lutions of engines, 43 ; speed in knots, 13 , 183. Second run—Pressure of steam, 201 b. ; vacuum, forward engine, 26; after ditto, 26; revolutions of engines, 44 ; speed in knots, 11.013. Third run—Pressure of steam, 181'1b. ; vacuum, forward engine, 27 ; after ditto, 26 ; revolutions of engines, 43 ; speed in knots, 13.235. Fourth run—Pressure of steam, 201 b; va cuum, forward engine, 27 ; after ditto, 25 ; revolu tions of engines, 44; speed in knots, 11.077. The mean speed of the four runs in knots was 12.186. Two runs were next made with four boilers as fol- lows : First run—Pressure of steam, 201 b. ; vacuum, forward engine, 27; after engine, 28; revolutions of engines, 372 ; speed in knots, 12.080. Second run—Pressure of steam and vacuum the same as in the preceding run; revolutions of engines, 38; speed in knots, 10.000 ; mean of the two runs, 11.040. Temperature, engine room—Max., 92; min., 85. Temperature, stokehole—Max., 113; min., 98. The indicator cards showed favourably. The above figures will speak for themselves. A very short time and we shall know what the ship can do at sea, for as at present arranged the Warrior will leave Spit head at daylight on Tuesday morning, and, calling in at Portsmouth to embark some of the members of the Board of Admiralty, will proceed on her ex- perimental sea trip, during which we may fairly be excused wishing that she may meet with toler- ably rough weather, as there can be no doubt, from their antecedents, that both her captain and com- mander are well qualified to handle her under any circumstances. By direction of the Controller of the Navy, acting under the instructions of the Admiralty, a modifica tion is to be made in the construction of the stern portion of the Royal Oak, 50, iron-plated frigate, building at Chatham, by doing away with the aper• ture, or screw well, at the stern of the frigate for raising the screw when not required in steaming. This will add considerably to the strength of the vessel, as the opening between the rudderpost and stern will be filled up, with the exception of the space for the working of the screw. By the adoption of this principle any defects in the screw can only be remedied on the steamer reaching the harbour, The Admiralty have also under their consideration a suggestion for the adoption of headless rudders and some other improvements which are likely to be used in the construction of this class of frigate. The armour plates which will protect the exterior of the Royal Oak are not to be tongued and grooved, but are to be of an uniform thickness throughout, experiments having shown that grooved iron plates present less resistance to shot than the plain plates. Yesterday a number of the new description of armour-plates were landed at the dockyard. They are of immense weight and substance, each plate being 16 feet in length by 3 feet 3 inches in breadth, and 41 inches in thickness, while the weight varies from 79cwt. to 82cwt. each. Instead of being forged, the plates are all rolled, the Admiralty having entered into a contract with the Parkgate Iron Company, Yorkshire, where powerful machi nery for manufacturing them has been erected. The Royal Oak is now completely framed. During yes terday the shipwrights commenced laying the beams for her main and lower decks. Every effort is being made to hasten forward her construction, for which purpose there are nearly 300 shipwrights, caulkers, and labourers employed on her. The alterations ordered to be effected in the Royal Oak are to be adapted in the Royal Alfred, the Ocean, and the Caledonia, 50-gun iron-plated frigates, under construction at the other Royal dockyards. The paddlewheel steamer Wildfire, Mr. Brock man, master-commander, left Chatham yesterday, having on board the Hop. R. Dundas, Storekeeper- General to the Navy, who is on a visit of inspection to the various naval establishments. • The paddlewheel steam-sloop Medea, 6, Comman der D. Preston, from Portsmouth, en route for the West Indies, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday evening with supernumeraries from the Donegal, 09. The screw steam gunboat Skipjack, Lieut. and Commander Horatio Packe, from the West Indies, arrived at Plymouth yesterday. The crew of the sailing frigate Cambrian, 40, Commander M'Cleverty, at Devonport, were paid off yesterday. Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.8., M.P. for Devonport, accompanied by his late Flag Captain, M. K. Hall, visited the gunnery-ship Cambridge, Capt. Jerningham, in Ilamoaze yesterday, and, after inspecting the ship, witnessed target practice, at various ranges up to 1,200 yards, with shot and shell, the ship being rolled heavily during the prac tice. Concentrated broadsides of shot, shell, and double shot were also fired with great precision in the presence of the gallant Admiral, who expressed his great satisfaction with what he had seen. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Capt. J. R. Cockburn, to the Ser ingapatam, to be naval officer in charge of the dock yard and victualling establishment at Simon's Bay ; Capt. W. F. Burnett, C. 8., to the Orpheus; Lieuts. D. D. Yonge and W. T. F. Mudge, to the Orpheus; Mr. A. E. Kay has been promoted to the rank of lieut. ; W. D. Strong, master, to the Orpheus ; A. B. Bradshaw, midshipman, to the Orpheus ; A. Anderson, midshipman, to the Edgar ; G. M. Man sel has been nominated to a naval cadetship; the Rev. C. A. Haslewood, chaplain and naval instruc tor, to the Orpheus ; Dr. J. M. Trouson, surgeon, to the Orpheus : T. Craig, promoted to the rank of surgeon ; W. D. Longfield, assist.-surg., in the Fire brand; M. Coates, assist.-surg., to the Orpheus; T. Dobbin, second master, to the Doterel ; W. H. Ad lam, second master, to the Fisgard, additional, for the Investigator; J. Leigh, confirmed as second class assist.-engineer in the Revenge ; E. A. Amphlett, paymaster, to the Orpheus; W. H. P. M. Gillman, assist.-paymaster, to the Orpheus ; J.Kiddle, assist.- paymaster in charge, in the Terror ; G. V. Gruzolier, assist.-paymaster, to the Indus ; and F. L. Roberts, assist.-clerk, to the Revenge. THE ARM'. chair. The troops belonging to the First Division, Depot Brigade, Royal Artillery, stationed at Sheer ness, were engaged on Thursday afternoon in a variety of military games and sports, which took place under the sanction and in the presence of Col. Nedham, commandant of the garrison. The whole of the officers and several thousand spectators wit nessed the sports. All the games were ably con tested. At the termination of the sports the prizes were distributed by Lieut.-Colonel Talbot, who highly complimented the winners. A parade of the officers and men of the Chatham division of Royal Marine Light Infantry took place yesterday on the occasion of the promulgation of the sentence of a district Court-martial passed on Private William Ringer for gross insubordination. The prisoner, who during the time he has been in the service has borne an exceedingly indifferent character, was a few days since brought b e f ore C o l . Gascoigne, C. 8., for a breach of military discipline, and, having been before reprimanded for similar misconduct, was ordered a trifling punishment. On this the prisoner took off some of his military ap pointments and threw them on the parade-ground, before the whole of the battalion on parade, at the §l 3 .lDc time ACC9lllpAnying this grog mi§oondligt -- , -- .. with insubordinate language , The C ourt sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned in the ,1,1 ochester mili tary prison for 112 days, with hai :a la hour. Notwithstanding the large nun - i ber of , cavalry and infantry troops who have lately reedy' ed their dis charge at Chatham, there are at ill up wards of 500 men at the St. Mary's invalid est fblisliment waiting to be discharged from the servic a as soon as orders to that effect have been received from the Horse Guards. In addition to this numl )er of troops now at the invalid depot, a notification was yesterday re ceived at the garrison that a large party of soldiers from the depot battalions in Scab tnd will arrive at St. Mary's Barracks on Monday next to be medi cally inspected and discharged f t om the army, the whole of them being unfit for flu ;t her service. By the last overland mail we learn the death of the following officers :—Capt. 1. C. Grant, of the 2d Regiment of Queen's Drag oon Guards, who served with the Eastern army fr am Nov., 1854, as capt.-commandant of the Mounte i Staff Corps ; from Oct., 1855, to the conclusion of :he war as assist.- quartermaster-general to the cav, ary division of the Turkish Contingent; and with the 2d Dragoon Guards in the Indian campaign i 1 1858-59. H.., received the medal and clasp f yr Sebastopol, the order of the forth class of the Me; ji die , and the medal and clasp for India. Capt. J. Ur uhart, of the 27th Regiment, who served with the reserve of the army of the Indus in Scinde at the :reduction of Fort Munaro, in 1839. He debarl Led in command of a detachment under a brisk fire at &shire ; he was present with the expeditionary force in China from the first capture of Cb.usan up to the attack on the heights above Cantos ; he had received the medal for China. Capt. R. M. B. Maurice, of the 95th Foot, who served at thb siege and fall of Sebas topol, from August, 1855, for which he received the medal and clasp and the Turkish medal. In 1858 he served at the siege and capture of Kotah, the battle of Kotah-ka-Seria, and the general action resulting in the capture of Gwalior. He had been mentioned in despatches,, and received the medal and clasp. RIFLED ORDNANCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES• SlR,—Permit me to claim a small space in the Times, at your convenience, to set myself right with the public in regard to an error of statement con cerning the result of competitive trials at Shoe buryness in which my gun took part. It is averred, firstly, that "At the final trial Lancaster's (oval bore), which had previously fired about 90 rounds, stood the 57 competitive rounds without serious wear, but every shell had to be rammed down with a heavy metal rammer by two or three men, and several were cracked, or broke up in firing." In answer to this permit me to state that the number of rounds the gun had fired was 284, not 90 ; that the rammer was not made for me, but for Mr. Jefferys, and was used both by Capt. Scott and that gentleman as well as by myself. The enclosed report specifically states that no difficulty occurred in loading. No shells cracked in firing ; indeed, seeing that the shells were loaded, it follows that, had they cracked, the bursting charge would have ignited, and an explosion would have ensued, as really did occur to the shells of several competitors. The fact is that a percentage of shells fired at Shoeburyness, from whatever ordnance, rifled or unrifled, strikes, on grazing, the debris of other shells, with which the sand is studded. Hence frac ture occurs, just as it would occur were a shell struck with a sufficiently powerful hammer. It is true that one unloaded shell has broken in this gun, from not having been rammed home ; the same result - would occur under the same circum stances with any piece of rifled artillery.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, CHAS. W. LANCASTER, 151, Now Bond-street. Assoc. Inst. C.E. TROP OLITAN BOARD OF WORK'S, The ordinary meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday, at the offices of the Board, Spring-gardens—Mr. J. Th waites in the The financial statement was presented, which gave the following cash balances in the hands of the Treasurer : Current accounts, £112,164 12s. Bd.; deposit accounts, £95,500 ; total, £207,664 12s. Bd. Government securities—New 3 per Cent. Annuities, £27,412 7s. 7d. ; cheques ordered, but not pre sented—issued, £147 13s, ; not issued, £13,093 9s. 6d. Payments were recommended to be made this day to the amount of £41,490 18s. sd. THE EMBARKMENT OF THE THAMES. The Secretary read a letter which had been re ceived from the St. Olave's District Board of Works, expressing their opinion that, considering the neces sity and importance of the Thames embankment, they felt that the views expressed by the Hon. Wil liam Cowper, in the correspondence which had ap peared in the public prints, were the correct ones, and that works of such magnitude, if intrusted to this Board to perform, should at least have the supervision of her Majesty's Government. MAIN DRAINAGE WORKS. It was resolved that the Governor and Company of the Bank of England be requested to give direc tions for a further advance of £50,000 for the pur poses of the main drainage. THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862. A letter was received from Mr. Sandford, secre tary to the International Exhibition Commissioners, expressing their opinion as to the propriety of throwing open the approaches to Brompton for the better convenience of the increased traffic that will necessarily be caused at the opening of the Ex hibition. TNCREASE OF SALARY TO THE ASSISTANT ENGINEERS OF THE BOARD. A letter was received from Messrs. Levick, Grant, and Cooper, assistant - engine ers, applying for an increase of salary, owing to the heavy duties thrown upon them in consequence of the main drainage works. Mr. DALTON moved that the application be re ferred to the Main Drainage Committee for consi- deration and report. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR thought the Board ought to have some information to show that it was neces sary that these applications should be sent to a com mittee. They ought to know the salaries at which these officers were appointed, and whether there had been any increase to them during the four years they held thosd' offices. Mr. PECKETT said it would be the duty of the committee to ascertain all these facts. Mr. Deputy HARRISON also deemed that some further explanation was required, and it was not to be supposed that all applications for an increase of salary were to be referred to the committee as a mat ter of course. After some further discussion, the matter was referred to the Main Draining Committee. THE NEW METROPOLIS GAS ACT. The Solicitor laid before the board the opinion of the Attorney-General and Mr. Gray, to the effect that the Act of 1861 brings the City of London within the powers conferred on this board, and that a ll appeals are to be made to the Metropolitan Board of Works. It was ordered that this opinion of the kttorney- General be communicated to the corporation of the City of London. On the motion that the subject be referred to a committee, Mr. Deputy HARRISON opposed the motion, and said that it was a question that ought to be dealt with by the whole board. The opinion seemed to convey an impression that the City of London had done something that it ought not to have done, but if the subject was investigated he believed it would be found that there was another opinion of high authority which had justified the City of London in the course they had pursued. Mr. DALYON said that it was imperative on them to carry out the provisions of the act without delay, and he trusted that not a day would be lost in giv ing the committee the necessary powers for carry ing the act into effect. After a few observations from Mr. Freeman and Mr. Hughes, the opinion of the Attorney-General was referred to the Gas Committee. After transacting some routine business of xio Public imprtance, 1114 1794r4 P3jarxwa. 'VVSPAPER - - ORD CARLIRE AND ) e' LtZ VOLUNTEERS. 01h=s - - 1 ' AUC kg,7 • At the prize contest of the two comp r 5 k - - ing the Castle Howard Corps of Volunteers, libid inn S the early part of the mauth, Captain Stephens, on behalf of the officers, invited the whole corps, nutn t2bh3eord i ,L n a g o tr l at 2 hi o e4i emen,C astleu te Lieutenant to an a sift obanquetlreland H on oht having nhio. evening of the invitation for that da y . assembled o r Accordingly, t he at season, Castle saocne Excellencyept e dthWednes dayefort hei morning, rlast t fi h e e l corp s d da y were for the first time formed into secti.Ntovlnehsreino7;hsaiell teen men for file firing. Each section fired ten rounds at 300 yards, the average number of hits made by each section being 107, bull's eyes and centres being counted as single hits only. After this very creditable practice for the beginning (the corps also numbering about twenty recruits), th e men marched to the north front of the Castle, *here a series of battalion movements were gone through, after which Captain Worsley addressed the Teen • in highly laudatory terms, and calling for three cheers for Lord Carlisle, which were given with a willingness which woke the echoes for many a mile. Lord Carlisle briefly replied. Colonel Crauford, Captain Phillips, many of the neighbouring gentry, and many carriages filled with lady occupants, were on the ground, and throughout the day Castle Howard Park wore a very animated appearance. Tho banquet was held in a large room recently erected for similar purposes. About 130 sat down, Captain Stephens presiding, supported on the right and left by Lord Carlisle, Captain Worsley, Lieut. Legard, Colonel Crauford, Adjutant of the battalion, Sir Edward Labouchere, Bart., &c. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts were duly honoured, and the Chairman proposed the health of " The Lord-Lieu tenant of Ireland." His Excellency the Earl of CARLISLE, in respond ing, said,-1. beg to return you my very sincere thanks both for the extreme kindness in which my name has been brought before you by my neigh bouring friend, Captain Stephens, and also for the warm welcome with which you have been pleased to receive it. I assure you that it has been no common pleasure to me to be among you on this day,:which has been a most agreeable and delightful one, and I only regret the many similar occasions which I have lost; but I can further assure you that, whether at hand or at a distance, I have always felt the most lively interest in the success and progress of the volunteer movement in this neighbourhood. I have read with no little plea sure and admiration of the successful figure which you have made at the various friendly competi tions in which you have been engaged. (Cheers.) I feel it is wholly unnecessary for me to say any thing of the volunteer question in general. The value of that movement has now been sufficiently testified by the general applause of the country. I certainly re-echo the expression that was made in the field to-day by your captain—" God forbid that you may ever have to confront an enemy ;" nevertheless I have no doubt that if such a necessity should arise that you would stand up and do your duty like men. (Cheers.) I feel that if we are not to put our volunteers to such an unpleasant practical use—(laughter)—it will be owing to there being such an effective body of men as are to be found in the various volunteer corps of this country—(hear, hear)—and I have every confidence in hoping that the 3d North Riding corps will hold their own, and not yield to any other in proficiency and valour. (Cheers.) It is marvellous to one to see the progress you have already made, more espe cially in looking back to my last visit to Castle Howard, at which recent period a volunteer force was only in contemplation. (Hear.) I would spe cially congratulate you on the very excellent method of your firing, but what I am still more glad to hear of is the very pleasing and harmonious manner in which the whole business of the corps has been carried on. I hope I may long continue to hear thus well of it. (Hear, hear.) On a former occa sion you were indebted to the hospitality of Capt. Worsley—we are to-night the guests of Captain Stephens and Lieut. Legard, and feel that in all fairness my turn must come next. (Cheers.) I shall be happy at any time to assist in some of your con tests in shooting, and hope to see you carry off prizes before all competitors. I have looked for ward to this meeting with the most pleasurable anticipations, and I have not been disappointed ; and I can only say I am very proud of you all. In conclusion, I hope you will heartily join me in drinking the toast as it deserves of " Capt. Wors ley, with success to the 3d N. It. Volunteers." This may look something like drinking your healths, but I would have you regard it in the light of tho general success of the corps. (Great cheering.) Capt. WORSLEY responded, alluding especially to the strength of the corps and their willingness to learn the necessary drill, and expressed him self confident that, with a little exertion and energy, they might soon have four companies in stead of two. A GENTLEMAN FINED FOR KISSING A LADY IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. Yesterday morning the magistrates at the police court at Bristol, Mr. R. Poole King and Mr. Christopher Thomas, inflicted a fine of £5 and costs upon a gentleman of London, for kissing a lady of Cheltenham, as they were journeying from Glouces ter to Bristol, on the Midland Railway, the lady and gentleman being the only occupants of one of the compartments of a first-class carriage. The inti mation that a gentleman who had a livery servant in attendance upon him, and who it was believed was an officer in the army, had been conveyed in custody to the Bedminster police-station, and would be brought before the bench on the above charge, excited much interest, and the court was crowded. Curiosity was the further excited by the statements which were made on pretty reliable authority that the defendant had offered a good round sum to com promise the matter, with a view to obviate the pub lication of his name,and that the lady herself wished that her name might not be stated. The case was called in the ordinary course of the business of the court, and the defendant, Frederick Layton, was placed before the bench in the custody of Sergeant Homlin. The defendant was well dressed, of the middle height, somewhat slight, and of gentlemanly appearance. He wore a beard and moustache. The charge preferred against him was that he as saulted Mrs. Elizabeth Rebecca Martin on the rail way between Gloucester and Bristol. She was about forty years of age, and presented a matronly ap pearance. She was accommodated with a chair near the bench, and directly opposite the prisoner, against whom she directed indignant glances. Mr. Prideaux appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Clifton for the defendant. m the a w n was ife o f Henry The Cheltenham,DcoemnkpelaritneannAtiadretpino,seedf—la travelling from that place t o Bristol, yesterday, b y in t h e e n e t x p n f t ress i; e t r e a a i r n r . a g l e ) e i f n e n w d h a i n . e t h e n l t e w r e a d s t s h e e a t c e o d m a p l a o r n t- e at Gloucester. During the journey we talked as people generally do in the train. He had the impertinence to kiss me. He put his arm around neck and kissed me twice, ando d n ici m n y o a t grria\i my he w B • Al i a s it t r o .t l obolllicigtanvno, place;ihn m dbeu i f n te, nd c e h eer a ,e r ns g ad e i ad i. nt came before them a n l sa at fullad en noefcornretdri.tioHn.e was Hewas deeply sorry for what h ela_ elated dand excited at the time the affair took plac e ; but immediately he dis covered that the lady was really outraged, he was most anxious to appease her anger and to offer any sort of apology. However, perhaps no apology to the lady was sufficient, and he had come before them, and they would deal with the case. He had offered to pay five guineas to the funds of the in firmary, and Mr. Prideaux's fee for coming there. The complainant, how ever, pressed forth extreme punishment the magistrates had power to inflict, and they accordingly fined the defendant £5 penalty and costs. The money was paid. SEDUCTION AND MURDER.—The dead body of a young woman was discovered last week in a wood, at La Poucze (Maine-et-Loire), by a man who was gathering chcsnuts, As the skull was fractured in several places there could be no doubt that her death was the result of a crime. An inquiry having been instituted by the local authorities it was ascertai ned that the body was that of a young woman named J eanne Raimbault, who had been missing for some day s from the neighbouring village of La P o it ev i n iere. It app ears that the poor girl had been seduced by a young ma n named V—, under promise of marriage. As her sha me could not be much longer concealed, she had himo t h h a e d n e a c c e c s o s i i li t y i n o g f l y their p being ti to meet he r i n married imn_ ie . the wood uponlYod'ana h for the purpose of making the necessary arran ge , ments. 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