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IY 4. ---.'\ * - - . ~ N ,_ L N _, N• i.W.4. the age of twenty. These figures show bow ra pidly marriage in Massachusetts has decreased. The portion of bachelors who marry in England out of the ten thousand between 20 and 30, is 8,140, and in France only 6,671. The death rate in England and in France is, according to Dr. Farr, almost the same, but the annual increase by births over deaths in England is about three times greater in England than in France. The birth rate in Massachusetts •is intermediate between the English and French. The Round Table says :—" A crusade for the sal vation of matrimony seems to have been inaugu rateditilus in but ver y A m tu a e n r y i a o f t h o e u r d anger clergy haves a q v t e t i t quite beenas in Europe among t h e priesthood of every c im re t e ll d in . en S t V ; far too intent on saving the nation to interest them selves very deeply iu the perpetuation of the race. Yet here perhaps more than anywhere else is an effort necessary to stem the current of a constantly increasing prejudice which seems to menace in time a depopulation of the country. Dr. Storer, if we are not mistaken, asserts on apparently good authority that in the older States of the Union the natural increase of the population proceeds entirely from foreign immigration and the progeny of foreign immigrants, the number of native births showing a slight but constant decrease from year to year, and it is matter of common remark that marriages are getting to be rarer every year. The prospect is such as no thoughtful man can deem otherwise than alarming, and the problem must tax all the ingenuity of the social philosopher to provide a remedy. It is hardly possible to force men to marry against their will, and it is difficult to per suade them. Women would doubtless be found more amenthle to reason ; but leap year, unluckily, is honoured more in theory than in practice. And it is after all to the propagation of marriage that we must address ourselves; the darker evil which we have hinted at above, and against which not even marriage is any safeguard, is from its very nature almost beyond the reach of any influence but the slow and gradual progress of enlightenment and the force of medical and religious teaching. Besides, it is useless to attempt to reform an institution whichseemsto be in danger of dying out altogether unless the hidden causes which are preying at its roots be discovered and removed." It is the fashion to throw much of the blame of this state of things on women ; to point to their extravagance, to their crusade for equal rights, to the growing taste for refinement, and aversion from the toil and drudgery of rearing a family and keeping up a home. Nothing can be more unjust and even absurd than these reasons. The mass of women take no interest whatever in the Woman's Rightsanovement. They are extravagant because fashion makes them so, and men make the fa,hions. What men admire is what women strive to be, and if tbl - profess to be charmed by " fast" girls, girls will be fast. Marriage is decreasing, not because women will not marry, but because men will not, and men will not marry be cause they think they can procure more happiness in the single state. Steam, by quickening travel, has opened to all sections of a highly civilized state the pleasures of a capital, which, as a general rule, men would be compelled to forego if they encum bered themselves with a wife and family. Such reasons are merely the weeds sprouting on the sur face, but so also is the fact. The decrease is a mere temporary freak of fashion, which, in the end, will correct itself. There are ebbs and flows in the affairs of mankind which we may moralize over .as we see the tide running, but the flow continues re gardless of all our wise and profound conjectures till the limit is reached when the current stops, and pre sently flows back in the same volume, when the philosophers on the bank begin moralizing as pro foundly on the new phase, predicting either the over population or the depopulation of the globe. It is not long since, that sages raised their warning voice against the improvidence of young people rushing into matrimony, and a well-known writer discussed the means of existence furnished by the globe being overtaken by the superabundant popu lation. The philosopher of the day consid e rs th a t h e can improve upon the relation which binds the sexes. It has not unfrequenily been the case that a sacred law has been disputed, and an amendment proposed by wise legislators. It has invariably, however, been found, whatever the force of th e th eory, t h at the proposal, in practice, was a disgraceful failure. To maintain the solemn and sacred nature of the ceremony is a matter of greater and more imme diate interest to womea than to men. Whatever leads to immorality—that is, the infringement of the Commandments—leads to the degradation of the human race, and all eventually will suffer alike; but the effects are first felt by women. Nature has pointed out too clearly to be gainsayed that woman's sphere is the house, that the main support of the family in that house must come from the work of the man, and that all laws, human and divine, must be directed to support this proposition. Those who assert a contempt formarriage, for p r i es t s , an d their useless and binding ceremo n y, s t r ik e at t h e very foundations of society. They merely advance a theory which suits their appetite, and would doubtless be convenient for young men with unre strained passion, while ruinous to young women. It would be found, however, in the long run that even the men would reap a dis agreeable harvest. It is said that clubs work strongly against marriage ; that is, that men there find so agreeable a home, so comfortable and well ' found an establishment, such a cheap and sumptuous mode of living, that they prefer to enjoy its advantages to the coarser fare with a wife. But what is the experience of the club habitues—of the poor men who have there attempted to suck up all the honey of life? Doubtless it is agreeable so long as youth and health last and pleasure does not pall. Yet we believe that in any great club there will be as little happiness found among the .regular old bachelor frequenters as among any community. Were the career of a young man who married imprudently, and had to struggle thereafter for the means of ex istence for himself an d hi s f am il y, compare d with that of the old bachelor club habitue, who was no more successful in life, th e b a l ance would ratherincline in favour of the married man. If a London club is remarkable for anything, it is re markable for the number of querulous, objectless, ennuyed old gentlemen it produces ; and there are few young men who enter it who would not scout the idea of eventually joining their ranks. Yet it is to this, and to this only, such theories lead. At a meeting a fortnight ago at the Stamford Chapel, Blackfriars, to discuss the subject of Female Suff rage, the president, Professor Fawcett, M.P., said :—" When man and women were put on fair terms of equality the women held their own. Some time since certain reformers at Cam bridge succeeded in having the middle-class exami nations thrown open to girls. What was the result? Why the very men who had opposed the change now acknowledged that the girls who came up for examination were at least equal to the boys, and if any thing their superiors." Mr. Moncure D. Conway gave an interesting account of a college at Antioch, United States, where young men and women were educated together. " Both sexes made great pro ficiency in their studies, and he had the authority of the Hon. Horace Mann, and of the pincipal of Harvard, for stating that the morality, courtesy, and refinement exhibited in that college were un equalled by any of the old universities to which only the male sex were admitted. He knew the college well, and he could state that there was an almost entire absence of that monastic rudeness, bigotry, and vice generally to be found in colleges. In no part of the world did women enjoy so high a position as iu the United States. In the States of New York and Massachusetts the teaching was almost entirely done by them, and very recently four women had been appointed the principal commissioners of education in the latter State." We sympathize with the movement so far as it tends to open to women every walk of life for which they are qualified. Women ought to have as free chance as men ; but we cannot sympathize with it where it tends to militate against woman's depend ence which mist form the groundwork of the con nection between the sexes. If men cease to marry, to rear, and to support families, there is nothing we would like better to see than an invasion of every profession and a strong competition by women. In fact this must be the consequence; for it would be grossly absurd to say that man is to abandon his duty and still retain to himself all the loaves and fishes. Where a man is successful in life we hold it to ,be his first duty to take unto himself a wife and to share with her that success. 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It strengthens the voice and lungs, relieves indi gestion, pains in the chest and back, and is especially re commended to children for assisting the growth, promoting health and symmetry of figure, superseding the use of braces and stays. Price from 10s. 6d. each.-66, Berners street, Oxford-street, W. Illustrated circulars forwarded. FAISINS, PERDRIX, ET VOLAILLE. A LA NOBLESSI FiLANcAISE. JAMES CIIAMBERLIN, POST•OFFICE-STREET, Norwich, Angleterro, fournit lo Spanish Meal qui a e:d. employd avec le plus grand Buenos pour dlever et nourrir les faisons, les perdrix, &c. &o. M. J. CHAMBERLIN vient de recevoir la lettre suivanto relative it son Spanish Meal pour ilever les Poisons. de M. le Vicomte do LL Panouso, luspecteur gendral des Forks de la Couronue de Sa Majoste Impdrialo Napoldon 11. Administration gdadrale dos Domaines of Forks de la Couroune, Compiegne. L'lnspecteur des Forets do la Couronue h la residence de Compiegne soussigne, certifie avoir employe h la nour riture dos Faisandeaux le Spanish Meal provenant de la Maison James Chamberlin do Norwich, et en avoir obtenu lee meillours resultats. Los Faisandeaux et les Faisans mangent tres bin Bette subst‘nce. Elle les rend tre.s forts et leur chair est tre.'s bonne. Veuillez agreor, Monsieur, L'assurance de ma consideration distinguee, Vte. A de la PANOUSE, La Noblesse et les grands Proprietaires our le Continent, au recu des trois timbres do 40c. peuvont avoir franco un livid o.iutenant les details relatifs e. la nourriture des oiseaux ci-dessus mentionnes, avec trois cents certificats, les pHs, &c. &,c. L'addresser Mons. JAMES CHAMBERLIN, Post-office-street, Norwich, A tgleterre. sco rrs LIVER and BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER-FAILING REHEDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to nll who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. Fur habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W.. Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and three times the quantity iu one, 2s. lid. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with William Lambert" engraved on'the stamp. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. Wll ( V e 'E rf :S eteci lk a l n O d C E b A i t l e N d L,hli e G V r E 6 a R t TRU in i o S n S s of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the moat effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi site resisting power is supplied by the Sloc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot bo detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can tot fail to fit, forwardel by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being seat to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31 s . 6d . P os t age, is. A Double Truss, 31s. d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT FLASTIC STOCKI NGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Prico 4s. 61, 7s. 6d., lOs , and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. pRINTING.—TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c. The required. Estimates forwarded on Printinc, and Machining o f Newspapers, &a, done on exceedingly favourable terms. Use o f Editorial and. gp Offices, if ar ticulars, with stamped di rec t e d envelope for rePueohilpisth of "Sun" P r i n ti ng Offices Strand 3, Church bavon he Mana , er, W W.O. reply. Address,—Tn• nNE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE kir ORPHAN CHILDREN are Yell:1g maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £25 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Office, 98, Chespside, London, E,O HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 12G boys on board the Chichester Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Groat Queen-street. 94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing: ore children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for ono year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank, 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, KC. ; and by WILLIAM WILLI 4MS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON F EMAL E PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITUTION. President—Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBCrTIONSfOitie support of the Homes in 1868 are ear nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard-street, bI.C.; Francis Nicholls, Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, 1.0. E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861 [hider the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE. 8.G., whereby a home has been afforded for 230 Destitute Orphan Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of the kingdom. The object of the Charity is to give orphan girls a plain Eng lish education, and practical instruction in the kitchen, house, and laundry, to flt them for domestic service; and, if not other wise provided for when they attain 15 years of age, to obtain suitable situations for them. The Committee estne,stly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer W H. WAF WICK, Secretary. Office, 121, Pall mall, S W ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. Vice-Patron — His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. Presideut-:-His 'Grace the Duke of BuccnEucu, This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is whelly dependent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of tho destiaite sick has for a considerable period averaged be tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by their hankers Messrs. Brown, Hahsom, and Co., Abehurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co„- Herries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams, Dea..!on, and Co.; Nisbet and Co. Beruers-street ; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5. Luber Upon 0 110 tOVell issed Lo rd ; dis- ).INY boldt prO that The the ?Aided r iln" line is ill be Coal' h e lode lu enee ' 3altli of t be ` 9 ' erty G f the ard it a nothe r to sal' m arke t ' w ertie g )urse is v ieteol Stich to the Dat U" AT oel' 0 rao ci° : g citiotil 0 re 0 sh 3 f 8 000, 0 of " f g e° '0 0 , rgo .r 1 0d 001 0 59 it. Joa ,il ° 1 4 ' , 0 07 00c 4, OD , bay I 13,' ;ecl a Joh ° "I go,' )1 051 i f, ti• "Li :er ts 't 511 D.* - 1"„ i g ive L ••I ! tO r - OD' or e ' fluor 11‘ , v NQ I e°tl ,r fOt CONTRACT FOR PLATE GLASS. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, May 6, 1868. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING .L the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND do hereby give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 26th instant, at T wo o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for supplying and delivering into Store, at her Majesty's several Dockyards, all such quantities of PLATE GLASS as may from time to time be ordered under a Contract for twelfe months certain, and further until the expiration of three months' warning. The average annual expenditure for the last three years may be ascertained, and a Form of the Tender, a Schedule of the Articles, and Conditions of Contract'may bo obtained at the above Department. 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 bo addressed to the Secretary of tho Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Plate Glass," and must also be delivered at the Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty, Somer set House, accompanied by a letter signed by two respon sible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of £l,OOO for the due performance of the Contract. By order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. CONTRACT FOR FRESH OX BEEF. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, May 2, 1868. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING -1- the OFFICE OF LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND do hereby Give Notice, that on MONDAY, the Ist June next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to CONTRACT' for supplying (under separate Contracts) all such quantities of FRESH OX BEEF as may be demanded for the use of her Majesty's Ships and Vessels at the following places, from the Ist July to the 31st December, 1868, both days included, viz.: Berwick Cowes Dartmouth Deal, and in the ENGLAND, &c. Jersey and Guern soy Littlehatnpton Liverpool London Bridge to Woolwich, in clusive Lymington Milford Have n; Pembroke and Pater N otloy Newhaven - North Shields Penzance Portland and Port- land Roads Plymouth (Oxen) Portsmouth (do.) Sheerness (do.) Ramsgate Scilly Southampton Swansea Torquay Weymouth \Vivenhoe Yarmouth (North) Downs Dover Exmouth Ftdinouth Fleotwood Powey Gravesend Groenhitha Harwich • 11013 - head Ilull,llawkenoads, and in the Ilum- 1 ber SCOTLAND. Aberdeen I Greenock Ardrishaig Leith, Leith Roads, Grauton & Frith of Forth IRELAND. Queensforry Bantry Keninare Belfast Kilrush Buncrama (Lough Killibcgs S willy) ' Kingstown and Castletownsend Dublin Crookhaven Lough Foyle Foynes Mill Cove (Bore- Galway haven) N.B.—The Contractors are to supply good, fat, well-fed Ox Beef, as No littrEn MEAT will be admitted. Queenstown and Kinsale Ratlaimullen Valentin Waterford Westport The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to themselves au unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders. Particular attention is called to the revised conditions of the Sheerness Contract, which is to include supplies to all ships and vessels between Chatham and the Great Nore, both inclusive; also the Naval Barracks at Sheer ness. Parties Tendering for Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Sheerness, aro to specify in their Tenders a rate per 100 lbs. for live Oxen, delivered in the usual manner; and also a rate per 100 lbs. for fresh Ox Beef, delivered in the car case, should the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty think proper to demand the Beef to be delivered iu the cat case, instead of live Oxen, during any period of the con tract ; and no attention will be paid to any offers not so made. Separate Tenders must be made for each Port, and at a rate per 1001bs. ' and no attention will be paid to any offers not so made. Contractors, iu claiming payanmt f,nr the supplies of Beef, are to make out their I uvoices in Pounds at per 100Ibs. The Cattle for Falmouth to be slaughtered on the spot, and the Cattle for Portland to be slaughtered not farther from that port than Weymouth; the Contractors for Portland and Dartmouth are also to deliver the Meat ou board 11. M.'s. ships and vessels. The Contractor for Gravesend is to be a resident there. The Contractor for Portland and Weymouth is to re side at Weymouth. The Contractor for any of the other places is to reside on the spot, or to have an Agent resident there, whose name and address must be given on the Tender. Conditions of the Contracts may be seen in the Lobby of the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi ralty, Somerset House, W.O. ; or by applying to the Super intendents of the Victualling Establishments at Deptford, Gosport, and Plymouth ; the Superintendents of her Ma jesty's Dockyards at Woolwich, Chatham, Sheerness , and Pembroke ; the Agent for the Victualling at Haulbowline ; the Officers conducting the Packet Service at Dover, Liver pool, and Southampton ; the Secretary to the Postmaster- General, Dublin ; to the Collectors of her Majesty's Gus ' toms at Aberdeen Greenock Scilly Belfast Harwich Shields Berwick Hull S wansea Cowes Jersey & Guernsey Waterford Dartmouth Londonderry (for Westport Falmouth Lough Foyle) Wexford Fleetwood Newhaven Weymouth Fowey Penzance Yarmouth Galway Ramsgate And to the postmasters at each of the other places. Forms of Tender may also be obtained on application at the Lobby of the Department above mentioned, or to the proper officer at either of the above places. . No tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon on the day of Treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose ; but it will not be necessary that the party tendering or an agent appointed by him should attend at this Office, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and to his proposed sureties in writing. Every Tender must be delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, and signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of £1,500 for the due performan ce o f eac h of the Contracts for Sheer ness, Port=mouth, Plymouth, and Queenstown and Kinsale ; and in the sum of £3OO for each of the other Contracts. The Contractors to pay half the amount of the Stamps on their Contracts and Bonds. By Order, ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. CONTRACTS FOR VEGETABLES. Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset House, 2d May, 1868. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND do hereby give Notice, that on MONDAY, the Ist June next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for supplying all such quantities of VEGETABLES as may be demanded for the use of her Majesty's Ships and Vessels at the following places, from the Ist July, 1868, to the 31st March, 1871, both days included, viz.:— ENGLAND. INewhaven Netley Scilly SCOTLAND. Aberdeen Ardrishaig IRELAND. Buncrana (Lough Swilly) Separate 'renders must be made for each port, and at a rate per 100 lbs. instead of at per cwt., and no attention will be paid to any offers not so made. Contractors in claiming payment 'for Vegetables supplied are to make out their Invoices in pounds at per 100 pounds. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to themselves an unlimited power of s2lection in accepting the Tenders. Forms of Tender may be obtained, and particular atten tion is called to the Conditions of the Contracts, which may be seen at the Lobby of the Department of the Con troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House ; or by applying to the Collector of Customs at Aberdeen, Fleet wood, Fowey, Newhaven, Scilly, or to the Postmaster at each of the other places. No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose ; but it will not be necessary that the party tendering, or an agent appointed by him, should attend at this office, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. . Every Tender must be delivered to the Department of the Controller of Victlialling, Admiralty, Somerset House, and signed by two responsible persons, engaging to be come bound with the person tendering in the sum of £lOO for each of the Contracts. The Contractors to pay half the amount of the Stamps on their Contracts and Bonds. By order. ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. Fleetwood Fowey Lymington Torquay Wivenhoe GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL , Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was established at King's-cross in 185 G. Patient's are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall.—lion. Sqe., F. Smith, Esq. GEo. REID, Sec. Ci_LAPIIA.M.—APARTI4ENTS well Furnished and highly Respectable fu a Gentleman's Private Family, pleasantly situate, with large Girdon. Attend ance and every comfort. Ve4 convenient for Rail or Omnibus to City and West-end. Apply at the Residence, 34, Lark Hall Rise, Clapham, S.W.; or to Ifr. STEVENS, The Pavement, Clapham Common. T • 0 BE LEI', UNFURNtSIIED, n PARLOUR and TWO BED-ROOMS, ir;th Gas, Sm., in the most eligible part of St. Paul's-roat Camden-square, N.W. Apply at 44, St. Paul's-road, Cainden-square, N.W. INEUTU an A co L i.porto O d A b N y Ac.o ti r A ; S t S I O BS C 9) IATION 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free hold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envalope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. Chairman— General Sir Flamm° Sstrrg, F.R.S Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to Forfeiture. The ROYAL, NAVAL, MILITARY, and EAST INDIA LIFE DE PARTMENT, affording Peculiar Advantages to Officers and others in the Navy and Army is under the especial Patronage of ' Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. The EUROPEAN Society is specially authorised by the Im perial Parliament to Guarantee the Fidelity of Government Officials. New Premium Income in 1858; 959, 1860 %76,000 " 1861, 862, 1863 £117,000 ,‘ 1864. 86.5, 1866. £171,000 Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Forty Thousand Pounds. The Return of each Week's NEW Business may be obtained at the Offices, or of any of the Agents. The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants, and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will be found in the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to applicants post free. _ HENRY LAKE, General Manager. 316, Regent-street, and 17, WaterloO-place, Pall-mall, London. CIOMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANS ATLANTIQUE, 8, Place Vendome, Paris. FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS, CHINA, JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND CENTRAL AMERIA (via Panama). Leave St. Nazaire on the Bth of each month for Mar tinique, St. Martha (United Stati3s of Columbia), C o l on , Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, emerara, P a r amar ib o , Cayenne, &c.,. Callao, Valparaiso, - c., San Jose, L a U n i on , San Francisco, China, and Japan. WEST INDIES AN MEXICO. t Leave St. Nazaire on the 16thf of-each month for St. Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, Now Orleans, Porto Rico, Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, Guadelonp, Martinique. NEW YORK Leave every 14 days, from Haire and Brest, for New York. From HAvuE.—April 9th and 13d, 21ay 7th and 21st, June 4th and 18th, July 2d and 10th. From BREST —March 28th, April 11th acid 25th, May 9th and 23d, June 6th and 20th, July 4th and 18th. First RATES OF PASSAGE. From ILIN - nE or BREST I to NEW Yonx. Class 82;5 fr. t According to 700 f r.) Second Cabin. lass Class Third Class 276 fr. From Paris, to New York, via Havre or Brest, includ ing railway ticket, 859 fr. and 725 fr., according to cabin ; second class, 4401 r. ; third class, 285 fr. Hand-books, with full details of all the routes of this Company, can be had of STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and Co., Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.O. QC R WEP PE'S MINERAL WATERS.-By 1,..7 Special Appointment to Her. Majesty and H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.—Every bottle is rtrote(Acd by a label, having namo and trade mark.—London, Liverpool, Derby, Bristol, Glasgow, Malvern. liltNetry7,!a. uncoloured. To be 1 ,1 K ha_ ES o. alalrdeeal)eerrs and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), Loudon. MADAME RACHEL, the great Be a utifi er t o the Ladies of the Royal Courts of Europe, can be COASULTED at her Private Residence 50, Maddox-street. from ten till four daily, and at 47A, New Bond -street. Madlle. Rachel attends at the Rue de la Paix and Rue de Choiseul, Paris. All other persons endeavouring to copy the keautiful art of which she is the sole professor, and who are vet4ing dangerous and destructive compounds, under the name of enamels, powders, and liquids, in imitation of her Royal Arantan rr.para,tions, commit a gross frau 1 upon ladies. SALE OF OLD STORES AT THE ROYAL ARMY CLOTHING- DEPOT, PIMLICO. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is prepared to receive TENDERS for the purchase of OLD STORES at the Royal Army Clothing Depot, Pimlico, where all in formation may be obtained on application to the Store keeper. Tenders must be made on a printed form, which will be issu s odb.ywt.h,aotnoffiorcerbetofoarell a r p h p u li r c sd an , : y s , mi upon payment being made of a deposit of Fi ve P ounds. The Tenders are to b e delivered at tle a W y War-office, Pall mall, 14, llice6,B, ad dressed to the Under-Secretary of State for War, and marked on the outside " Tender for the purchase of Old Stores." The Secretary of State for War 14serves the right of re jecting any or all of the Tenders received. THOMAS HOWELL, Director of Contracts. War-office, Pall-mall, April 28, 1868. THE RESCUE SOCXETY'S HOMES ire as follows For Fallen Wo;ien• 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington. town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Groat Portland street. wich. For Young Girls in 'Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover. Temporary Home-85, Q ueen-stree t, Ch eaps id o. The home at Great P or tl and-street i s f or young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The c omm i ttee are d ee ply anx i ous to open another house for thi s p i tiable:class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book. In addition to the a bove-namethhomes, the Committee have under their charge throe ho es for servants of good character, in which are adniitt about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The Society's Report (of which 6, contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charitAle institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") may , be had on application. The Society is under the prosidenc3r of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co. The Committee very earnestly qo mmend its work to the b ene volent. DANL. COOPER Sec. 85, Queen street, Cheapside. PERFECTION IN DENTISTRY. HESSRS. GABRIEL, DENTISTS (Established 1815), of London 56, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, 77 Liverpool 134, Duke-street, t frui Brighton have just published a NEW PAMPHLET explaining their Painless System of Dentistry; and self-adhesive Artifi cial Teeth without springs, at MODERATE °HAUGES, which may be had free by post for four stamps. MARRIAGE, The decrease in marriage now so noticeable among the most highly civilized peoples of Christendom has for some time excited general attention. Many writers have undertaken to explain the phenome non, but they scarcely satisfy themselves, and cer tainly not their realers. What one advances another contradicts, and the causes given are so numerous, and in many instances contain so much of truth, that people become confused, and are com pelled to acknowledge that though the fact is cer tain, the writer has yet to appear w h o t a k es th e comprehensive view which carries conviction, and hits the true nail on the head. The ages at which 10,000 bachelors marry are given as under for Eng land and France, and for Massachusetts by the Springfield Republican:-- England. Massachusetts. Franco Under 20 years 277 225 270 20 to 25 5307 4785 3075 25 to 30 2833 3425 3 - 96 30 to 35 968 1030 1821 35 to 40 358 321 721 40 to 59 212 141 392 over 50 45 70 126 The average ages are given for the three countries at which all men marry, viz., 25.91 in England, 28.41 in France, and 29.5 in Massachusetts, which leads to the supposition that there is some error in the com pilation, but it may be accounted for by the table for Massachusetts being derived from the census for the ten years 1856-65. For the year 1865 the number in Massachusetts out of the ten thousand who mar ried between 20 and .30 only reached 7,955, while the number under 20 was but 192. This shows a considerable decrease from the average of the ten years, wherein the number is stated between the ages of 20 and 30 in Massachusetts to be 8,210 out of the ten thousand, and 225 who married under ("` ~ ~~~~ 4d. STAMPED 5l. eventually force them . to qualify themselves by education for an independent career ; and the Paterfamilias of the future knowing that u►ost of his daughters must remain unmarried, will act only with prudence, if he can fit and secure for them a professional career. SP ORTI.t. G INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER MEETING.-TRURSDAY. The third day of the Chester Meeting was favoured by the same glorious weather 'which prevailed on Tuesday and yesterday, and there was a remarkably good attend ance for au " off-day." Racing commenced at half-past one with the Stamford Welter Handicap, which was won easily by Dick Turpin, who only arrived on the spot on Wednesday evening. He was made a great favourite on the course and all over the country. Knight of the Garter had no difficulty in conceding the weight he was called upon to do in the Handicap Plate, for which he IS as op posed by Freemason, Distaff, and the Attack colt. Middle ham served up a hot favourite for the Two-year-old Place in Good Hope, who, however, never showed pro minently in the race, which was reduced to a match between La Rose and Perfume, the latter of whom won rather cleverly. The winner added another feather to the cap of Buccaneer, and every day we hear fresh regrets that he was allowed to leave this country, to which, however, it is probable he will return, if money will purchase him from the Germans. The Marquis of Westminster's Plato saw a great favourite in Minster Bell, who was bowled over by one of Mr. Barber's carefully kept good thing., Alicia, who was rid den by West, Gradwell being prevented from riding owing to injuries which he received whilst riding The Clown iu the Chester Cup. Some one threw half a brick at Grad well as the horses were passing the half-mile post the last time round, and hit the little fellow on the leg, which caused him so much pain that he was obliged to be sent home. Mr. Barber is anxious to find out the delinquent, whom he promises to prosecute if discovered. Indian Star pulled off the event of the day, the Cestrian Handi cap, beating a large field. Details of the sport are ap pended : The Stamford Welter Handicap of 5 sous each, with 100 added; winners extra; gentlemen riders ; professionals extra. Once round and a distance, mile and a quarter. 4 subs. Lord Vivian's Dick Turpin, by High Treason—Shadow, 4 yrs, lOst 51b (Mr. W. Bevill) 1 Mr. C. Percy's Ainsley, 4 yrs, lost 31b (inc. 71b extra) Mr. Johnston e ' s Th e C zar, 5 yrs, lOst 121 b arry) 2 (Mr. C. Boynton) 3 The Breach also ran. _ . Betting-2 to lon Dick Turpin, 9to 2 agst Ainsley, 8 to 1 agst The Czar, and 100 to 15 agst The Breach. Ains ley made running with a long lead of The Czar and the favourite, The Breach lying in the rear until half a mile from home, when the two closed on the leader, who, how ever, came into the straight with a slight advantage, which Dick Turpin deprived him of at the distance, and won easily by a neck ; six lengths separated the second and third, and a neck only third and fourth. Uandicap I'lat•3 of 5 sovs each, 2 ft to the second, with 50 added; winners extra. Oace round and a distance. Captaia MacheWs Knight of the Garter, by Prime Minis ter, 4 yrs, 9st ... Lord Wilton's c by Ritnulus— Attack, 4 yrs, Ust 101 b (Kenyon) 2 Sir F. Johnstone's Freemason, 4 yrs, 6St 121b(()ameron) 3 Mr. J. Coney's Distaff, 4 yrs, Gst 12lb (Butler) 4 Betting -2 to lon Knight cf the G.trter, 4to 1 agst Fceemason, 100 to 15 bar two. Disla.ff made the running with a long lead of the Attack colt and Fteemason, the favourite lying off. No change occurred till reaching the Grosvenor-bridge turn, where Freemason closed on the leading pair, and took a slight load within the straight. Knight of the Garter came at the distance, and won easily by a length, a neck only separating second and third, and three lengths third, and fourth. Two-Year-Old Plate of 200 sovs ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst Gib ; winnersextra. Five furlongs. 28 subs. Mr. W. Goodwin's Perfume, by Buccaneer—Frangipanni, Bst Gib Mr. E. Brayley's La Rose, Bst Gib (Cannon) 2 Lord Coventry's Gipsy, Bst Glo (J. Adams) 3 The following also ran : —Tarquin, Bright Eye, Good Hope, and Albert. Betting-7 to 4 agst Good Hope, 7to 2 agst Tarquin, 4 to 1 each agst La Rose and Perfume. La Rose made play, closely attended by Tarquin and Perfume, Gipsy and the favourite coming next, Bright Eye bringing up the rear till making the 13:41d into the straight., when Tarquin dropped away, and Perfu:ue, heading• La Rose at the commencement of the enclosure, won cleverly by a, neck; Gipsy, passing Tarquin within the straight, was four lengths iu rear of the second, and two in advance of Mr. Baverhiy's colt.; the favourite was fifth, Albert next, and Bright Eye last throughout. Marquis of Westminster's Plate of 5 sows each, with 100 aided, for three-year-olds and upwards ; penalties and allowances. Grosvenor Course, one mile and a quarter. 19 subs. Mr. Barber's Alicia. by Commotion or Defender—Miss Alice, 4 yrs, sst 121 b (West) 1 Mr. Johnstone's Minster Bell, 4 yrs, 6st 71b (car. est 81b) (Cameron) 2 Mr. Leicester's Weather Isle, 3 yrs, sst 121 b ....(Vinell) 3 Pride of Erin also ran. Betting-6 to son Minster Bell, 100 to 30 agst Weather Isle, sto 1 agst Alicia. Minster 801 l cut out the work, followed by Pride of .Erin for two hundred yards, when the latter assumed the command, but at the Workhouse turn gave way to Alicia, who went on with a long lead of the favourite, Weather Isle whipping-in till reaching the five furlongs post, when the lot closed on Alicia and came into the straight in a cluster, but Mr. Barber's mare, having heropponents settled at the distance,won easily by a length, which distance separated second and third. Pride of Erin was beaten off. The All-Aged Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; weight for age ; penalties and allowances. Half a mile. 10 subs. Mr J. Dixon's Astracan, by Muscovite—Golden Fleece, 3 yrs (.£3O, Bst 91b (S. Adams) 1 Mr Mackenzie's Festival, 3 yrs (X3O), Bst 91b (Custance) 2 Prince de Soltykoff's War Queen, 3 yrs (X3O), 7st 71b (Mordan) 3 The following also ran :—Pestival, Maia, The Dupe, Marking Ink. Betting-6 to 4 agst Festival (3 yrs), 2to 1 agst Astra can (at first 4 to 1), 100 to 30 agst Couleur de Rose filly, 7to 1 agst War Queen, 10 to 1 agst Festival (4 yrs). Con leur de Rose filly got away in front of the three-year-old Festival, and led into the straight, when Astracan and Festival (3 yrs) came away, and after a gcod race, the former won by a length ; three lengths separating second and third ; Festival (4 yrs) was fourth, and Marking Ink last. The winner was bought in for 270 guineas. WJaile at the post it was discovered that Astracan's jockey had only weighed for Bst 41b instead of Bst 91b, and a cloth for the extra 51b was taken to him. Custance, the rider of the second, lodged an objection, which was overruled ; but Mr. Mackenzie lodged a protest against the Stewards' de cision. The Cestrian Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft to the fund, with 100 added ; winners extra. Six furlongs. Twenty six subs. Lord WestmarkattcPs Indian Star, by Sabreur or Under ha.d—giar onuclia., 5 yre, 7st 121 b (Parry) 1 Mr C. Percy's Russi a n B e a r , 3 y rs , 6 s t 51b (Butler) 2 Mr C. Snowing's Seamew, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (inc. 101 b ex.) (Peppler) 3 The following also ran :—Rejoinder, Grand Duke, Sis ter to Plying Jib, The Dean, Conundrum, The Returned, Ilammerton, Curfew Bell, Paxton, Affection. Betting-4 to 1 agst Indian Star, sto 1 agst Hammerton and Russian Bear, 8 to 1 agst Affection, 10 to 1 each agst Seamew, The Returned, and Paxton. Grand Duke made play, attended by Indian Star and Seamew, to the Grosvenor turn, where Indian Star took the lead, and though Russian Bear came with a rush at the distance, he could not reach Lord Westmorland's horse, and was beaten by four lengths; ten lengths separated second and third; Grand iDuke was fourth, Hammerton fifth, and The Dean and Paxton last. The Beaufort Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added ; winners extra. One mile and a half. 10 subs. Mr Mackenzie's The Priest, by Romulus—Lady Harriet, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Cameron) 1 Lord NVestinorelaud's Thalia, 5 yrs, 7 st 51 b ...(Kenyon) 2 Mr E. Buckley's Success, 6 yrs, Bst 41b (Payne) 3 Betting —Even on Thalia, 6 to 4 agst The Priest. The last named made all the running, and won in a canter by four lengths ; ten lengths separating second and Her Majesty's Plato of 100 guineas ; weight for age. Twice round. Mr Stortford's Purveyor, by Caterer—Cygnet, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (S. Adams) 1 Mr. Brayley's Prince Regent, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (c.tr 7st 131 b) •(Cannon) 2 Mr P. Johnstone's Col poral, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (Osborne) 3 Betting-7 to 4 each agst Purveyor and Corporal. Corporal lay in front for a mile and a quarter, when Prince Regent took up the running. Half a mile from homo "the Prince" was joined by Purveyor, and the pair ran head and head to the distance, where Purveyor got the best of it, and won cleverly by half a length. The Dee Stakes of 10 soya each. 'Grosvenor Course. 20 subs. Mr Lincoln's Uncas, by Stockwell—N g Fr a a l y e ler) w.o. Match for 50 sovs. Half a mile. Lord Wilton's Parma, by Parmesan—A rcheress 4 yrs, Bst '(lienyon) 1 Lord Westmoreland's Oceans, 2 yrs, 4,st 121 b (West) 2 Betting-5 to 2on Parma, who made all the running, and won by half a length. -z--.L. L 9 .- :~ TLLEGAL STOII ZEE 0, GUNPO rar At ai - recent sitting of the Glasgow Central Police-court, before Bailies Millar and Osborne, Andrew M`Kendrick, innkeeper, 4, Wallace-court, Bell-street, was charged with a contravention of the 210th clause of the Glasgow Police Act, which provides that it shall not be lawful for any person to have in premises occupied by him within the city any greater quantity of gunpowder than 2Clb. if he be a licensed retailer of the article, and 131 b. if he be not in possession of a retail license, the penalty being a fine not exceeding 210 and for feiture of the gunpowder. The facts of the case, as brought out in Kke evidence for the prosecution, were these :—A lieutenant and inspector of police having reason to believe that a large quantity of gunpowder was lying in carrier's' quarters belonging to the defender, Visited these quarters, and found in one part of a shed twenty barrels, and in another four barrels of powder, the whole amount. ing to about 6001 b. The barrels were marked " gun powder," and were lying among other goods. For the de fence it was stated that Mr. M`Kendrick, though the tenant of the carriers' quarters where the gunpowder was found, had sub-let- stances to carriers conveying goods to and from Glsse, w and neighbouring towns ; that the twenty-four barrels were in these stances, had only been there for three-quarters of an hour when the police seized' them, and were intended to be taken away that day to Larkhall, Carlulze, and Kilbirnie by the carriers going to, these districts. Mr. J. L. Lang, who appeared for the defender, ana stated that he had receiveclinstructions from Messrs. Hay, Merricks, and Co., and Messrs. Curtis and Harvey, the owners of the gunpowder, urged —(lst), that M`Kendrick was not the real occupier of the premises, having sublet the stances to carriers, and that in point of law these carriers were in possession of the barrels ; (2nd), that the goods being in transitu, not " held" in store, the 213th clause of the Act, and not the 210th, should have been cited ; and (3rd), that the owners of the gunpowder not being before the court, it would be a monstrous iniquity to forfeit their property without giving them a chance of defend ing it. After con<nitation, the court stated that they had been advised by the assessor (Mr. P. T. Young) that the de. fender was the occupier of the premises in the true mean. ing of the Act; that the proper clause had been cited, in 'much as the 213th only applied to gunpowder being con• vexed to or from the magazine ; and that it was within their power, and was their duty, to forfeit the barrels and their contents, whether the actual owners of the property were in court or not. The evidence, however, shelved that Mr. MUCendrick had been placed in an unfortunate position without his knowledge of the circumstance, anti the court thought that the modified penalty of 215., or twenty-one days' imprisonment would serve the ends of justice. The gunpowder would, of course, be forfeited. Mr. Lang intimated an appeal. The King of Portugal has conferred upon Sit Tohn Roaring the Cross of a Knight Commander of the Order of Christ, as a public testimony to his merits and services. A bill has been introcitited by Mr. Serjeant Barry, 111ajor Gavin, and Mr. Esmonde, to extend to Ireland the existing law of Great Britain as far as it tads the preence o! military at Parliamentary elections. KING THEODORE ON TILE STAGE. —The Temps say: that the Chatelet Theatre, in Paris, is about to put in re hearsal a grand drama in five acts and twelve tableaux, entitled, " Theodorus, Kirg of Abyssinia." CIVIL SERVANTS AND THE FRANCHISE. - A mimerously attended meeting of the officers connected with the several departments of the Civil Service in Glasgow has been held in that city, to petition Parlia ment in support of Mr. Monk's bill, having for its object, the removal of the disqualifications hitherto so unjustly imposed upon the civil servants of the Crown, as regards the exercise of the elective franchise enjoyed by all other classes of her Majesty's subjects. A despatch from Ottawa, dated April 23, says : " Jean Baptiste La Croix, who says he saw the shot fired that killed D'Arcy ArGee, has been subjected to a search. ing examination as to the facts, and his testimony remain.' unshaken in all the particulars. Ho has seen Whelan in gaol, and identified him. La Croix is an ignorant French• man, although he tells a straightforward and connected story. At the time of the occurrence he concealed himself in a doorway, fearing that Whelan might discover him and shoot him. Since that time he has been afraid t$ speak about the matter for fear of getting into trouble.' THE GOVEENMENT OF INDIA.—A copy of the till prepared by Sir Stafford Northcote and Sir James rergusson, to au:end in certain respects the Act for the netter government of India, was issued on Wednes say. It is proposed thet henceforth every member of the In Tian Ccuneit shall b 3 appointed for the term twelve years, and shall not be eligible for re-election. tic salary of such member is to be £1,1 1 ;00 per annum, to be paid out of the revenues of India, but he is not to be entitled to any retiring pension. A change is also pro posed in the remuneration to be paid to the auditor, who is to have a salary of £l,OOO a year; but he is not to be permitted to hold any other office under the Crown. In future, compensations, superannuation, and retiring allowances are not to be granted by royal warrant, but by order of the Secretary of State for India in Council, and in no other way. FRIGHTFUL DEATH.—Dr. Laukester has held inquest at the Boston Arms, Junction-road, Iloilo way, on the body of Mr. William Cornelius Jourdain, aged G 2, who up to the time of his death, on the Sth ;net., resided at 8, Junction-villas, Junction-road. The circumstances of his death are very singular. The re latives of the deceased state that on the 27th ult. the , eceased went into the Kentish-town station of the North London Railway ; that the train which he wanted to proceedby arrived, but overshot the station a little, and then backed. He went into a second-class compartment, but finding it was a smoking carriage, he got out and was entering another carriage, when the station-master seized:. him. The train was not then moving, but it immediately started, and although he could have easily got into the car riage, the station-master clung to him. The train proceeded, and finally, in the struggle, both fell between the carriages and the platform, the station-master uppermost. They were dragged along some distance together, but being brought . in contact with a step they were separated, and the plat form being a hollow one the station-master escaped with the loss of a part of his coat. The train was then stopped, and when deceased was picked up he was found to be seriously injured. He was taken to his house, where he died from the injuries he had received. The station master, in giving his evidence, stated that he had seen all the passengers who were going on safely seated, and then gave the signal to start. The train commenced to move, when the deceased jumped out of a smoking carriage, and running past a first.class carriage opened the door of a second-class carriage. The train was then going at a good speed. The deceased attempted to get in, but slipped, and fell with his legs dangling between tho train and the platform, and holding on to the rail of the door by one hand. Witness had shouted to warn deceased, but when he saw what had happened he blew his whistle fur the train to stop, and running to the assistance of deceased, caught hold of him and told him to leave his hold of the rail, but he would not do so, and, catching hold of wit ness's coat, dragged him along with him down between the carriage and tile platform. After listening to these conflicting statements, the jury adjourned for the purpose, if possible, of obtaining further evidence. SHOCKING AFFAIR AT DERBY.—For some days past Derby and the neighbourhood have been placardec with startling announcements that Mr. Worthington, the " Star Diver of the World," would exhibit on the River Derwent at Derby on Thursday afternoon and two following days. Among other feats he was announced tc jump from a height of 120 ft. into the river. The entertain ment was announced to commence at 2.20 on Thursday afternoon in a field on the banks of the Derwent, betweer Derby and Darleygrove. The performer, a young man of about 22 or 23 years of age, appeared on the ground at the al) , pointed time, dressed in a bathing costume, and commenced performing a series of feats under the water, including drinking milk from a bottle, peeling and eating an orange, blowing a trumpet, &c. He also threw a lad into the water and rescued him. The exhibition was to close with the high leap into the water, and Worthington ascended the scaffold about a quarter-past four o'clock. After remaining e some minutes in making the necessary preparations, t in ° t n o s the put himself into position for diving , and jumped river. In his progress downwards he made three evo lutions of his body, and a medical g entleman on the on the top of th e sank to the bottom of th e h h e y a -s v t. i a l ;ders that he was a dead man. Worthington bank remarked to some offetlellie water on his side, and a t once the surface, as was his custom, and sonic minutes elapsed river. The people seem ed to exp,ct that he would rise to ' before any efforts were made to recover the body. At last Mr. Smith, of Little Eaton , dived into the water, and after several unsuccessful efforts succeeded in bringing the lifeless body of Worthington to the surface. Four medical g entlemen, Drs. Topham, Jamieson, Pant, and Iliffe, who had been witnessing his performances, promptly attended him on his being brought to the bank in a boat, and every means were used to resuscitate life, but their efforts were unavailing as life was extinct, the opinion being that he died from concussion while diving. There was a large at tendance both of ladies and gentlemen. His mother and two brothers were present, and were spectators of his un timely death. Great praise is due to Mr. Smith for his exertions to find the body. The height 9f the jump was about ninety feet, - A FTER THE, 11 OPAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN—EVANS' TO SUP. After Covent-garden Opera EVANS' to SUP After Covent-garden Opera EVANS' to SUP After Covent-garden Opera EvANs' to SUP. After Covent-garden Opera EVANS' to SUP. After Covent-garden Opera EVANg' to SUP. London Singing and Supper Club, EVANS', Covent garden Vocal Entertainment at Eight. le o ch a •e to n to on of ac- :ould the any Lin a deci fo-