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It seeks to enact, that a court, t o b e called the Court of Elections, shall be established, to consist of three election judges. They shall be appointed by her Majesty by letters patent, and hold office during good behaviour; upon any vacancy her Majesty to appoint another person to fill the office. No member of the House of Lords shall be appointed as an election judge, and no election judge shall be capable of sitting in the House of Commons. The judges of the court shall rank immediately after the puisne judges of the common law and the judge of the Probate Court. Each judge is to be have a secretary. The 11th clause fixes the amount of slimy of the judges at £2,000 a year, and the 14th gives a Pension of £l,OOO after fifteen years' service. The Lord Chancellor may order pensions for retiring officers of the court. The 17th clause provides that the tribunal shall be a Court of Record, shall have a seal, and possess all the powers of her Majesty's superior courts at Westminster. Under the 21st clause the petition must be presented to the Court of Elections. At the time of the presentation of the petition, or within three days after, security for the payment of all costs, to the amount of £l,OOO, must be given by the petitioner to any witness summoned, or to the member whose election is complained cf. A list of petitions must be made out as soon as prac ticable, to be tried in the order in which they stand. The 26th clause provides that each petition shall be tried before one judge, without jury, except it appear to the court that a special case may be stated. The decision of the court is to be final to all intents and pur poses. The judge must communicate his decision to the Speaker, who shall inform the House of Commons of the fact, that the necessary orders for the issue of a new writ, &c., may be made. The order of the judge as to corrupt practices is to have the same effect as a report of a com mittee of the House of - has hitherto had. The trial of an election petition may be proceeded with notwithstanding the acceptance of an office of profit under the Crown by the respondent (th a t i s to say, the member who is proceeded against), or the prorogation of Parliament. The Court of Elections, too, is to have jurisdiction over appeals from revising barristers. With regard to the status of the judge, he shall be received at the place where he is to try the petition in the same state and ceremony as a judge of assize is received at an assize town. A petition may not be withdrawn without the leave of the court. If a candidate is found guilty of bribery his election shall be declared void, and he shall be inca pable of sitting in the House of Commons for seven years. If he employ an agent, who has been proved before a legal tribunal to be guilty of corrupt practices, knowing that such have been proved, the election shall be void. Any person other than a candidate found guilty of bribery shall be incapable of being registered as a voter, or of hold ing any responsible office. ) 1. A FTER Covent-garden Op era —EVANS' to SUP. , After Drury-lane Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Haymarket Theatre EVANS' to SUP, After Adel hi Theatre.. EVANS' to SUP. After Olympic Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Strand Theatre After New Royalty Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After St. James's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Prince of Wales' Theatre EVANS' to SUP. London Singing and Supper Club, EVANS', Covent-garden. Vocal Entertainment at Eight. %% MAISON DOREE, THE NOW FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT AND N o . 23,6 W. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, 14 1 EBRUARY 22, 1868. PRICE.... STAMPED. ..4.d. .sd. re -31 of the be Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols, JEANIE'S QUIE T ' By the Author of " St. (Have's," "This book is written in a very graceful manner, oc casionally eloquent and pathetic. 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Mr. II A.RDY said he had, in order that the constables in the force might have the proper rest that was essential to a due performance of duty, directed that the polic3 force should be increased by the addition of 1,000 constables to the present number. That would occasion the appoint ment of 20 inspectors and 100 sergeants, so the number actually :idled to the force would be 1,120. Tho total number %would not, when the addition was male, exceed the number appointed at the time the force was first estab lished. There was a full inquiry being made at the pre sent time into the whole of the police arrangements, and until that was completed be could not say what he pro posed to do to increase the efficiency of that body. ABYSSINIA. rre- per the of de- High-class Wines at wholesale prices. Spirits and Beers, dm. Private room for Parties. HAMPERS PREPARED AND SENT OFF TO ORDER. Terms, CASH. 31[UTUanAe.oLrporLa2dAbNy Act F ofU P N ar D i ja. A . S t S I ( B ) S C 9) IATION 14. 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Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork Branded "Kina han's LL Whisky." CHARLOTTE'S INHERITANCE.- NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. NEW NOVEL. NEVER BEFORE PUBLTSHED. BY THE AUTHOR OF "LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET," &C. * ln 3 vols. On Feb. 14. At all Libraries NOTICE IS HEREBY GlVRN,ihat7l;; ANNUAL GENE RAL MEETING of the Proprietors will be held at the Com pany's Office. 64, Prince's -street, Edinburgh, on MONDAY, the 2nd day of March next, at Two o'clock p.m., in terms of the Charter and Act of Parliament. In accordance with the r so lution of the last general meeting of the Company, the meeting will not proceed to the transaction of any business until a reso lution for its adjournment has been moved; and, if the same be carried, the meeting will stand adjourned until Tuesday, the 24th day:of March, at the same time and place. 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The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Dispatch, Public Opinion, end other journals, recommending its universal perusal, are reprinted with this edition. 61, Threadneedle-stre e t , E.C., L Feb. 13, 16 68 ANCE, Secretary. BARRACK CONTRACTS FOR THE SUPPLY OF COALS, COKE, TURF, CANDLES, AND KIND LING WOOD, IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRE LAND. Colonel SYKES asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Dr. Blane's letter to Colonel Merewether, from Magdala, of the 2d December, 1867, Mr. Rassam's of the same d►te, and the Rev. Mr. Fled's to Mr. Rassam dated respectively the Bth and 23d November, 1867, from King Theodore's camn and Colonel Merewether's des patches to the Bmilny Government, dated 25th December, had been received at the Foreign-gffice, and will be laid upon the table. L ,, Lord STANLEY said the pai)ors referred to had not arrived at the Foreign-office ; they might have reached the India-office. Sir S. NORTHCOTE said he would make inquiries on the subject. HENRY LAKE, General Manager. 316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. The whole under the direction of Mr. P. CORRL The doors win open at 7. commence at 7.30. Ivo alteration in the prices of admission. Private boxes, 10s. 6d., to be secured at Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street; and , ams' Library, St. James's; also at th e Box-office at the Hall from 10 until four o'clock. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Lombard-street, London, and North John-street, A NGLO -AMERICAN TIMES, -Llll. AN INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER, Devoted to American Intelligence, ENLARGED to 24 PAGES. Reports of Con ire• s, Personal, Financial, Mining, Railroad, Member a of Parliament, Commercial Men, arid those havina an interest in the United States, will Anti 'this newspaper of use. War-office, Pall-mall, London, S.W., 14th February, 1868. IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is prepared to receive TENDERS for the Supply of Coals, Coke. Turf, Candles, and Kindling Wood at the various Barrack Sta tions in Great Britain tuad-Ireladdifor a period of Twelve Months from the Ist of April next. Tenders will not be entertained unless made upon the proper printed form, which may be obtained with every requisite inforniation, upon application at this office, or to the various Barrack Masters, between the hours of 10 ani 4 o'clock each day, Sundays excepted. The Tenders must be sent to this Office, addressed to the Director of Contracts, marked on the outside "Tender for Coals, &c.," on or before Saturday, 29th February, 1868, after which day no Tender will be received. The Secretary of State of War reserves the right of rejecting any or all of the Tenders. THOMAS HOWELL, Director of Contracts. Liverpoikl. .OAPITAL, £2,000,000. ►eu- was Special Notice.- Miss Smithson, Jolly Nash, Hairy and Sattie Ring, and Oliver's Christy Minstrels, on Easter Monday. " THEY ARE COMING." LIFE BONUSES hitherto among the largest ever de clared by any Office. SPECIAL NOTICE.—AII new participating Life Assur ances now effected will share in an INCREASED propor tion of the Profits, in accordance with the Resolution of last Annual Meeting. FIRE. Moderate Premiums. ANNUAL INCOME - nearly £BOO,OOO. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTONE, Secretary in London. ent. >en- fANTE B uRY HALL—SoIe Proprietor, NITAIOLLANA-13LONDIN, ottilie - 24th inst., and every Evening until further notice, on the High or Low Rope, and " Monkey," in the new Indian Ballet. Admission every Evening, except the 24th—Stalle, ls. ; Balcony and Area, 6d. Doors open at 7; commence at 7.30. Published every SATURDAY MORNING, price 4d. 15, Catherine-street, Strand. 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PROFESSOR TENNANT, F.G.S., COMMENCED A COURSE of LECTURES on GEOLOGY on FRIDAY, January 24, at 9 t,.m. They will be continued on each succeeding Wed nesda!, .11.. Friday ac the same hour A shorter course is also given o Itu•sday evenings. from Bto 9. Text-Bock, Lyell's "Elemc.i.s of Geology." Professor Tennant accompanies his students to the Public Museums, and to places of Geological in terest in the country. II W. JELF, D.D., Principal VrANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per_ 111 fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers ' and wholesalo of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London. rges, per :om :',e of ount tures a re te of .that Lance enue ,252 ing a was i the port, of led a pro - t the oeing •s, to Sum- and d, as I the 71 [867, same 4, or total anber ..-- 0 ' ,--- wife 0 e . . rr ol e; t re, be bboO g i all ) ' r9 2osler' a ,utii , a Vie , Escl' , r oCel lab ile ' Joll a V bi"' s treet' r I°'' s tree t ' -------; G 1 1,,,,, all °i CAN'T'ERBURY MALL.--MONDAY NEXT, Feb. 24.—Grand Inauguration Benefit for the Sole Pro prietor, W. HOLLAND, on which occasion the great ori ginal Blondin, the hero of Niagara, will make his first ap- Penance on the High or Low Rope since his return from the Continent ; also a superb new Ballet, with new scenery and effects, by J. Days and Assistants of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, entitled THE CHILD OF THE WRECK, introducing M. Blondin in his original charac ter Jack the Monkey, a most marvellous performance. New Coips de Ballet under the direction of Madame Col her. Music by Mr. Manus of the Crystal Palace, inciden tal dance music by A. Lee. All the comic stars in London --: Vance, Arthur Lloyd, George Laybourne, Nash, Fred. Wrench, Harry Liston, Lewis, and the entire Alhambra Com pany, with F. Strange's Private Band, under the direction of M. Riviere, the whole under the personal superintend ence of F. Strange, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal Alhambra Palace. Prices for this night only—Stalls, 2s. 6d.; Balcony and Promenade, ls. Notice. —The new gorgeous Crystal Lounge will be . open ; grand illuminations, decorations, and 1,000 feet ad ditional looking glasses by W. Villars, Surrey Glass Works. Doors open at 7 ; commence at 7.30. 11,1[ADAME USSAUD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. A PORTRAIT MODEL of the late Eminent Tragedian, CITARL RS KEAN, in the character of MACBETH, modelled from Sittings given by him 3 ,ue late Mr. F. B. Tusslun. Admission. ls.: children under 10. 6d Extra rooms, Gd. Open from 11 in the morning till dusk, and from 7 till 10 in the evening. ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly Sole Proprietor, Mt it. R. IkONELL. _ , This magnificent Terpsichorean aid Musical Establishment, having been Re-decorated in the highest style of Italian art by Messrs. Ruoavd - .12,1 other eminent Lutists, L SOW OPEN for the AUTUMN SEASON. Solo Euphonion. Signor Moses,. Solo Cornet, M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Curti. Doors open at halt-past 8. Admission, is.; Reamed Seats, 2s. lURNISHED HOUSES, from £2 2s. to £2O per Week.-13. S. HUMPH ittEi his at all times a number of First-class 1114.51 D CESto be I,ET. furnished 9r unfurnished, or sold, more rartieularly in the neizhbour floods of Svdenhun. Upp.n. Norwood. Forest-hill, and vici ntt7.—Partieulars may be had at the Mee, Printing House- ROUSES and APARTSIEN rs WA NTED, and to be LET or SOLD, BUSIgESS ICS for DISPOSAL, ,to. PROPERTY,FREEHOLD or LEASEHOLD. D. T. HUNIPHREICS has contintal applications for an descriptions of PR ':)PE RT Y which will pay trool interest .„or outlay. Houses out of reptir not objected to. T. D. numphries can at all time+ find customers tor all descrip tions of businesses. Hotels, public hems s, tac , sold and transtemd. Apply, D. T. Humphries, Estate Agent, Print ing House-square. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTIIARIDES OIL, which speedily prod uces whiskera and thickens hair. Price Ss. 6d., s s. 6d., and 10s. 6d.; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 Stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. AGUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 3s. each ; also 55., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street, London, E.C. ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate of £2.5 per annum each. Funds greatly needed. CHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary. Office, 98, Cheapside, London, E.O HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and clothing for the 126 boys on board the Chichester. Training Ship. 150 boys in the Refuge, 9 Gres Queen-street. 94 girls iu the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing 370 children. £l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year. Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank, 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, ; anti by WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary. No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. NA'FIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common, Richmoad, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861 Under the patronage of 11.R.11. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., whereby a home has been afforded for 280 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 fit 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 esrnestly appeal for support. The Charity is entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. HENRY KINGSCOTE, Treasurer. W. H. Weßwicic, Secretary. Office, 121, Pall-mall, S.W. FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON FEMALE: PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN STITUTION. President—Rev. CANON DALE. CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 18G8 are ear neatly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Bosan quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard-street, KC.; Francis Nicholls Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C. E. W. THOMAS, Sec., 200, Euston-road, THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES are as follows : For Fallen Women. 28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road. stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke 13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington. town. I Maize-hill Cottage, Green -205, Great Portland-street. with. For Young Girls in Danger. 27, Church-row, Hampstead. 9, Henstridge-villas, St. John's-wood. St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill. Country Homo—St. James's. street, Dover. Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside, The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen girls from 10 to 16. The committee me deeply anxious to open another house for this pitiable class. The Society admitted to its homes last year 587 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 above-named homes, the Committee have under their charge three homes for servants of good character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless servants annually. The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I never read a report of any charitable institution which so entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my sympathy") may be had on application. The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury. Its bankers aro Messrs. Barclay and Co 1.1 o Committee very earnestly commend its work to the benevolent. DANL. COOPER, Sec. 85, Queen-Otreet, Cheapside. C 0 D LIVER O I L. FOR CONSUMPTION. BRONCHIAL AFFECTIONS, &c. C 0 D LIVER 0 I . L. FOR DEBILITY. COD LIVER OIL. PALE NEWFOUNDLAND. Testimonials as to the purity and genuineness have been re ceived from the following eminent .physicians:— Professor TAYLOR, M.D., &c., &c. Dr. SCOTT, M.D., L.R.C.P., F.L.S., &c. Dr. EDWIN PAYNE, M.D., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., &c., Just imported by KEATING & CO., 79, St. Paul's Churchyard. In Imperial half pints ls. 64 pints 28. 9d., quarts 55., five pints lls LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re ;loving coughs, cold,), confirmed eases of asthma, and inci pient consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the ticking which provokes frequent coughing. In approach ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca tion, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 131 d., and three quantities in ono, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asth matic Balsam. The name and address are engraved on the stamp. POWELL'S BALSAM OF ANISEED, for COUGHS, CCLDS, ASTHMA, BRRONCHITIS, Sore Throat, Difficulty of Breathing, and all similar affec tions of the Respiratory Organs. Sold by all Chemists and Medicine Vendors throughout the World. In Bottles only, price Is.ll-d., 2s. 3d., and lls. each. Established nearly half a century. SATISFACTORY LETTER. 5, Wood-street, Milll;ank, Westminster, October 5, 1867. Sin—Some months back I bad an attack of Bronchitis, which left at times a tickling in my Throat, with other unpleasant feelings. I was advised to try the BALSAM OF ANISEED; I did so, and have found very great relief ; it is most comforting in allaying irritation, and giving strength to the voice. You are at liberty to make use of this as you think pro per, and I earnestly hope that others may benefit by it as I have done.--With many thanks from your obedient ser vant, SAMUEL DEAR, Doan's Verger, Westminster Abbey. To Mr. Powell. Ask for POWELL'S BALSAM of ANISEED. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most 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 Hoc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, rot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the c i rcum f erence o f the body, two inches below the hips, being s en t to the manufacturer, which can- Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-office Orders to bo made payable to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT VLASTIC STOCKINGS, ILI 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. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly, RI N TIN G.—TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c. The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editori a l an d Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directedenvelope for reply. Address—The Manager, "Sur_'' Printing Offices 3, Church-row, Savoy, Strand, W.C. G REAT 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 1856. Patients are admitted freo. _ . _ Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverio, 1, Pall.mall. —lion. Sec., F. Smith, Esq. GEO. REID, Sec. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's•inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's Cross. Patron-11er Most Gracious 11fAJESTY the QUEEN. Vico-Patron— His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President—His Grace the Duke of Burcr.Eucx, K.G. 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 Govornois' orders, is wholly 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 the 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 bankers, Messrs. Brown. Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-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, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners-istreet ; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5. CONTRACT FOR RUM. CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY, Somerset House, 17th February, 1868. COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING 1 the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 27th inst., at Twelve o'clock at noo n , th ey w ill be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to CON TRACT for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford 50,000 Gallons of RUM, to be delivered within three weeks from date of Contract. Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the Rum. All the casks, except such as may be required for her Majesty's service, are to be taken away from the said stores by and at the expense of thi party whose Tender is ac cepted. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the Tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of selection. The Rum to be exempted from the Customs Duties, and parties tendering are to state where it is lying. Payment for the Rum will be made for the proof gallons to one-tenth of a gallon, the liquid contents being ascer tained to the half gallon. Samples of the Rum to be sent in pints for each impoit mark, and the average strength of each mark Ex to be stated, and not au average of different marks or strengths of several imports ; and any parcel of Rum that is found not to be of the same quality, mark, or average strength of thetample tendered and accepted will be re jected by the offieers. No Tender will be received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, which may be obtained on application in the lobby of• the Department of the Con troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where the conditions of the Contract may be seen. No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon on the day of treaty ; and it will not be required that t'ie party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and to his proposed sureties in writing, when, but not before, the rejected samples are to be removed. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words, " Tender for Rum," and must also be delivered at the De partment of the Coatroller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House. By order. ANTONIO BRADY, Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities. The Fifth Edition, revised, price 3s. Gd., by post 44 stamps, IN SMOKY CHIIIINEYS, their Cure and Pre vention. By FREDERICK EDWAUDS, jun., Author of " Our Domestic Fire-places," &c. London: Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly. Just published, in royal Bvo., price 10s. 6d., with 19 plates, I - I N THE VENTILATION o f DWELLING HOUSES, HOUSES, and the Utilisation of Waste beat from Open Fire-places. By FREDERICK EDWARDS, jun., Author of " Our Domestic Fire -places," &c. "Mr. Edwards has brought within the compass of a moderate-sized volume a careful and very interesting ac count of the multifarious arrangements which have been devised for ventilating public buildings and dwelling houses." "Mr. Edwards's suggestions on the utilisation of heat from open fire -places, and his proposition for sup plying heat by warm-air channels to a number of houses, appear to us exceedingly practiegble and well worthy of serious consideration."---Lancet. London : Robert Hardwick°, 192, Piccadilly. PAINLESS•DENTISTRY. MESSRS. GABRIEL, DENTISTS (Established 1815), of London 5B, Farley-street, Cavendish-square, 17 Liverpool 34, Duke str te-hill eet, and Brighton their Painless System of Dentistry, and self-adhesive Teeth without springs, at MODERATE CHARGES, which may be had free by post for four stamps. THE B ERNER.S-STREET HOAX. Mr. Walter Thornbury is fast identifying his name with London —as Leigh Hunt did before him. While the latter has written such books as " The Town" and " The Old Court Suburb," the former has written " Haunted London;" and, besides that, more recently, a charming series of papers—first of all on our " London Parks," and then on our " London Squares." He has now, we observe, just commenced a new series of a similar character in The Leader (and, judging f rom th e fi rs t num b er, it gives every promise of being a brilliant one) under the title of " Legends and Traditions of London Streets." No. I. relates, as the following extract will show, the Great Hoax :of No. 54, Berners street—the perpetrator of which was that incorri gible joker, Theodore Hook, Of him Mr. Thorn bury here relates that-- His hoax of hoaxes was that of which Berners-street was the scene in the year 1809. It was a repetition of a smaller hoax played with equal success and cruelty on an unfortunate quiet Quaker in Bedford -street. Ho has sketched the story himself, but very imperfectly, in 4i Gilbert Gurney." Those who have heard him describe these early pranks still rejoice to dil a t e on his bright gleaming eye, the 4, deep gurgling glee of his voice," and " the electrical facility of his pantomime." Life was then with the young wit one long ceaseless farce, only inter rupted by sleep, and all the men and women he met seemed merely players. Selfish and heartless many of his tricks were, and painful enough to the persons transfixed and beaten. To Theodore, that butt, the City man, " the person living in Bloomsbury or some square of that name," wsa no more to be pitied than the old woman or the more than th e .entymo aponabimg on hi s di s k o f cork. Ho never s t o pp e d t o ir p oe o gfi l iiescetetmeann pitiesthi n teh f e e abFenhateeo mhcaused m m How this imperial hoax originated is not certain. Bar ham, Hook's biographer, says that it arose from some pique against a Mrs. 'Tottenham, a lady of property, residing at No. 54, and that Hook, Mr. ll—, and a well-known actress had sworn revenge, and spent six weeks laying the train. A reviewer of one of Hook's novels, in the Quarterly of 1843, mentions a more natural or i g i n . Th e writer says that Hook, walking down the street with a friend (perhaps Terry, the Adel Fla manager, good old Tom Hill, the original Paul Pry, or his special crony, Mathews), found the quiet spot leading northward from Oxford-street presented no great opportunity for wit. Mr. Hook's friend was suddenly taken by the exquisite neatness of No. 54. The brass-plat e with the name of " Tott en h am " (a shop keeper's widow) was shining like gold, the window-sills a was t a l s i e f les.ias just windowswere s w a e w r n e wfrehmitetialse quarry, at t t h h e e e d u o r o ta r i s h te e p fresh and pleasant in colour—amid the dingo of London the house looked like a daisy flowering on the brink of a coalmine. "How exquisitely neat and clean and quiet that house is," said his friend. Hook's eyes twinkled. " bet you a guinea," he said, "that in one week (this does not agree, mind, with the six weeks' preparation) I'll make that quiet little place the most famous house in London." The bet was laughingly taken and soon forgotten by Hook'' friend ; but Hook nit ut his element :lOW. kb went home, and with two confederates, began writing letters, inviting people to call on a certain day and hourat No. 54, Beraers-street. The conspirators wrote a wash ing -basket full of letters—four 'thousand, Mr. Barham says ! Hook's knowledge - of the green-rooms and west-end saloons—enabled him to throw for every fish with the right sort of fly. He made cruel use of his knowledge of the secret annoyance of families; he appealed to each man's special vanity. The greed of trades men made them easy dupes ; the smell of money a mile off was enough to dwv them in shoals. Hook's invitations were generally for the same hour, and punctuality was, in most cases, strictly insisted upon. Thirty or forty chalilrons of coals, and 2,500 penny tarts, from tho shops of 100 leading pastrycooks, were mere side dishes at this lavish feast of fun. The next pro ceeding was to take lodgings, secure a first-floor window opposite, and wait till Aurora, with her rosy- t - pped fingers, lifted the curtain of the night, and lit the great solar lamp that was to shine on the performance of the great and ex travagant farce (played by request for one day only). How those cruel three (inexorable as the Fates) must have shaken their sides while writing the 4,000 letters (the Quarter:y says one thousand), how they must have waited that clear summer morning, like urchins in ambuscade, to see the commencement of the fun. It began pretty early, the drowsy many-capped watchmen had scarcely monotonously shouted "Past five and a: windy morning," when - from the north, south, east, and west, thick as rooks on a new-sown field, boy sweeps and sooty master sweeps, with black bags and black brushes, began to assemble under the windows of the doomed no H. Now and then ono rang ; very soon a dozen or two of them began to quarrel, and can we say that the black eyes began to be the exception. - Presently to them entered several cart; with sacks of flour, forty heavy waggons from the Thames side and from different wharves, while a dozen or two of drays laden with casks of beer got hopelessly entangled with the long string of sable horses, much to the noisy 'age of the men in the fantail hats and the imperfectly white stockings. By this time Mrs. Tottenham and her servant became aroused to a sense of something extraordi nary, her knocker having long since gone mad, and the bell having been pulled out by the roots. The roadway now got rather blocked, as a dozen yellow travelling chariots, with four grey horses each, and with postillions wearing white favours, were vainly attempting to force a way through the coal waggons and brewers' drays, as if a dozen Napo leons were trying to escape from the defeat t at Waterloo, to post off to Gretna-green. Our army in Flanders never swore half so bad. The side pavement grew also tether encumbered, as in 1809, it must be remembered, Oxford road could not be approached from Westminster, Mayfair, or the City except by devious lanes and small by- streets. These were crowded with pastrycooks' men in charge of 2,500 tarts, 40 men carrying large-sized coffins, 40 butchers bringing legs of mutton, and 40 indignant fishmongers, each thinking the other insane, shoul dering 40 cod and lobsters. These were jostled by six men bearing an organ, by boys and men with prints, books, feathers, ices, jellies, wigs, band-boxes, optical instruments, and by " cleanly cook like men," each with a massive wedding cake under his arm. There were every moment arriving accoucheurs, dentists, attorneys, hairdressers, tailors, popular preachers, and parliamentary philanthropists, &c. The crash, jam, and tumult was tremendous, and it every moment in creased as the avalanche rolled on ; as Mr. Barham de scribes it, every moment arrived a medical man with in struments for the amputat'on of limbs, or attorney pre pared to cut off entails—clergymen summoned to minister to the mind—artists engaged to portray the features of the body unable to draw near in vehicles, plunged man fully into the mob. It would have killed the Laughing Philosopher, as a crisis, when the uproar was wildest, the poor widow nearly fit for Bedlam, and the three wits almost tipsy with laughing, to have seen the Governor of the Bank of Engle nd drive up followed hard by the Lord Chief Justice, the chairman of the East India Company, a Cabinet Minister, the Arch bishop of Canterbury, the Duke of Gloucester, conspicuous with his regal liveries, and, last and grandest of all, the Lord Mayor in his State coach, cocked hat, silk stockings, bag wigs, footmen, and all. The Mayor had come to re lease soma impressed seamen. Hook had thrown everywhere the right bait. The Archbishop hid come to hear the dying confession of the author of Junius, or some such criminal ; the Duke of Gloucester to see a dying nurse, once an attendant of his mother; revelations about a gigantic forgery had drawn the Governor of the Bank. There were never less than a dozen people beating at the door of No. 54. The widow was fainting again fast. Th) Lord Mayo drove off foaming, to make a furious complaint at the Marlborough-street police-office. Tho street by this time was packed as close as a bale of cotton in a New Orleans press. The three wicked wags, weary of laughing. retired from the window for a short time to lunch. The crowd of mere spectators had become tremendous, and the pickpockets were peculiarly busy iu encouraging fights. Presently the police officers from the Marlborough street office arrive 3, and tried to restore order, but for a long time in vain. There were horses transfix ,t 1 by shafts; coach-panels stove in; china smashed, jellies trodden on, bier-barrels burst, wino spilt, pianos run into by gigs, and glass- coaches reduced to powder by coal-carts and furniture vans. At four o'clock this witches' Sabbath still continued,a,lthough officers were stationed at every corner to intreat and implore and order infatuated tradesmen not to convoy goods to the house to which they seemed all magnetically drawn, like moths to the alluring flame of a candle. Just as order was dawn ing, about five o'clock, the street darkened with servants of every description wanting places—at last darkness and silence settled down on the quieted street, still strewn with the debris of a fatal day. The papers had never had such a godsend : it beat the Despard conspiracy or the battle of Trafalgar. They brimmed over with jokes about it, indignant complaints, li and fresh daily theories about the "close contriver of all harms." Very large rewards were offered by the police. The loss and injury of property had been considerable. No. 51 (a quiet, respectable-looking house, half-way up on the left-hand side as you face the Middlesex Hospital) be came a place of pilgrimage for sightseers. Everyone talked about the affair, some with admiration, others with indignation. It was universally pro nounced an unfeeling but successful hoax. Anybody could have done it, but very few would have origi nated it—still fewer have had the energy or animal spirits to carry it out on so gigantic a scale. In the Green-rooms Theodore Hook was more thau suspected, but, alarmed at his own triumph, he and his confederates maintained a firm silence. Hook just at this time, under plea of illness, retired to the country—we believe to Ox ford —where he proposed to continuo his terms, but never did. When it had all blown over he returned to town, as demurely innocent as a monkey who has been stealing. The hoax was in a short time imitated in the provinces and in Paris, but for these plagiarisms of an original idea Hook, in " Gilbert Gurney," professes a sarcastic con tempt. No. 54 is now St. Peter's Hospital. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING.: Tho LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on tho woolsack al five o'clock. PROMISSORY OATHS BILL. Lord LYVEDENIaid he should now propose that the name of Earl Russell should be added to the select com mittee appointed to inquire into the nature of the Pro missory Oaths Bill. This was agreed to. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. WARREN, Attorney-General for Ireland, took the oath and his seat for the University of Dublin. NEW WRIT. A new writ was ordered to issue for Argyleshire in the room of Mr. Finley. Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any advance had been made by the Spanish Government towards the settlement of the long standing claims of the owners of the Quoen Victoria; and, if not, whether he saw the prospect of justice being done in that respect without stronger pressure being put on the Spanish Government in regard to it than had hitherto been employed. Lord STANLEY said Sir J. Crampton had been di rected to press the Spanish Government for a settlement of the claim, and for the present no further steps could bo taken. ABYSSINIA Mr. OT WAY asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he would lay upon the table of the house copies of any communications which had passed between her Majesty's Government and our Consul General in Egypt on the subject of the Abyssinian expedition ? Lord STANLEY said the papers had been already pre sented to the house, and would b 3 in the hands of hon. members on Monday next. NEW MEMBER. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL (11r. Brett, Q.C.) took the oath and his seat for Holston. THE WEST INDIES. Mr. E. MILLS asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he intended on an early day to introduce a bill to relieve the Consolidated Fund from the charge of £20,300 for the ecclesiastical establishments in the West Mr. WIIA.L LE Y asked the Secretary of State for War whether it was the fact that the 86th Regiment had been detained on its way to the Mauritius and Algoa Bay owing to prevalence of fever in that island, and was ordered on with instructions not to land unless the fever had abated ; that on its arrival there in her Majesty's ship Tamar, on the 27th of December last, the authorities of the island met and decided that the fever being then on the increase the regiment ought not to be landed ; that the regiment was lauded on the 28th of December, and that fever was now spreading amongst the troops ; what were the ci:cumstauces that justified the landing of the said re giment at the Mauritius, or that demanded the presence of European troops in that island during the prevalence of fever there; and whether it was the fact that by reason of this fever, of two companies of Engineers lately station° I there but 60 then remained, and of the entire force of Artillery, but 100, and that the 13th Regiment also suffered most severely from the same cause. Sir J. PAKINGTON said he was sorry to say that the statement of the hon. gentleman was substantially cor rect. The regiment was originaily despatched from the Mauritius, but it having been found that the fever was raging there, the regiment was ordered to bo detained at the Cape until information was received that it would be safe for them to proceed. That information came and the regiment left and arrived at Port Louis, when it was found that there had been a fresh outbreak of the epi demic at that place. A. consultation was held amongst the medical staff, when it was thegeneyal opinion that the troops ought to land, but to return to some more healthy place. The colonel remonstrated on what he thought a hard ship which such a proceeding would entail on his men, and iu this he appeared to have acted solely for the comfort and convenience of his men. The General in command at this time after that changed his mind about not allowing the troops to leave the vessel, and they eventually disembarked and were dispersed in small companies to a number of out or suburban stations. Notwithstanding this, up to the 17th of January there had been 25 cases of fever, but happily no deaths. (Hear, hear.) Information had been sent for from the colonel as to the remonstrance he had used in the face of the recommendation of the medical staff, and also to the general for an account of the matter that induced him to change his mind after he had given his first order. MEXICO. In reply to Mr. T. BARING, Lord S TANLEY said—lt having been determined by the Mexican Republic not to hold relations with those who had recognised the Mexican Empire, the Government had given directions to withdraw the British Legation from the country, so at present no diplomatic relations existed be tween the two countries. It was entirely owing to the Mexican Government that such a s'ep had been rendered necessary. With respect to the latter part of the hon, gentleman's question, it was important nothing of a hasty or precipitate nature should transpire. (Hear, hear.) BANDA AND KIEWEE PRIZE MONEY. In reply to Mr. NEVILLE-GRENVILLE, Sir S. NOItTIICOTE said it arose simply because the prize list of the artillery had not yet arrived from India, without which the money could not be paid. The list had been twice asked for, but it had not yet arrived. TELEGRAPII TO INDIA. In reply to Captain Vivian, Sir S. NORTHCOrE said undoubtedly it would be a great convenience to have better telegraphic communica tion with India by way of the Red Sea, but the difficulty was whether a subsidy would ba required, and if so, whether it ought to be borne simply by Indian revenue, or jointly by the Indian and Imperial Govern ments. Proposals had been made to a public body with respect to the constructing a line of telegraph communica tion between Massowah or Annesley Bay and this country, but it was stated that it could not have been completed before the end of January, as he had received a very full despatch from General Sir R. Napier, in which he ex pressed his opinion that the expedition would complete its mission during the present season ; he did not see the ne cessity for taking further steps on the subject. But not withstanding that he should bo glad to see telegraphic communication established by the route suggested by pri vate enterprize. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. Mr. GOSCHEN called the attention of the house to the last report of the Metropolitan Board of Works, and to the continuous increase of the burdens laid, and proposed to be laid, for various purposes, in London and elsewhere, on the occupiers of rateable property. He recommendcd, with a view to meeting the state of circumstances, that there should be an equalisation of rates over the metropolis ; that the occupiers of rateable property should bo relieved, and a portion of their burdens placed on owners ; and that an income tax should be levied for municipal purposes. With regard to the last-mentioned proposal he admitted there would b 3 a difficulty in local authorities levying an income tax; but he suggested that that might be avoided by making an arrangement with the Government, and giving them a penny income tax for the metropolis, which would produce upwards of a million, and which they could easily collect by the existing machinery, in exchange for the house duty, which now produced them about the same amount. Cul. HOGG, as a member of the Board of Works, would be glad if Mr. Goschen would lend.his assistance to sim plifying the accounts of that body. He contended that the board had discharged their duties efficiently, and in proof of this said that, in addition to executing great works, such as the Thames Embankment, an improved sewerage, and the formation of new streets, they had had to adminis ter the Cattle Plague Bill in the metropolis, and to estab lish and direct the Fire Brigade. They had now, however, come to the end of their resources, whilst they were only at the beg nning of the improvements that were absolutely necessary, and he was inclined to agree in the scheme. shadowed out by Mr Goschen for raising the required ways and means. Colonel SYKES condemned the Metropolitan Board of Works as an irresponsible body, and complained of their extravagant expenditure, particularly in the item estab lishment charges—Sir John Thwaites, the chairman, hav ing had his s a l ar y i ncrease d from £1,500 to .£2,000 a year' and a proportionate increase having been also made in the salary of Mr. Bazalgette, the engineer, and in those of a numerous and permanent staff of employes. In short, he pronounced the board as voracious beyond measure in try ing to absorb every local power in the metropolis. It had lately swallowed the Fire Brigade, and now it was trying to gulp down the gas companies. he found in them an re marksisgrattficationattheentirc M r. A o f r M R ° G N o s chen, expre ss ed for he acquiescence in the views enunciated in the report of the select committee which sat two years ago. Mr. N. GREI\ VILLE observed that if the rates of the metropolis were supplemented by Imperial taxation he should put in a claim for a like favour being extended to overburdened ratepayers in the country, who were threatened with an education rate, with having the main tenance of highways thrown entirely upon them, and with other charges. Mr. 11. LEWIS said that the suffering and distress caused by the pressure of the rates in the metropolis were intole.able, and that it was impossible, with justice, to place any further burden on the ratepayers; and he argued that taxation ought to be levied solely with reference to the capacity to pay. Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE rose to speak at this point in the debate, but was prevented doing so by the house being counted out and adjourning at ton minutes to eight o'clock. During a quarter of a century Horniman's Teas have had an immense sale, and as they are now 8d per pound Cheaper, in consequence of the Reduced Duty, the demand will doubtless be even further extended. sold, secured in Packces, now loom WILLS AND BEQUESTS The will of the Right Hon. Samuel Hood, Baron Brid port, of Cricket Lodge, St. Thomas, near Chard, Somer. setshire, and of Wimpole-street, was proved in her Majesty's Court of Probate on the 3rd inst„ and the per sonalty sworn under £20,000, the executors appointed being the Right Hon. Charlotte Mary, Baroness Bridport, his relict, and Major-General the Right Hon. Alexander Nelson Hood, Baron Bridport, his only surviving son, who is the acting executor. The will is dated July 15, 1861, and the testator died on January 6 last, aged 79. The deceased was the second son of Henry, second Viscount Hood, and succeeded his granduncle, the celebrated Admiral Viscount Bridport, and married in 1810 Charlotte Mary, only surviving child of Wil liam, first Earl Nelson. The testator bequeaths to his relict, in addition to all other provision, an immediate legacy of £l,OOO, his leasehold residence in Wimpole-street, with the fixtures, furniture, and other effects, both in his town and country residences, with certain portions of the wine, also his carriage and horses. The rest of his effects he leaves to his son, the present baron.—The will of Mr. Joseph Straker, of Benwell, Northumberland, was proved in the registry at Newcastle-on-Tyne, and the personalty sworn under £250,000, the executors and trustees being Mr. John Straker, the testator's son, and Mr. John Coppin. The will is dated June 30, 1863, and a codicil June 28, 1867 ; and the testator died on October 13 following. To his eldest son he leaves a legacy of £lO,OOO ; to his son George the interest of £25,000 for life, and the principal to his children. He devises his estate at Lee Riding, Bywell St. Conde, Northumberland, to his son-in-law, Henry Straker, for life, and afterwards to the sons of the latter, Joseph and Henry Straker.—The will of William Barnes, of Berkhampstead, Herts, was proved on the 2nd ult., in the London Court, under £3,000 personalty. The will is dated September 13, 1866, and contains the following bequest :—" I give and bequeath unto the Chancellor 4:0 , the Exchequer for Great Britain, f or th e use of they nation, all my estate and effects whatsoever and where soever, both real and personal, after having paid all my lawful debts ; and three bequests of £lOO, £5O, and £lO to his servants, all free of duty, the executor to receive full compensation for his trouble. Should the Chancellor ti the Exchequer refuse to accept the same, it shall revert to the executor, the Rev. Thomas Snell, Independent minister, to be used by him as shall appear to he most in harmony with the mind of the testator as expressed by him.—The 1,6;1 of John Ransom, stud groom her Majesty, of the Royal paddock, Hampton Court, was proved under £5,000. —lllustrated London News. A picture attributed to Murillo has just been discovered in the church of Villaharta, in the province of Cordova. With regard to the demand for wheat for the Continent, it appears that within the last fourteen days at least 50,000 qrs. have been taken from Queenstown and Falmouth for French and other near foreign ports, and that about 20,000 or 30,000 qrs. additional, now on their passage hither from California, have been bought for similar destinations. of a letter are in circulation said to have been addressed by the ex-King Francis IL to his cousin, the Princess of Parma, on the occasion of her marriage with the ex-Duke Ferdinand IV. of Tuscany. In this document Francis expresses his hope that very soon his cousin and her consort will be reinstalled at the Pitti Palace at Florence, a dwelling worthy of their ancestors. • OVERSTOCKIN:: OF GAME.—A ease has been tried in the first division of the Jury Court, Edinburgh, before Lord Barcaple in which Mr. George Sy me, farmer on the estate of the Earl of Moray, Fifesbire, sought damages to the extern of £270 from the trustees and executors of the late earl, with whom he had entered into certain leases. The issue lai I before the jury was whether, during the year 1565, the late earl had upon the lands leased by the pur suer an " unreasonable and extensive stock of game" beyond what existed thereon at the dates of entering into the leases, to the loss and injury of the pursuer. In the course of his evidence the pursuer stated that one evening in 1865 he counted between seventy and eighty hares in a field of twenty acres, while the pheasants were " so numerous that it was impossible to count them." He had seen on six or eight occasions seventy or eighty pheasants in a field at a time. It was urged for the defenders that the farms on which the loss was alleged to have been sus- tained were near the mansion of Donibristle ; that they were surrounded ly coverts, and in a situation where game might be expected to abound. Evidence was given to shew that the farms had been let at a low rent on account of their being liable to injury from game ; and that any tenant taking them must necessarily have that in view. The jury returned a verdict for the Pursuer, awarding £197 damages. SINGULAR STORY.-The following epi so d e i n humble life has just come to light, in connection with which an inhabitant of Driffield, Mr. William Blakey, is largely interested. Some forty years ago a man named Thomas Blakey, of Bishop Wilton, near Pocklington, " left his country for his country's good," having been con victed and sentenced to seven years' penal servitude for an offence for which he would not now be liable to more than six months at the treadmill. Blakey left a wife and six children behind him in Enland to provide for them selves. It seems that Blakey, on obtaining his liberty, made Van Dieman's Land—to which he had been trans ported—his adopted country ; and that he entered into speculations which proved eminently successful. Nothing, however, Was ever heard of him by his family until very lately, when information respecting his death and fortu nate career was accidentally obtained. His son William, who has resided in Driffield many years, casually met with a Bishop Wilton man, who recognised him as a play f-.llow, and expressed much surprise at seeing him in England, as he had been led to exp that all the family had gone to America. Much to Blakey's surprise, the Bishop Wilton man informed him that a letter had lately been received by a gentleman res idi ng in that village_ from Van Diemen's Land, inquiring for particulars of the family, and re westing certificates of the registers to be procured and forwarded. In consequence of this uncx r:cted information, William Blakey went to Bishop Wilton to ascertain the truth of what had been told him. He found that his long-lost father, after regaining his liberty, had married a woman who went out in the same ship with him, and that he had two sons and one daughter by her; that his father accumulated a large fortune, and when he died had left something like £7,000 behind him, which, on the death of his wife, who is now 65 years of age, will be devisable amongst the deceased's nine child: en, or their representatives. 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