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stou es t. to 78 6 1 , each 1. al, 0 o f Third. 37s Cd -s l it -9 a - d - d or ROMe• ut they Indian t o 31s ; grind iew, —8 is to 183 ur, 17s Od per almost ;ars has though e stocks loth the rrival. • a d. ....17 ....16 6 ....18 ....17 0 ....17 0 ....15 9 —l7 0 ....19 0 ....18 3 ....15 0 ....15 0 ....15 9 ....17 3 ....18 0 ....17 0 ....17 0 —.lB 6 3 ....16 ....15 0 ....17 0 ....17 0 ,t to-dsli Following n, 105 — Ditto, 3} Ea.tern, —North 101 i r a ppear -3 for nest Eastern s, 811- - d North Canadnt r to-day, is rates. y, 91. 1 0 . minghsol raffia re' 65 0 5 00 5 5 64 15 0 LWAY:" 25 8 4 89 9 7, 38 9 7 38 11 3 —Traffic 88 0 0 32 0 0 i for the DO 6 01 " 12 13 Dturnlof 35 0 0 38 0 raffio re' at) 4 9 )4 18 6 for week ;5 7 6 r 3 10 4 for the/ 36 12 0 15 7 ° affic TO; ►7 11 i that the th 'pe n in vy rani. records o'clock i ng for .le from south Ile crest ►r Core' 3 . The isent is off D yards baud% nburg• ickwar Ishavt, British 3rlY C ' t illUet. an W. )0 ,,,, a r, uivell 0: °' cAO.I`.TT BLA Nwuvr NC IS OPEN To- R. W. S. WOODEN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, .1 VAI with New Costumes and v rious Novelties, Vocal and Cha r teteristic, every evening (except Saturday) at Eight. A MORN- I VI PERFORMANCE every SA.TURDAY, at Three. Private Boxes a rud Stalls may be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-office, IWyzraphic-hall, King William-street, Charing-cross. The hall has be, an, entirely redecorated. --4-I-- OYAL ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CASINO, Great Windmill-street, Ilaymarket.—Great eec •cess of the Romanoff Waltz and the Lancers, every evening > with Laurent's Grand Orchestra of Forty of the first artistes of London. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. Doors open q , eight, commence at nine. The Lancars will be danced at half-pa.t ten. Admission One chilling. THE GREAT TOBACCO CONTROVERSY. Dr. BEXTON will LECTUR' en this important topic daily at 3 and half-past 7 p.m , at Dr. KAHN'S MUSEUM, No. s • CocSn try street. Leicester-square. The Museum, which now stands wholly unrivalled in the world, and the rarity and completeness of whose contents have already acquired for it an European reputation. and obtained the warm commendationof the press In tbis and other coun tries, is Open daily. for Gentlemen on y, trom 10 to 10. A new Lecture Is delvered by Dr. K AIM at half-past 8 p.m. precisely. Ad mission, One zhilling., Descriptive Catalogues of the Museum, con taining Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan, gratis to the visitors. BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL•MALL EAST, LONDON. Established A.D. 1844. Parties desirous ofl INVESTING MONEY are requested to examine the plan of the Bank of Deposit. Prospectuses and Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on appli cation. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. BANK OF LONDON, Threadneedle-street, and 450, West strand. CIRCULAR NOTE , and LETTERS of CREDIT', free of exr.ense, are issued by this Bank, payable t y its Correspondents in a'l the Principal Cities and Towns on the Continent of Europe, in the British Colonies and Dependencies, and in Foreign Parts. DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS.--The Bank of England having raised the discount rate . to .£o,i per cent , this Bank now al!ows £5 1 4 per cent. Interest on sums &plaited with three days' notice of withdrawal. CURRENT' ACCOUNTS are receWed with allowance of interest to customers, and every description of legitimate banking business Ildilertaken. By order; ' . MATTHEW MARSHALL, Jun., Manager. BENJAMIN SCOTT, Secretary. Threadneedle-street, April 6, 1847. QECURE INVESTMENTS.—Messrs. HORLEY and Co., 45, Threadneedle-street, 'Sworn Stock, Share; and Mining Brokers,will be happy to forward a list of carefully selected Securities, paying good dividends, to those who may Amour them with their business, and to advise them on the safest mode of investing their capital. Business transacted in the English Funds at k-16th Per cent., and in all Stocks, Railway and Mining Shares, on the most reasonable terms. A selected list of dividend-paying (from 12 to 20 Per cent.) and progressive mines to be had personally or per letter. BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY is supplied by the Trade to Private Families, in every neighbourhood. In capsuled bottles, in any quantity down to the single bottle. Excise regulators prevent the sale from the DISTILLERY, 7, SMITH FIELD BARS, ST. JOHN-STREET, in any less quantity than two gallons. lALT and Co.'s EAST INDIA PALE and BURTON ALES. BEEwEaT—BURTON-ON-TRENT. STORES : . LONDON ...... •• • • llungerford-wharf. LIVERPOOL 72, Henry-street. MANCHESTER .... ——• • 37, Brown-street. SHEFFIELD l2, George-street. BIRMINGHAM BRISTOL.. .... . DUBLIN. lt, Temple-lane. EDINBURGH .. •• .... Forthopetoun Warehouse. GLASGOW St Vincent-place. These Ales, in Casks of Eighteen Gallons and upwards, and in Bottle, obtained from all respectable Bottlers. CONTRACT FOR WINE. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset House, 13th April; 1857. THE sCommissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do .hereby give notice, that on MONDAY, the 27th Instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as ay m be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling' Stores at Deptford, . _ ? When to be delivered. Gallons. Half In 3 weeks and the remainder WINE (White) Marsala 2,000 - in 3 weeks afterwards, or earlier if preferred by the party t, ndering. Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the Wine. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the ten ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part thereof only as they may deem lit, or for a greater quantity, or of ~o t c ontracting for any, and also an unlimited power of selection. The Wine to be exempted from the customs' duties, and partie e tendering are to state where it is lying. , Samples of the Wiae, in pints from easeh cask, must be produced by Parties tendering, and.not s tmples only for each import mark. The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not acre pted are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the con tract has been decided. No tender Will be received unlesi made on the printed form pro •ltled for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at Ile said offi ce , or t o ommander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. The conditions of the revised contract, to which particular atten " 4, ° n fa called ' may be seen at the said office, and at Liverpool and 1 1141 001 I I ' o tender will be received after one o'clock on the day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering or an agent on his behalf should attend at the office on the day of contract, a' the re sult of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary.of the Admiralty, Ind bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for Wine,' 'and Must also be delivered at Somerset House. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Brompton.—Secrelary's Office, 167, Piccadilly.—This Institu tion has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor afflicted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, 1 iecadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted at the Brompton Esta , lishment, for one month. and for a !onger period if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 cases each Tear. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this Charity. A Weekly Board manage Its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application o the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to centinue this great work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be p aid to William Lozham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's in a-fields ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; and at the Secretary's ()faces, 167, Piccadilly. By order. W. J. COCKERILL Secretary. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.—Founded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no re -0 m mendation is required. During the past month the following number received the benefits this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal 41) Pfication : Week ending. 7th February 2,095 Ditto 14th February Ditto 21st February Ditto 28th February': 2,890 • , Total in February .... . 9,986 61 Which 3,379 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat ment) having been admitted previously. The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the Patients. ileavy — expenses are Inevitably incurred in affording such eaten ;live relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the Public. The management, of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, / e arly elected from the general. list of subscribers, at the Annual (leneral Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, W hen any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at all times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun r.! contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, John Masterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts t'.. n d Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Herries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; r rescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; beacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. - ; Nisbet and Co., Ber bers-street; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order. J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. Neal and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just published, price, free by post, is., THE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work or. the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from the effects of solitary indulgence, infection, and the injurious conse quences from the use of Mercury; with observations on the obliga tions of marriage, and directions for obviating certain disqualifica tions. By R.'and L. PFRRY and CO., S urgeons. Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster -tow; Sanger 160, Oxford-street; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London.' The CORDIAL BALM of'SYRIACUM is employed to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic ; its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and sexual 4 e- Imlity, obstinate gleets, impotency, barrenness, and debilities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying success in thousands of cases. Price lis. per bottle, or four quan tities in one for 335., which saves I ts. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphi litic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recommended for ally of the varied. forms of Secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the skin, blotches on the head and face, enlargements of the throat, tonsils, and uvula ; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, SE.C. Its action is purely detersive, and its 'beneficial influence on the System is undeniable. Price I Is. and 335. per bottle, also a saving of 11 s. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC BILLS constitute an effec- We remedy in all cases of gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d , ant 1 Is. per box Sold by Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street ; Darby and Gosden, 140, Leadenhall-street ; W. Sutton and Co., 10. Bow-churchyard ; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford- Street ; Hannay and Dietri c h sen , 63, Oxford-street; Butler and Harding, 4, Cheapside ; Prout and Harsant, 229, Strand ; and all Medicine vendors throughout the 'United Kingdom. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE Poe CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS, COUGH, ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, AND DEBILITY. U BARRY'S delicious HEALTH-RESTOR ING REVALENTA AR ABICA FOOt) saves f i fty t i mes it s co st in other remedies, and cures the above complaints and their consequences, such as hemorrhoidal affections, flatulency, disten hsion, acidity, heartburn, palpitation of the heart, nervous headaches, ysteria, neu ra l g i a , d ea fb ess, no i ses i n th e head and ears, pains at Pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, erysipelas, erup tions of the skin, impurities and poverty of the blood, scrofula, dropsy rheumatism, gout, nausea and sickness during pregnancy, after eating, or at sea; low spirits, • spasms, epileptic fits, spleen, general debility, inqui e t u d e , s l eep l essness, I nvoluntary blushing, Derain's trem'rs, dislike to society, unfitness for study, loss of me illerY, delusions, vertigo, blood to the head, exhaustion, melan choly, groundless fear, wretchedness. It is, moreover, the bel t food for i n f an t s and invalids generally, as it never , 3 urns acid on the weakest stomach, nor, interferes with a geed liberal diet, but Imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion and nervous and muscular energy to the Most enfeebled. Supported by testimonials from the celebrat ed Professor of Chemistry fir Andrew 17re, Dr. Shorland, Or .Har ;eY, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Gattik er , D r. W urzer, Dr. Ingram, Lard Mart de Decies, the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, and 50,000 ether well-known individuals, whose health has been restored by Isis useful and economical diet, after all other means had been tried In vain for many years, and all hopes of recovery abandoned. Al lidYllis by the celebrated Professor of Chemistry Andrew 'Erre M.D., F.R.S., &c., &c. " London, 24 Bloomsbury-sure. I hereby certify, that havi ng examined , Du Barry's Revalenta Alt:Mica I find it to be a pure vegetable Farina, perfectly whole- Seine, easily digestible, likely to promote a healthy action of the S tomach and bowels, and thereby to counteract dyspepsia (Indiges tion), constipation, and their nervous consequences. ANDREW USE, M.D., F.R.S., &c., Analytical Chemist." Ukase by the Emperor of Russia. Russian Consulate General, London, Dec. 2, 1847. The Consul-General has been ordered to inform Messrs. Barry, un Barry and Co., that the Revalenta Arabica they had sent to his Majesty the Emperor, has, by imperial permission, been forwarded to the Minister of the Imperial Palace, Suitably pasited for all climates, and with full instructions. In canisters, lib 2s Od ; 21b 48 6d ; 51b 1 Is , 121 b 22s ; super re fi ned quality, Ilb 6s 2lb lls ; 51b 22s ; 101 b 335. The 1011) and 121 b cants ters are f orwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du B arry and • Co.. 77, Regent-Areet, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co.. puryeyors to her. Majesty, 182, Piccadilly , also at 60, Or acechnich-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street ; 55, Charing-Cross; Salim'-Street 63 and 150,t0, Oz'ord- s t ree t. 54, Upper By Authority of the French Consul-Genersl.—Notice is hereby given, that the following SALE of PRESERVED BEEF will be the lasi on account of the French Government. ALE of FRENCH COMMISSARIAT SURPLUS STORES, consisting of PRESERVED BOILED BEEF. of English. Scotch, and Irish manufacture, in tin canisters of about 6 lb. each, and packed in wooden boxes containing 1 E tins.— Mr. ALEXR. COCK E has been honoured with instructions to Sell by Auction, at the L sndon Commercial Sale Rooms. mincing-lane, on an early date in April next, of which due notice will be given, several parcels of the above description of Provisions, composed of the manu facture of the following celebrated firms, viz , Messrs. Henry Powell and Sons, London; Messrs. John Weal' and Co., London ; Messrs. John Moir and Son, Aberdeen ; Messrs. D. Hogarth and Co., Aberdeen ; and Messrs. John Gillon and Co , Leith. All the bolus for sale are being opened and carefully examined for damaged canisters, the whole of which will be selected and replaced by sound ones ; the fact or the beef having been original y manu factured in this country under strict in'pection, expressly for the use of the troops in the Crimea, where it gave the highest satisfaction, added to its being perfectly free from defective tins, wit give every assurance to buyers of its excellent quality and fitness either for home consumption or exportation. Packages included in the pur chase. The several parcels of beef for sale are now on view at Deal's wharf Mill-lane, Tooley-street, where purchasers may satisfy them selves that every care is being taken in removing from the boxes all canisters unfit for use. Any further information required can be obtained at the office of Mr. Cocke, 2, Old Trinity House, Water-lane, Tower., treet, where catalogues may be had six days previous to the sale, at the following places, viz. : Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing lane Corn Exchange, Garraway's, Baltic, and Coffeehouses; Jerusalem also at the news rooms of the principal inland towns and outports The sale will commence punctually at the time stated. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY Just published, price Is., post free, in an Envelope, for 13 stamps, SELF -PRESERVATION.--A Medical Treatise on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System, and on the care of Nervows and Physical Debility, resulting from vicious habits acquired during the critical passage rrom youth to manhood, with practical observations on the Physiology of Mar riage in its social, moral, and physical relation, and :remarks on the wonder+ of the Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries "of Life within Life,' and it? advantages in detecting, by urinary examina tion, the cause and effect of every variety of these complaints, with numerous engravings and cases. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, • - - - Mhtricnlated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall. London, &c., &c. ha essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of dis ase known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their phys , cel condition, and who are conscious of having hezarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It Is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated with out incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret suc ceed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how those penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and howthe evil and its consequences maybe avoided, and, above all, that there is sca. - cely any degree of pht slcal infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. Published by JoaAllen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, and may be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Horne, 19, Leicester-square ; Gcrdon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from 11 till 2, and from 6 till 8, at his residence, 37, Bedford-square, London. The work may be had in India, of Mr. Von Litzky, Loll Bazaar ; Calcutta—Messrs. C. and J. Hormu s j ee , Apo madras—mcrissibt e O ff i ce ; Agra—Dodsworth ; l all Booksellers th roug h out the Colonies.o-street ; Bombay— CciorlcoumiabtootrcOefilylcoen;; and of 0 . 20,26.) PUBLICATIONS. NEW ROMANCE BY MR. BESTE. Now ready at all the libraries, in 3 vols., A LCAZA R ; or, the Dark Ages. By J. R. BETE, Esq., Author of " Modern -oelety In t ome," &c. Hurst and Blackest, Publisherr, successors to Henry Colburn, 13 Great Marlborough-street. Just published, price 2d., Part 11. of FEIST'S RACING RECORD, containing a complete CALENDAR of SPORT, from the Ist of January to the day of publication. Edited by ALBERT FEIST, Editor of the Turf Department of the " Sundae Ttmes," and Reporter of Sporting Intelligence to the London daily papers, &c. • Parts I. and 11. may be obtained, neatly bound in cloth, price 6d., or stitched in a neat wrapper, price 4d. Printed and published, on the Ist of each month, by William Wright, Sporting Printer and Publisher, Fuiwood-rents, Holborn. Just published, price 2d., or post free 3d., the 102 d Edition of THE NATURAL REGENERATOR of the DIGESTIVE ORGANS, the STO NIA CH, LIVER, NERVES, LUNGS, &g., without Medicine, Galvanism, Electricity, inconve nience, and expense, by 'in easy, natural, pleasant, and infallible remedy, which saves fifty times its cost in other means of cure. Supported by testimouials from tha 'celebrated Professor of Che mistry, Dr. Andrew Tire; Dr. Shoriand ; Dr. Harvey • Dr. Camp bell; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram; Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess ofCastle-Stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had fail( d. Londoil : Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, tftent-street. The Third Edison. Just Published, price 55., by post, free, 50. 6d, ON TRUE dz FALSE SPERMATORREDRA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the seal Sufferers Tinder this discage, and 'Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi .:al contributions to German medical literature. This is the first :ime, he informs as, that he has addressed himgeLf to the non-medl oll reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may he in his power to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. "The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' and • Medical Friends,' arcs mercilessly exposed ; and if this book :mould find its way into MI hands of those whe stiffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would bl saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much meney......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhma, and to place the treat ment neon a more rational and el' ystological basis. It is, therefore, 'lkely to do much good."—Medical Circular. London: H. Bailiere, 219, Regent-street. RICK CLOTHS, with Poles, &c., complete. both New and Second-hand.—A large quantity of canvas intended for the Crimea has been made into Rick Cloths, to be soli as second-hand at greatly reduced prices A list forwarded by post. Address in full, BE vJAI4IIN EDQINGTON, 2, Duke-street, South wark, opposite the Brighton Railway. B ANKERS and MONEY DEALERS, Messrs. COLLS, LOWE, and CO. (Late Cells, Thompson, and Harris, Established 1832), 10, St. Swithin's-lane, Lombard-street, City, and 5, Henrietta street, Covent-garden, London. APPROVED COMMERCIAL BILLS Discounted at the current rates of the day for Parties properly introduced. DEPOSITS received at interest, at seven days' notice of with. drawal, and for periods to he agreed upon. FINANCIAL AGENCY BUSINESS of every description trap• sacted for Commercial Houses in the Provinces. LONDON, HARWICH, and CONTINENTAL STE %If PACKET COMPANY (Limited). LONDON to ROTTERDAM in TWELVE DOUR.; by the NEW ROUTE to the Continent, forming the connecting link between the Dutch Rhenish and the Eastern Counties Railways. The Steamer] of this Company will commence running between ITAPIVICH and ROTTERDAM, with passeugcr3 and goods, on SATURDAY, April 'l5. For firther particulars as to freight, &c , apply at the Company's offices, 44, Mooreate-street (E.C.) ; of Oliver John Williams, Esq., Harwich ; and of H. P. Maples, shipping agent to the Company, 4, Arthur-street East (E.C.) THE OMNIBUS MONOPOLY. The omnibus monopoly is becoming a perfect nuisance to 'the public. A French company has got possession of every route through the metro polis, upon the distinct promises that there should be decided improvement in the carriages, civility ou the pare of the servants, and punctuality in the performance of the journey —not one of which has been fulfilled. Not only hi.ve they retained all the old and worn-out carriages, but the servants,have become proverbial for their incivility ; and when once a poor unfortunate passenger has been shoved head foremost into the dirty frowsy interior, he has no assurance that he will ever get to the end of his journey, and most certainly if he has made an appointment he will have no chance of keeping it. But this is not all. The company, being in posses sion of every line, has resolved there shall be no. competition. Any private proprietor who has the hardihood to venture upon sending out an omnibus may rest satisfied ghat no peace will be al'owed him, and that not a passenger will be permitted to enter conveyance, if it be possible to prevent it. The old system, as it is called, of " nursing" has been revived, which means that two omnibuses belonging to the company are put on immediately, the one to precede, and the other to follow, the opposition vehicle, and to PO great an extent has this species of intolerable tyranny proceeded 'that the driver is allowed no rest whatever. If he goes to the stables to put up his horses, tb.e rival om nibuses accompany him. As soon as he starts they are after and upon him, whilst he is loaded with a torrent of that language which is unfortunately so familiar to the ears of the travellers in omni buses, and is not unfrequently of such a c h arac t er that ladies dare scarcely venture to 'rav e l b y th ese public conveyances. So far, indeed, has the sys tem of "nursing" prOceeded, that we h ave it on the assurance of a moat trustworthy correspon dent, that the omnibus which has been put on the Holloway-road by the Metropolitan Saloon Com pany, at the request of the inhahitants, h av i ng required a slight alteration in the spri ngs , was driven the other day to a respectable coachmak er ' s in Drury-lane, and although this is out of th e route of any omnibus, was followed thither by one of the London Comp an y's carriages, which stopped till it started, and followed it wherever it went. The driver being expostulated with declared that he had no alternative, 'for if he did not " nurse" his rival, he would be sure to be turned out of his situation. Such conduct as this is decidedly in utter con travention of the law, no less than against the very sprit of fair and honest dealing. It is bad enough for the pulilic. to have nothing but wretched ac commodation from this monopoly ; but such a course of conduct as that we have described is al together intolerable.—Morning paper. l/ . . . ........_ ,,,,,i,i4 .:..... :::.,, ...,,, , , , ,,.. ... ._. faifl - 4 1 , 1 4 ‘.,,Vik-SOW •• I il-r ..... . ••., , ti. r i t i: -. E • p ..,„ ...„ ~.._, 1 ( 14,1 fr. -.. .., . . .. , 4-- - 4,1 ~,, , ,,t....,44, ,• , ......„ %. 0 ftV,I, , ;-7 . 14 ?--- - --7-7- -- , t , - - - , ---4..____ . ~ ET,E, A „.i4... 4 ,, ~,,0 ~... , .• , = . 0 .--- --- - - -, ',..744,f'' c. . . .\ . •,,,, raw ,..,.... r ~~ LONDON, IHURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1857. Sporting Intelligence. NEWMARKET RACES-WEDNESDAY. Ilandicap Plate of 50 Bova each, for 3 yr•olds and up• wards. A.F. (1 mile 2 fur. 73 yards.) Mr. R. E. Cooper's Claude Lorraine, 3 yrs; sst 91b (Dear) Mr. Raxwortby's Knight pf Avon, 4 yrP, let 81b . _ (Hughes) 2 Lord Exeter's Noisette, aged, 84 (Norman) 3 The following also ran :—Tyre, Uzella, Druid, Tame Deer, Bracken, Laura Selina, c by Sotterley, Tam O'Shanter, and Admiral of the White. ? Betting-5 to 2 agst Claude Lorraine, 6 to 1 agst Bracket, 7 to 1 each agst Tame Deer and Druid, 8 to 1 each agst Noisette and Knight of Avon. Won by a neck ; bad third ; Druid, Bracken, and Admiral of the White passed the post close together, about four lengths behind Noisette ; Laura Selina was !wt. Sweepstakes of 50 sous each for 3-3 r-olds ; colts, 84 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; not engaged in the Column Stakes ; those by stallions or out of mares that never bred a winner:allowed 41b ; only one allowance. D.M. (7 - - fur. 201 yards.) 8 subs. Sir R. Balkeley's Bel Esperanza, Bst 4lb (Bumby) 1 Mr. Chambers's Hegira, Bst ,411 (S. Rogers) 2 Captain White's Moose, Bst 71b (E. Sharpe) 3 General Peel's Messenger, Bst 31b (Flatman) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Bel Esperanza, 2to 1 aget He gira, 4 to 1 each agst Moose and Messenger (at first 2 to 1 was taken about Messenger). Moose made the running with Bel Esperanza second, the other two lying together. On entering-the cords Bel Esperanzo took the lead and won by a length and a half; half a length between the second hod third ; Messenger who pulled up lame, was beaten fire lengths from the third., Sweepstakes Plate of 50 sovs; 3 yr 7 olds, Est 121 b; four, 8-4 71h; five, 94; sir and aged, 9st 31b; the winner to be sold for 300 sous, if demanded, &c. D.M. 111 r. Bern's StorrnFaA, 3 yrs, fist 121 b (Snowden) 1 Lord Exeter's Beechnut,-3 yrs, 6st 121 b ...(Fordham) 2 Mr. Bayley's Thrd-in-liand, 4 yrs, Bst 71b...(Flatman) 3 Refreshment and YEthon also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Stormsail, 2to 1 agst Hand, 3to 1 apt Beechnut. Won, after a good race in, by a head, the second beating the third by a length • bad fourth. dEthon broke a bloodvessel, and was -topped after going half way. The Column Stakes of 50 shvs each, .h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies Bst 4lb ; those by stallions or out of *mares that never produced a winner allowed 31b ; if both, 51b. R.M. (1 mile 17 yards.) Eighteen subs. lord Portsmouth's Ayacanora, by Irish Birdcatcber, fist 41b Mr. R. E. Cooper's King of the Forest, 8-t 71b, (Flatman) 2 Mr. J. Merry's Special Licence, Bst 41b (Kendall) 3 Church Langton and Dundas also ran. Betting-7 to 4on Ayacanora, 4to 1 agst King of the Forest, 10 to 1 agst'Special Licence. Dundas made play, followed by Church Langton and King of the Forest second and third. Aftergoing about half way, Ayacanora, who had been pulling double, took up the running, and Dundas dropped back. The favourite was not after wards headed and won easily by a length ; the second beating the third by a head ; bad fourth. Dundas was beaten off. LATEST BETTING. GREAT NORTHERN. 4to 1 offered on tho field 7to 1 agst Skirmisher (off) CRESTER CUP. 13 to 1 agst Minoepie TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 9 to 2 agst Vedette 5 to 1 agst Kent (offered) 6 to 1 agst Loyola 15 to 2 agst Anion Anton in force; 1,000 oven that he is one of the first ;hree (taken) DERRY. 25 to 1 agst Anton 45 to 1 agst Chevalier d'lnclustrie DURHAM RACES.—TIIESDAY. (ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS ) The Scurry Handicap Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added. T.Y.C. Five nibs. Mr. Sulpitia, by Vatican, 3 yrs, Est 12, (C hal loner) 1 Mr. Wanlass's Lady Durham, 5 yrs, 7st 10ib (Evans) 2 Mr. Henderson's Phcedra, 5 yrs, Bst 7113 (Wilberforce) 3 The following also ran :—Keplar, and Potboy. Betting.—Even on Sulpitia, 2 to 1 agst Potboy, 3 to 1 agst any other. Won by two lengths ; a length between the second and third. The Juvenile selling Stakes of 3 80V0 each, with 25 added, for two-yr-olds. T.Y.C. Five subs. Mr. J. Osborne's Spider, by Woolwich, 7st 31b (251.) (Challoner) 1 Mr. J. Bell's Queen of Trumps, Est 13lb (251.) (Ducker) 2 Mr. Harrison's Hadji, Sat 2lb (601 ) (Bates) 3 The following also ran :—Crdumbia, and Busy Bee. Betting.—Even on Queen of Trumps, 2 to 1 agst Co lumbia, 3 to 1 agst Spider. Won cleverly by half a length. There was no bid fir the winner. The Hunt Cup, value 50 gs, by subscription of 5 ga each, with 20 added for horses that have been regularly hunte.l, &c. ; llst 41b each ; thoroughbred horses, 101 b extra ; gentlemen riders. (Two miles) Six out. Mr. Deighton's The Emperor (late Radcliffe Hero„ aged, 12st .. (0 ever) 1 Mr. Curry's Phcenix, 6 yrs, 12-t (Mr. Coxon) 2 Captain Spoor's Cavendish, aged, 12st (Owner) 3 The following also ran :—Rifleman, and Polka. Betting.-7 to 4 aget Cavendish, 2to 1 agst Phenix, 4to 1 each agst Rifleman and The Emperor. Won by three lengths, the same distance between the second and third. The New Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added, for two and three-yr-olds ; allowances and penalties ; the se cond to save his stake. T.Y.C. 6 subs. Capt. Grey's Duneany, 2 yrs, Est 111 b Forster) 1 Mr. Dawson's Gorse Hill, 2 yrs, 7st (Bullock) 1 Mr. Jackson's Spread Eagle, 2 yrs, 7st ... (Challoner) 3 Betting-5 to 4on Spread Eagle, 2to 1 agst Gorse Hill, 7to 2 aget Duneany. Won by a neck ; bad third. The North Durham Handicap Stakes of 5 sovs. eaob, with 50 added ; the second to save his stake. (One mile.) 13 subs. Mr. J. Osborne's Walhalla, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (Challoner) 1 Mr. Davidson's Baroria, 5 yrs, Est 131 b ...(J. Forster) 2 Mr. Damson's The Little Cob, 3 yrs, Est 6lb (Bullock) 3 Thefollowingalso ran—Cardsharper, Plausible, Coom burla,nd Stathesmon, and Blarney. Betting-5 to 2 agst Cardsharper, 3to 1 agst Plau sible, 4 to 1 agst Baroda, 9to 2 agst Walhalla. Won by a head; a length , between the second and third, and a neck between the third and fourth; Plausible was a good fifth. The Selling Stakes of 3 soya. each, with 20 added.; the, second to save his !stakes. (One mile and a quarter.) 6 subs. Mr. Allen's Sulpitia, 3 yrs, sst 41b (301.) (Challoner) 1 Mr. Barron's Honesty, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (501 ) (Ducker) 2 Mr. Stewart's Potboy, 3 yrs, 7st (501.) '(Bullock) 3 The fnllowing also ran—Young Napoleon and Angelo. Betting-2 to lon Sulpitia. Won by hif a length; good third. The winner was bought in for 33 guineas. CATTERICK-BRIDGE. RACES—WEDNESDAY. Craven Handicap. (About one mile.) Admiral Lyons Martlet Baroda /Nine ran. Won easy. Ninth Easby Triennial Produce Stakes for two-year-olds. Straight run in. Meta Night Ranger Kelpie Norton Gaudy Greencastle THE ALBBEDA CONVENTION. The Albreda Convention, though relating to a subjeat of no great 'magnitude, is creditable to the good sense and moderation both of the French and of the English Government. It settles two con troversies which have been ever and anon bursting cut in a small way for the last forty years, and which any indiscretion' of local officers might at any time have ripened into a very unpleasant quarrel. By this ConventiOn France transfers to England a small factory called Albreda, which she has per sisted in regarding as national property, up the river Gambia on the western coast of Africa ; while England formally abandons certain rights of trad ing iu the Bay of Portendic, 'which her merchants have not, we believe, exercised-for the last twelve or fifteen years. By the cession of Albreda Eng land becomes, in point of fact, what she has long been in point of law, complete mistress of the im portant river Gambia. By England's cession of a right to trade at Portendic, France hopes at last to gain what it has. long Veen an object of her national policy to secure, a complete monopoly of the trade in Gum Senegal, and the concentration of that trade in . her own settlements on the river Senegal. On the abandonment of that right, the Trazar Moors, who collect the gum iu the forests which bo7der on the great Sahara, will lose all chance of inducing English traders again to enter into competition with the . Frelich for the purchase of that commodity ; and aq, in all human probability, the. French will not go to the trouble, inconve nience, and'expense of appearing in the Bay of Port endic as buyers, the Moors will be compelled to carry their gum for sale, to St. Louis, on the Sene gal. But by this change England will not be any loser, and the Moors, let us trust, will in some re spects be gainers. Ve shall not lose ; for, since our merchants were, some twenty years ago, driven by Lord- Aberdeen's lathes out of the Portendic trade, the progress of chemical science has econo mically superseded the uss of gum by starch in our manufactures. Gradually, therefore, the Eng lish Government has (very wisely as it now turns out) diminished the relations which it once assidu ously cultivated with the 'Trazar Moors. It was in the habit, down to Within the last few years, of making them considerable annual presents. These have, however, latterly been discontinued ; and though the Moors lately offered to renew the trade in gum on the coast on receipt of one-half their ac 7 customed presents, the houses engaged in the Afri can trade felt no disposition to renew a commerce which, owing to the mismanagement of Lord Aberdeen, had formerly involved them in such seriowslosses. At best the trade in itsmost profitable ,times was full of inconveniences. The coast of the Bay of Portendic is a desert, and the Moors com ing down laden with their gain had to be fed from on board ship ; a compulsory hospitality which pro tracted the trade and augmented the cost of the ven ture. Henceforward we shall get the little gum we use, as in paint of fact we have latterly done, from France. We lose nothing, then, by this surrender of our right to trade on the gum coast. Our former competition with the French for the gum collected in the Sahara forests might, perhaps, in some degree have raised the price to the Moors ; but it brought, we fear, greater evils than benefits on the Trazars. For not only did the French Government contest our right to trade in the Bay of Poitendic, but whenever we began seriously to assert that right, the French local authorities were sure to pick a quarrel with the Moors, declare war against them, and then institute a blockade of the coast. Out of a proceeding of this kind arose the celebrated Portendie claims (so zealoinly asserted by Lord Palmerston, and so shabbily abandoned by Lord Aberdeen), involving an immense mass of angry controversy with Louis Philippe's Government. And down to the present time these attempts to coerce the gum trade have constantly led3o wars between the Trazar Moors and the French at Senegal, which the secure possession of the commerce under the conven tion of London will, we venture to hope, completely terminate. At all events, while wo lose nothing by the surrender of the tight, France gains a long cherished object of her national policy in 'Western Africa. The cession of Albrech by the French to the English Government is, however, in every way a very substantial gain to England. In the first place, it is the surrender of a national factory, which it is plain to all who have followed the di , - cussion or studied the question, France had no right to possess in the river Gambia, the sovereignty of which even the French Government in Louis Philippe's time admitted to be in England. It was by very gross neglect, after the peace of 1815, that the English authorities permitted a French private establishment at Albreda to assume a national cha- ratter. It is true that by the treaties'of 1814 and 1815 we restored to France her African settlements, of which we had deprived her' during the war, but Albreda was not a settlement within the scope of those treaties. Nevertheless, the French perse vered in treating this little comptoir as a French sett'ement, entitled to hoist the French flag and to receive French protection. The poisession of this small factory in a great British river was used by the French under Louis Philippe in a manner cal culated te give serious offence to the Colonial au thorities of St. Mary's, Bathurst, and annoyance to the English Government. In December, 1842, the Prince de Joinville, it will not be forgotten, forced his way up the Gambia to Albreda, and refused, in passing, to salute the British flag at St. Mary's. This act of discourtesy produced a correspondence between the two Governments ; and on the 21st of March, 1843, M. Guizot was compelled to express the disapprobation, of the French Government of an act in which the son of his sovereign had been a prominent party. It is not, however, in the temptation which the possession of Albreda offered to breach(); of inter national etiquette that its chief inconvenience as a French factory consisted. As the factory was limited to the ground on which it stood, so far as the import trade of the Gambia was concerned, it was to all intents and purposes a smuggling depot, and set at defiance those English customs duties and regulations whichc overed the rest of the river. The trade of the Gambia is on the increase ; and as it is a stream navigable for large vessels much higher up the river than Albreda (as far, we believe, as Macarthy's Island, 200 miles up), Albreda had become a great practical nuisance both to the Colo nial authorities and the British traders in that river. On the ground, then, of fiscal and commer cial, as well as political considerations, its cession is a measure of very considerable local importance. To have spoken in Louis Philippe's reign of such a cession to England would have produced a shout of unreasoning disapprobation throughout France ; but now, when the relations of the two countries have been placed on a rational foundation, the abandonment of this claim will receive the applause of every reasonable Frenchman. It removes a source of irritation and simplifies the possessions of the two countries.—Daily lY ews. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-April 15. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings in Banco.—Before Chief Justice Cockburn, and Justices Cresswell, Crowder, and Willes. LING V. CROKEE..--EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF 'CREW. . CON. The parties to this action are Captain Ling and Major Croker, and the case was one of an extra ordinary kind, its principal feature being that at the trial letters were produced purporting to have been written from Captain Laing to his wife, from which it appeared that he was cognisant of the in timacy between her and Major Croker, and offered to take money to settle the affair, and also detailing in most disgusting terms what had taken place be tween himself and a woman at Shumla. On the part of the plaintiff it was said that these letters were forgeries. The trial took plaue before Mr. Justice Willes, in Middlesex, and the jury gave .a verdict for the plaintiff, damages, 1,0001. Mr. E. James now moved to set aside that ver dict, and to have a new trial, upon certain facts dis closed on affidavits. He said that the case mainly turned upon the question of the genuineness of the letters, for everybody acquiesced is the ruling of his lordship, that if the letters were genuine the smallest possible amount of damages would satisfy the jus tice of the case, even if there should not be a verdict for the defendarit upon the ground of leave and licence. The case was one that would demand the utmost attention of their lordships, from the serious and most painful issues which were raised between these parties. ' The plaintiff, Capt. Ling, had married the daughter of Sir J. Littler whilst in India, a , d Major Croker ,was at that ti me a dj u t an t o f Sir John Littler's staff. An acquaintance had existed between the lady and Major Croker previous to her marriage, and that was renewed on the voyage home, and it was conceded on both sides that adul tery had been committed. The case, as he said; de pended much upon the genuineness of certain letters which were now in the hands of the associate, and which he need not disgust their lordships byreading. Captain Ling had gone to Turkey after he returned from India, and was with the Turkish contingent at Shumla down to September, 1856. Mrs. Ling went down to reside with her mother in the neigh bourhood of Torquay. During his absence there was no doubt that criminal intercourse took place with Major Croker, and the letter showed that Captain Ling had sanctioned this intercourse wi , h his wife. Immediately after his return from Scutari he wrote to his wife, addressing her as "My dear. Madam," and stating, "You. had better when you write to Croker, direct under cover to , the dgent. For God's sak e take care Lady Littler does not see the letters passing to and fro between you. I sent you yesterday a letter from C." Mr. Justice Willes—As to the other letters, it was enough to say that they were written after hearing of the infidelity of his wife, and he asked to be paid for it. Mr. James would not disgust their lordships by referring to the terms of the letters, but would come at once to the serious question whether they were genuine or not ; but he must remark that it did appear to be an anomaly in Our law that the only three persons from whom the truth as to the genuineness of these letters could be elicited were not capable of giving evidence, the plaintiff, his wife, and the defendant. Major Croker's affidavit stated that he had nothing to do with the concoc tion of these letters, and Mrs. Ling asserted that they were genuine. Slr. J ustice Wiles inquired if there was any affi. davit of surprise y Mr. James—There was an an affidavit of surprise at the handwriting being disputed, The Chief Justice—What was' the evidence of handwriting ? Mr. Justice Willes---A sergeant who came home with invalid troops,. and he had every day to take his accounts to Capt. Ling, who signed them. There was also a soldier, who produced a certificate of cha racter from Capt. Ling. Mr. James—And there was also Mr. Carnell, the mate of the vessel in which they came home. He trusted their lordships would direct a further in vestigation of the matter. Mrs. Ling now asserted in the most distinct terms that those letters were in her husband's handwriting, and that they were written to her, and that he had written similar let ters to her before. It was never anticipated that Sir F. Thesiger was instructed to deny that these were in the plaintiff's handwriting, and therefore the question of handwriting was not tried as it might otherwise have been tried. The lady was of high respectability in all except this occurrence, and she handed the letters to the solicitor, and the de fendant did not bring the same, proof of handwrit ing as if it was an action on a banker's cheque. Mr Justice Crowder inquired whether there was an affidavit of the plaintiff ? Mr. James—Oh, yes ; distinctly swearing that the writing was not Jim. It was a most painful case. Mr. Justice Cress well said there was a difficulty as to the wife's affidavit. He did not think that they could look at it at all. Mr. James—Then their lordships must exclude the husband's affidavit also. Mr. Justice Wales said that when the case was.be fore him on an application to stay execution other affidavits were produced as to handwriting. Mr. James—ln "Hawker v. Seale" the court decided that they would not read the affidavit of the wife, denying the adultery; but here the affi davit of the wife was only as to the genuineness of handwriting. If suchan affidavit wal inadmissible it would be , a perfect impediment to the investiga tion of the truth. He submitted that there was a distinction between an affidavit denying the adul tery and an affidavit as to handwriting. Mr. Justice Cresswell thought that there was no difference. Mr. James—The position, then, would be that the three persons who alop.e could know anything about the matter could not give evidence at the trial, and if there was a miscarriage the only per sons who could know whether the letters were genuine or not were not allowed to make affidavits. The Chief Justice—That clause was found3d upon a notion that much public scandal would arise from the examination of parties to cases of this kind. As these persons could not be examined if a new trial were granted, the question was what other evidence there was ? Mr. James—There was abundant evidence. It was usual on long voyages to write a sort of news paper on board the vessel, and Capt. Ling when he went out took a very active part in editing or writ ing in the newspaper. They had obtained that news paper, and if the rule were granted a most minute examination might be made of It would be seen that there was a most extraordinary similarity as to handwriting, showing that Capt. Liug wrote diffe rently at different times. Some of the experts stated that they did not believe the letters to be in the handwriting cl Capt. Ling, and one of the principal reasons for that opinion was that there was a parti cular turn in the letter D. This newspaper had been examined, and in almost every instance the D had the particular form from which the experts rea soned that the letters were not genuine. They had procured the newspaper from Captain Webb, who commanded the vessel in which they sailed, and the genuineness of the document, he believed, would not be disputed on the other side. These letters detailed circumstances which had taken place in Captain Ling's tent in Turkey, and if they were forgeries they were the most skilful ones which had ever been produced by the greatest criminal. Mr. Justice Cresswell inquired whether there was any evidence as to who had forged the letters ? Mr. James—There was not the slightest sug gestion. Mr. Justice Willes—There was this : Mr. BrenaL ridge in his evidence was proceeding to say that the letters *ere like, Mrs. Ling's handwriting, when there was a sort of desire not to bring that on, and nothing further was said. The witness blurted it out without any question being put to him. Mr. James said that Sir F. Thesiger did not sug gest, in his summing up, who it was that hadforged them. The trial had caused great excitement, and it having reached Mrs. Ling's ears that it was im puted that she had forged the letters, she at once made the affidavit, denying in the most solemn terms that sbe had done so. The Chief Justice said a rule would be granted, but there must be some futtlaer affidavits as to the surprise and as to the handwriting. As to the ad missibility of the wife's affidavit, that must be dis cussed when the case came OD, on cause being shown. Rule granted. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—APRIL 15. (Before Mr. Commissioner Ponblauque.) BANKRUPTCY OF COL. WAUGH. An adjudication of bankruptcy was made this morning against the well-known Col. Waugb, late of the London and Eastern Bank. The petiti on i ng creditor is Mr. William Samuel Price Hughes,- of Worcester, gentleman. Waugh is described in the petition as follows :—" William Petrie Waugh, of Brankeea Island, in the county a Dorset, and of [PRICE 4 D . STAMPED 5I) Little Ab in gdoUrstree Westminster, tra,ling there under the title or description of The 'Branksea Clay and Pottery Company,' and lately residing at 10, 'Upper Grosvenor-street, brick and tile-maker, lime-burner, trader; dealer and chapman." The petition bas been hallotted to Mr. Commissioner Evans, and Mr. Bell is the official assignee. Me3srp. Linklater and Hackvvocd are the solicitors acting under the petition. Messengers were immediately despatched to take pbssession at the places above named. TBE LATE STORM. During the storm which broke over the West Riding of Yorkshire'on Friday last, as already re ported in The Sun, the house of Mr. T. P. Rams den, of Pontefract, was struck by the electric fluid, which divided into two currents, one passing down the chimney and striking Mr. Ramsden, who was standing near the fire, and also his daughter, who was seated a short distance from him. Mr. Rams den was not much injured, but his daughter was prostrated with great violence, rendered blind and insensible, and lost the use of her lower extremi ties. She is now slowly recovering from the effects of the shock. Another person and a child who were sitting in the same room escaped uninjured. The second current of electricity passed down one side of the house, entering one of the rooms and passing out of the window down a fall-pipe, the bottom of which was shattered to pieces, near an iron holdfast. At this point the electric fluid re entered the house, struck a cheffonier in one of the lower rooms, tore one of the doors irom its hinges, and broke it, together with a quantity of glass and other articles. The storm t )ok a south-easterly direction, and burst with considerable violence be tween Bawtry and Retfurd in the afternoon of the day above-mentioned. Dining the same afternoon it also visited the Isle of Axholme, North Lincoln shire, and is described as very violent. In the evening a similar visitation was experienced at Boston ' in the vicinity of which 'town the lightning struck the residence of Mr. Mowbray, farmer, of Hill-dike Bar, and, completely demolished the gable of the house, penetrated into the interior, and jured three of the servants more or less. A cat sitting by the side of one of these pe r son s was struck dead. Another of them was completely paralysed by the shock, and remained for some time in an alarming state of prostration. Several places in and about the house bear traces of the course of the electric fluid.' Numerous accidents of a minor character are reported in the above loca lities, but there was no loss of human life, Eight ran, The Brough Handicap. (Two miles.) Six ran. Eighth Easby Triennial Stakes for three-year-olds. Sir Colin . ... Peto . CHESTER SPR: NG MEETING. )hesliire Welter Cup. Acceptances for the Age st lb Prince of Orange.. 4 10 9 Dec: m ber Oda Trick Toni Thumb Acceptances for ,t 1 Age et lb rhe Shadow 4 9 7 Gunboat 3 9 7 Sir Colin Codrington e Cheshire Stakes Age st lb Stork Maid of llerwent 4 8 0 Prince of Orange 4 7 8 Imogene 5 7 4 Bracken 6 7 0 Hartley Back 5 7 0 Alma 4 7 0 St. Giles. ,. 3 7 0 Rubble Age st lb o by Touchstone out of Diphthong 3 6 7 c by Orlando, out of Mie 3 6 7 Old Torn 4 6 6 Greyling 3 5 11 Special Licence 3 5 11 Gilliver Kenerdy 3 5 0 YORK RAOES.—See London Racing Indicator Circular for probable winners, on Saturday. By Chifney, .price thirteen-Pence. Last week's circular named thirteen winners up to Wednesday night. 1, Savoy-hill, Strand, London. 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MANSION-HO USE.—Mr. Wm: Bray, a re spedtable-looking man, was charged before the Lord Mayor by police-constable Thomas Stevens, No. 17, with assaulting and obstructing him in the due execution of his duty. • s The officer,. having been sworn, said—About half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon I was on duty on Cornhill, when the defendant and three or four worn-n surrounded me, one of whom ac cused me of detaining her daughter. I told them I knew notitirig of her, and desired them to go away. The defendant followed me, and called me a scoundrel and a vagabond. He also struck me se veral times, upon which I took him into custody. The Lord Mayer (to the defendant)—What have you to say in answer to this charge Defendant—My lord, he has broken up my home three times. He is now. living ,with my wife. While I was travelling with goods in Yorkshire, my errand boy found him in my house, and saw his coat hanging up in the passage. The Lord .Mayor—Where do you reside Defendant--In Lambeth-walk. The Lord Mayor- . —How long is it since the matter to which you refer took place ? Defendant—About two years and. a half ago. The officer was in the police force at that time. Officer—lt's false. I never was in a house in Lambeth-walk. Defendant—l can prove that he stopped with my wife four days, and then took her away with him. Officer—The young woman has been keeping this man by prostitution for years past. I have known her myself More than five years. The Lord Mayor—Do you mean to say that she is not his wife ? Officer—She is not. Defendant--She is, my lord. When I asked him for my wif e h e se i ze d me by the collar and struck me in the face. I deny that I struck him first. Susan Clark was then called as a witness for the defendant; and said—l never saw the defendant till yesterday, when the policeman collared him and struck him, of er which he pulled his nose, and said to him, ." You ---, I want you. I'll lock you up. I saw the whole transaction, and went to the station-house, and the policeman turned me out three times. A person named Emma Burgess was present when the policeman seized the defendant, and she produ ce d t h e lik eness of her daughter (de fendant'e. wife) as well as that of the policeman. Mrs. Emma Burgess—l am the mother of the defendant's wife, whom I have seen with the police man a great many times. He took her from her home, and she has been living with him. He has t ken lodgings for her at two different places, at one of which he agreed to pay 15s. a week. This was at a brothel, and she used to go out of an even ing with the girls that lodged there. I succeeded in getting het away from this brothel, but he has since got hold of her. The policeman's wife is a prosti tute. A few days ago the policeman took my daughter to a house over the water, and passed the night with her. I produce a daguerreotype likeness of the policeman, which I took from my daughter. The Lord Mayor said he had heard quite suffi cient to justify him in sending the matter, as re garded the conduct of tbe policeman, to be inquired into by the Commissioner of Police ; and in the meantime the further hearing of the present charge would be postpo ne d. Th e L or d M ayor di recte Inspector Mitchell, who was in court, to reportthe proceeding's to the Commissioner of Police. GIIILDELALL.—Maria Burling, an elderly wo man of a bloated and repulsive appearance, was charged with sending letters demanding money under threats of an abominable description to a number of merchants and others in the City. A policeman went to No. 3, George's-buildings Albion-buildings, Goswell-street, and found the prisoner and four young' females. Alderman Copeland—What were those young females doing there ? They came there to have their fortunes told. Alderman Copeland—ls it possible? The prisoner said she was a fortune-teller. Alderman Copeland—What kind of persons were the females who were with her ? They were very respectable persons--.in a superior position. I should think they were the daughters of respectable tradesmen. Alderman Copeland—Have you taken tb air names and addresses, because we may want them to attend ? Yes, sir, I have taken them all. The officer said he looked into a cupboard and found two letters upon brown paper, similar to those produced. One of these was addressed to Mr. Hitchcock, of St. Paul's-churchyard, and the other to Jarvis, the de tective, at Bow-lane Station. Alderman Copeland—Have you any questions to ask the witnesses I Prisoner—What am I to say ? What am I accused of ? Alderman Copeland—The charge against you is for sending letters threatening to accuse gentlemen of the most disgusting offences, unless they com plied with your demands. Prisoner—No, sir ; all I know is that I have written letters for a tall, dark woman, who could not write ; and when I saw what she wanted me t write I objected, and she said it was all right ; it was only nonsense. But I never wrote any on brown paper. Alderm in Copeland—l never met with such a gross case in all my experience as a magistrate, and I have made up my mind upon the evidence as it stands to send this case ultimately for trial, and I shall direct the City Solicitor to prosecute. The prisoner was then remanded. BOW - STREET.--GeraldineLongley, a consta ble of the A division, formerly a police officer and assistant-groom of the stables, at Scotland-yard, was charged with having absconded from his employ ment with his livery and uniform. The defendant had been in the force about four years. A short time ago he applied for leave of ab• sence, with the view of getting married, but he never returned to his employ ; and it having been found on inquiry that he had absconded both from his situation and from the girl whom he hal pro mised to marry, he was pursued and apprehended, it having been suggested that a more serious charge might be preferred against the defendant for hav ing obtained money by false pretences from the young woman in question. Mr. Henry directed her to be placed in, the wit - ness-box. Abigail Cook deposed that she was a servant, at present residing at Dorking. She first made the acquaintance of the defendant more than four years ago, at G-odalmiug Vicarage, in Sussex, where they were fellow -servants. They had kept company ever since. The defendant left the vicarage to take a situation in the London police. A time was fixed for their marriage, and defendant promised to get leave of absence. He represented to her that . he had some money inve s t e d in a buildingearning society which he was loath t o di s t ur b, as it was pur_ as "earning more money," so she lent him in, cha4ing a great many thingq, and sending them t o him by his order, amounting to 51. or 61. mor e . A Sunday or two ago he borrowed herßib l e and Church Service, and a lawn handkerchief, and he induced her to let him have her watch and gold chain, with a sovereign, under . pretence th at h e would exchange the wc!tch, Sic., for a very hand some one. H o had given the watch to her four years ago, b u t the gold chai n was purchased by herself. He had now deserted her altogether. It was understood that the defendant had formed another connexion, The defendant pl ea d e d guilty to the charge of a bsconding. He sa id h e forgot to delver up the uniform, and had s i nce lost it. The suit of livery was still on h's back. With respect to the girl, the watch was fp riner l y his own, and he meant to pay back her money. Mr. Henry regretted that his conduct to the girl, although very heartl ess , cou ld no t b e t rea t e d as a criminal offence ; but for absconding with tbe uni form he must be committed for one month. LAMBETH.--Wm. Jackson, who has been in custody for some weeks on a charge of being con cerned, With his brother and a female with whom the latter cohabited, and who are not in custody, iu drugging a gentleman named Byford and robbing him of three Bank of England n o t es o f 201. eac h, ° and about 101. in gold and silver, was again brought up. The prosecutor had been induced* to accom. ____ _____----- N74''' kp . - t, , ER .yr p 7 ----- 7 .--- r!` ,A.e: ~ -e . 07., -:. - - , %I , : . i , pany the female implicated in . ~, _7. - ‘,4, 1, her lodgingi in Lambeth, and rjr , FlOttii. . 1 1 ,, tfie conmany with the pris• , ner and % .14;1.14 1 f, - _, _ m.. ..,., ~ was induced to drink a gloss of beta-, 1 , i-:., ~, I , ,• Lee Iti,e insensible. On awaking, he fouttiatirraf in the dark, minus his money, but, singular to say, the thieves had overlooked his gold watch and chain. On the. day after the robbery the whole of the notes had been changed a the shops of fashionable drapers at the west-end of the town, and, on mak ing '. inquiries there, the officers Could not receive • the slightest clue as to the persons who had passed. ' ' them, as it does not appear to be the custom at these places to take the names or addresses of those offering them. Mr. Salomon, who appeared for the prosecution, . remarked with some severity upon this practice, as one affording peculiar facilities for getting rid of stot-n notes. 77 ~- - ~~~rr%~C~O Mr. Elliottobserved that he did not believe it to be the practice of marking notes at such places ; and it being his impression that the identity of the prisoner was not so satisfactory as to lead to a con viction, he ordered his discharge. An application was made to have 5/. odd found on the prisoner restored to him, but Mr. Elliott refused to make any order on the subject. WANDSWORTH.—Sarah Dickinson, a stout middle-aged woman, the wife of a master baker, carrying on business at Barnes, 'and wh o i s a l so t h e keeper of a post-office, appeared before Mr. Ing ham, at the instance of the South-Western Railway Company, to answer a summons charging her with travelling upon the line from Waterloo station to Wandsworth, without paying the fare, with intent to avoid the payment thereof. The circumstances of the case were of a very pe culiar description, and exhibited a method by which railway companies might be defrauded to a very great extent. The defendant pleaded not guilty. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. William Tewsby, the station-master at Wandsworth, and other servants of the company, that 011 Thursday, the 2d inst., he (Tewsby) was watchinir the arrival - - . _ of the 9.53 train from Barnes, at the Wandsworth station, when he saw the defendant alight from a second-class carriage. He requested the porter to take particular notice of the ticket which the de fendant would hand to him upon leaving the sta tion. .The porter, after he had gathered the tickets and thepassengers had left the station, brought him the half of a return ticket from Barnes to Wands worth and back, which he said the defendant had given him upon quitting the platform. Just before the quarter to 12 o'clock train left Wandsworth sta tion for Waterloo, the defendant came up and asked for a single second-class ticket for Waterloo. She received one, and paid the usual fare, 6d., for it. The station-master, who had been watching her, suspected her design, and followed in the same train with the defendant to London. He remained at Waterloo station until she returned and took her . seat in the quarter-past 2 o'clock train. He and an officer followed in the train with her to Barnes, and upon her alighting she gave the remaining half - of the double ticket from Barnes to Wandsworth. The officer followed her and asked her if she had not Made a slight mistake in the ticket she had given ; she at first denied that she had made a mistake, but afterwards said she had made a mistake and ought to have paid from Waterloo and, that she would return and pay the fare. He told her that she need not do so, as she would hear further from the company. Mr. Tewsby said the company had been defrauded of .the fsie from Waterloo to Wandsworth, which was 6 , 1. If she had taken a return ticket from Wands worth to Waterloo and back, the fare would only have been 10d., and she would only have had to pay 4d. more. The deflindant said—At the time the was not • aware that there was any other demand. She saw now that she ought to have taken a return ticket from Wandsworth. It was quite an error on her part. _ _ Mr. Ingham asked Mr. Tewsby if he was certain be heard the defendant ask for a single second-class ticket.? Mr. Tewsby said he was quite certain, as he was watching her carefully. The defendant positively denied that she asked for a single ticket. She never used the word single. Mr. Ingham wished to know the reason of his having watched her. Mr. Tewsby said he had suspected her for some time, and was upon the watch for her. He could prove a similar case. The defendant denied having done so before. This was the first time she had committed such an error. Mr. Ingham thought he should have some evi dence to show that the act was intentional, Mr. Tewsby then said-.—On the 26th Dec. last the defendant rode up in a train from Barnes to Wands worth to Waterloo. He communicated with the men at Barnes station by letter, but from an acci dent she was allowed to pass without notice being taken of the ticket. He had also seen her several times purchase single tickets from Wandsworth to Waterloo, after having given up the half of a return ticket from Barnes to Wandsworth, but he had not seen her return. Mr. Ingham said, from the evidence be was per fectly satisfied that it was intentional on the part of the defendant, and he fined her 20s. and costs. , The defendant, in paying the money, thought it very hard she should be fined. Mr. Ingham said it was still more hard upon the company to be defrauded of their fares in that sys tematic manner. THE EUPHRATES RAILWAY OR TRE SUEZ CANAL-WHICH SHALL IT BE? Political ascendancy wants to rest its foot upon private enterprise. What should be reserved for the protection of the commercial relations of coun tries is misused to thwart their developmetlf. Rapid communication with our Eastern empire is within our reach as a "nation of shopkeepers," but beyond our control as a " nation among nations." M. Lesseps and Mr. Andrew advocate practical measures in a cosmopolitan spirit ; and unpractical diplomatists, greedy of present fame and of imagi nary future power, add their bitter drop in the shape of national jealousy. The 'Viceroy of Eypt has granted to M. Lesseps a charter to construct a canal across the Isthmus of Suez. The Porte is not allowed to ratify it. The Porte has ceded to Mr. Andrew the right to make a railway from the Mediterranean to the Eu phrates—a short link, useful only as a local line. Foreign influence prevents its becoming a transit route. The projectors have each published their book showing the advantages of more rapid communica tion with India, - moneyed men have rallied round them, but—there is a dead lock—influences, whose object is unknown, whose action is only hinted at, have scotched the wheels and 801V11 discord on the road. Diplomacy has at last found the " engineer ing difficulty," which committees of both houses are accustomed to hear ignored—at least in evi dence. The English people can find a moral in this state of things; they pride themselves upon their repre sentative institutions, and the powerof the voice of the country ; were this matter a parochial griev ance public opinion would soon have sifted the truth and corrected, the " influence." How is it that because it affects the interests of an "empire" the battle is left to two energetic men, each riding his hobby, and more inclined to tilt at each other than to face that " influence" which works in the dark ? . The truth is, we forget that . the immense exten sion of our commerce necessitates an extension of oui• foreign relations, and until a gross breach of covenants, such as, caused the Russian war and the Chinese brawl, becomes a party cry, we resign the care of the sources of our most important commer cial wealth to the hands of the most unpractical and least understood .department—the Foreign-office. Treaties are made, not enfdrced, or annulled with out Parliament being informed. Commerce is checked, or facilities denied it, through what Can only be aptly termed "la force d'inertie." Public discussion can alone check this tendency to irresponsible state craft ; we must have the best and quickest means of access to India and Australia ; the countries we pass through are disposed to grant us these facilities, and we have a right to insist that no diplomatic jealousy shall prevent the true merits of; what may appear to some to be, rival routes, being fairly brought before public opinion for judgment. The Euphrates Valley is said to be peopled by wild tribes of Arabs, the Suez Canal requires large . artificial harbours on difficult coasts ; the practi cability of subduing the one and overcoming the other offers a . fair field for discussion, but we strongly recommend the promoters not to add to their difficulties by trying to forestall a railway,by a telegraph, as. Mr. Andrew proposes to do, and leave his real project subject to the objections which madesueh a country is open to India, the pre taotf . ele f ra a p t hi ee p g e r r a s p e h through can be sent overland route is evidently the one to follow. —Morning Paper. How TO MAKE AN ANGEL.-:-Tilt d venir, of Nice, re lates an extraordinary instance of superstition, which, however, in the face of witchcraft in England, will not so lima surprise as shock the reader. A servant in a consibting of a young man, his wife, and an in fant, was found squeezing the head of the infant to a jelly, by Way, as he said, of making an angel of it. Either, he said, the child will die and go to Paradise, er t Wil survive and be innocent ever after. ET. g a j or god sfurd• AliCa udiSi ii waitel BuC ra 4 12 Dir. tri JO a do , ftg, rNO° )10111