The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-27 00:00:00

Naval and Military intelligence. Yesterday afternoon the 82dand 90 th Regiment s, and the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, remaining in Portsmouth garrison, assembled on S arthsea-com mon, .on the occasion of the presenta.ion of French war medals to two sergefii;o3 of the 23d for distin guished conduct in the field. The troops having been formed into three sides of a square, the sergeants (Colour-Sergeant O'Neale and Sergeant Parkinson) were called forward, and Col. Campbell, C. 8., of the 90th (in the absei ce of Major-General Breton from indisposition), after a suitable address, received the medals from the bands of Brigade Major Nelson, and pinned them to their breasts. The troops afterwards ware put throu.:h the various evolutions of a field-day. The Duke of WelEnron, 131, Captain Caldwell, CB., steamed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday to be paid off. "The construction of the steam corve'te.Galatea in Woolwich Dockyard is progressing with ast Wish ing rapidity. Four gangs of shipwrights, making a total lof 68 men, are constantly employed, and are pushing the work forward with great diligence. The first, second, and third fir tocks are ,alrescly laid down, and the floors crossed the entire length of the old shed. The heavy beams intended to form the flooring of the extra portion required to lengthen the building slip are also crossed and laid down, extending 40 feet beyond the usual length inwards. The freight-ships Eglinton and Csnaan, at Dept ford, are embarking stores from the War Depart ment of Woolwich Arsenal for China, and are shipping a portion of the guns, shot, and ammuni tion belonging to the gunboats Lee, Algerine, Firm, Watchful, Janus, and Drake, under orders for Hongkong. Captain Caffin, C. 8., R.N., storekeeper general ci the Royal Ordnanc,-, has transacted business with Mr. Pellatt, principal military storekeeper of Woolwich Arsenal, and other members of the select committee, with reference to the shipment of war materials for China. The ft eight ship Violet, which arrived at the Arsenal pier on Wednesday, is to commence shipment of stores immediately, and will probably be fitted out for the accommodation of a portion of the Artillery troops to embark from Woo! wich. Her Majesty's new screw steamship Doris was launched on Wednesday from Pembroke dockyard. The Doris is one of our largest steam frigates, and is a sistrr -hip to the Uadem, launched from tie same yard a few months since, and now being fited at Portsmouth. The "christeniug" was performed by Mrs. G. L. Pnilipps. The Doris is pierced for 32 guns, arid is in length 240 feet between the per pendiculars, and 48 feet be am. Tweu ty 10-inch guns will be ranged upon her main deck, and the upper deck will be furnished wi•li ten 32-pounders and two 68-pounders (pivot guns). The engini s, whic't are nominally of 800 11,rse-power, ar,r by Me.tsrs. Penn and Son. The D 'ris will now be placed under the charge of Mr. Martyn, of Devon port, who will at once jury rig the vessel and navi gate her to t'at port, where she will receive her engines and be made ready for'sea. The followin`g vessels are now being built at Pembroke Docky.ird: —The Howe, 120 guns ; the' Windsor Castle (to be altered from a sailing to a screw vessel), 116 guns . ; the Orlando, of gigantic proportions, 50 guns ; the Revenge, two-decker, 90 ; the Melpomene, 50 ; Liamoval ty, 50 ; the Aurora, 50, f igates ; the Greyhound, 17 ; and the Gannet, 11, sloops. The screw steam s;nrer-hip Himalaya was 4-- pointed to go from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sounil yesterday. Her crew will be paid advance wages to day, and she will sail to-morrow for Portsmouth. The screw steam surveying-vessel Plumper, 12, Capt. G. H. Richards, sailed. from Plymouth Sound on Thursday for the Cape of Good Hope. The artisans employed on the Belleisle, Kestrel, Hornet, and Sprightly, at Plymouth, are ordered to work eitra hours. Miss Florence Nightingale, who was accompanied by Mi-s Carter and Sir J. Liddell, M.D., F.R.S., Director-General of the Medical Department of tie Navy, arrived at Chatham on Wednesday for the purß)se of inspecting . the several naval and military hospitals of that garrison, in which there aro at pre sent upwards of 800 patients belonging to thevarious branches of the service. Miss Nightingale first in spected the Garrison Hospital at Chatham Barracks, over which she was conducted by Dr. A. Maclean. After spending someti ine in visitingthe several wards, in which there are about 300 patients, tie party pip ceeded to Melville Hospital. This large establish- Ment, WhiCh adjoins Chatham Do :ky.ird , is use d mol ely for patients belonging to the NaVy and the Royal. Marines, and,. inconsequence ofits prox mity to the two large naval establishments at Chatham and Sheerness, the wards are generally all occupied. The number of patients n:,w- in that hospital is up wards of 200, of whom 140 are Marines. miss Nightingale was conducted over the establishment by Dr. Drummond, Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals; the principal medical officer, Dr. Moody; and the other officers of the medical staff. During her in spection of this hospital, which occupied upwards oftwo hours, Miss Nightingale expressed her warm approval of the excellent arrangements adopted for the comfort of the patients. She was also much pleased with the size of the wards, which are coin modious, light, and well-ventilated; each patient, it was found on inquiry, having 1,260 cubic feet of space. After visiting the whole of the wards, Miss Nightingale and the other visitors inspected the dis pensing-rooms, washhonses, receiving-rooms, and other portions of that large establishment, all of which were found to be in excellent order, Miss Nightingale intimating her, opinion that Melville Hospital was one of the best arranged and conducted establishments in this country. On leaving Melville the party proceeded to Fort Pitt general hospital, over which Miss Nightingale was conducted by Dr. J. R. Taylor, C. 8., principal medical officer of the garrison, and Dr. J. C. G. Tice. Since the termi nation of the war the number of patient 8 at this hos pital lila been much reduced, there being only 194 in the estadiihment at the present time. Miss Nightingale spent some time at Fort Pitt in inspect ing the internal al rangeinents of the hospital, with the whole of which she evidently appeared well satisfied. The inspec don of the hospitals occupied the'eutire day. Yesterday morning the heid-quarters, stlff, and H troop of the 2d (the Queen's) Dragoon Guards, under the command of Cul. W. Campbell, arrived at Chatham from Dubin, under orders to pr , i-eed to Canterbury, where they relieve the 11th Hus sars. The following officers also arrived wi , h the head-quar era -in J. O'Hara, L.eut. F. G. Powell, Adjutant S. Calvert, Cornet G. E. Jarvis, and • Vet,rihary-Surgeon Gudgeon. The 3d Drago.li Guards are also under orders to move to Canter bury for Ireland. A large discharge of troops, to the number of 80 non-commia , ioned office, s and men, selected from Various cavalry and infantry re 4inients, took place yesterday morning from St. Mary's Barra:Ars, Cha tham. The troops discharged were previously in spected by a Board of Comati ,, sioners from Chelsea Hospital, and pensions awarded them aconNiing to their length of service. Seventy-eight men of . a"i ranks were inspe:te t yesterday and the preyiOu: -day at Fort Pitt by Drs. Tayl and .Tice, and a I were ordered to hold th.-m3etves in readiness to be discharged. • - We are informed that the launch of the Renown is not to. be . postponed as stated, but will take place to,morrocvat Chathara ai)out 2 p.m. The following appointments were made yesterlay at the Admiralty :—Comminder H. Trollo: e, t , , the-Melville, vice Little, whose appointme,,t is cancelled • Lieutenant E. W. Hawes, to the Por cupine ; W. Stanton, master, to the Porcupine ; Francis H. Chown, clerk, to the Excellent. THE &IMAGE COLLECTION AND MANCHESTER.—Tbe Committee of the Art Treasures Exhibition at Manchester --4" committee consisting of seven gentlemen, has most liberally and wisely bought (upon their own individual reiponsibility) the whole of the Sonlage Collection for the orieinal price at which it wasoffered - to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and ttedined, viz., 13,5001. This fat famed collection (.eitbout its rival in any niuntry) wil; at the cone ofith e Art Treasured Exhibition be offered tp the city of Manchester, at the price paid for it by the committee. Should the citizens of Manchester decline t o purchase so chuie e a collecti-n, it will be tendered by the present holder s to the then Chancellor of the Exche quer at the eestPrice and if a secon d t i me declined (of w hich we have litt,e dreal), i t will be sold by auction, or at certain appraised prices. wi ll be borne by the eaven purchasers ; Should there be any loss,' on the sale it ro shouli there he a pry fit, the p fit will he handed over to the original purchas , r- r acmahnotro? national obj.ct CM, nected with art.in tn.. pre, , ent stormy atmosphere of is pol 7 ti e cs that to nch estertirr e d with a conte-ited election as she ie -- can Y e t find and motley to secure . a % tent as the Soulage. It was ,aid by Sir kdeo. Reaninon who bribed the Government of George I V. to buy t h e Angeretein GalLry by the immediate gift of his own fi n , gallery—a gift something like thirty thousand pound._ that the Apollo, the Venus, and the Lancoun, &c., are worth th ousan d s a year t o the country which po-a..sos them. The beneficial Ffluence which the S,O1•111,e Collection will have upon art in England is not t.) be doubted for a single moment. [ADiEBTINEHRNT]—Jan, Hallett, of Whitty Heap, near Netherbuiy, Dorset, suffered for many years from a bad leg. From the knee to the &note it had several wounds, so that she was unable to stand or move about the-house. She tried a variety of means and applica tions, but without obtaining a cure. By the blessing of God ,and using only three pots of Poor Man's Friend, and taking three boxes of pills, she was perfectly cured. Dr. Roberts's Poor Man's Friend, for wounds and erup tions of every description, is sold in pots, is. 13d. and 2s. 9d. each. His Pilulai Antiscrophulm, for ail im• purities of the blood, is sold "in boxes, 1, , lid., 2s. ,9d., 4s. 6d., lls., and 225. each, by all medicine vendors throughout the United Kingdom and Colonies. THE LAW OF ELECTIONS. The following exposition of the present Law and Practice at Elections we extract from a new editi , n of Mr. Warren's masterly and authoritative work on the subject : "During the last four years several changes, some of great importance, in the election law of the United Kingdom, have bef.n effected by the Legi— lature. One rel Ates to Ireland, and provides for a complete annual revision and registration of the Parliamentary voters for the city of Dublin, by barristers of the Irish bar, styled by the statute rvising barristers,' not exceeding three in num ber, of six years' standing at the least ; and attend ing at the same place, at the same time, but holding separate courts, which are courts of record. -" Three Acts relate to Scotland. The first re stricts the polling to one day, in counties, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., subject to being closed earlier, on request of all the candidates, or in case of riot ; and regulates the arrangements of polling-places and the times for polling. A second requires the day for election, in counties and com bined counties, to be not less than six nor more than 12 days after the receipt of the writ ; but m the case of Orkney and Shotlan'l the law remains as fixed by statute 2d and 3d of Wm. IV., c. 65. A third establishes a new code of procedure for burgh registration in Scotland. " Time other statutes relate to England and Waifs. The first limits the polling in counties to one day, from the hour of 8 a.m. to that of 5 p.m. The poll clerks at the fitia' close of the poll are to enclose and seal their seve ral books and publicly deliver them, so euclosed and sealed, to the sheriff, under-sheriff, or sheriff's deputy, presiding at the poll, and every such de puty must publicly deliver or transmit them to the sheriff or under sheriff, who must keep them -un opened till the resssembling of ithe Court on the day next but one after the close of the poll,—but if that day be Sunday, then the f Mowing Monday, —when he shall openly break the se-as, and cast up the number of votes as they appear on the books, and not later than 2 p.m. openly declare the state of the poll and proclaim the members or memlar chosen. The second contains several impuriant provisions, applicabie to both counties and. boroughs. Writs addressed to the sheriffs of coun ties require them to make election fur counties ' only, and not' (as heretofore) further or wise. Writs for the universities of Oxford and Cam' ri ige are to be addressel to their respective Vice-Chancellors, writs for boroughs to tneir re spective returning officers ; and such Vice-Chan cellors and returning officers are to certify the eLc tion according to the direetiAi of the writ, as pte scribrd by the Act. " The special county court for holding a county election fond be held on any day not later from that of making proclamation than the 12th, nor sooner than the sixth day. Elections in boroughs must be had within six days after the receipt of the writ, at least three clear days' notice—which are :o be exclusive of those of proclamation-and of elec tion—b, iug given of the day of election. The pol ling at the two Universities is not to continue for more than five days at the most; and ttie Vice- Chancellors may appoint additional poling placi=s, pro Vice-Chancellors, polling clerks, a .d other officers, as may be judged necesr , ary. No poll at any elotion is to be taken at inns, taverns, hotels, public-houses, &c., or other places directly com municating therewith, unless with the written con sent of all the candidates. And on petition of the justices in quart r sessions assembled, her Majesty may stibstiru'e other f , r existing polling-places, The third statute constitutes the sheriff the rd.- turning dficer in boroughswhenthat office is vacant. " All tlxeN acts, however, practically valuable as are their provisions, fade into insignificance when compared with another pasted on the 10th of Aug., 1854, entitled, ' The Corrupt Practices Prevention Act, 1854,' which is commended to the gravest and most deliberate consideration of every candidate. together with his agents and advisers, before enter ing into a contested &ection. The provisions of this act, often spoken of with a levity showing ignorance of its true character, will be found so subt'e, com prehensive, and stringent as to fill with anxiety 'the most conscientious, and alarm even the astutest and those disposed to be most unscrupulous. "The corrupt practices in the eledtion of mem bers to serve in Parliament, at which this formid able act aims, it declares to be threefold—bribery, treating', Undue influence. -After carefully defining each, in terina embracing almost every conceivable deVice to ;which corruption can resort, and annex ing to infractions of its provisions imprisonment, fines, and penalties, the 36th sec. deals thus with the case of candidates " If any candidate at an election for any county city, or borough, shall be declared by any election committee guilty, by himself or his agents, of bri bery, treating, or undue influence at such election, such candidate shall be incapable of being elected or of sitting in Parliament for such county, city, or borough during the Parliament then in exist , nee, "It will be noted that this mortifying and der.o gatory incapacity attaches to the simple 'declaration of an election committee,' which cannot be revised. It is conclusive and irreversible. This circumstance is suggestive of caution, equally to candidates and committees ; to the former as to their sayings and doings, and the appointment of individuals for whose sayings and doings they are thus declared responsible ; the latter as concerns the due discharge of their twofold functions of judges and jurymen. A rash, superficial, or perfunctory discharge of those duties inflicts a wrong grievous and irreparable. THE NEW AMERICAN TARIFF. President Pierce's last official act was the signa ture of the new Tariff Bill, which is now a law. As was to be expected, it bears marks upon its face of its compromise character, and of the haste will which it was hurried through Congress, but on the whole it is a very fair law, and will be acceptable to the people and the me' chanty. It may be de scribed in one word as a regular reduction of all the duties now paid. Those who do business with abroad are aware that importable commodities are now classed under nine heads, which piid duty as fillows respectively :-100 per cent., 40, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5, 0. These now stand respe,Ctively 80, 30, 24, 19, 15, . 12, 8,4, and free. This estimate is not strictly correct, some of the schedules having been enlarged, while others have been curtii!ed ; but in the main it will give an idea of the work done. A great number of tir merly dutiable articles, including wool !ivor , h le,s than 28c.. per pound, fruits, spices, drugs, cherimi call, and dyestuffs, are transferred to the free list. The iron makers and wool manufacturers made so fair a fight that the 'reduction in the duty on most kinds . of manufactured woollens and irons is only six per cent., the tax being cut down from 30 to 24 cent: This, of course, must only be regarded as the entering wedge. Now that the work of breaking • down the manufacturing mono polies has begun, it is not likely to be stopped until 'he tariff is fairly adjusted to a mere revenue stan dard, and the nation emancipated from he taxat on of the manufacturers. A year or two under the re duced duty will go far to convince the manufic turers themselves of the wisdom of such policy. One of the best changes that have been roarle is the removal of 70 per cent. duty from 'orandies and spirits. The 100 per cent. ditty was imposed on the principle that spirtu us liquors, being a luxury, ought to be heavily taxed. The facts seem to show that the people regard them as a uecerk , ary of life—such a necessary, indeed, as no legal prohibi tion will suffice to exclude from universal u , e. Such being the case, • the effect of the duty has merely - been to heighten the price of liquors, and the successive failures of the wine crops in France occurring simultaneously, whole , tome liquors have risen quite out of the reach of the poor. Vile poisons have been sold iii their place, with such results as the least notion of toxicology will suggest. The people of the United States have been -poisoning themselves de liberately for four or five years. Good brandy is not to be had, almost at any price ; and the work ing men, who are used to drink it and must have take vitriol and other corrosives under its name. The new tariff will have the effect of cheipeuing brander about one-half ; so that th-re is a prospect that the moderate consumers may be supplied with a wholesome article at something between 3 dollars and 4 dollars a-gallian. It is estitnat• d that the tariff will reduce the revenue about 20,000,000 doliai s . This would answer the purpose, especially as goods warehousedbetween th'sdate arid tile e idol the fiscal year are to lxnefit by the tariff. But estimates of this kind are very liable to be wide of the mark. It would not be at all surprising, cotabideritig the prosperity of the country, the syStematic progress of agriculture in the West, the growth of our ship- Ping and man tifa ituring interests, our means of-in ternal communication, and the strong prospect that convuLs'on which the rails ad schemes before us have rendered certain will nit take place within a year or two, if our merchants so lerg ly increased their ord• rs for the fall that next year's receipts rfer°alndyd-w"tel'is,olveerac't tah4is h p e r:il v t Y ar a r s i t n i c io rets o e f ( l fr a 6 y . 00Atlo -75 Rer cent, •• let this he maintained throughout. and ty the time Cougre-s meal we shall ntle'ead3eaanrOther reduction of the tariff;---New . Y ork Herald. ELECTORS IN CITIES AND BOROUGHS IN ENGLAND AND WALES —Tile total numb er regiHtere, was 421,413. I n England 409,Q58, and in Wal es 11 .455. ELECTORS IN IRELAND. —At the I,t General election the number on the register was 179,483 In countis 149,854, and in cities and boroughs 29,634. rilE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1857 ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. for a long time. Some one put them into my bag, I tell you. Mr. Christie, the overseer, said—l have known the prisoner for six or eight weeks about that neighbourhood, and always thought he was gather ing bones or rags. A number of cats are found there, and, there being a national school there, it is really a fast-increasing nuisance. I have seen as many as 50 cats lying there pt one time. Alderman, the gaoler—The skins are disposed of to the German furriers living there. I know many inhabitants of the Hackney-road who have lost very valuabie cats. Mr. Hammill—One really does not know how to deal with such a case as this ; it is ositively mon strous that such a trade should be ctrried on. (To the pri.oner.)--Your. manner is very extraordinary, and it is perhaps a charitable wish of mine that you may be found not exactly right in your mind. I shall remand you for a week, and during that time you will be examined by a surgeon, who will re port to me, and the police must prosecute an in quiry into the whole matter. THE TRADE OP RUSSIA. HOME CIRCUIT.—KINGSTON, MARCH 26. (Before Mr. Justice Cresswell and a Special Jury.) BERLIN, MARC. 24. The state of trade at the port of St. Petersburg during the past year, showing the extent to which that port not only recovered, but also surpassed its commercial activity before the war, will certainly , be of too great interest, particularly to your com mercial readerg, to require any kngtheued exor dium on our part, or apology for its introduction here. THE QUEEN V. NOLDWORTH. This was an inilidtment against the defendant, John Spencer Noldworth, charging him with wil ful and corrupt pel jury. The defendant pleaded Not Guilty. Serjeant Ballantine, Mr. Lush, Mr. Holt, and Mr. Wilkiuson were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., Mr. G. Denman, and Mr. C. Pollock appeared for the defendant.; The case occupied the court nearly the whole of the day, btit the facts lay in a narrow compass. The prosecution arose out of an action that was tried at Croydon in the summer of 1855, in which the London and County Bank were the plaintiffs and Mr. Noldworth was the defendant, and it was brought to recover from him a sum of 5001. upon a bill of exchange that purported to bear his accept ance, and which had been discounted with the bank by a Mr. George Brooks, who carried on an extensive business as a poulterer in Leadenhall market. Mr. Brooks was the principal witness upon that trial, and he swore that the defendant accepted the bill in question for his accommodation. The defence set up was that the signature was a forgery, and Mr. Noldworth was a crirninil, and he swore that he never put his name to the bill or authorised its being done, and after a kng inquiry the ju , y returned a verdict for the defendant, thus establish ing the &fence of forgery. Proceedings were sub sequently taken against Noldworth for perjury, the alegation of perjury being that he had falsely sworn that the acceptance to the bill was not his hand. writing, and the whole of the facts have been fre ' quently before the public. The same evidence was now again given, and all the circumstances above narrated were detailed by a number of witnesses. In 1856 the total value of all articles imported was 68,871,752 r. ; of all articles exported, 54,926,091 r. ; Of the imports the most extensive were raw cotton, amounting to 13,452,029 r. • precious metals, 9,343,672 r. ; raw sugar, 8,C;05,520r. ; colours, 6,702,447 r. ; sundries, 15,786,050 r. Of the total amount of 68,871,752 r., no less than 64,257,720 r. was the value of goods imported by Russian merchants, while tbe foreigners trading there imported only to the amount of 4,491,740 r. Of the exports the most extensive were grain, to the amount of 15,355,686 r. ; tallow, 11,445,920 r.; sundries 14,762,035 r. ; and then the only article of any amount remaining to be mentioned is hemp, 4,100,458 r. Of the total amount of 54,926,091 r., the Russian merchants exported to the event of 39,558,999 r., while the foreigners trading there ex ported to the amount of 15,311,562 r. The total amount of Customs dues received at St. Petersburg and Cronstadt on the imports and ex ports of 1856 was 9,700,733 r. The following totals of the exports cleared out at St. Petersburg during the last four years will show the effects of the war on that chief port of Russian trade, and its recovery after the peace : CLERK ENWELL.—SamueI Gardiner, a low looking fellow, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged by Sergeant G. Witherington, 24 N diviSion, with attempting to stab him, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. The ser geant, having been sworn, said that on Weineolv night, at 12 o'clock, he was on duty in White Lou street, Llingtou, when he received information from a woman who cohabited with the prison. , r that he had ill-used her, andthreatened to murder her and her two children, at her residence, 79, White Lion street. He instantly proceeded with her to an apart ment where he was witting, with a knife, which he held down by his side. On seeing witness the pri soner jumped up, saying, "You what do you want here 1" and, making a rush at him, atienapt-d to stab him in the breast with a table knife. The point of the blade touched his breast ; bad not wit ness moved back and warded off the knife he must have been killed. Roubles. The exports in 1853 were 53,267,261 9, 1854 ft I 1855 „ 1856 „ _ The following figures sliow.the large proportion of Russian exports that Great Britain takes, which teaches us at the same time the exp, dieucy of set ting to work at once to obtain a gold treaty of com merce with her; as soon as the tariff arrangements are concluded, and the necessity of providing our selves during peace with other markets to buy in, co that we may be independent_ of her when poli ties require we should go to war with her. Of the 1,214,000 pouds of hemp which she exported in 1856, England took 820,800 pouds ; of 636,400 ponds of flax, 598,800 pouds ; of 2,574,121 ponds of tallow, 1,856,954 ; of 727,160 pouds of bones, 676,929 ; of 765,142 tchetwerts of wheat, 640,307 ; of 323,693 tchetwerts of oats, 297,494 ; and of 695,093 pouds of iron, nearly the whole namely, 641,435 ponds, beside s 9,090 p o ud s o f old iron. The navigation opened May sth (N.S. 17th), and was closed Nov. 22d (N.S. Dec. 4th). The total number of arrivals was 3,374 ; of these 1,176 came in balla4 ; of the remaining 2,198 vessel., 631 brought coals. Of the 430 steamers that, enteced that port last year, 155 came from Eng land. The sudd enness with which the winter stt in caused no less than 377 vessels to be blocked up in the ice at St. Petersburg and Cronstadt, against Bon the previous winter. The total number of ar rivals at the port during 1856, as mentioned above, 3,374, shows, when compared with 1,921, that of 1853, the last.year before the war, an increase of 1,453. Mr. James 'Lade a most able speech to the jury on behalf of the defendant, and a host of respect able witnesses were examined, who testified to the high character he had borne for a great number of years. The learned judge, in summing up, explained the law upon the question to the jury, and he ob served that they by no means were required to say that perjury had been committed by the principal witnesses in support of the charge if they acquitted the defendant, but if it was not made out to their satisfaction that he had wilfully sworn that which he knew to he false it was their duty t 6 acquit him. The jury ietired, and after being ab-en . about tbre quarters of an hour they returned into court and gave a verdict of Isiot Guilty. The woman with whom the prisoner cohabited gave evidence as to his ill wage and threats to mur der her and her children. He was in the habit of ill-treating her. The prisoner, on being called on for his defence, denied the charge. Mr. Tyrwhitt said—You are a bad fellow, and I shall commit you to the House of Correction for one calendar month, and you m.y think your,,elf lucky that you are not treated in a more serious way. He was conveyed to prison. THAMES.—Charles Brainwood, a boy, aged 14, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with throwing stones at a railway train. Dinger, a police-constahle, 182 K, said he was stationed on a bank at the side of the North Lon don Railway at Bow, and saw the prisoner and another boy throwing stones on the line. Soon afterwards a train passed, and he saw the priso:;er take a stone from his pocket, and deliberately hull it at the carriages, which were full of passengers. Mr. Yardley—Did the stone hit any of tue car riages ? The Policeman—l don't know, Sir, but it fell on the line. NORFOLK CIRCUIT. -Buity ST. EDMUNDS, MARCH 26. Nisi PRIIIS COURT. —(Before Mr. Justice Erie.) There we e only four causes entered, for one of which a special jury had been summoned. WOODGATI V. GROSS. Mr. O'Malley awl Mr. M , lls for the plaintiff; and Mr. Pow• , r for the defendant. The action was brought to recoversol., the amount of a dish.inoure 1 cheque, On the Z 1 June, 1856, , the plaintiff, a farmer rending at 'little Bentley Hall, Essex, sold ti.e defendant, a dealer at Elm sett, Suffolk, seven bullocks for 1471., 501. of whiCh was i.ad bya cheque drawn by Long, a bircher, at Manningtr,:e. At the ti me of the payment the, plain tiff demurred to taking the cheque, remarking that he would rather have had notes. Thereupon the ; defendant Paid, "You are coming to Ipswich mar-. ket od tie f Rowing morning, an(l if you call at; Manningtree bank, and don't get the cheque cashed I'll give you notes for it." The plaintiff went .t,. Ipswich on the following day, and paid the cheque into his bankers, Messrs. Cobbold, who forwarded. it to Messrl. Nunn, Manuingtree, by whom it: wa4 refused to be paid. Mr. Power ' for the defendant, contended that , his client had satisfied the plaintiff's claim by the: psyment of this cheque, which if it had been pre sented ou the 3d June, as promised, would have been paid, as Messrs. Nunn had sufficient in hand. to have d , ne so, and to prove this, Mr. Webber,, managing clerk of Messrs. Nunn ' at Manningtree,. was called, and he deposed that on the Z 1 June ti ere was 981. 2s. 11d., to Long's credit, and on the 3d a cheque for 301., and another for SUI. was paid, and that when the cheque. for 501. was sent from Messrs. Cobbold they had not sufficient to meet it. Mr. O'Mall-y submitted that as his client did not live in the town where the bank,was on which the cheque was drawn, he had a right to pay it through his bankers the day after it was received, and bad not been guil , y of lathes. His lordship held that but for the alleged proviso stated by the defendant to have been made ar the time of the payment of the cheque, the plaintiff would have been entitled to recover. Mr. O'Malley celled Mr. Woodgatf. ' who denied that he agre'-d present the cheque the next day at Mauwngtree, but affirmed that he allowed Gross to take the bulocks sAely on his promising to pay the cheque if it was dishonoured. The jury retired to consider their verdict. Mr. Yardley—How far was this boy from the railway ? Dinger—Not more than 20 yards, Sir. Additional light is thrown on Russian trade and navigation by a report on the craft that has passed. the Sound during the last year, from which we ex trict the following : Tne - prioner, in defence,. sAid another boy threw stones at the carriages, and he (the ptisoner) had some stones in,his pockets, and tarew them away. Mr. Yardley—Are you sure that you saw him throw a stone at the carriages, policeman ? Dinger—l am quite certain of it, Sir. Mr. Yardley—This is. a most wicked and mis chievous practice, and the prisoner might have done very serious mischief. fine him 205., and, in de fiult of payment, 14 days' imprisonment. The boy was committed to prison. The vessels that ' passed the Sound in 1856, coming from the German Ocean, with car goes, were Ditto, in ballast Coming from the Baltic, with cargoes Ditto, in ballast 499 Amounting altogether to being an increase of 4,745 vessels on the preceding year, but a diMinution of 228 on the number in 1853. Of those that entered the Baltic 2,485 brought cargoesfor Itussian ports, the most promi nent element of which was raw cotton, amounting in all to 170,000 bales, of about 4501 b. Russian each ; of these 170,000, there came 56,100 direct from the Vuired States, 95,000 from England, 12,000 from Holland and Belgium, &c. Of those. vessels that left the Bditic with Russian exports on board there were 4,183—viz., 1,901 from St. Pe tersburg, 1,581 from Riga, and the rest from Wyborg, Narva, Libau, Revel, Pernau, &c. The Russian shipping trade seems to have endeavoured in the past year to make up by increased activity for the losses it had sustained during the war, for we find that 194 Russian vessels, of which no fewer than 66 were built from 1855 to 1856, con trived in the latter year to make 456 trips throuvh the Sound. Lest year's navigation of the i3altic has been remarkable for the great increase in the proportion of steamers, of which no less than 684 passed the Sound ; 414 of them were English, 158 Swedish and Norwegian, and 7 Russian. The general results of the movement of trade throughout the empire in the preceding year, viz. „1855,. have also been published. According to these statistics-there were, in 1855 goods exported— LAMBETH.—Wm. Saunders and Wm. Ham mrnd, two desperate-looking fellows, wel known t.) th 3 police, were finally exact] i tied before the Hon. G. C. Norton, on a charge of robbing Mr. J. G. M. Raukiii, a merchant's clerk, with violence. From the evidence it apparel that the prose cutor had been at an electioneering meeting on Monday night, and on his , return home, rather elated, fell in with the prisoners in Lambeth-walk. They instantly clainucl acquaintAnce with hint, anti offered to see him home ; but had not gone far when they knocked him down, aticl covered his face while lying on his back with a thick layer of pitch. He was, however, enabled to cry out and bring the police to'his assistance, and the prisoners were se cured. It was stat!d by the con4taoles that the prisoners were the constant ass .ciates of notorious thieves, awl were frequen'ly seen prowling about in search of persons the worse for liquor, with the view of robbing them. They were fully committed for Wale THE SURREY LUNATIC ASYLUM AND MR. SNAP g. The charge adduced against Mr. Snape, a sur geon, of causing 'the death of a lunatic, named Dolley, in the Surrey Asylum, by ordering him a shower-bath and strong doses of tartar emetic, will be fresh in the recollection of the public. The case is revived by the publication of a long fetter, ad dressed by the Secretary of the Commissioners in Lunacy to the Secretary of State for the Horns De partment, and bearing the date of the 13th of December, 1856. The Conun'ssioners bring before Sir G. Grey's notice the facts which " rendered it imperative upon them, in the . conrse of last year, to order a prosecution for manslaughter "to be insti tuted against Mr. Charles Snape." The Commis sioners say that it would never have occurred to them to prosecute if they could have satisfied them selves, upon a review of all the circumstances at tending the death of Dolley, that the administra tion of a shower-bath of half an hour's duration to a man 65 years old, at a temperature of 45 deg. Fahrenheit, and "17 li w cal ed tr b e y atm all en u t nbuonuctallficklarigne dose of t Arta' , emetic, was in any possible view to be considered as me tended for his benefit, how stronly soeVer they might have condemned such an experiment. But at this conclin,ion they found it, impossible to ar rive. Into the merits of the questi on , as re - or ened i by the Commissioners, t. is not advisable to enter. The grand juryr theirrejecte i d et : t th :r e bill the ag c a' e n m s - t , Mr. Snaps on the 15th of September ; b u t up to the chte mivioners had .received communicalion from the Committee of it rs of the Asylum since their attention was first d, awn to t: , e case, excepting those which, with the dates of the 234 of April a n d the 10th of May respectively, h a d announce d the intention of the couannttce—firt, to suspend all opinion, or proceedings . re f erence to A i r. save until the question of criminal pr ceedings against him should, have been decided ; and, secondly, to remove him from his office pending tie proceedings instituted by the C,-maussioners. It, further ap pears that the Committee of Visitors, on th' failure ' of the prosecution against Mr._ Snipe, regarding the que ;firm • 'as one of strictly medical experience," resolved on consulting a jury of six medical men, three named by Mr. Snape, and three by them selves. This jury found a verdict "That Mr. Snape's conduct in the case in question was neither so rash nor so injwiicious as to d-prive him of the confidence of the magistrates which he bad previ ously enjoyed ;" whereupon Mr. Suape was forth with reinstated in office, and is now again discharg ing the duties of medical superintendent of the male side of the Surrey County Asylum. This decision, which they intimate is bawl on imperfect evidenc?, the Commissioners in Lunacy regards as "of Most dangerou.s import." A copious array of documents forms an appendix to this letter. ' Roubles. Over the European frontier to 17,577,297 Over the Asiatic frontier In Finland 1 643,257 Out of the kingdom of Poland.. 9,947,237 89,515,440 Precious metals exported— Over the European frontier 1,990,599 Over the Asiatic frontier Out of Poland . 244,184 6,130,010 Total exports 45,645,450 Goods were imported-- • Roubles. Over the European frontier to 40,640,911 Over the Asiatic frontier From Finland Into Poland 72,699,881 Precious metals imported— Over the European frontier 1,461,072 Over the Asiatic frontier Into Poland 1,877,046 Total imports 74,576,927 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, March 27.—Wind this day at noon, W. ; light airs and fine weather. • PLYMOUTH, March 26.—Wind W.S.W—Arrived— Oceaa, from Fecamp, for Newfoundland; Heatherball, London, for Hobart Town. Sailed—H.M.S. Plumber, for the westward. SOUTHAMPTON, March 26.—Sailed—Waqhington, for New Yerk. SWANSEA, March 26.—Wind E S.E..—Sailed—henry Rankin, for Coquimbo. CARDIFF, March 26.—Wind S. w. —Arrived—Prince- ton, from Savannah. Sailed—Vanctense, for New York. GRIMSBY, March 26.—The Sephora (4.), from Bor. .deaux, was driven foul of by the Jamaica, of Sunderland, and received damage to mil, bulwarks, beats, &c. LERWICK, March 22.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Augusta, for Poo Janeiro; Emma, Davis' Straits. PETERHEAD, March 26.—The Rieutje Willemina, fr Danzic, for Leith, was stranded at Rattray Heal on the 22d inst., and is discharging. QUEENSTOWN, March z6.—The Mornington, of St. Johu's, timber laden, was fallen in with this morning off Dungarvon, by the Don Pedro (s.), of this port. CUXHAVEN, March 24. —The brig Susan, from Shields, for Hamburg, has been abandoned in a sinking state ; crew saved and arrive,' here. AMSTERDAM, March 25.—The Branck, from Sunderland, for Hartlepool, which wai stranded on the island of Ame land on the sth inst., has been sold by auction, with part of cargo on board, for 184 f., and the rigging, masts, and spars for 1,106 f ; the whole of the cargo saved has been 'deposited in Government stores, DISASTER TO THE AFRICAN MAIL-STEAMER.—LIVER. POOL, Thureday.—The royal mail screw steam-ship Gambia, Captain Rolt, sailed from the Mersey, yesterday afternoon, to embark at Plymouth the mails for the West Coast o f Af r i ca. S he re t urne d thi s morn i ng , having, after leaving port, come into collision with the ship Scotland, from Savannah, inward bound. The Gambia sustained considerable damage, and the Scotland lost her bowsprit, cut water, &c. Fortunately, no live" were lost on the occasion. • FLOGGING IN THE ARMY.—From a return, moved for by Mr. W. Williams, late member for Lambeth, it ap pears that the number of persons fl ,egad in the army of the united kingdom, in the year 1844, amounted to 42, and the nu m b er of ashesinflcted to 1,125 ; and in 1855, to 44, number of lashes, 876. The offences included de sertion, insubordination,- disobedience, " disgraceful con duct," an un natural crime (committe d by one of the let battalion of the Grenaiier Guards in London, for which 50 lashes were inflicted), absence without leave, violence to superiors, a n d maki ng away with necessaries: • [Anvearissitesil—We have read witu much pleasure Du Barry's report on the cure of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatu lency, Constipati on, cin Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthm a, C onsumption, and Debility, without medi , by D Barry n 's Food. The following are a few extracts which appear to merit the attention of many Cure No. 47,121.--" Mis s Eli za b et h Jaco b s, o f N az i ng Vicarage, Wal tion, gatherings Miss , low spirits, and nervous fancies." Cure No. tham-cross, H efts ; 48,314.—" a cure of extreme nervousness, indiges- ,Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, net Liverpool ; a cure o f ten years' dyspepsia and all the horrors of nervous Cure 51, 415. Oystermouth, Swansea, 24th August, 1853. _Bilious headaches of frequent occurrence, -which my wife had been subject to for many years, hwe been removed by Du Barry's salutary Revaleuta Arabica Food.— E. J. Bunn. Cure 51,416. Gower, near Swansea, Lugust 21, 1853. T h i rty years' dreadful suffering from rheumatism has been removed by Du Barry's delicious Reva leuta Arabica Food, iu five weeks' time.—Wumem Ownt.— ,Qupported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of r_lemistry Dr, Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Hervey ; Ur. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram Lord Stuart de Deeies ; the Dowager Countess of Castle stuart; Major-Gen. Thona King, and m:,ny other respectable pereons,'whose health has been restored by it, after sill other means of curd had failed. For further particulars respect ing this invaluable food our readers are referre SO)U Burrs advertisemeut in another part of this paper. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind E. Arrived—Montmorency, from New Orleans; H enry Gardner, Belize ; Harbinger, Alexandria ; Adler, H am . burg, Sailed—Thomas, for St. trobn'e, N,B, guBANBTOWN, March 25, Wind N.W. Arrived—Argo, from Galata, DUBLIN, March 26. Wind N.B. Arrived—Merida, from Barbadoes. (BY SUBMARINE AND RRIT9 ST TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.58 a.m. Wind W. ; tide 1 hour's firrod ; cloudy. Arrived, March 28—Adolph, from Stralsund; Duncinee Mauritius; Eliz r, Dunkirk ; Handritta, Landaorona ; A liance, Guernsey. Arrived, March 27.—City of Hamburg, from Hamburg. Sailed—Thames, for Hamburg ; Flecha, Ghent ; Sir R. Peel, Dunkirk; Siren, Port Natal. DEAL, Friday, 9.40 a ,m. Wind W. N. W. ; moderate. Passed—Plymouth, for New York; Accra, Cape Coast Castle ; Mirage, St. Michael's; Velocity, New foundland ' • Blondel, C a l cutta; Heinrich Bush, Port Philip—all from London. Passed in tow—Olive Branch, from Callao, for Landon Anchored off South Foreland - Oriental, from Alexan dria, for London. Sailed —City of Quebec, John Bull, Gannymede, Mag nolia, Heath Park, Mary Harrison, with all the outward bound. Report of the Olive Branch :—Experienced heavy gales round Cape Horn. Sprung fore and main mast, and has made the passage from off the Falkland Isles in a disabled condition. Dec. 21, lat. 2 ..53 S., l ong , 28,28 W., sig nalled shi p Lord Harris, from L on d on t o Melbourne. Deo. 31, lat. 25.3 N., long. 41.40 W., spoke ship Agamemnon, from Liverpool to New Orleans. CRYSTAL PALACE.—OHR SHILLING DAY.—Yesterday the admiBsions t)ri payinelp were 1,165.; by 'moon toketa. 429 ; total, 1,694. POLICE INTELLIGENCZ-31arch. 26. MARYLEBONE.—EIiza Kingstimd, 19, was brought up from Marylehone Workhouse charged with concealing the birth of her female infant. Mr. Tubb4, the relieving officer, attended to con 'duct the case on the part of the parish. Soe was committed for trial at the Cenral Cri mine' ,urt. WORSHIP-STREET.—.Tas. Glander, a middle aged man, who refused to give any address, was charged before Mr. Ham&ll with skinning livecats. About 200 people followed the prisoner to the court, and he was obliged to be protected by abut a dozen policemen,, who had left their beats for the purpose. On reaching the deor of the court the indignant people attempted to force their way in, but were kept back by the police,.and in r evenge gave vent to a loud shout of execration. The pri soner's heal and face presentcl indications of ee lie very rough usage, and his clothes were so daniaged it was evident they had been nearly torn off Into. As soon as he got withitesight of the magistrate he said, in an excited, whining tone, "Some one.hae put some cats into my bag, and the mob have ill used me and almost torn me to pieces in conse quence." Robert Ringlend, a butcher's Porter in Lead enhall-market, said -- At half-past one o'clock to-day I was passing the ruins of Nova Scotia ' gardens, in the Hackney-road, when my attention was drawn +o some boys who were hooting the prisoner. I went up to ascertain the cause of their unruly conduct, and saw four or five cats lying on the ruins. The skins had been stripped off the whole of them, but the flesh of one quivered, arid it moved ; the others were dead. The boys slid they had seen him turning the cats out of a sack, on which the prisoner ran away,, but I followed, and caught him at al), nt 100 yards, and held him till a constable came up and took him. From 300 to 400 people surrounded us, and tore his things off, the prisoner s syine that he was innocent, and at tint time he had neither sack nor bag. George White, 16, a woodechopperinTurk-street, Be hoai-green, said—l saw the prisoner to-day, be tween 12 and 1, on the ruins with a bag on his shoulder, from which, opposite the church, he turned out seven or eight cats. They all moved ; some raised their .'he'ads and others their legs. I touched one, and it was quite warm ; a portion of the skin had been left upon the paws. He was then walking away, but I raised a cry, and a number of boys followed him, and I seized him, but was not man enough to hold him. I therefore snatched the beg away from him, and he ran off again. I followed him, and he threatened to give me in charge for stealing his bag. I found the skin of a cat in the bag, and afterwards put the cats into the bag off the ruins. I never saw the prisoner before. I hung to him, and he, flung me down, but other boys pulled off the skirts of his coat. George Macintosh, a painter—l savrthe prisoner turn the c Its out into a heap of dust. They were raw and skinned; they moved and got on to their legs, but then tell down again. I save the prisoner'one day last week turn out two or three other cats on the ruins, but they were all dead. E:iward Maynard, fringe-weaver—On Monday week I saw the prisoner shoot out 10 cats on to the ruins, but net exactly in the same place ; there was only a little skin left upon the paws of each. I asked him what he did it for, and he iid he was double ruptured or he would not have done it, and that he had been in Guy's Hospital. He then pretended to iu deaf. 1 and the other boys mule him put them again into hie bag, and he took them away. PoliCe-constable 93 N—The prisoner wes handed over to me, surrounded .by about 500 people. He admitted the s aek b, , lougedlo him, and when told the na , ure of the charge he made no answer. 1 found a clasp-knife on him. A quantity of cats' hair was on his back from carrying the bag. (The bag was here priiduced, containing a cat's skin and six cats' bodi s, stated by the officer to have evi dearly b=en just killed ) • The prise nor, in a wild, excited tone, eaid—lainl a camel's hair brushmaser by trade, and have seen bettee days, but now support myseif as well as 1 ' can. I am married, and my wife, I suppose, is I now out eelleig go - els, but trade is very ba eeiu suppose . ,l world do arch a thing as Iles after living for:l2 years in the neighbouthood. '? Why, I should never he able to look any one in the again. I:was passing the ruins, looking for any thing I could find,'and I did pick up.the skin found in my bag, thinking it was a rabbit-skin. Any I one might see that the feats had been lying about Sporting Intelligence. NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT I RACES.—THIIESDAY. Northamptonshire Cup Stakes, of 10 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. The winner to be sold for 500 sovs, if demanded. Two miles. 16 subs. Mr. Thellusson's Amati, 3 yrs, fist 91b • (Bray) 1 Mr. Howard's Companion, 3 yrs, fist 91b...(Fordham) 2 Lord Ribblesdale's Greying, 3 yrs, 64 91b (Hibberd) 3 The following also ran :—Firmament, Middleton, Lawn. Betting-7 to 4 agst Companion, 3to 1 agst Amati, 7 to 2 aget Greying, 5 to 1 aged. Firmament. Won by half a length ; three quarters of • a leneth between the second and third ; bad fourth. Lawn walked in. Altherp Park Stakes, of 10 sovs each, with 50 added ; for 2-yr-old colt., Bst 71b ; fillies, 84;,31b. Winners 51b extra. T.Y.C. Straight run in. Mr. Sutton's Eurydice, by Orlando, 84 3re (Kendal) 1 Lord Ribblesdale's The Happy Land, 84 121 b (in cluding s!b extra) (F.irdham) 2 Mr. Greville's Grand Duce,. e 84 3th (Flattnan) 3 The following also ran :—C.,lt by the Flying Dutch man, Speedwell, Night Ranger, and Heroine. Betting-5 to 2on Happy Land, 6to 1 agst Eury dice, 7 to 1 agat Grand Duchess. Won by a neck ; two lengths between the second and third. Speedwell colt was a bad fourth. Heroine was fifth, and Night Ranger last. The favourite got rather badly if. Earl Spencer's Plate, of 100 SOW., added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sees. each, 5 ft., if declared, &a. A winner of any handicap after the weights were pub lished 7lb extra. New Spencer Stakes Course (about five furlongs.) 51 nubs, 26 of whom declared. Lord Chesterfield's Peter 'Flat, by Flatcatcher, 4 yrs, 7st 31b Mr. J. Henderson's Cumberland, by Jericho, 3 years, Est Blb (tinowden) 't' . Mr. Hadland's Ruth, 3 yrs, fist (Grimmer) 3 The following also ran :—Weetwortb, Bird in -Hand, Hospitality, aymotie, Noieette, O'd Rowley, Little Gerard. Madame Clicquot, Strawberry, Prince's Mix ture, Mabel, Centurion, Old Tom, Vaulter, and John Peel. Betting-7 to 4 aget Vaulter, sto I agst Hospitality, 6 to 1 agst Old Tom, 8 to I aget Peter Flat, 10 to 1 west Ruth. 100 to 8 each agst Centurion and John Peel, 100 to 7 agst Cumberland, 100 to 6 aget Madame Clicquot. The first two singled themselves out before reaching the distance, a fine race in ending in a dead heat. Ruth was beaten about seven or eight lengtbs from the first two. Noisette, Vaulter, Madame Cliequot, and Old Tom finished close up with her—co close, indeed, that the rider of each thought he was third. Deciding heat—Peter Fiat walked over, and Lord Chesterfield and Mr. J. Henderson divided the stakes. The Starter reported Grimmer, Bray, Docker, Dales, and Snowden for disobeying his orders. Grimmer, it being his second offence at this meeting, was fined 101. and suspended from riding at Newmarket. The others were fined Si. each, The Delepre Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 35 added. • The winner to be sold fur 100 sovs, if demanded in the usual way. About half a mile. 15 subs. Captain Christie's Stormsail, by Storm, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Fordbam) 1 Mr. Byrne's Affghan, 5 yrs, Bst 51b (Kendall) 2 Mr. Hall's Schoolfellow, 2 el.'s, sst 131 b ...(Grimmer) 3 The following also ran :—Fantaronade, Bas-ie, Garnet, Bonnets o' Blue, filly by Trap, and colt by Woolwich. B-tting-5 te 2 each agst Bessie and Stormsail, 5 to 1 eget any other (offered). ' Won by three lengths, half a length between the second and third, same distance between the third and fourth ; Mrs. Taft colt was a bad fifth, Bessie was sixth, Australia filly ilex', and Bonnets o! Rue. last.' The winner was claimed by the owner of Affghan. The Sang Plate of 20 soya, added to a Sweepstakes Of 5 sovs each. New course. Ftve furlongs. 3 subs. Mr. Hank's colt by Malcolm, 2 yrs (20/.), 4-t 101 b (A. Edward-) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Wa hall*, 3 yrs (201.), 6-t 311) (Challoner) 2 Betting-5 to 4on Cocktail's dam colt, who made ail the running, and won.by two lengths. The winner was sold to Mr. Sydney for 37 guineas. The St. Liz .handicap of 10 cove each, h ft, with 100 added. Tree winner of any handicap after the weights appeared 71b extra. One mile and a quarter. 26 subs. Mr. Howard's Saraband, 5 yrs, Bst 91b (J. Goater) 1 Mr. Ridley's Hospitality, 4 yrs, Bst (Aldcrolt) 2 Mr. T. Parr'. Odd Trick, 3 yrs, bat 81b.....(Fordharn) 3 The following 'also ran s—Aloeze, Bracken, Squire Watt, Gaudy, Vulcan, Obtavia, Coal Black Rose, Eng land's Beauty, anti Adelgund filly. Betting-5 to 1 each agst Odd Trick, Hospitality, and Adelgund filly ; 7 to 1 each against Saraband and Alonzo. Won by half a length ; a bead between the second and third ; Squire Watt was a bad fourth, Gaudy fifth, aid Adelgund fi ly sixth. Coal Back Rose, Alonzo, and Vuica,, were the next three. The Racing Sakes of 20 soya each, h ft, with 50 added, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, 83t 10lb ; fillies, 84 61b. Cer tain penalties and allowances. One mile, 10 subs. Mr. T. Walker's Gemma di Vergy, 9st 110 (inc. Sib ex.) (Kendall) 1 Lord Ribblesdale's St. Gies, 94 11b (inc. Sib ex.) erd) 2 Mr. T. Parr's Sir Colin, B.t 51b (Hibb (Wells) 3 Glade Hawk and John Peel also ran. Betting—Even on Gemma di Vergy, 6 to 4 agst St. Glee, Won easily by half a length ; two lengths between the second and third ; three lengths between the third and fourth. John Peel was beaten off a long way. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. METROPOLITAN STAKES. Bto 1 on the field ( , )ffere(l) ICO to' 8 aget Fisherman (taken) CHESTER CUP . 25 to 1 agst Dtileawara akin) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3 to 1 agst Vedette (taken) 6to 1 agst Sehiedaun (take 7to 1) 10 to 1 agQt Kent (taken) DERBY. 9to 1 aget Blink B mny (taken) 15 to 1 agst Lady Hawthorn (taken) 18 to 1 aget Loyola (taken) 20 to 1 agst Sprig of Shillelagh (taken) 20 to 1 agst Kent (taken) 1000 to 45 agst Skirmisher (taken) 25 to 1 agst Glenmasson (taken) The above bets were made before the last race. Although the coming elections compelled ma n y o f th e aristocratic parons of the meeting to absent themselves, yet the attendance of visitors of all classes and coudt- Cons was tot perceptibly below the average. As the returns of the racing which have been already published wi'l attest, the meeting fully maintained the reputation which it has of late years acquired tor.sport, not only of temporary interest, but of much prospective importance: The race for the Northamptonshire Stak e s c a us e d St. Giles to be adva , ced to a leading position in the betting oe the Chester Cup, and bro.ight Skirmisher into coind drable notice for the Derby. The runni ,g of Getiona di Verity and Fisherinan'a t-uccess for the Queen's Plate cau,ed Fisherman to he backed fur the Metropoli!ati, while eeveral investments were made on Gemwa di Vergy at an." outside price" for the Chester Cup. Since last year many impr,ovbaients have been eff,cted. The Earl Spencer's Plate Course has been, made per fectly straight, the Grand Stand has been erd,rged, and by the construction of puitalle offices additional facili ties were afforded for c o nducting the basin( es of the me , ting. The finene - s of the weatker.added materially to the pleasant character of the gatnering. Amone- the company we noti.:ed the Duke of Cam bridge, Duke of Bedford. Lord Southampton, Lord Ex , -- ter, Lord Burleigb, Lord Strathmore, Lord Ch es:erfife d , Lord E n fi e ld, lford Cardigan, Lord Anglesey, Lor I Cat den, Lord Riolilesdad , LAM Spenc , :r, Lord de Maui., Lord F. Filz , oy, Lord Exmouth, Lord Coventry, Lor I Cock, Lord Wilton, Lord Sydney oborrie, and L rd Althorpe ; Sir F. Munroe, Sir G eo rg e Arwytage, Sir George Wombwell ; Hon. James Mac ionald, Hon. Ad miralßous, Genet - id Peel, Colonel Cartwright, Captain Christie, Mr. George Payne, Mr. A. Stafford, Cel mel VyB4, Hon. R. V. Smith, Colonel Boyle, Hon. Fredk. Villiers, Captain Oust, Mr. C. Grevilie, General Arbuth not, 11,m, Colonel Forrester, Captain Lade, Sir W. Beoth, Mr. R. Read, Mr. Jacques, Captain Oliver, and Captain Wm, P.-el. • FIRE AT THE CLARENDON HOTEL—On Thursday after noon an alarm of tire at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond street, was carried to the police station in Vine-street, Piccadil y, and, upon the arrival of the police and fire brigade, it was ascertained that it had broken out in the upper part of the hotel. Beyond burning through the roof and damaging a suite of rooms, it caused no mate rial injury to the premises, which, we hear, are fully in silted in various ofbes. tADvigatisstassr. SIGHT AND HEARING SPECTACLES, POWERFUL TELESCOPES, : O P ERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. S. and 12. Sol,,mons, opticians. 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly; ObSOT:e—opposite the York hotel By ker Majesty's Royal Letters ,tent for valuable extraordinary improvements in the most powerful an Opera, and Per )rilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, spective Glasses. These telescope pomiess pitch extraor dinary powers that some three and a-half in,: b i es, with an extra ey.,-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moon'' , Saturn's ring, and the double stars. With the same te.." s cope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and al; sizes, with increasing powers accordingly.-- , a , Royal Exhibition, 1851. Valuable, newly-invented, very smai , powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by whit" person can be seen and known 1 miles distant; they ansvmu every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera hour s, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 1 0 mus t s. l'hey are invaluable for shooting, deer -stalking, Yucht„ing,', sportsiben, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tOliriStS. wonde rful rase-coarse, camp, and perspective glasses, with, ° dviestid power. Newly-constrztted Spectacle est transparent power. The valuable advantage L en ses ot t w he • . . is from this invention, is, that vision beeorainy impair d persons are preserved and strengthened, and very aged much patiou—can see with these lenses of a less magnit enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occr. lug power—and they do not require the frequent change t D o eaf t n h e e ss dit . ng s er e o w us pi e se tl o c e t i s .y. o_ f newly-invented instrument for T ful he t t r iga i r Vibrator, to as r s , is a ta n n e c x e . traordinary powerful, sm all, deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass any. thing of the kit that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the avae colour as the skin, is not per (opt ble ; i l , ena bl e s deaf persons to hear distinctly at c hu rc h goad at public assemb lies; the unpleasant sensation of singing pos sibly could be desired. -99, All, emar l e• street, Piccadilly. Observe--opposite in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the ass i stance that the York Hotel. BVENOS AYRES TO.REIGN DEBT. The Committee of Spinish American BondlrAders, have sent us a copy of a letter received by tl.em from Messrs. Baring Brothers an Co., and a trans lation of the document mentioned therein : " 8, Bishopsgate-street Within, March 25. "Sir—We have to band you herewith, for the . a.tnfor mation of the Com m itt ee o f S pan i s h Bondholders, copy of a letter which we have just received from the Finance Minister of Buenos Avres in fnrthor reference to the pro posed settlement of their English loan. "At the same time we may mention the receipt of a remittance from the Government by the same mail of 2,2181. 155., on account of interest‘on the loan. " We are, sir, your most obe , ient servants, (Signed). " BARING BROTHERS AND CO. " Arred Godfrey, E-q., S-cretary to the Committee of Spanish American Bondbolder,i," (Translation ) " Buenos Ayres, Jan. 21. "The undersigned has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your esteemed letter of B'h Dec. last. together with a copy of the resolutions passed at a public meeting of the bondholders which took place in your city on the 26th Nov. last in reference to t-e prnpoca!e for an ar- - ra:lgement submitted to the cunsideration of the,eisid parties. " My Government, having taken due notice of your important letter, has directed me to reply to it, express ing its satisfaction on seeing the realisation, in the afore said resolutions, of the hopes entertained by my Govern ment that the London creditors would not fail to appreciate its efforts to support the country's credit, and that they would accept the proposed bases for the defi nitive arrangeknetat of the dent. The Government has been no less gratified that the bondholders have ap pointed you as the agents to carry out the said agree ment. " All the considerations put forth by you to show the justice and expedi-ncy of modifying my government's proposals with r,gard t the settlement of the debt, as to the interest it shall pay, increasing that which is pro posed on the Deferred Bonds, and anticipating the period from which the interest is to begin to run—all these considerations, I say, have had, before now, the deliberate discussion and most serious attention of my government, and it wouli be usel-ss to refer now again to matters already amply considered and di-cussed ; and you may rest assured that my government, in deciding on its 'last proposals, went to the utmost of the notices.' sions which it could make with the expectation of being able to fulfil them, considering the present situation of the country, and its' prospective resonrces with regard to its engagements. " My government has never lost sight of the desirables, nese of riising the foreign credit of the country to its proper height, but it is exactly on account of this consi deration that it could not make to its creditors more favourable proposals than those it really did make, with, an assurance of being able to fulfil them • and the Go- , vernment is fi rmly persuaded th a t an advance on the. proposals made respecting the interest on the Deferred B. , nds would be an imprudence on its part ; and, being convinced thereof, I have been directed to tell'you that, notwithstanding its anxious wishes, it has not got the means to enlarge its engagements beyond what has been offered in the bases of Ist Oct. Nevertheless, if the situation of the country should hereafter prove so favour' able as is hoped by you and the Government, the latter will lose no time, for its own sake, in spontaneously im proving the position of its creditors in reference to the Deferred Bonds, be it by increasing the assigned interest or the redernplon fund, or by anticipating the fixed period for the payment thereof. " With regard to applying and including in the pre sent arrangement the pripoeal of the former non-accepted bases—namely, to admit in payment of public lands the bonds for arreared interest at par—such demand cannot be admitted by my Government. In the fist I.ltce, it must not be deemed applicable in the present iastancef on the mere plea of its having been proposed previous* inasmuch as, according to the present arrangement, the Deferred Bonds will bear interest, while in the formnt. one they would have born e no i n t erest w h atever , a n d merely as a means for redeeming the principal, it wag one of other proposals to receive them at par in payment for public lands. Therefore tbe present case is very different. Sop again, by acting upon your suggestion, the Government would lose the advantage pointed out by your good selves—namely, to redeem gradually the Deferred Bondi at less than par, in consequence of their intere-t being lower than the Active Bonds. For these reasons my Government cannot admit your proposition in that respect. Respecting the assigning of the ' Canon enfitertid of the public lands to the payment of the engagements to be entered into with the bondholders by the present arrangement, my government does not deem it inexpe dient to agree that the said ' cannot' be specifically as' signed to the payment of the interest and redemption fund for the Active and Deferred Bonds, for the whole amount of those bonds, any deficiency thereof to be made good from the other revenues of the state ; it being up' derstood that from the said 'canon' there is to bereserved a sum not to exceed 15,0001. for the liquidation of the still outstanding classified debt • and likewise what is owing and collected henceforth Of the proceeds from the respective lands of the country towns apportioned by the law to the respective municipalities. " Lastly, with regard to the principle of the sinking fund for the Deferred Bonds, and to the' eaneelliuk and depositing of a't the purchased or redeemed . bonds, the g , vernment coincides entirely with • the views and sug gestions expressed in your letter. "After these candid explanations, and theproofswhich my Government has already given to the bondholders of its earnest desire to settle satisfactory and equitably their claims, and offering at the same time guarantees for the punctual fulfilment thereof, the Government trusts ?has you, in behalf of the said bondholders, will not hesitate to consider as adjusted and agreed the bases of the set tlement, in the manner proposed by my Government; in order that the said Government may be placed in 31 condition to present itself to the hon. Legislative Cham bers, who meet on the let of May next, soliciting the competent autborieation for the final completion of the arrangement, that it may be carried into immediate axe' cation, remitting to the bondholders the monthly amoulA that may have accrued for the present year.—l have the honour to be, &c., (Signed) " NORBERTO DE LA RIESTBA. "Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co., London." Country Markets. DERBY SMITHFIELD.-MARCH 24. There was a good supply of fat beasts today frail the North of England, Liverpool, and Rotherham, which were in good request, and mostly disposed of at f u lly last wt, k's prices. The supply of sheep small; and were also in good request; prices as before. Fat and store calves lb good supply, and sales ready. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6i to 70: mutton, Bad. to 101 ; lamb, —d to Od ; veal, 7d tc 70d pd lb. ; pigs, 103 6d to lis O•l per score; rough fat, 4s 9 to per 141 b. ; hides, 4 4 d to 6,d per lb ; calf-skins, 46d to 60. per 1 D. EDINBURGH GRAIN.-MARCH 25. Fair supplies of grain of all kinds to-day. Sales were dull. Prices much ab o ut l as t wee k' s qu otations. A great quantity of inf er i or w h ea t i n . B ar l ey fi r m. Oats and beaus gave way. Wheat, on the top, 16s do wn , an d on th e ave rage OS 3d up. Barley, 3s down on the top, and 3d up on the average. Oats on the top 5s 0 i down—on the average 11 i down. Beans on the top is up, and on the average Os 7d down. Tares from 56s to 80s per quarter. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat le 3 8 12-12ths. Do. new -12th. Barley Oats • 1 7 6 10-12ths. Beans Bea 1 19 3 1-12ths. BOSTON—MARCH 25. We hail a moderate supply of all kinds of grain. The wheat trade a in a very sluggish state, and best selected si.mples barely supported last week's currency, whilst the oroinary rues were greatly neglected, and is per qr. cheaper. Spring corn a slow rale. Prices :—Wheat, red, 42s Od to 548 Od; new, —s to —1 white, 52e Jai to 568 Od extra, 595. Barley, 36s Od to 46 8 Od. Oat, 18s to 265. Peas, 36- to 41s Od. Beans, 37e Od to 43s Oil per qr. NEWARK—MARCH 25. We had a good attendance of farmers to-day at market, and a large supply of grain. Trade was rather heavy, at late prices. Wheat, white 61s to 635, red 55s to 575; barley, malting 46s to 508, grinding 36s to 38s; oats, 24st. 284 to 325, 22st, 26s to 28s; beans, 421 to 44s ; malt, 76s to 80s ; PeS B . 401 to 421; tares, 50s to 543 per qr. BIRTHS. OF A BON. On the 25th inst., at 31, Southamp to n - buildings, Chan, cery-lane, Mrs. Anderson. On the Bth inst., at Cirencester, Lady Gifford. op. A nAuourEa. On the 25th inst., at Denbigh Villa, Leamington, the wife of Edward Hardy , Es q . On the 25th inst., a t I l iceste r , Mrs. Saml. S. Bankert; I mAItR On the 26th inst., at Highgate, Major Algernon Brew don, R . A., eldest sn of J o h n B rendon, Esq., of Treriffle, Cornwall, to E E sq. li : a o b f et zs ouhAttil4rop Atkinson, tog , stepdaughter hg g ß h i t g ero a f te. Josiah W o il u ki i n h s e " 2 ' 3d inst., at Boideaux, Kenelm Digby Wing field, eon of William Wingfield Baker, Esq., of 91, Eaton' : e - 1 glare, and Orsett Hall M , Essex, to Mademoiselle L. G. S. 1 , 02 ., the daughter of onsieur A. Sainte Marie, of that city. DIED. On the 25th inst., at Tunbridge-wells, the Lady Sues* Maria Hallam. On the 26th inst., at the Green, Hampstead, William Flaghe- ' Esq., of Lincoln's-inn, barrister-at-law, aged 65. On th e 2511 inst., Alexander Stewart, Esq., of 5, Cam bridge.sqoar 0 , Hyde-park, and of Winchester House, Old Bros, i-si reet. On the 24th inst., suddenly, at Staunton Harold, Lei cestershire, the Rev. John Letts, M.A., rector of St. Olave, Hart -street, London, aged 56 On the 2:th inst., at Ramsgate, Elizabeth, widow of the late Lieut.-Col. the Hon. John Slassey, aged 58. Ou the 23d inst., at Bath, R. Brooke, Esq., Senior Mas ter (retired list) R.N., rged 85. On the 24th inst , at, Clapham-rise, Miss Mary Ann Squire, last surviving daughter of the late Dr. J. Squire, formerly of Ely-place, Holborn, aged 75. LONDoN : Printed and Published by MITRDO YOUNG, of No 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun (Moe, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count?' Middlezcx, FritiaT, March 27, ISST. .;,,;. .