The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-18 00:00:00

THE PEUSSIAN MEROENARY. The Neuchatel Conferences threaten to become the Poland of Europe. Everybody knows on which aide right and justice lie, but the cause is not one of sufficient importance to enlist the sympathies or secure the active co-operation of the human race. The King of Prussia, it appears, is holding out on the money question. He wishes to strike a good bargain with the inevitable. All that was said upon recent occasions of the point of honour and the nice susceptibilities of the dwellers in Potsdam may be reckoned as so much vapour, or as the mere flight of winged words. The King of Prussia is a prudent man in his generation,—he loves honour well, but thalers and groschen even more. There is balm in the chink of the . precious metals .—Gilead is that bank on which we can draw at sight with the certainty of honoured checks. Why, after all, quarrel with the Prussian Sovereign for such a conclusion to his high flown assertions of the dignity of his Crown ? A good round sum will conclude the Neuchatel question ; and this, after all, is not the worst re sult at which the Parisian diplomatists could have arrived. We shall know at least what we are about, and what is the pretext on which the peace of Eu rope is to be troubled by Prussia, if trouble there is to be. "Make it guineas !" and the dogs of war will be coupled up, and the Prussian Bellona will quench her hissing torch in the muddy Spree. The King of Prussia, we say again, is a very prudent man. In small things, as iu great, his circumspec tion and provident forethought are conspicuous. When the great nations of Europe had met in last tle array on the grim shores of Crimean Tartary, and the treasures of the world were cast forth like sand, and the blood of Europe's bravest and best was shed like water in that great contest which tbrned the course of history, the cautious Monarch stood aloof, and made his game. Let the world wag as it might, let the future of Europe be Euro pean or Muscovite, that signified but little to the politicians of Berlin, and to the carriers who were to make their fortune by neutralising the Baltic blockade. This was a great coup. The prudent Sovereign, however, who conceived it and carried it out is not unlike that celebrated elephant who could with his trunk lift a cannon or pick up a needle with equal facility. Small gains are not to- be despised, and, in the absence of any greater operation, the little Neuchatel affair might cer tainly be looked upon as a g )dsend. But first it was necessary to raise the price of the article in the market. Neuchatel must be considered as the symbol of European peace. In this case the nations of Europe would be disposed to look favourably upon the question of pecuniary compensation. When so great a blessin ,, could be secured for a certain price i n mone y we should not be careful to higgle about price, nor to tolerate any hesitation in the Swiss people upon settling-day. Arms and armaments were thrust in the foreground. Arrangements for the transit of troops through the territories of reluctant populations were negotiated with various petty Courts, with whom dynastic in fluences and family ties weighed far heavier in the scale than their own dignity and independence. It was loudly proclaimed by the King's agents, and never denied by himself, that when once the politi cal prisoners were liberated every other point would be smoothed down. The only question was one of the susceptibilities of pedigree and the dignity of a Crown. Well, the prisoners were liberateJ, under the auspices, if not on the direct admonition, of the powerful Court of the Tuileries, and the parties to the Neuchatel dispute were summoned before a Tribunal of Honour. Alas for the misnomer ! it was found practically that the point of honour was far from being the real point at issue, and that a Tri buns! ff Commerce would have far more speedily terminated the dispute between the litigant parties. The question at issue was not one of honourable punctilio, but of monetary interest. The King of Prussia, it appears, is holding out for a larger price than the Swiss are willing to give for the total eman cipation of the Canton of Neuchatel from the tradi tionary thrall of Prussia's King. We cannot wonder at the spirit of ehapmanship which the Swiss have displayed in the course of the negotiation. In th e first place, the Swiss are chapm.en born, ready to deal with the fi rst corner for the blood of their children or the Milk of their cows. They are, moreover, fully justi fiedin saying that the ware which the Prussian n ego tiatOroffers for sale is but a soap-bubble at best, and should not command a higher price than the ordinary market value of goods of that description. What is it the King of Pruszia is giving up What consi deration is he offering for the money payment which his emissaries are now demanding in his behalf ? The value of a nominal sovereignty over a Princi pality in a distant part of Europe is, of course, in finitely small to the present King of Prussia, or to any future Sovereign of the house of Brandenburg, although to the Swiss it is an object of considerable importance to rid themselves of a claim which can ever be used by factions at home to disturb the tranquillity of the Cantons. There is another rea son which just for the moment renders them more unwilling to loosen their purse-strings. Their nego tiator, Dr. Kern, who seems to be a gentleman of very . sanguine temperament, had possessed them with the notion that the dispute would be termi nated without any cash payment if they could but make up their minds to yield the point of the libe ration of the prisoners. Theyare naturally disgusted with a blunder which procures them so disagree able a surprise. . . At the present moment, if we may judge from advic?s which we have recently received from Paris, the negotiation, so far as the Swiss and Prussian Plenipotentiaries are concerned, is at a standstill. Each has reached the limits of his instructions, and theycannot agree. M. de iliitzfeldt hadmade certain demands from which he would not recede, and Dr. Kern certain offers which he would not enlarge. Under these circumstances the other representatives, having excluded the two dissident Plenipotentiaries from their deliberations, have, it is said, settled among tbemselves the draught of a convention which they will force upon the acceptance of the Swiss and Prussian diplomatists. We know not how far compulsion is possible in such a case, but at least one would fain hope that if the refu , ial should come from the side of Prussia, the great Powers would entirely withdraw from every gulrantee, or implied guarantee, which they have ever given to Prussia concerning the relations of her Sovereign to the Principality of Neuchatel, and for the future leave the head of the house of Brandenburg to assert his claims to that shadowy supremacy in his own way. 'On the chances of any rejection by the Swiss of any conclusion to the difficulty which may be suggested by the active and friendly interference cf the great Powers we need not enlarge. If they are so inju dicious as to neglect such au opporttibity of getting out of this difficulty, the best thing we can do for the future is to leave them to themselves and the King of Prussia.—Times. SIB J. BOWRING ON THE CHINESE pARBARITIES. The Liverpool Courier contains the following let. ter horn Sir J. Bowring : " Hong Kong, Feb. 24. "My dear Sir,—l doubt not that it will be a gratification to my Manx friends to hear from the best authority that we are all recovered from the effects of the poison of which several hundred per king partook on the 15th of Jan. About 101 b. of arsenic had been mixed with a batch of bread issued from the largest Chinese bakery in the colony, and the excess of the quantity led to immediate alarm, --application of emetics and speedyejection of 'the perilous stuff.' It left its effects for some days in racking headaches, pains in the limbs and bowels, &c. In my family, my wife, daughters, three guest 4, my private secretary, and myself, besides several servants, ate of the poisoned bread. Lady Bow ring's has been a bad case, as it is thought some of the arsenic bad got into the. lungs, but danger is over now. This mode of warfare is hard to deal with, and will, lam sure, excite a gene ral sympathy and indignation. Large premiums have been offered by the Mandarins to any who shall set fire to our houses, kidnap or murder us ; and many unfortunate wretches of all na'ions (as the hatred of the Chinese is indiscriminating) have been seized, decapitated, and their heads have been exposed on the walls of Canton, their assassins having been largely rewarded ; they have even tern tip the odies of Christian men from their graves, In order to decapitate them anti expose their mu'i * lated skulls to the public gaze. All this is suffi ciently horrible, but I doubt not the results will be mist beneficial, for certainly we shall exact indem nities for the past and obtain securities for the : future. We shall not crouch before assassination end incendisriarn, you may be assured. I did all that depended upon me to promote conciliation and establish peace. This was obviously my duty, but every effort I made was treated with scorn and re pulsion. The forbearance with which the Chinese nave been treated has been wholly-misunderstood by them, alai attributed to our appre hensions of tht it great power and 'awe of the majesty of the 'Son of Heaven.' So they have disregarded the most so!eain engagements of treaties, .and looked , upon us as barbarians,' who, in am o ment ofsuccess, imposed conditions from which they were to escape when occasion offered, and when they could (in t their judgment) safely do so . I d ou b t not t h a t —OOPS For: CH [NA. etst,vtu. won were issued Government, Parliament, and public opinion will from the War ()Ti le f Y • or ,tlr cornpantcs of the Royal go with min this great struggle, andpray that my Artillery, and the 2d battaron o f life may have been preserved for the real and en- camped Woolwich to embark the on military b o hired during benefit of my country and mankind. —E ver transports Nt- ells, Violet and Mooreefent, a a r t Woclwich faithfully yours, this day (Sal rday)• Th e F ur . ons, 16, with the division 13 owaxik.ra. o gun and dispatch boats un ler orders for C' , ins, William Kelly, gag" toughs, Isle of Man." tail for Can river on Monday. rHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1857. THE "MONTHLY' MONSTER, ALIAS THE GREAT EASTERN: Among the passions which belong to human nature we may recognise what may be called a passion for size. Those primitive works of fiction which feed the childish imagination appeal very boldly to this passion. They go straight to the point, and create without ceremony men, houses, and lions ten times bigger, than actual men, real houses, and live lions. But this is not the• only quarter in which this appeal is made. Science, with all Ai gravity, copies fiction here, and appeals to the same passion exactly as the childish fairy tale did. What single ingredient in astronomy, for exam ple, tells more in creatingataste for thatscience than the enormous distances in which it abounds? The figures which represent the distances of heavenly bodies from us, or the speed with which light, or the speed with which electricity travels, have the same fascination for the scientific that the numbers in the banker's book have for the covetous imagination. The one set of figures constitutes the conventional symbol fur space, and the other for wealth. Whoever wants to feed this natural passion for size in the primitive way, and to see a true giant in its own line, must visit the bank of the Thames at Millwall. But before he goes we recommend him, unless he is very well versed in the Book of Genesis, to turn to the 6th chapter, and refresh his memory as to the dimensions of Noah's Ark and the " fashion" of its making : " the length of the Ark shall be 300 cubits, the breadth of it 50 cubits, and the height of it 30 cubits." So, reckoning the' cubits at a foot and a half, we have a ship 450 feet long, 75 feet broad, and 45 feet high. While the visitor is collecting data as to ships, sacred and profane, he may tura out " Marlborough" in the .Navy List, and there he will see that the largest line-of-battle "ship in the British Navy is exactly of 4,000 tons burden. And now let him get on board a Greenwich steamer and be steamed though the picturesque Pool to Millwall. Just op posite Deptford be will be aware of something pre- Adainitic wallowing in the mud of the Isle of Dugs —a stranded saurian ship, to which even Noah's Ark must yield precedence, and to which all the Mariboroughs, and Wellingtons, and Merrimacs, and Niagaras in the world are mere cockboats. An iron hull of the burden of 23,000 tons, nearly 700 feet long, and 60 feet high, will meet his eye—the hull of Mr. Scott Russell's Great Eastern steam ship. We must give a few more figures, for every figure is a mon-ter, and worth looking at separ ately. One is a figure of 30,000—the number of the iron plates which compose the enormous erec tion, each weighing the third of a ton, and each fastened by 100 rivets. The ship will accommodate 4,000 passengers, 800 of whom are first-class. On an emergency she could carry 10,000 troops. She will contain 10 boilers, and 100. furnaces. The cylinder of every engine will be six feet in diame ter, and will weigh five times as much as the great bell of St. Paul's. The screw propeller will be 24 feet in diameter, and the diameter of the paddle wheels will be 56 feet, or considerably larger than the circus at Astley's. The principal suite of salooes will be 400 feet in length, and a promenade round the deck will afford a walk of more than a quarter of a mile. This monster ship will combine steam power in b o th shapes, screw and paddle, with sailing power. She will carry 11,000 tons of coal, she will be lighted by gas wade on board, and the electric light will flicker like St. Elmo's fire at night from her masthead. She will spread 6,500 yards of canvas, and her speed is com puted at 15 knots or 18 miles an hour—a rate which will perform the voyage to India by the Cape, and to Australia, in little more than a month. Who would not • wish to be the captain of this gallant ship With these principal figures, then, gone through, let us imaeine.the Great Eastern afloat, and on her road to Bombay or Melbourne, and with her ordi nary complement of passengers on board. The first idea which strikes us is the multitude of faces on board. It will, in fact, be a whole town afloat, and much more than a town of 4,000 population, because itswill be a floating town of 4,000 grown up persons; at least, with comparatively few excep tions, each of them being what is called an " indi vidual," by which we mean a human being of size to command notice, and having to appearance, at least, a mind and will of his own, together with a formed air, tone, and manner peculiar to himself. In this sense even young ladies are individuals. All this crowd of individualities will be collected within the dimensions of 700 by 60 feet. What a new shape of human "society Take the 800 first class passengers by themselves, and what room does even this number afford for the formation of all kinds of different circles and sets, which will know nothing of each other, one wan only just knowing another by sight, and hardly that. How many immeasurable social chasms will be collected within a few hundred feet ! How many Mr. Smiths will there be who will not speak to Mr. Jones during the whole voyage because he is not in the same set ! How many MrJon eses will pay back MrSmith in the samecoin I Between how many niceyoung ladies and proper young gentlemen will there not be a great gulf fixed, because intbeeyes of anxious mothers the s dd young gentlemen are not desirable persons, but mere penniless bipeds ! What flirtations will there not be behind boats, what rivalries, and, if many Americans voyage by the Great Eastern, what duellings may we not expect on that ample deck ! In short, what an epitome or camera-obscura of the world will the Great Eastern present ! It will be worth an aspiring novelist's while to take his berth to Australia or India and back again, simply for the great convenience of having so much human nature brought before him within so small a compass. It will be the mountain brought to Mahomet, the world condensing itself before his eyes, for the sake of being observed and examined. The rapid na -1 cession of faces will bewilder him at first, but indi viduality will come out in time, though he• must be sharp about his work, otherwise the Great Eastern will have stopped her screw and paddles before he bee. got any results. If his material is enlarged, his time is mush curtailed on the ne,w system. Farewell to long voyages, with their ap propriate quarrels and matches—their lovewakings, jiltings, reconciliations, and irrevocable unions ; voyage life has entered on another phase. For what is a month ?—it is gone before we begin to think about its going. How will the old voyagers look back to the romantic days when a roomful of persons were the'r own company for four months, gradually forming enmities or friendships, when attachments rose up among "young people" uncon sciously and by the mere passive influence of the scene ! We are growing a busier nation every year,.and cannot afford time for more than one chapter of this sea romance. But we must not let the appeal to imagination supersede the reel practical result of the, grand ex periment of the Great Eastern. The poet, as he Surveyed this vast sublunary scene of restless in dustry and adventure, was struck by nothing so much as the triumph of man over the sea. lie ex presses himself as more than struck—as shocked. " Nequicquarn Dens abscidit Prudens Oceano diaeociabiii _ Terra., si tarnen imp!as Non tangenda rates transiliunt vada." He argued that the sea was a providential appoint. meat, and that it was impious in man to struggle aga nst it—he had no right to unite what God had separated, and connect land with land when the Divine power had inserted water between. We have long seen the weakness of this argument; and arrived at a much better doctrine of final causes than this. But, if any one wants to see a good fin ishing b'ow given to the Horatian argument—at least on the Solvitur ambulando principle—he may see it given by the Great Eastern. That mighty fabric indeed does not)talk, but it acts—its act be ing a month's voyage to India or to Australia. That act, while it is a speechless, is at the same time the most powerful answer, that the religious scruples of the awestruck poet could ree,ive. A reflecting mind will see in such a voyage a much more natu ral, proper, wise, arid obedient fulfilment of the designs of Providence than any timid self-confine ment arid servile deference to a barrier of nature would have been. It will appear that the sea was made to alternate with the dry land, not that con tinents might be disconnected, but that man should have the opportunity of exerting his skill and in vention iu connecting them. The result of this great experiment in shipbuilding, if it answers, of which there is little or no doubt, will be a con solidation of the British Empire such as we have not yet seen. Half of the space which separates the various sections of it from the mother country and from each other will be . annihilated. Our colonies will be brought com paratively close to !us, and, what is almost of as much importan ce as the actual vicinity gained, they will be more than twi e as near to us in ima gination. The difference between a month's voyage and two or three months is all the difference to the imagination. We think of a place as within reach, and within a home distance, if it ie only "a month off." The whole empire is thus brought into a home compass, and obtains the addition of strength which so much greater union gives. We shall find ourselves paying visits to and receiving visits from India and Australia. Our friends will come over for the summer with return tickets, and the B r i t i s h empire will become in virtual compass, a province.—Tiinee Ta LAW INTELLIGENCB.--April 17. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. THE ROYAL BRITISH BASK-THE DIVIDEND, In our impression of yesterday we gave the commencement of the proceedings before the learned Commissioner. Towards the close ofthe hear ing, Mr. Linklater said—Sir, with reference to the position of the bank at present, it is important that I should communicate to you the result of the pro ceedings up to this day. The debts proved at the meetings previously had amounted to 514,1241. 17s. 6d. The proofs of to-day amount to about 4,000/:, and your Honour has permitted a claim to be en tered of 5,0001., making a total of profs and claims to-day of 9,0001. ;so that the total amount already proved and claimed would be 523,0001. A divi dend has been already paid of ss. 6d. in the pound, and I am happy to say even the money assets of the estate are not yet exhausted, for, if with ordi nary diligence we have good luck, we hope to be able to make a further dividend of 2s. in two months, or even 2s. 6d., and I trust even then that the assets will not be exhausted. It is important that I should make this communication to the Court, because the forthcoming session of Parliament is one in which it will be incumbent upon - those who have the interest of the creditors at heart, for the purpose of enabling the assignees and those who are anxious to bring about some general compro mise, to take measures for that purpose. It may be, and it has been found exceedingly difficult, dealing with so many creditors and so many debt ors, to bring all to a common understanding, but we have succeeded in getting from certainly more than half the creditors their assent to the compro mise which has been proposed by the shareholders of 6s. 6d. in the pound beyond what the assets in bankruptcy will realise. The dividend which has been declared and that which is to be paid to-day will amount to Bs. The further dividend under this bankruptcy we have no doubt will amount to 2e. certainly, and possibly to 35., and that will enable the assignees to make a dividend under this bank ruptcy of 10s. or lls. in the pound. If it were but lOs. in the pound, the 6s. 6d. which is offered by the shareholders would increase the total composi tion to I6s. 6d. in the pound, and it certainly does strike one as being most desirable for the creditors, and certainly for the shareholders, to use their united efforts to bring about such a result ; and the assignees have exerted themselves, and the committee of depositors have been unremitting in their duties for the purpose of aiding in this com promise, and it is hoped that no step taken by any person will have the effect of preventing that taking place. It is just possible that the unfortunate delay which has arisen from the dissolution of Parliament may have deprived some of the shareholders of the means of paying the contributions with which they might have been prepared. Even that I hope will not endanger the general result of it. Then I should hope Parliament would give us some power of deal ing with a shareholder by himself; and enable us to discharge him from his liability to creditors gener ally. However much iu theory it may have been considered good, inasmuch as it involves unlimited liability, it has been found iu practice to be detri mental to the interests of those whom it was in tended to serve. The result of the proceedings here, I have no doubt, will give satisfaction to the creditors. They will see that, with a certain divi dend in bankruptcy, and with a fair prospect of that which will be got from the shareholders, it is their interest to withhold proce e di ngs un til those who have been intrusted with their interest in the end to obtain that advantage for them which they have all along desired. The dividend, owing to the very great exertions that have been made by the official assignee, and I may say by Mr. Cooper and others in his office, have enabled us to say that, though the number of creditors is so large, the di vidend will be payable on and after April 28, and we shall have the use of the South Sea House, which has been sold for 11,0001., the fittings being taken at 1,4001. That 12,400/. this day will not come into the present dividend, and therefore we shall have a certain further asset—an available ( ready money asset. I have also the satisfaction of being able to say that a vessel belonging to Mr. Humphrey Brown, the Ellen Lindsay, is on her way. We expect from that and other securities to realise 1,0001. or 1,5004 at a future period, and therefore the prospects'- ) which I have referred are exceedingly fair, and I hope may be realised at no distant period. We have had a most able and sa tisfactory report from surveyors of considerable eminence —auctioneers, with reference to the Welsh works, and we are not without hope that a sum, exceeding, possibly, 40,0001., if we should be fortu na'e, will be realised fur the estate. If we were so successful the dividend which I have mentioned would be increased, because there are other debts outstanding which possibly, by yery good fortune, might increase the dividend for this estate even to 12s. in the pound. lam quite sure the assignees will spare no pains to bring about so desirable a re sult. It will be one which I think will be credi table to the administration in bankruptcy, one for which we have all fought very eagerly. * Your Ho nour was pleased to name . Wednesday next for the examination of Alderman Kennedy. Alderman Kennedy is abroad and unable to attend on Wed nesday, and it is considered desirable to delay Mr. Humphrey Brown's examination till after Mr. Alderman Kennedy's ; but he proposes to be here on the 20th. The time will not be loot, .because we have the exceedingly important duty of examin ing the auditors and accountants, and there will be also, in consequence of the singular and extra ordinary statement of Mr. Stapleton, necessarily a short further examination of him. Ido not want to say more upon it at present, but 1 propose, with your Honour's permission, to proceed on Wednes day next with that examination, for the purpose of showing that some of the statements have been without foundaton. The 30th inst. is appointed for the last examination, and the, assignees had hoped that the balance sheet would have been prepared and filed by that time. I have no doubt the ac countant who has been employed by the assignee; for that purpose has found his duties exceedingly laborious, and no doubt he has been diligent in the preparation of it; but, having regard t) the several periods at, which rests have to be made, he hasfound it impracticable to file it. I am told that a very few days will see it completed, but I can scarcely hope that there will be sufficient time between this and the last examination to allow the assignees to give it that attention which undoubtedly it would re ceive at their hands. The Commissioner—There is only one thing that one desires could have been added to the state ment made by Mr. Linklater—that 20s. in the pound would be paid, which, in case of a joint-stock bank the public always expects should be realised. Looking at all the circumstances of this unfortunate case, it may be desirable that the compromise should be carried out, which is perhaps more than we might at one time bave been led to ant' eipate. Mr. Linklater—That is so, Sir. The great mis take which the shareholders made was in not com ing forward at once with such a sum of money as would have prevented the sacrifice of their pro perty; it would have been undoubtedly the bestpo licy, and would have been the most honest. There is an additional advantage which the assignees have now which they did not possess before—viz., the assistance of Mr. Wyld, , one of the members for Bodmin, who has promised his assistance in con junction with the Attorney-General for the pur pose of promoting the promised measure. The dividend of 2s. 6d. in the pound was then ordered to be paid. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-April 17. BOW-STREET.—Victor Bunnolle, a French man, was charged with a savage assault on a young woman named Jane Bryant, who described herself as a dressmaker. The complainant stated that, having been at work late last night, she was going home to her lodging at Kennington, at about a quarter to one that morninz, when she encountered the prisoner at the corner of Wellington-street and the Strand. He came up to her and gave her a violent blow in the face, making the blood flow freely, and fearfully disfiguring her countenance. She gave him no pro vocation, not having even spoken to him, and she had never seen him before. The prisoner being unable to speak English, his wife came forward and offered to translate for him. He said that the complainant accosted him, and, finding that he would have nothing to say to her, struck him in the face and knocked his hat off. Complainant called as a witness a man named Treniaine, a man employed to watch and pro tect a painting of the interior of the Coal Hole Ta vern in the Strand, with portraits of London cele brieties. He said he saw the whole transaction. Complainant came down Wellington•street, and was about to cross the road towards Waterloo bridge, when the prisoner, who came from the direction of the bridge, walked up to her without the slightest provocation, and dealt her a tremendous blow. She bled so profusely that in a f e w minutes there was a great pool of blood on the footway, where it still remained. Mr. Jardine sentenced the prisoner to 21 days' niprisonment. WESTMINSTER. —Thomas KelseU, alias Thos. Kruse, and William French, two middl e - age d men, were harged with the following impudent fraud. Early in the month of October last the prisoner Kelsell went ,to Mrs. Dolley of Church-street, Chelsea, a lady 87 years of age, and representing himself as the sun of Mr. Kruse, of the firm of Bruce Kruse, and Co., coa l- Anerc h an t s a t Batter sea-bridge, said that one of their coalheaverd La. met with an accident, which prevented his work ing, and the firm were getting up a subscription amongst the benevolent to start him in some way cf business. The old lady, believing the statement, gave him 55., and he went away, but she soon after wards discovered that she had been imposed upon, and that Kelsell was in no way related to Mr. Kruse. Yesterday afternoon Kelsell went again to Mrs. Dolley with another story calculated to ex cite her sympathy. He introduced his companion as the son of a poor widow woman, whose goods bad been detained for rent, and was just short of 2/. to pay the broker out. As ihe old lady recog nised her former visitor, and was determined not to be duped again, she accordingly sent for the police. It having been stated that there would in all probability be many more charges against the ac cused, they were remanded for a week. GeOrge R. Clark, a bricklayer's foreman, and Rosa Bush, a servant girl, were brought up for final examination, the former charged with assaulting and violating Elizabeth Harris, a girl under 14 years of age, the daughter of a clothier and sales man in James-street, Westminster, and the female with feloniously aiding and abetting in the commis sion of the offence. The court was densely crowded. Mr. Sleigh, barrister, saaia attended yesterday for the prosecution, and Mr. Lewig, jun., for the accused. On the prisoners being placed in the dock, Mr. Sleigh put two or three questions to the prosecu trix, in reply to which she said that the male pri soner (who is a married man, about 35 years of age) always told her that he was single, and said he would marry her. When they got to the house at Notting-hill, on the Monday night, Rosa went in first, and spoke to the landlady. Prosecutor did not say anything to the landlady about being Clark's sister. Mr. Sleigh then stated that he should proceed under the Bishop of Oxford's Act, although he would not pledge himself that the man might not a'so be indicted for the capital offence. The case was one of the very worst description, and although the penalty under the Bishop of Oxford's Act would fail in awarding commensurate punishment, still society and justice would in some measure be vin dicated by its operation. Martha Bourne, 3, Durham-place, Plough-lane, Notting-hill, was then called, and stated that on the night of the 31st of March the prosecutrix and Rosa came to her house. Rosa said they had come from Woolwich, and wanted a lodging for the night. Rosa said that she had come to town to find her husband, and that the little girl (prosecutrix) Was her sister-in-law, and owing to the respectability of Miss Harris's appearance mainly she was induced to take them in and let them a back room. Rosa paid her a shilling for the night's lodging. The male prisoner came to the house next day, when witness, seeing him in the room, thought he was Rosa's hus band. Hearing nothing of them, witness went up to the room late at night, and knocked at the door. After doing so three times, and receiving no an swer, one of the females moved towards the door, when _witness asked her if she wanted a bed made up for the sister Y and a voice replied, "No ; not to-night, thank you ; but witness could not say whether it was Miss Harris or Rosa that spoke. She heard footsteps of two persons in the passage at, six in the morning, when the male prisoner went out. Miss Harris came down stairs directly after breakfast, buLshe did not observe anything particular about her, except that she appeared as if she had been crying. She had seen Miss Harris and Rosa both in tears while in her house. On the following Thursday Rosa said that Miss Harris was ill, and was obliged to keep her bed. Sometimes Rosa came down for different articles they wanted, sometimes Miss Harris. Witness's husband, seeing a handbill offering a reward for any information that could be given respecting Miss Harris, went to her parents, on Saturday morning, when Mrs. Harris and a friend came and fetched her away. In answer to questions from Mr. Paynter, wit ness said that she supplied Miss Harris and Rosa with coffee and rolls on the first morning, after which they got things for themselves. Rosa went on errands during the week. Witness never suspected anything wrong till her attention was called to the handbills. She did not know that Miss Harris was of a superior class to the prisoners. She never saw Clark till he came on the Wednesday. Mr. Paynter having expressed a wish to, put two or three questions to Miss Harris's married sister, she was sworn, when the magistrate inquired whether prosecutrix had ever been considered of weak intellect. The sister (Mrs. Flint) replied that she was not considered so. In answer to further questions, witnes said that her sister while at school did not exhibit any dulness, but learnt as well as other girls of her age. Her sister was heavy in sleep, so heavy that she had often undrened her and put her to bed while in thri state. She was an intel ligent, sharp girl. Rosa had considerable influence over her. It was observed in the famil 7. Wit ness had often seen Clark speaking to kosa, and thought he was her sweetheart. Mr. Pearse, police divisional surgeon, who had been called in after Miss Harris was recovered by her friends, proved that the offence charged had been committed. Sergeant Loom, a detective officer of the B divi sion, said that during her absence from home her parents employed him to trace her. He went to Clark on bath the Tuesday and Thursday, and urged him to relieve their minds by telling what had become of their child, when he called God to witness that he knew nothing about her. Knowland, the summoning officer of the court, proved tbat when he apprehended Clark he denied that he had assaulted Miss Harris, and inquired of witness whether he had got Rosa. Mr. Lewis submitted at great length that this was not an offence under the Bishop of Oxford's Act, which required that a woman should be pro cured for the criminal purpose by false pretences, false representations, and fraudulent means. This case lacked all these ingredients. This girl had, by her own admission, long corresponded with Clark, and, instead of being deluded from her home by any fake statements, she left it of her own free will, for the express purpose of seeing Clark. There were no fraudulent means used ; she was not coerced in any way, but with the romantic spirit which sometimes actuated young lldies left her home of her own free will, cared for the time nothing for her parents, comfortably re• mained at the lodgings until she was fetched by her mother, .and then found it necessary to make up the best story she could to stand well with her friends. All must depend upon the girl's state ment, and he would ask whether any jury, or other sane body of people, would believe the story that she did not know how she was undressed or how she got into bed ? He had no doubt that she was a consenting party to her own ruin. Mr. Paynter thought there was a very strong false pretence in a married man and woman saying and doing what the accused had done, and adverted to the remark that Rosa had made, that it was of no consequence, as she was to be married on the Sun day. If there bad been no Bishop of Oxford's Act, and if it had been proved that the girl consented, he would not believe that they were living in a country where such a flagrant atrocity as this case developed could becommtted without punishment. This remark was followed by clapping of hands and vehement applause from the auditory. Mr. Paynter - committed the prisoners for trial at the Central Criminal Court. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. William Bates was charged with keeping an office for betting on horse races, at No. 1, Queen's Head-court, Wind mill-street. Four other persons, Sidney Collins, John Fagg, Edward Wills, and Joseph Steel, were charged with being found in the house without lawful excuse. After a statement from Mr. Hawkins, who ap peared for the defendants, Mr. Bingham decided upon discharging all the defendants except Bates, the charge against whom mainly rested on the testimony of Police-constable Parker, A 326, who visited the place in plain clothes and at la't saw a bet made and money paid to Bates, wh o gave the person who made the bet a yard. Mr. Hawkins contended that the evidence did not bring h ome th e c h arge to th e d e f en d ant, an d that the fa c t o f a s i ngle b et h av i ng b een ma d e, if i t really was made, was not sufficient to make the shop in which the transaction took place a betting office. Mr. Bingham said that to his mind the evidence that the shop was not a barber's shop, but a betting office s was overwhelming. Ho should call upon defer 'dant to pay the reduced fine of 50/., or be im prisoned for three months. Mr. Hawkins said notice of appeal would be giv en. Mr. Hawkins having afterwards abandoned the appeal, and intimated the readiness of his client to gkve up the betting business, .Mr._ Bingham reduced the fine to 201. EASTER OFFEP.INGS.—A very pleasing and poetic idea *learns to have arisen in the mind of Madame Temple, of :184, Regent-street, from the practice of the offering of ,eggs at the present period of Easter. This ingenious lady has formed the eggs of sugar in two halves, which are attacbed together by a tasteful bandage of ribbon. En the interior and reposing in a soft bed of wool is to be found--what ? We really do not think it fair, how ; .ever, thus to reveal the contents of these " (Etlfs de ..Pdgues," as a principal charm is in the mutual surprise .ana'pleasure of the donor and acceptor at the disclosure •of that which reposes in so sweet a shrine. We may add, they are in every respect worthy of this persevering ca terer hi the 1 roduction of novelties for friendship offer ,ings. From the . London Gazette of Last Night. WHITEHALL, Apßtr, 14. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be pased under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land unto Charles Lecock, of Speldhurst, in the county of Kent, and of Hertford-street, Mayfair, in the county of Middlesex, Doctor of Medicine, and First Physician Ae &mber to her Majesty, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. WHITEHALL, APRIL 15. _ The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto Major Charles Nasmyth her Majesty's royal licence and permission that he may accept and wear the Imperial Order of tho Medjidie of the Fourth Class, which the Sultan hath been pleased to confer' upon him as a mark of his Imperial Majesty's approbation of his distinguished ser vices in the defence of Silistria, and during the campaign on the Danube, in the year 1854. WAR OFFICE, APRIL 17. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Colonel Alexander Murray Tullocb, Unattached, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Divi sion of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the Most Honourable Or,ler of the Bath. , upon-Tyne; Watson, Newcastle-upon-Typo; Harwood, Clement's-lane, City. Richard Winter Nears, miller, Sheffield, May G end Juno 3, at twelve, at the Tow, -hall, Kingston-upon-Hull. Carrick, official assignee, Hull ; Daubuoy, Market Ras= ; Stamp and J: ckson, Hull. Ge- , rge Jayi.e, jun., builder, Newport, April 27 and May 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. official assignee, Bristol ;. Bevan and Giriing, Samuel Dalton, Daniol Dalton, and Alfred Dalton, ironwasters, Chester, April 213, and May 2d, at eleven, at the Liverpool D;strict Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool.; Cooper and Sons, Manchester; Dodge, SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John M`Ro3tie, flasher, Crieff. David Spence, merchant, in Ferry-Port-on-Craig. James Glennie, lace and sewed muslin. warehouseman, Bucbaoan•street, Glasgow. William Sharp, draper, Kirkwall. Thomas Murray, tailcr and clothier, Port-Glasgow. BANK OF E An Acconnt pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturday lurk DEP Notes issued ...... .• 22,795,165 2. NGL AND. 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for ir, the t Rh day of April, 1857. ♦RTMENT. Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities...—. 3,450,ii00 Gold coin and bullion 8.321,165 Silver bu11i0n........ £22,796,165 £22,796 165 MARSIIALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 16th day of April, 184, BANKING DE : Proprietors'capital .. 14,553,000 (test . .... 3,237,639 Public deposit s (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of !PARTMENT• Government seenritios National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 5,116,350 Other deposits 10,181,057 Bcven I)ay and other Bills .....• 717,237 (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) .. 11,333,126 Other securities .. 18.984,64 Notes •• .. .......... 3,041,121 Gold and silver coin.. 713,447 £34,105,333 £34,103,333 M. MARSHALL, Chief ,;iistater. Dated the 16th day of April, 1857. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. T o Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending Apri -14, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid of payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Groar Britain : s. d.t From the British Possessions in America 39 101 Muscovado, the produce of the MLuritius 39 64 Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 7 93. Average of the above descripti ons . Mlles penal. 1857. Country Markets. ..-_,__.__.-, -_.,.-..__ LIVERPOOL—APRIL 1?. The Corn Exchante this morning ,was well attended by millets and dealers• The demand for wheat was good, several purchases being made for Ireland and Scotland, and an advance of about 2d per bushel over Tuesday was realised. Flour did net participate in the rise on wheat, and only a small bu , iin,:ss was done, at, however, full prices. Indian corn was 31 to 6 I per qr dearer. Oats were per bushel. an .1 oatmeal 3d to 6d per load higher. Bar ley and beans were 1i.A!.1 neglected. WAKEFIELD --APR IL 17. Fine wheat was in fair request at is to 2s advance on last week's prices. Inferior sorts were held for is advance, hut the sal., was limited. I❑ barley there was no change. Beans, oats, and shelling were steady. EXETElt—Armr, 17. CORN.—Wheat, G i Od to 7s ; barley, 58 Od to 58 6d ; grinding do., 0, Od. to Os Od. O a t s , 3 s Od to 3s 4d. Beaus, Os Od to 0 Od. Peas, OOs Od to OO s Od. FLoun.—Fiuo, 38s Od to 510 Od ; seconds, 36s Od to 381 Od per sack. CATTLE, —There was a small supply of bullocks. Best beef, from 10s al to 11s per score ; inferior, Os 6d to 108 per score ; fat calves, 61 to Oil per lb ; barrenners, Os Ocl to Os 0,1. per score ; cows and calve-, 121. to 16/. ts ; butchers' calves, Od to 7d per lb., re:trio:: calves —s to s each. sheep, ewes and lambs, 0/. Os to 0/. Os per couple; ewes, 74d to 8d ; wethers, 8, 1 ,.1; lambs, —to 0,1 per 11). Pigs, large size, —s to —s ; second size, --s to —s : slips, —s to —s ; suckers, —s to —s. Rough fat, 41d per lb. Pork carcases from lOs 0,1 to lls Od per score. BRISTOL SUGAR—APRIL 17. There .has bee] a Very active &w and this week for all descriptions of sugar, and the offices have been completely cleared of every sample on show at fully former rates firall i kinds exceptin g Barbadoes, n which latter some con cession has been made .by the importer on the previous asking prices. Afloat shout 2,000 tons, including Mauri tius, Havannahs. and Manillas, have been disposed of, at rather higher prices. Refiners' produce continues in short supply, and former rates are fully sustained. Of ruin there is none left in first hainis.. COAL MARKE' Prices of Coals per ton at s Bates's West H ar tl ey l5 d 0 Huddle W. Hartley l7 3 Boll's Primrose . 13 6 Carr's Hartley l7 0 Howard's West Hartley Netherton l7 :3 1 Longridge's Wst Hartley 17 3 Canfield Moor 3 C Canfield Moor Butes 13 l• .Walker Primrose l3 9 West Hartley Grey's 16 6, Wylam Wa &c acorn Close l6 9 1 Eden Hartoa Hilda 14 6 Northumberland E 14 7 Eden Main l6 a.—Apar. 17. the close of the market. Wa s d. Framwellgato l6 9 :laswell 18 0 dawn lB 0 GArribtou l7 6 Plummer ' , Lessen's Helton 16 6 south Hetton 17 9 itewart.'s lB 0 Cassop 17 0 Hartlepool l7 6 Hartlepool Hetton l7 0 deugh Hall 16 6 Kelloe. l6 0 South Hartlepool l6 6 [south Kelloe 16 9 Tees lB 0 Whitworth l6 0 Wayne's Merthyr, 2l 3 Ships at market, 203; sold, 109. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTERDAY. • msterdarn . . .H .7 Gibraltar ......•• •••• •• -- Ditto, three months .. 11 19 Leghorn ...• • •• 29 60 Rotterdam ............ 1I 19 , 4 Genoa ........ •• ...... 26 7b Antwerp ~............ 25 s 0 liilan ......•......... Rraqsels ...•......... 25 50 Venice.... •• •••• ...... Plamburgh ............ 13 87i Naples •••• ... A.ltona ..•• ............ Palermo •.... Pari5................ —25 !=2!4 Messina • ... 1304 Ditto, thrce months .. 25 6734 Llsho- .. Marseilles ............. 25 70 ; Oporto ..............•• 52% Bourdeaux ........... I Rio J.l.neiro ...... •..... Fr ankfort-on. 'lalne .... 11934 I Buenos Ayres... •••• . .. Berlin ................ I New York,6o days' sight 1 Vienna .......... • • .... (0 32 Philadelphia rrie5te........•• •• .... 10 33 PZICE3 or BULLION, rxs oz. Petersburg ............ 26% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Stadrid ....... ~., .... 49 ii, Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz ......... • • ...... 45A, Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 0% Blreelona ......, ...... New Dollars ...... 9 0 I, Saville-.............. Sliver in bars ...... r) 5 1% RAILWAY TRAFFIC BETUREP. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Receipts. NAME or RAILWAY. 1857. 1856 CRO WN-OFFICE, APRIL 15: These are the names of the sixteen Peers elected and chosen to sit and vote in the House of Peers in the Parlia ment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, summoned to be holden at Westminster, the 30th day of April instant : The Marquis of Tweeddale. The Earl of Morton. The Earl of Home. The Earl of Strathmore. The Eatl of Airlie. The Earl of Leven and Melville. The Earl of Selkirk. The Earl of Orkney. The Earl of &afield. The Viscount Sirathallan. The Lord Gray. The Lord Sinclair. The Lord Elphinstone. The Lord Colville of Culross. The Lord Blantyre. The Lord Polwarth. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Arum IG. NAVIGATION OF THE DANUBE. A. Commission being at present occupied in the prepara tion of arrangements to be established in concert with the Sublime Porte, for the proper regulatio❑ of the port of Suline, in all that concerns the navigation of the Danube, and it being highly essential to tho success of the under taking that such measures as may be provisionally adopted by the Commissioners should meet with the prompt con currence and support of those interested in shipping, her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations invite the attention of the owners and comman ders of vessels resorting to the Danube, to the importance of ready compliance with such rules and payment of such tolls as the Commissioners may. find it essential to adopt, pending the passing of permanent laws and a tariff for giv ing order and secnrity to the navigation of the river. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 17. /d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Veterinary Surgeon R. J. G. Hurford, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Shaw, who exchanges. 7th Dragoon Guards—Cornet Richard Charles Echalaz, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Chilton, appointed to the 4th D ra g oon Guards. 9th Light Dragoons—Veterinary Surgeon Austin Cooper Shaw, from the 3d Dragoon Guards, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Hurford, who exchanges. 15th Light Dragoons—Regimental Sergeant-Major Jas. Mann to be Cornet, without purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Maude, deceased. Military Train—Captain Henry Alexander, from half pay, 10th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice John Woed, who resigns; Grahame Craig, Esq., late Chief Accountant Land Transport Cor d s to be Paymaster. Royal Artillery—Lieutenant Ernest Augustus Mon tague Lloyd has been superseded, being absent without leave. Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Henry George Bowden, to be Instructor of Musketry. 25th Regiment of Foot—Henry George Ramadge, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Layard, promoted. The first Christian name of Lieut. Layard, whose promotion was published in the Gazette of 10th inst., is Charle.. 32d Foot—Ensign Joseph Brackenbury to be Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Crowdy, deceased ; Ensign James Strachan, fr o m the 44th Foot, to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Brackenbury. 55th Foot—Captain Georg e Anthony Morgan, from half pay of the 55th Foot, t o b e Captain, vice Bissett, who ex changes. 59th Foot—Ensign Robert Cawing to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tucker, who retires; Henry Seton Wake field, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cawing. 60th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant Matthew Tilford to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Ensign Frederick Simon A. Orchard to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Charles James Phillippe, deceased. 71st Foot—Lieutenant Francis Bonham to be Captain, by purchase, vice F. C. Clerks, who retires. 72d Foot—Captain Oswald Barton Fielden, from half pay 72d Foot, to be Captain, vice Robert Douglas, who exchanges, 73d Foot--Lieutenant J. J. Lloyd Williams to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Knox, who retires ; Ensign Wil liam John Lane Milligan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Williams ; Thomas Monsell Warren, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Milligan. 77th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon George Clarence Hyde, from the Staff, to be Assistant• Surgeon, vice Burton, who exchanges. 78th Foot—Lieutenant William McGregor Archer to be Captain without purchase, vice Purvis, dece ase d ; E ns i gn Hugh Simpson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Archer; Ensign James Sinclair to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Davidson, who retires. 88th Foot—Captain Henry Hooper Day, from half-pay of the 88th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Nathaniel Steevens, whose Brevet Rank has been co nver t e d into Substantive ank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854. . . 89th Foot—Lieutenant George Harmer Pering to be Instructor of Musketry. _ _ 92d Foot—Ensign Francis Roberts to be Lieutenant, by purchase, 'vice Swift, promoted, by purchase, to an Unat tached Company ; Alexander Robert Abercromby Boyd, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Roberts. 98th Foot—Lieutenant Peter Edward Quin to be Adju tant, ♦ice Reid, who resigns the Adjutancy only. Rifle Brigade—Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Crawford Robinson, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Brown, who resigns ; Assistant-Surgeon John Story, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Thompson, who resigns. 2a West India Regiment—Major John Lewes, from half pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Miller, who exchanges. ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE.—Brevet-Col. C. R. Scott, half-pay Staff Corps, to be Lieutenant-Governor, v ce Brevet-Col. Prosser, Unattached, who resigns that appoint ment. UNATTACHED. —Captain and Brevet-Lieut.-Col. J. J. Gra ham, half-pay Unattached, to have the Substantive Rank of Major ; Brevet-Major Nathaniel Steevens, of the 88th Foot, to have his Brevet Rank converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of the 6th Oct., 1854. HOSPITAL STAFF. Assistant-Surgeon Robert Graces Burton, M.D., from the 77th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Hyde, who exchanges. BREVET. The undermentioned officers of the East India Com pang's Service, retired on full pay, to have a step of hono rary rank as follows : TO BE COLONELS. Lieut.• Colonel James Benwell, Madras Infantry. Lieut.-Colonel Wm Russell, Madras Infantry. Lieut.-Colonel James Hollind, Bombay Infantry. TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL. Major Lowther Thomas Forrest, Bengal Infantry. TO BE MAJORS. Captain Claude Frederick Irby, Madras Infantry. Captain Richard Boulton, Bengal Light Infantry. Captain John Peter Mount Biggs, Madras Infantry. COMMISSION SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANT, King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Lona dale giunden, Esq., late a Captain in the Inverness-shire Highland Light Infantry Militia, to be. Captain, vice Parry, promoted. NOTICE OF. INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, April 16, 1857. Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and ma rines, and to all persons interested therein, that the dis tribution of proceeds arising from the lonian brig San Spiridione, captured on the 11th May, 1854, by her . Ma jesty's ships Fury and Sidon; will commence on Mon day, the 4th May, 1857, in the Prize Branch of the De partment of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admi ralty, Somerset-house." Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share of any captor, serving in the above-named shiTN, are re quested to present the same at this office. Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who may desire to receive his share from the Collector of Customs or Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is required to intimate the same by letter to ha addressed "On Prizo Busi ness, ta the Secretary of the Admiralty, London," in which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely stated, as well as the place of the nearest Collector of Customs or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would be convenient to receive such share of prize money. The following are the shares due to an individual in each class : Flag share Captain ll3 7 0 Sixth class . 4 8 5 Commander 56 13 6 Seventh class ... 219 0 Second class l7 38 I Eighth class l9 5 Third class Fourth class BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. William Popham Davis and James Davis, Hate, marble, and brick merchants, Cardiff. , BANKRUPTS. James Cheat, tailor, Albert-road, Dalaton, lo surrender April 23, and May 21, at two, a t th e C our t o f B an kruptcy. Bell, cfficial assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Morris, Stone. and Co., Moorgate-street. William Adams, miller, Huntingdon, April 30, and May 26, at two, at the C our t o f Bankruptcy. Edwards, o ffi cial assignee, Basingball-street ; Bird and Moore, Gray's-inn square ; Hellen, Huntingdon. Alexander Bloxbam Henderson, livery stable keeper, London-street, Paddington, April 29, at two, and May 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Voules, Gresham-street, City. Thomas Richards, draper, Ab er ystwitb, May 4 and June 1, at elev en , a t t h e B risto l District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Britten and Sons, Bristol. Frederick Lett, potter, High-street, Lambeth, April 23, and May 21, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John son, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Phillips, Sise-lano, City. William Tent, hosier, Royal Exchange, City, April 30, at half-past two, and May 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbuty ; Hillyer and Fenwick, FenchurCh-street. Joseph Smith, dealer in iron, Broad-street, Lambeth, April 28, at two, and May 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Tippetts and SOll, Sise-lane. William James Taylor, cabinet maker, Albion-terrace, Do Beauvoir.square, Kingsland, April- 28, at two, and May 26, at one, at tho Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook - court ; Lawrance, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Anderson Stokoe, grocer, Findon Hill, Durham, April 27, at eleven, and June 9, at one, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne Distriet Court. Biocer official assignee, Nowontle: Sporting Intelligence. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. TiluttsDAYS RACES CONCLUDED. Sweepstakes of 50 sous each, h ft, for 3-yr-.ilis; colts 8:t 101 b ; fiilies 84 61b. Criterion Course (7 furlongs 182 yards.) 6 subs. Mr. T. %% T alkers's Gerrma di Vergy by Sir Herculeß, 84 131 b (inc. 3lb extra) (Kendall) 1 Mr. Barber's Lord Nelson, Bst 13Ib (inc. 3lb extra) (Flatwan) 2 Doke of Bedford's Cruz ida, Sst 61b (S. Rogers) 3 Betting-5 to 2 and 3tol on Gernma di Vergy. Gemma di Vergy arid Lord Nelson ran nearly head and head to the ci , rdo. About 60 yards from the chair Kendall shook the favourite, who sprang forward and slightly swerved against Lord Nelson ; a❑ exciting race in ending in his favour by a neck. Bad third. SUBSCRIPTION ROOlll AT NIGHT. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. sto 1 ag-t Chevalier d'lndustrie (taken) sto 1 agat Skirmisher (taken) sto 1 agst St. Giles (taken) 14 to 1 apt Bashi Bazouk (take 15 to 1) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 9 to 2 aget Kent (taken) 5 to 1 agst Vedette (offered) 6to 1 aget Loyola (taken) 7to 1 aget Anton (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Sydney (taken) 13 to 1 agat Lord of the Hulls (taken) 25 to 1 aget Schiedam (offered) 25 to 1 agst Drumour (offered) DERBY. Bto 1 agFd Blink Bonny 1000 to 60 agst Kent 20 to 1 aget Arsenal 14 to 1 agst Arsenal and Chevalier d'lndustrie coupled (taken to 1001.) FRIDAY. Sweepstakes of 100 SOVB each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b. ; fillies, Bst lib. D.M. (7 fur. 201 yds.) 4 subs. • Lord Wilton's colt by Orlando —Ma Mie, Bst 71b Mr. E. Day's Bannockburn, B st 71b Mr. H. Cornbe's Traitor, Bst 71b (E. Snare) 3 Betting-2 to lon Ma Mie colt ;sto 2 agst Traitor. Won by a head ; a length between the second and third. The Port Stakes, a sweepstakes of 100 goys each, h ft, for 4-yr-olds ; colts 84 71b, fillies, Bst 41b. The second to receive back his stake. -T M.M. (1 mile 7 furlongs 158 yards.) 6 subs. Lord Derby's Fazzoletto, by Orlando, Bst 71h (Flatman) 1 Mr. E. R. Clark's Vandermeulin, Bst 7lb ...(Fun tuff) 2 Lord Glasgow's Brother to Bird-on-the-Wing, B.t 7lb (Aldcroft) 3 Betting-5 to 4on Fazzoletto, 6to 4 aget Brother to Bird on-the-Wing, and 6 to 1 agat Vandermeulin. Brother to Bird-on-the-Wing led, Vandermeulin lying at his quarters, Fazzoletto being about six or seven lengths in the rear. On reaching the flat Fazzoletto drew forward, and lay about three-quarters of a iength behind the first two. They ran thus to Vie cords, where Brother to Bird-on-the-Winff dropped back, having Vandermeulin with a slight lead. Fiatman bided his time patienly until within about 60 yards of the chair, when he called upon Fazzoletto, who won cleverly by three quarters of a length, Vandermeulin beating Bro ther to .1.1.rd-on-the-Wing by a length. Sweepstakes of 100 soya each, h tt, for 3-yr-oils ; colts, Bst 71b ; those by untried stallions, or out of mares that never bred a winner, allowed 3!b. Ab M. (7 furlongs 212 yards.) Lord Londesborough's Kent, by Chatham, Bst 7lb (J. Mann) 1 Mr. Howard's Schiedam, Bst 71b (J. Goater) 2 Mr. Alexander's Humbug, Bst 41b (Cotton) 3 Betting-4 to lon Kent. After the first 50 yards Kent took the lead, which he held to the end, winning easily by two lengths. Hum , bug was beaten off. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas ; 4-yr-oids, 9st 81b ; 5, 104 71b ; 6 and aged, lOst 12th. R.O. 3 miles 4 furlongs 139 yards.) Mr. Hale's Poodle, by lon, aged (D. Hughes) 1 Mr. Barber's Prince of Orange, 4 yrs (Fiattnan) 2 Mr. Holland's Tyre, 4 yrs . . (E Sharp) 3 Mr. Hughes' Westminster, 5 yrs ...... (Kendal!) 4 Betting-5 to 4on Poodle, 7to 4 agst Prince of Orange. Westminster made the running, with Poodle second, and Prince of Orange third. At the top of the hid Westminster drop Fed back, and Poodle went on with the lead and won by a length. Tyre and Westminster were beaten off. Hand:cap Plate of 501., for 3-yr-olds and upwards. New T.Y.C. (5 furlongs 136 yards.) Mr. 11. Coornbe's Pitapat, 4 yrs, Bst Blb ...(E. Sharp) 1 Mr. Mellish's Squire Wait, 4 yrs, 84 Blb (Wells) 2 Mr. Swan's Hardwick, 3 yrs, 5,t 121 b ...(J. Rogers) 3 The following also ran : —Sorcercsa, Polish, Renown, Venture. Betting-3 to 1 each agst Squire Watt and Pitapat ; 4 to 1 agst Polish ; 5 to 1 agst Hardwick ; 6 to 1 agst Sorceress. A good race in. Won by a neck ; half a length be tween the second and third ; a length between the third and fourth, LATEST BETTING. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 9 to 2 on the field (offered) TWO THOUSAND. 4to 1 agst Kent (offered) 11 to 2 agst Anton (take 6to 1) 6 6 tto 1 o l a ags Vedette (offe gst t Layala(,iffere r d td ) ) 10 to 1 aget Sydney (wanted) 100 to 8 aget Lord of the Hills (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lambourn (wanted) After winning the 100 sous Sweepstakes 100 to 30 was taken five' times about Kent. In the morning 100 to 8 was laid against Sydney ; on the platform at Cam bridge during the 10 minutes halt of the returning "special" offers were made to take 10 to 1. DERBY. 15 to 1 aget Anton (taken) 16 to 1 agst Kent (take 18 to 1), Although only a scanty supply of sport was provided, yet the meeting was marked by incidents of much in terest and importance. The running et GlenmaQson, Ayacauora, King of the Forest, Schi e d am, and K ent excited considerable .curiosity and exercised a per ceptible influence on the turf market. Yesterday's racing was, however, perhaps the most importont, as it was decidedly the most interesting of the week's sport. The- meeting of Fazzoletto and Brother to Bird-on-the-Wing for the Port Stakes occasioned some brisk betting. Between Lords Derby and Glasgow, the owners of the two hor ses ; a b et of 1,000/. was pending on the result of the ra ce , an d this circumstance , cou pl e d with the reputation of tie horses, caused the event to be regarded with the most lively interest. Fazzoletto was the favourite, and ho bore Lord Derby's colours in triumph, Vandernieulin separating Lim from Brother to Bird-on-the-Wing.. prevented by in- Lord Glasgow was dispoeition from witnessing the race, but Lord Derby was present to see the success of Fazzoletto. • The backers of Kent for the Two Thousand and Derby had an opportunity of seeing the horse stripped, but, although h e won in a canter, his performances did not seem to give general sati-faction. A special train left Newmarket one hour after the last race, and conveyed the visitors back to London by half past 6. 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