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B AST INDIA 110179 E, 10Tir SEPTEMBER, 1857. Tilt COURT of DIRECTORS cf the EAST INDIA COMPANY put.lish for the information of Proprie tors of Pros,issory Notes of the Ponca! Loans, who may not be resi dentin India, the folk wing Notifi ation, which has been issued by the Government efindia and publ shed in the "Calcutta Gazette Extraordinary" of the 27th July, 1857 : NOTIFICATION. No. 31. FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT, Snly 27,1 55 7. In continuation of the Notification, No. 27, issued from this De partment on the 20th instant, holders of 3% and 4% per Cent. Pro missory Notes of this Government are hereby informed that, until further orders, subscriptions to the open 5 per Cent. Loan will be received from them, partly in cash, and partly in the said Promissc ry Notes, in the following pr portions, viz.: —3% per Cent. Notes in the proportion of 2 rupees in notes to 3 rupees in cash; 4% per Cent. Notes in the proportion of 2 rupees in notes to 1 rupee in cash, provided, however, that the total sums subscribed in notes and cash are in even hundreds. Thus, a holder of a 3% per Cent. Promissory Note for 10,000 rupees will receive a promissory note of 5 per cent. for 25,000 rupees on delivery of his 3;4 per Cent. Note, and on making a payment of 15,000 rupees in cash ; while a holder of a 4% per Cent Promissory Note for 10,000 rupees will, in like manner, receive a promissory note at 5 per cent. for 15,000 rupees on delivery of his 4% per Cent. Note, and on making a payment of 6,0 o rupees in cash. It is also hereby netilled that the limit of 3 cfores, prescribed for the open 5 per Cent. loan in the Notification No. 5 issued from this Department ou the .6th January, 18 Is removed. (Signed) C. H. LITSFIINGTONT, Secretary to the Government of India. JAMES C. MELVILL. Secretary, GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY._ CHANNEL ISLANDS.—Tickets to Jersey and Guernsey, via Weymouth, are now issued at the Paddington Station, enabling passengers to break the Journey at Chippenham, Dorchester, or Weymouth. Fares, Rail and Boat : 31s. and 21s. Further particulars can be obtained on application at the Com. pany's Offices. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. —WEDNESDAY, the 7th October, being set apart as a Day of Humiliation, the 'Trains on this Railway will run as on Sun days, with the addition of the 10 0 a.m. down Pay Mail from Pad dington, and the 10.0 a.m. up Day Mail from Bristol, which will run as usual, except the Branch Trains between Maidenhead and Wy combe, Reading and Basingstoke, between Chippenham, Salisbury, and Weymouth, Gloucester and Hereford, and over the South Wales Railway. Return Tickets will be a available from Tuesday, the Gth October, until Thursday, Bth October. Paddington, October 2, 1857. F UND for the RELIEF of the SUFFERERS by the DIUTIIIY in .111111-t. - SUBSCRIPTIONS continue to be received daily by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house ; by the Bank of Eng and and all its branches; by the London Joint Stock Banks and heir branches ; by all the private Bankers in the Metropolis ; and by the Provincial Bank of Ireland and National Bank, and at their branche.. The Committee meet daily at the M4nsion-house, at 3 o'clock precisely. H. B. HENDERSON Lieut.-Col., Hon. Sec. DAVID FORREST, Secretary Mansion-hoase, Sept. 12, 1857: AGENTS WANTED for the STATE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, No. 3, Pall-mall East, Loudon, s w This Company has upwards of 800 Shareholders. Capital 500,0001., with power to increase to 2,000,0091. Th., Director, in vite applications for Agencies in places where the Company is not repre.ented. A liberal Commission allowed for the introduction of business. Further ifformatton may he obtained, either by letter or person. ally, at the Offices of the Company. PET r..R MORRISON, Managing Director. NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, 48, Gracechurch-street, London. For Mutual Assurance onlives, Annuities, &c. Established December, 1835. DIRECTORS. Chairman—SAMUEL HAYHURST LUCAS, ESQ. Deputy Chairman--CrisatEs Lusrusoion, Esq. Francis Bennoch, Esq. Robert Ingham, 'Esq., M.P. I John Bradbury,Esq. Robert Sheppard, Esq. Thomas Castle, Esq. Jonathan Thorp, Esq. William Miller Christy, Esq. I William Tyler, Esq. I John Feltham, Esq. Charles Whetham, Esq. Charles Gilpin, Esq., M.P. PHYSICIANS. J. T. Conquest, M.D., F.L.S. Thomas Hodgkin, M. D. BANKEas—Messrs Brown, Janson, and Co. ; and Bank of England SOLlClTOR—Septircus Davidson, Esq. CONSULTING ACTUARY—CharIes Ansell, Esq., F.R.S. Abstract of the Directors' Report for the year ending 20th No - vember, 1856: Number of policies Issued from the commence ment of the institution in Dec., 1835. Amount paid in claims •• •• •• - 19,617 £609,161 11 11 Ainount returned to the assured in abatement of premiums in the 17 years ending Nov. 20, op 1852 ...., ••.. 4240,134 11 8 Additions to policies by way of bonus £126,564 0 0 Annual income, after deducting 31,3481. abatement of Premiums .. £258,735 7 2 The amount of capital arising exclusively from the premiums aid by tha members, who are them selves the Fo'e proprietary, and among whom alone the whole profit is divided L1,351,606 5 11 At the last division of surplus profits made up to Nov. 20, 1852, the reductions varied from 6 to 89 per cent. on the original amount of premiums, according to the age of the member and the time the policy had been in force; and the bounces ranged in like manner from 50 to 75 per cent. on the amount of premiums received daring the preceding five years. The neat Dlvlsrozi will be made up to the 20th November, 1857. Members whose premiums fall due on the Ist • ct are reminded that the same must be paid within 30 days from that date. The Pro-pectus, with the last Report of the Directors, and all other infortnation, may be had on application at the office. Sept. 16, 1857. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. FOR GENTLEMEN.—GEO. HOBSON begs to call tho attention of t public to his NEW TCK in AUTUMNAL GOODS, consisting of West of England Be S av O er and Venetian Cloths, Scotch . and Heather Twist, Mixed Doeskin., cashmere and Toilanette Waistcoatings, both of English and Con tinental manufacture, which be round en inspection at price= most moderate for Best Goods.—GEORGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street. TO THE NERVOUS AND DEBI•LITATED CHAR! ES WATSON, M.D. (Physician to the Bedford Dis pensary), 27, Alfred-Place. Bedford-square, London, continues to issue, on receipt of six stamps, " THE GUIDE TO SELF-CURE." Medical Correspondence conducted. "The first men of the •day in these complaints."• view, July. 1856. 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THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY Just published, price is., post 'ree, in an Envelope, for (3 stamps, SELF - PRESERVATION.—A Medical T rea ti se on the .Functions and Disorders of the Generative System, end on the cure of Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from youth to Manhood, with practical observations on,the Physiology of Mar riage in its social, moral, and physical relations. To which are added remarks on the wonders of the Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries "of Life within Life,' and its advantages in detecting, by urmaryexamination, the cause and effect of every variety of these complaints, with numerous engravings and cases. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD SQUARE. 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Allen, 20, Warwick lane, P aternoster-row, sot from all agents for the sale of "Triese• o. 20,370.) - } C - 7 / -/.C.-.e / - - ,'", S 1 4 6 SERIOUS CHARGE OF VI Clayton, described as a job- ma ster i i ind N cl VSS Mr. Richard Clay ginger-beer and soda-water manufacturer, living at 378, a Hugh-street, Belgrave-road, portly man about 40 y ears of age, with a wife and family, was placed at the bar before Mr. Paynter on Saturday, at the Westminster Poliee-eourt, charged with violating the person of Hannah Bond, a diminutive child, under the age of 14 w h en t h e offence was alleged to have been committed. Mr. Sleigh conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Associate Institution for the Protection of Women ; a n d Mr. Salomon defended the prisoner. Mr. Sleigh, in opening his case, said that the charge against the prisoner was for violating his own servant, •whose virtue, as a respectable member of society, he was bound to have protected, and, if he (Mr. Sleigh) was properly instructed, a more disgraceful case had never been brought before a criminal tribunal, in which words would fail him to describe the atrocity of the offence. He then went on to describe the circum stances of the case as afterwards proved in evidence, and concluded by observing that after the commission of the offence the prisoner absented himself from his home and family, and was found skulking at a coffee-shop in the Waterloo-road, where the constable, who had been some days previously in quest of him, apprehended him, when he admitted he had placed his hand up the child's clothes. Harriet Bond, a very modest quiet looking child, said she was 14 years of age last Sunday, and now lives with her parents at 13i, Smith-square. She was in prisoner's service three months previously to last Thursday week. Prisoner was a married man with a wifeand two children. No other servant was kept in the house. On Tuesday week, the 22d, her mistress went to the Crystal. Palace with the children, leaving her alone in the house. Prisoner came in about half an hour after she had gone, and told her to clean his boots and bring him some hot water. She went up stairs with the water to his bedroom, and he then asked her how it was her mistress had not taken her to the Crystal Palace, and followed it up by inquiring whether she would not like to go, to which she replied in the affirmative. He then asked her whether she would - go with him in the phaeton to the palace, and she said she would not. She was at this time on the stairs, when he took her by the arm, a n d c ar r ying h e r i n t o the room, threw her on the bed, and committed the offence with which he now stood charged. She screamed, when he put his hand over her mouth, and prevented her. She struggled to get away, but his power was so great that it-was , useless to attempt it. After the consummation of the offence he told her he would give her 3/. for the first time, ss. per week, and that if she did not like her plan: she where was to run away from her home, and he would take lodgings for her, visit her every evening, and •ake her out. Prosecutris told Mrs. Blackmore, a woman who lived in the rear of tie premises, what had been done, and the same evening also told a charwoman, who informed her parents. In cross-examination by Mr. Solomon, prosecutrix raid that there was nobody in the house but their two eelves. Prisoner's brother Edward was not there. Her master's bedroom was the first B. back, the window laced Mrs. Blackmore'e window, but there was a large yard separated them. Her master's window was shut. Remembers Mrs. Blackmore seeing her shortly after the occurrence, and remarking that she had a very red face. Did not say that she bad had such a romp with her master. She might have told her so, but did not recol lect or think that she did. She thought her reply to Mrs. Blackmore was that she had been flurried a great deal. Thought she might have said, " Don't tell my mistress ; I shall lose my situation. I wouid not have my mother know it for the world." I subsequently told Mrs Blackmore all that bad happened, and that she screamed, but Mrs. Blackmore said she did not hear her. Saw her mistress at ten that night, but did not say a single word to her about it. Told the charwoman on the Wednesday night. Had said in a joke to her sister that the potboy at the St. George was her chap, but that was merely in fun, as she knew nothing of him. Prisoner's wife was not at the bottom of this prosecution, but she had said she should like to see him in Newgate, and that prosecu trix's father and mother ought to go to a magistrate. Mr. George Pearce, a member of the College of Surgeons, 10, Regent-street, Westminster, said he ex amined the child ou the 26th ult. There were no marks of violence. The hymen was not present, and inter course bad been had with her. Her appearance was consistent with what had occurre d on th e previous Tues. h m a o v r e e p r re e o s e e e n t t . e d T t h h e e m r e sdealyv s had Oth e t r h e a p e p : a a m r a i n n e a e t s i o mi b g e h e t n was nothing now to determine when the intercourse bad occurred. The child's mother said she had hitherto been very well behaved. Police-constable G. J. Powley, 228 B, said he had been seeking the prisoner in different quarters from the previous Saturday, and found him on Friday afternoon at a coffee-shop in the Waterloo-road, where he was passing under the name of Mr. Wood, from Woking. He said he knew the charge against him, and in the cab on his way to the station be admitted he had taken the liberty with the child described at the conclusion of Mr. Sleigh's address. Mr. Solomon was about to address the court, when the officer said he had something to add. The child's mother had been offered 50/. on her way to the court that morning to withdraw the prosecution. Mr. Paynter asked the mother whether that was so I The mother replied it had been offered byJohn Downey, a friend of the prisoner's. Mr. Solomon said his client could not be accountable for the conduct ( f other people. Besides, a man would willingly, guilty or innocent, give that amount, sooner than have such a charge as this hanging over his head. He then addressed the magistrate at considerable length for his client, urging that his wire bad instigated the prosecution, and that although he felt bound to ad mit improprieties had occurred between Mr. Clayton and the prosecutrix, it was with her own consent. He the? called Mrs. Jane Blackmore, the wife of a man in prisoner's employment, living at 6, St. George's mews, Hugh-street, who said that his window and that of the prisoner's room were nearer than described by the child, and that prisoner's window was open at the time of the occurrence, but she heard no screams. When she saw her in the afternoon she asked her the reason of her face being so red, when the reply she made was, that she and her master had been romping. In cross-examination by Mr. Sleigh, she could not tell any other day that the prisoner's window had been open. She had come to the court that morning with Mr. Clay ton, and her hu,band was in his employ. Mr. Sleigh—Did not the prosecutrix tell you that something particular had happened to her l—Witnesg : No, she did not. Mr. Sleigh—Did she not tell you her master had thrown her on the bed ? Witness—No, she did not. Mr. Sleigh—Now, be careful, madam. You may hear of this elsewhere. Will you swear that she did not tell you so ? Witness hesitated. Mr. Sleigh—l'll have my question answered ; this will not do for me. Did she not tell you he threw her on the bed Come, answer. Witness—Well, she did. Mr. Sleigh (hastily) —And did she not tell you beheld his hand over her month to prevent her screaming T Witness—She did (with great hesitation). Mr. Sleigh—Woman, stand down ; ask you no more questions. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. Mr. Paynter—Turn her out of court. A strong inclination was manifested by the auditory, who had exhibited some sensation, to treat the woman as she was handed out with hisses. This closed the case, when Mr. Paynter said he should commit the prisoner for trial at the Central Criminal Court, but he must be brought up again for the depositions to be read over. Mr. Solomon hoped that what had just occurred with tke witness, would not oreate a prejudice, and prevent bail being accepted for his client. Mr. Paynter said he would not accept bail, and pri soner was accordingly removed to the cells to await the arrival of the prison van. VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.—LegaI Department:—The judge• ship of the County Court, No. 0 Circuit (Plymouth, Launceston, Tavistock, &c.), has become vacant by the death of W. Mackworth Praed. General Post-office— The office of sub-postmaster of Eastwood, Nottingham, has become vacant by the resignation of Mr. G. R. Barber. Customs—Mr. John King Groom has been promoted from collector at Fleetwood to be collector at Rye ; Mr. Wm. Walker has been promoted from con troller to be collector at Fleetwood; Mr. W. H. Poole has been promoted from clerk and searcher at Lancas ter to be controller at Fleetwood ; Mr. John W. Wood has been promoted from collector at Arbroath, N. 8., to be collector at Harwich ; Mr. George Hamilton Price has been promoted from collector at Kirkwall to be col- . lector at Arbroath ; Mr. Willia m G unn h as b een pro. moted from controller at Stornoway to be collector at Kirkwall ; Mr. James Bishop has been promoted from clerk and searcher at Fowey to be controller d m a f t rre S .m t L o reanewo l: l r we e ca n ty c o e r; M. r B M .rT a i db x Po t ur n at to L s bo b ev e ee h as p r o c olle ctorm beeno at d from collector at Teigumouth to be collector at Bridport. Inland Re venue Department (Stamps and Taxes Branch)—The Hon. Richard Edward Howard has been appointed ic in e G th a e zet r t o e. om stamp distributor t r o e r si g fo n r e d M . _ a n e e l h .v e i i s e e r r , I tphr eeNsVesuistT serv i ces oF c ond i t io niMED I CALme d i c al e of fi olndia d Oi OFFICE RS affieonedrs FOR a increased to IND IA. — Inthe the result . of the late Royal Commission of Inquiry into the condition of the army medical department might demande f M that for r. have been to ameliorate the condition of the medical officers so materially that a large number of highly qua lified men would have been induced to enter the service. From what has transpired as to the recommendations made by the commissioners there is little doubt that the position and status of army medical officers would have been greatly improved had those recommendations been adopted at the present crisis, and the great difficulty of meeting the actual deminds now existing would have been obviated. Yet it is understood that the report of the commissioners will not appear before December, and it is said that the reason of this delay is the riluctance of Lord Panmure to carry out immediately the au gges . tions of the commissioners as reg ards the increased pay Secretary-a t-War, and allowances to the officers of the medical depart men t. We can only say that if any from nar row-minded parsimonious motives, withhold from our sick and wounded in the East, under the great hardships and dangers to which they are now exposed, a sufficient amount of medical assistance, he entirely contradicts in action his own expressed opinions. We may add that it is difficult to exaggerate the moral guilt the Govern. ment would incur, as it will be to curb the indignation of the country, .should it ap pear t h at a want wh i ch might b e su pplied now is not supplied, and that this neglect should lead to a recurrence of Crimean diastera in India. —Medical Times. . • ,y - r.p7Z:4. • .T. ,r,." ...., iiit. ~,Vvi , . 411111111- - ' ' • / .1 . - Oh :40' , la• • 'Nib 1 \ . ,_ . ,„.% . , 4; • '' ' s Pi ::, ' a*. '''' 1h...;?' • ' \*• . _ 4 . • e 41' ._ l / 4 . 4 "4.:, ~ ~, :-.....,--,.. ?.... 1 V , ..1 4 O, - "k l A4, i ~‘------- -. 7.:- ;%.110k _-- -. , ',,,-- 2 ,,,' . ''''"""----- ""'"\‘ • 4 ,_, 4 , 4 ,-. ...,„, , i .- , ~, __#.- ~., w 1•4 4,,, •••••:...... o f',,' • 4.:, • ,:J .,,, ,‘, ....: -- Ali j ik:' . -t: . e . 4b . . ,V• 414 1 b ( --...:-..; • , .• ~.7---- & " .1 "...ligaz , ,,, , ;`ft. - .-- , P' - e.:-' - ' 1° -'41411111111*.‘st7 :1 4". .: 1(1"1114;4'1."1Millir411)". 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"The Racing Record" contains a complete Calendar of sport in England, Ireland, and Scotland (fully indexed), from the Ist of January up to the time of publication. W. Wright, sporting printer and publisher, Fulwood's Rents, Hol born. London. I A New Edition, the Fourth.—Juat Published, price as., by post free, as. 4 . ON TRUE dz FALSE E A, SPERMATORRIV wit) a Viev t) the Correction of wide-spread Errors in re lation to its Nature, Treatment and Cure. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. To which is added, AN ESSAY ON SEXUAL DEBILITIES. By the Editor. "Dr. Pickford is known to hingush readers by bis frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi -eader. We truer this may not be the last, if he shall detect any 3ther equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to cor -ect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers, and ' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book . ould find its way into the hands of those whe stiffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less Importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much m0ney...... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the mpirteal system of treating Spermatorrhosa, and to place the treat ,rent upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, ikely to do much good."—Medical Circular. London : IT. stainers, 2114, Regent-street. MINERALOGY. —King's College, London,— Professor TENNANT will give a COURSE or LECTURES on MINERALOGY, with a view to facilitate the study of GEOLOGY and of the application of m'neral substances in the Arts. The lectures will begin on FRIDAY MORNING. Oct. 9, at 9 o'clock. They will be con tinued on each succeeding Wednesday and Friday at the same hour, and will be illustrated by a collection of 3,n00 minerals and rocks. Fee, 21. 2s. It. W. JELF, D.D., Principal. CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, POLYGRAPHIC HALL. King-William-street. Strand, every Evening daring the Week, in their Novel and pleasing Oho of Songs, Dialogue, and Musical Character Delineations, which for eight years at New To'k, and lately at the lames's Theatre, have been fully en dorsed by houses nightly filled, as " Par Excellence." Doors onen at half-past 7, commence at a. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, Is.; Private Boxes, it. Is. and 10s. 6d. Seats can be seem, d at Mr. Mitchell's, 33. old Bond-street, and at the Hall. On Saturday, a Morning Entertainment, commencing at 3. [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 51) .] SPORTING NOTES. A SCURRY. A. large detachment of metropolitan turfites is now located in the ancient city of Chester. The Corner, this afternoon, will, therefore, be nearly deserted, and the betting on the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire will be dull and unimportant. In my "Notes" on Satur day I briefly referred to the probable result of to-day's racing, and I will now bring to-morrow's "card" under consideration. The Wynnstay Nursery Handicap will command a respectable field—Lady Elizabeth, Magritis Troil, and Lot 3 are as much entitled to notice as any amongst the nominations. The Grand Stand Handi cap is merely another Nursery, nearly the same animals being nominated for it as those amongst the entries for the Wynnstay. Haymaker and T. P. Cooke are net unfavourably weighted. Maid of Dement has been talked about in connection with the Chester Handicap, but her running has been do suspicious of late that I have lost all faith in her. Still it is asserted by people who ought to be well-informed that she still retains all her racing ability unimpaired. "If meant," I shall expect to see her perform not in gloriously. In her default I shall look to Kestrel, Saun terer, and Bashi Bazouk to furgiB4 the winner. The " day of Humiliation" will create a gap in the Royal Caledonian Hunt Meeting which will take plaCe on Tuesday, Tbu-sday, and Friday. The amount IA added money is sufficiently large to induce gentlemen to send their horses, albeit the gathering takes place in locality so remote that strong fields are impossible. TI Dipthong colt and Hamlet may be first and second the Caledonian Handicap, Should Riseber be sent the Caledonion St. Leger he may have no difficulty in pulling through. For the Lothian Handicap I shill select Underhand and Uzella, and for the Auld Reekie Plate Culcavy and Mr. Merry's " intended." The Bedford fixture seems promising enough. Tie programme comprises ten events, and if the racing is not likely to be vastly interesting it will excite curio city and serve the purposes of speculation. The Grand Duchess will win the Two Yea; Old Stakes. For the Handicap I am inclined to "stand" the two light weight, Qiieen Bess and Weatherglass, and either New Brighton or Jessie ought to win the Scurry Plate. A FRESH MAN. TATTERSALL'S—SATURDAY. CHESTER HANDICAP. 7to 1 apt Maid of Dement (taken) CESAREWITCII. 7to 1 aget M. Dobler (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Plush colt (offered) 20 to 1 agst Mary (taken) 20 to 1 aget Aster (take 25 to 1) 33 to 1 az,st Lima (taken) 35 to 1 agst Poacher (taken) 40 to 1 agst Tasmania (taken) 50 to 1 agst Neville (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Eloquence (offered) 700 to 200 aget M. Dobler and Plush colt coupled (taken) 400 to 50 aget Plush colt and Mary coupled (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 20 to 1 apt Mdlle. Chantilly (taken) 30 to 1 apt Liverpool (offered) DERBY. 20 to 1 apt Ancient Briton (take 25 to 1) 1000 to 30 apt Ethiopian (taken) 15 to 1 agst Ancient Briton and Ditto coupled (taken) A THOUSAND POUNDS WON.---Youatt Wm. Gray, of 15, Charing-crosa, writes this advertisement on the spot where the winner of the Cesarewitch is trained, now at 1,000 to 10. He knows the one named gave llib to one of thd best horses of his year, and won i❑ a " trot." The light impost awl his sweeping stride cannot fail to bring him in alone. To test the truth of this assertion, he will issue this advice for thirteen postage stamps, depending solely on per centage to cover the enormous outlay. All information to the end of the season will be sent for ss. Stamped addressed envelopes should be sent. Post-office orders to be made payable at Charing cross. Commissions executed to any amount. Infor mation on the Cambridgeshire Stakes, thirteen stamps. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5, 1857. THE LOSS OF THE CENTRAL AMERICA . LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. The following items respecting the loss of the steamship Central America are extracted from the details of the catastrophe published in the papers brought by the Europa : " Of the 28 children who were saved the greater part were babies. The stewardess of the steamer was a stout negro woman. She had collected the money thrown away by the passengers, it was supposed, and buckled it round the body. The weight of this money was the cause of her death when she was hoisted into the Marne, where she died from having too much gold about her loins. One of the ladies placed her canary bird in her bosom on leaving the steamer and preserved its life. " Mr. George, who went down with the vessel, says : —He heard no shriek, nothing but the seething rush and hiss of waters that closed above her as she hurried, almost with the speed of an arrow, to her ocean bed. Night had eloped in before the vessel sank, and he was sucked in, by the whirlpool caused by her swift descent, to a depth that in its seeming was unfathomable, and into a darkness that he had never dreamt of. Compared with it the blackest night, without moon or star, was as the broad noonday. He was rather stunned than stifled, and his sensations on coming to the surface were almost as painful, from their reaction, as those which he en dured at the greatest depth to which he sank. When be became conscious, after the lapse of a minute Or two, he could distinguish every object around him for a consider able distance. The waves, as they rose and fell, revealed a crowd of human heads. Those unfortunates who bad lost their life-preservers or planks while under water, owing to the force of the whirlpool, were frantically snatching at the broken pieces of the wreck, which, breaking from the ship as she continued to descend, leapt above the surface and fell back with a heavy splash. The cries arose thus mingled into one inarticulate wail, and then the lustier and less terrified shouted for assistance to the bark Marine, which was far beyond hailing distance. The waves dashed them one against another at first, but speedily they began to separate, and the last farewells were taken. One man called to another in our informant's hearing, 'lf you are saved, Frank, send my love to my dear wife;' but the friend appealed to was answered only with a gurgle of the throat. He washed off the plank, and perished as his companion spoke. Many were desirous of separating themselves as far as possible from the rest, icing fearful lest some desperate struggler might seize hold of them and draw thorn under. Others, afraid of their loneliness, called to their neighbours to keep to gether. Generally, they strove to cheer each other as long as they remained within hearing, and when the roar of the waves drowned all but the loudest shouting the call of friendship or the cry of despair was heard in the distance, and infused confidence or increased dismay in many a failing bosom. "It was when he had drifted far from the companion ship o" any of his fellows in misfortune that Mr. George began to realise his situation. The night was very dark. Occasionally, as the driving clouds parted and gave a glimpse of sky, a star or two would be visible, but this was very seldom, and offered but the faintest gleam of hope that the morning would dawn fair and calm. The swell of the sea was great, and successively the poor floaters, holding on to their planks with the energy of despair, were riding on the brink of a precipice and buried in a deep valley of water. Our informant, like many of the rest, was seized with the fear of sharks. Itespiratien was very difficult, owing to the masses of water which were constantly dashed upon them, as wave after wave rolled by. For two or three hours the water was nut unpleasantly cold, and it was not until about 1 o'clock un the morning of Sunday, when they had been nearly five hours in the water, and a fresh chilling wind arose, that their limbs began to leel be numbed. "Some of the incidents described to us as occurring before or about that time are truly thrilling. One man, floating in solitude, and terrified at his loneliness, after shouting himself hoarse to find a companion, saw at length a man with two life-preservers fastened about his body drifting towards him. His heart leaped with joy at the' welcome sight, for the feeling of desolation which had overcome him was terrible to endure. He called to the other to join him if possible, and made every exertion to meet him half way. There was no reply, but the other drifted nearer and nearer. A wave threw them to gether ; they touched, The living man shrieked in the tace.of a corpse. The other had been drowned by the dash of the billows, or had perished from exhaustion. " When rising and falling with the swell of the waves the lights of the bark Ellen were first discerned by the survivors in the water ; the thrill of hope that at once filled every breast amounted, it may well be believed, to a perfect ecstasy. Let Mr. George speak for all. He says :---‘ I never felt so thankful in all my life. I never knew what gratitude was before. Ido not know whe ther I cried or not, but I know I was astonished to hear my own laughter ringing in my ears. Ido not know why I laughed. That verse, God moves in a mysteri ous way,' kept passing in and out of me—through me, rather, as if I bad been the pipe of an organ. It did not come to me by my own volition, but somehow made me remember it. When the lights approached nearer a score of 'voices sprang up around me, crying 'Ship ahoy,' 'Boat ahoy,' and then I began to shout too. And I had never any doubt that I should be saved till I saw the lights pass by, about half a mile from where I was, and recede in the distance. Then I began to give myself up for lost indeed. But I slowly drifted toward her again, till I could make out her hull and one of her masts, and presently I floated close to her and shouted, and was taken up. When I got on the deck I could not stand. I did not know till then how exhausted I was.' Mr. George, before he was rescue d encoun t ere d s i x men • • - singing to a log of wood, two of whom were washed off in his sight, within a abort distance of the bark. The others must have afterwards shared the same fate, as they were not taken on board the bark and were never again seen. Mr. George thinks a raft could have lived, but no attempt was made to construct one. A. little girl who was saved along with her brother says : - "At about 10 o'clock on Saturday a gentleman came down and took us up into the saloon; my father was with us ; he handed me his money and told me to keep it—perhaps I might be saved and he not. This was before we came in sight of the brig. After we got in eight of the vessel I handed it back to him ; I told him that it was too heavy. Then they called us up to the lifeboat. I came on in the second boat to the brig. I think the terror will never leave my heart. I felt as though I had almost as lief go down with the ship as to get off. I have not heard from father since I left him on Saturday ' • I think h e i s l ost. ' " When the boat cast off from the steamer Captain Herndon said, Tell the captain of the brig for God's sake to remain by lig ; that I have 500 people on board and two millions of treasure.' When we arrived in the brig Mr. Black communicated this request to Captain Burt, who replied at once —'Ay, ay ; tell him I'll stand by him.' It is alleged that the boats' crews declined to return to the wreck, for fear of being swamped. " A passenger says,—' Life-preservers were plenty, and each had secured one for himself. On Coming np I found plenty of things to cling to, and got bold of a door, which I held on to about 15 minutes, till three Irishmen grabbed it, when I left it, as I was becoming so numb that I was obliged to warm up by a little swimming exercise. Though a large quantity of ma terial was floating about, still there was a good deal of desperate struggling and lighting to appropriate articles promising the most security. I next got hold of a trunk, but it soon fell to pieces. But a flour barrel directly came in my way ; in clinging to it I soon got chilled and had occasionally to leave it and swim to get warm. Bu t I did not let it get far out of my way. I observed th Irishmen still fighting for the door the last I saw o e f them, and they are doubtless lost. "Another passengers says :—'Nearly all the passen gers bad been provided with life-preservers, but many of them had lost all hope and become discouraged before the critical moment arrived, and when the ship sunk they lacked the energy to make any effort to save themselves, while others were affrighted out of all presence of mind and lacked the judgment to convert to their use means which might have been rendered available. The majority of the crew and a number of the passengers, at the time of the sinking of the ship were below engaged in bailing. " Some of the female passengers fell two or three times into the sea before they could be got into the boat. One of them, a stewardess, fell in three times, and once was pinched between the boat and the side of the steamer. The captain did his best to keep the pas sengers calm and cool. It is stated by many of the survivors that there Was seldom so large an amount of money owned by pas sengers as was in the case of those who came by the Ce❑tral America. Many wore persons of large means, and there were very few whose immediate wealth did not amount to hundreds, while numbers reckoned their gold by thousands of dollars. The greater portion of the passengers were returned miners, some coining hither to invest the capital they bad realised, in hopes to live a life of greater ease as the result of their in dustry, and others to get their families and onee more go to the land of gold. But as the storm continued to rage, less and less of gold was thought of, and when, on Saturday, it became evident they were likely at any moment to be buried bonsai h the waves, wealthy men divested themselveseof their treasure belts and scattered the gold upon the cabin floors, telling those to take it who would, lest its weight —a few ounces or pounds— carry them to their (loath. Full purses, containing in some instances 2,000 dots. were laying untouched on sofas. Carpet bags were opened by men arid the shin,- ing metal was poured out on the floor with the prodi gality of death's despair. One of the passengers, who has fortunately been rescued, opened a bag and dashed about the cabin 20,000 dollars in gold dust, and told sum who wanted to gratify his greed for gold to take it But it was passed by untouched as the veriest dross. A. few hours before he would have struck down the man who would have attempted to take a grain of that which he now spurned from him.' passenger named Miller, who was lost, took a position at the top of the steps leading to the steerage ; he drew his revolver and threatened to shoot any One who refused to work at the pumps and attempted to get upon deck. "According to the statement of a female survivor,— 'There was not a tear shed that I am aware of on board the steamer up to the time we first espied the sail which we believe brought us relief. There seemed to be a perfect calmness, which I could not have believed it possible for such a number of persons to exhibit under such fearful circumstances. But when the brig hove in sight tbere were tears of joy, and the men worked with renewed energy and hope. The ladies begged of the men to work firmly and with all their strength, and said they would take hold and work themselves if the men did not do their best. Some of the women begged to be allowed to assist, and some were so anxious that they even attempted to dress up in men's clothing, so that they might go down and help in the task.' "Of the working at the pumps, a.passenger says It was rather a novel spectacle to see men at work, many of whom had never been in the habit of physical labour, tai ing hold with strength and willingness equal to the heartiest. After awhile the work began to be rather a serious affair for the strength and muscles. To keep up the spirits songs were sung, and every imaginable joke retailed to excite laughter and cheer the spirits. Occasionally a man, notwithstanding the urgency of the occasion and the determination of most to make the work as cheerful a>i possible, would fall from the ranks, and it was utterly impossible to rouse them again to activity. Some were oomph tely exhausted physically, and had to retire from work for that reason ; but it was a fact that a few gave up in despair of the possibility of saving the steamer from sinking, and would not work. The example of that few had a bad effect upon others, notwithstanding the constant cheering remarks of the captain and officers that everyiking was working fa vourably. The men worked faithfully all Friday night, although under the serious disadvantage of but little light and no water or refreshments.' "Mrs. Small and her child were in charge of Captain Herndon, of whom she speaks with much emotion. She was handed into the boat by him. He appeared sad, but very firm. 'Mrs. Small,' said he, this is sad ;I am sorry not to get you home safely.' With these words he turned away. " Mr. Payne states that he was indebted to Captain Herndon for his life. I was in frequent consultation with him before I went, and he asked me what I thought of affairs. I said, Thank God, the women and children are all off, and we are strong.' He replied, Yes, thank God,' and added, You take the next boat.' This I did, but before I went he requested rue to go into his office and get his gold watch and chain, and, if saved, to carry them to his wife. Said he, Tell her—,' but his utter ance was choked by deep emotion, and he said no more on that subject, but changed it by saying he wished me to see the president of the company, Marshal 0. Roberts, and the agents, and communicate with them in relation to the disaster. " After saying this much he walked away a few steps and sat down on a bench, with his head in his hands, apparently overcome. Ile remained in that position a few moments, and then arose and resumed giving orders as the boat from the brig Marine returned. ‘• The conduct of the bead engineer, Ashby, was strongly condemned, and some of the rescued passengers talked of 'lynching' him. It is alleged that he aban doned the engine-room long before there was any neces sity. It is also charged against him that in the boat there were two seats vacant, and a person jumped into one of them ; at this instant Ashby, who was overseeing the shipment of the women and children, drew his bowie knife, and raising as if to Strike the man, commanded him to get out. His arm was arrested by a person near, and the man retained his Pla ce . A s the boat pushed off, Ashby jumped in ; a general murmur arose and a cry was heard, Shoot him 1' Tile Captain called out that he depended upon him returning, which Ashby failed to do, alleging that the boat's crew refused to do so, fearing for their own safety. It is likewise stated that one of the survivors also asserts that Ashby approoched him and threatened to cut the strap which held his lite-pre server round his body; the interference of a passenger prevented him from taking it away from him. " Captain Johnson, of the Elien, on board of which vessel many of the rescued received very kind treatment wakes the fellowing statement I was forced by the wind to sail a little out of my course before I came up with you, and on altering it a small bird flew across the ship once or twice, and then darted into my face. I, however, took uo notice of this circumstance, and the same thing occurred again, which eaused me to regard the circumstance as something extraordinary ; and while thinking on it in this way the mysterious bird for the third time appeared and went through the very same extraordinary manoeuvres. Upon this I was indueed to re-alter my course into the original one which I had been steering, and in a short time I heard noises, and on try ing to discover what they proceeded from. discovered that I was in the midst of people who had been ship wrecked. I proceeded instantly to rescue them, and in a few moments succeeded in getting four of them on board. Not one of them eeuld speak, all being perfectly senseless from exhaustion, After a few moments we got another one on board. The first words he spoke were—' Where is my wife '—give me something to eat.' " " Mr. Wells, finding the vessel going down, wrenched a door from the wheel-house. After being on the raft about an hour or an hour and a-half the ship went down, and apparently carried all on board with her. I had great difficulty in holding on to my raft, on account of the roughness of the sea, and after having remained on it for about two hours I was drifted near a larger raft, on which there were five men. I then left my raft and swam to them. The darkness was so great that I could not recognise any of them. We were frequently washed off by the force of the waves, and had to swim to reach the raft again. Soon I found one of our number was missing. The rest of us --there were now five—clung to the raft as best we could, at times being washed off, and then regaining the raft by swimming to it. Towards morning a sea washed off all of us but one, and only two of the four succeeded in recovering the raft ; they had become so chilled and exhausted that they had not strength to reach it again, and were lost. This left only three oflus on the raft out of the sixithat were on it."' A. captain (Badger) who was on board the Central America attributes the foundering of the vessel to the stoppage of the engines. She f.ll into the trough of the sea, and took in much water through her lee shafts and dead lights. It was afterwards ascertained that the cause of the stoppage of the engines was the neglect of the fire and engine department of gettingcoal along from the bunkers to the fire-room fast enough to keep up the fires s • consequently a ll th e engines stoppe d, as we ll as all the pumps attached to the engines. Au attempt was made to raise steam in the donkey boiler. Berths were torn and thrown into the furnace to raise the steam to start the pumps, but all to no avail. A drag was prepared but failed, and the ship continued in the trough of the sea. " Baling," says Badger, " went on vigorously and was kept up a ll n i g h t by gangs, who were changed as often as they became exhausted. Towards morning the men were beginning to fail and the water to increase and grow up in the hold of the ship. At four o'clock on the morning of Saturday, the 12th, the gale abated, with a heavy sea ru nning . Th ey were encouraged by myself and ethers with assurance th a t the ship would hold out. Every passenger remained cool, and seemed to forget his danger in the united efforts to save vessel. There was no weeping or exhibition of despair, even on the part of the wqmen. At eight o'clock another at tempt was made to raise steam in the donkey-boiler to pump the ship, but without avail. One proposed to box the pumps, but on inquiry no carpenter or tools could be found, and the water gained rapidly. The lee shaft was shrouded with heavy blankets to stop the leak, but the water burst through. At 2 o'clock on Saturday a sail was reported to windward, and at half past 3 she came under the stern. Boats immediately were lowered, but wore stove instantly by the sea. Three boats still remained—one in a bad condition. At 4 o'clock the work of removing the ladies and children to the deck of the Marine was commenced. The brig being much lighter than the ship, had by this time drifted away to leeward. The distance was consider able, and the boats were long in making the trips and there being a heavy sea but few could be carried at a time. After sending the ladies and children the engineer and some 15 others were em barked on the brig. By this time it was dark. The work of baling was still kept on, but the water gained faster and faster upon the vessel. As the boats succes sively approached the ship a simultaneou s rus h was e passengers to get on boa r d, an d it was ap prehended de that the boats would be fill e d an d stove, I t mabyth was now dark. About two hours before the sinking of the ship a schooner ran down under our stern, but could not render aoy assistance for want of boats. The work of baling went en until within an hour of her going down. Two lights of the above vessel were now seen far to leeward. Rockets were fired from the wheel, but went downwards. The immediate sinking of the ship followed. Capt. Ilearndon remained on the wheel up to the moment of her going down, which was 8 o'clock on Saturday night. I was standing on the quarterdeck. Some jumped over, and put out from the now rapidly descending ship, and seized en whatever they could. No one shrieked or cried, but all stood calm. The captain behaved nobly, and sa.d he would not leave the ship. I prom i se d hi m I would remain with him, as also did th e second office., Mr. Frazer. All at once the ship, as if i n the agony of d mass, she disap peared, floated out on the bosom o f ne ad, h the t with herself,ocean, anda shriek Vf o 0 hu man i ronplunge on an angle of 45 degrees, h m a de I a o hope h and, eengulfed but beings death." A paper referring to the statements of passengers says —" We found no one who would confess to a dread of death pct sc. One thought of his family, his friends, and struggled for life for their sakes. Another wished to live that he might enjoy the treasure which he bad stowed away on his person, and which would be caved if be was. A third, who had lost everything, wanted to begin life anew, and make his fortune over again. A species of fatalism consoled some. If their time was come it was come, and they saw their comrades in misfortune fail in their last struggle and sink with scarcely a pang. One man told us he went to sleep in the water." One survivor makes rather an amusing statement : "I guess I bad been about four hours in the water and had floated away from the rest, when the waves ceased to make any noise, and I heard my mother say, Johnny, did you eat sister's grapes ?' I hadn't thought of it for 20 years at least. It had gone clean out of my mind. I had a sister that died o f consumption more than 30 years ago, and when she was s i c k —l was a boy of 11 or so—a neighbour had sent h er some early hot house grapes. Well, those grapes were left in a room where I was, and—l ought to have been skinned alive for it, ;little rascal that I was—l devoured them all Mother came to me after I had gone to bed, when she couldn't find the fruit for sister to moisten her mouth with in the night, and said, 'Johnny, did you eat sister's grapes ?' I did not add to the meanness of my conduct by telling a lie. I owned up, and my mother went away in tears, but without flogging me. It occasioned me a qualm of conscience far many a year after ; but, as I said, for 20 years at least I had not thought of it, till, when I was floating about benumbed with cold, I heard it as plain as ever I beard ber voice in my life. I heard mother say, Johnny, did you eat sister's grapes'' I don't know to account for it. It did not scare me, though. I thought it was a presage of my death." A survivor says—" Five hundred men, with death yawning before them at any moment, stood solid as a rock, nor made a movement for the boats until the women and children had all been safely transported to the brig, after which about 40 of the crew and male passengers, in a few trips, reached the latter vessel be fore the steamer went down." Several of the passengers whose position and intelli gence, and, withal, the trying circumstances in which the ship was placed, ought to have restrained them from deporting themselves other than properly, drank exces sively of liquors on board the ship, probably from their own private stores, and made themselves very noisy and troublesome. Two of the passengers of high social and political associations refused to work, but got alarm ingly drunk, so much so that their more sober compa nions had to put them in their berths. In that condition they lay when the steamer sank. Others, being com- pletely exhausted, took to their berths, and went down with the vessel. An elderly woman implored the captain to allow her husband to go in the boat with her ; she was refused. Very kindly but firmly Captain Herndon told her that, no man could leave the steamer until all the women had gone. Just before she went down into the boat ber husband took her by the hand and bade her good by. He told her that he would try and meet her again, but that perhaps he would not be able. She never saw him again. Another woman tells a similarly painful story. The engineer stoutly denies the allegations made against him. It is asserted that the pumps and donkey engine of the vessel were unserviceable. Sanguine hopes were entertained of the safety of the captain (Herndon) and a number of passengers. When the vessel went down the captain was on deck on the wheelhouse, and when last seen was clinging to a plank PICCOLOMINI AND GIUGLINL ( From the Birmingham Journal. ) Wednesday evening last was signalised by the finest concert we have listened to for some years. The scheme was an admirable one, the vocalists in the first ranks of their profession, and the audience, though not so nucle ons as the occasion merited, musical and discrituiaating to a degree. The concert commenced with the trio from "Don Giovanni," between the Don (Aldighieri), his valet Leporello (Belletti), and the Cominandatore (Rossi), sung with that aplomb and method only possible to Ita lian actors and singers. The duetto which followed, by Madame Poma and Signor Rossi, was also a fine speci men of operatic singing, Rossi pourtraying his share with a comic vivacity and genuine spirit so infectious that the audience at once received its tone of eejeyment for the night. Piccolomini and Belletti followed in the ever fresh "La ci darem." If the charms of the fictitious Zerlina at all equalled those of her bewitching represen tative, the enslavement of the dashing Don need cause no wonderment, for never did a more fascinating little cantatrico warble her way into the heart, of hidalgo or grandee, cavalier or true knight, than this same cip'i vating chanteuse. Au enthusiastic encore was grauifully responded to, Piccolomini appearing to enjoy the affair equally with the audience. The prelude to the next piece might have been very well played; very few people, however, we imagine, heard it; the sole intere,t centring in a quiet-looking, swarthy foreigner, whose iblack hair, thrown behind ears, inclination to stoutness, and strongly marked features, reminded us of Furnace; but hcw un• like the profundities of the German singer the silvery tones of this Italian marvel. We have no hesitation in placing Giuglini as the very first l'viog tenor, the trumpet clang and the vibrating sound of Reeves, and a soft, pure, and liquid tone and charming expression peculiarly his own—these constitute the attractions of this magni• ficent singer. The audience was evidently not prepared for such perfection, and the applause was unmistakeably genuine. Giuglini quietly responded, ,and once inure delighted the audience. He sings so easily and un affectedly, his voice is so equal and true, his tours de force are so magnificent, and his cadences melt in the air with such sweetness and purity, that we are certainly justified, considering all his attributes, in naming bi-n the finest singer of the day. The long and uninterest ing duet (from "Romeo and Juliet") by Madlies. Spezia and Ortolani, enabled the audience to regain their wonted calmness in time for Belletti's splendid singing of Haydn's great piece (with organ accompaniments) " And God said," with its fine air, "Now Heaven," &oe ; he achieved a triumph, and afforded a lesson to some of our native singers, his articulation was so good and his points so admirably made. Piccolornini enchanted the audience by the irresistible grace and abandon with which she sang and acted " I dreamt that I dwelt," and was again enthusiastically encored. Mad.le. Spezia sang with effect in " Qui la voce," displaying a voice of great compass and flexibility ; her execution, too, of the diffi emit passages in the cabaletta being most artistic. In the famous trio from "Il Matromonia Segreto," fami liarly known as "My Lady the Countess," Piccolomini displayed her talent for comedy the more wonderful when contrasted with the pathetic tenderness she infused into the mournful and graceful air from " La Figlia," " Convien partir." This Queen of the fete never could have received a greater ovation in her triumphal career than from the audience on Wednesday last. Whether from fluency of vocalisation, stage capabilities, keen ap preciation of the ludicrous, or volubility of utterance, we have never heard a more effective performance than the "Un segro" duet, from " Cenerentola," by Belletti and Rossi. We have already perhaps trenched upon our space too far, but the theme is so tempting, and such of our readers who were present will so readily find excuses for us, and justice must be done to these admirable per formers, that—in short Giuglini in the nix; air, " Della sue pace," not only ratified our previously conceived good opinion, but if possible increased it. Should he pay a second visit, we hope a hall full of the admirers of the joyous science will share our pleasure. Mdl a. Spezia should not sing " Tacea la notte ;" she is unequal to it. As there is always a gem in every concert, so was there in this—the duet from " Lucia ;" Giuglini and Piccolonein commencing with the tenor solo, " Sulla tomba," em bracing the melodious duet, " Venano te," and ending with the adieu of the lovers. An encore as irresistible as it was de-erved followed, and we must say, often as we have heard this famous piece, we never until Wed nesday, night perfectly realised it. Madams Puma sang "Il segreto" well and effectively, though it is possible to become tired even of this ; and the laughter-moving "Papatacci " trio, superbly sung by Giuglini, Belletti, and Rossi, brought the vocally successful concert to a brilliant termination. The weather may have had some influence on the attendance, but we trust, should these unequalled artistes pay us a second visit, that Birmingham will sustain its reputation for musical taste by supporting them, to the fullest extent of the Town Hall capabilities. Signor Voschetti played modestly and intelligently, and kept himself sufficiently and agreeably under throughout the concert. THE LATE SIR CHARLES NAPIER ON THE BALLOT. The people should have the ballot. It is their secu rity and their will, and therefore their right also. When Sir Thos. Maitland assumed the government of the lonian Islands, he abolished the election of members of the Legislative Assembly by ballot, which had hither to prevailed, and he established the vote viva voce. I am not aware of any other act of his act which gave so much dissatisfaction. While the ballot existed, elec. tions passed quietly ; there was no canvassing ; rough nature grews rather more civil at such periods ; the thermometer of urbanity ranged higher ; no bribes were thought of. A tolerable guess was, perhaps, made how each man would vote, bat no one was sure. Anger or violence provoked black beans—affability conciliated white beans. The effect was, as I have said, that in creased cordiality was perceived in society, and bad feelings (tor the moment at least) were repressed ; but when the open vote was established, the fiercest passions burst forth. Formerly we were told, "Of two evils choose the least." The doctrine is altered. "Of two evils choose the greatest." Starve your children rather than give your vote against your politics. Break the law of nature rather than disoblige a man of adverse politics. Destroy your family immediately, for fear the Habeas Corpus Act should be suspended a hundred years hence. This is " being English," in the opinion of those who breakfast, dine, and sup plenteously— Stoics in theory, and Sybarites in practice. When the Duke of Wellington chased Massone from Portugal, I was three days without food. Tue first day was any thing but agreeable; the second convinced me of the close alliance that there as between honour and an oven i - and on the third day I would, f or a bi s cuit, h ave voted for the Duke of Newcastle himself ! It any Tory can prove to me that my not voting for him at the next election will be followed by the untoward feeling I had in my stomach in the Estralla mountains, I will give him a plumper against the best Reformer in England. Really one cannot reason seriously on such a subject." DEATH FROM LOCK-JAW. —FATAL FALL DOWN STAIRS. —An inquest was taken on Saturday night by Mr. W. Baker, at the London Hospital, on the body of rimotby Connell, aged 70 years. It appeared in evidence that the deceased went home a few nights since, And while ascending a staircase he slipped a-,d fell to the bottom landing. He was raised up and found to have received a severe injury to the spine. He was carried to the hospital, where syrnptoins of tetanus or lock-jaw supervened. He was attended by Mr. F. Owen, the ho 188 surgeon, but the deceased gradually grew worse, and expired ou Friday. The medic a l ev id ence h avirg been adduced, the jury eturotsd a vel di et of accidental death from loOt jaw. SALE OF STORES AT GOSPORT. ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET -PLACE, 3d Oct 1857. r IFIHE Commissione rs f or E xecut i ng the Office of B Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice, that on TUESDAY, Pe 27th inst,, at 12 o'clock at noon, the Captain Superintendent will put up to Sale, in the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard at Gosport, several Lots of s-rviceable and unserviceable Army and Navy Sltores, con sisting of Coffee, Tongues, Biscuit, Biscuit Dust, Rags, Candles, Sea rams' and Marines Clothing, Paymasters' Implements, Transport Blankets, Chips, &c , &c., &c., all lying in the sal:', Yard. Persons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Superintendent 'or notes of admission for that purpose. CatalogFes and Conditions of Sale may be had here and at the Yard. CRYSTAL PALACE. - INDIAN RELIEF F U N D.—The Directors have determined to or,sen the Crystal Palace on WEDNESDAY next, the 7th October. on which day the Rev. C. H. SPURGEON has consented to preach in the Centro Transept, for the special benefit ef the INDIAN RELIEF FUND. Atter the service a Collection in aid of the Fund wll be made. The doors will open at Nine, and Service will commence at Twelve.—. Admission, One Shilling. Trains will run from the London Bridge Terminus es usual. By order, GEO. GROVE, Secretary. Crystal Palace, Oct. 2, 1857. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill street, fit. James's.—The Proprietor of the above Rooms has the honour to announce that the celebrated Dame Band, formerly con ducted by the late Mr. mile Lan. ent, and knoon as I aurent's Rand, is at the service, as heretofore, of the nobility and gentry for private balls, &c , &c. All the principol performers are still retained in the Band, and the Proprietor has engaged permai.ently ,s Con ductor, the popular composer and celebrated chef d'orchestre, R one. ANTONY lamorrE, late of Paris. Applications for the Band to be addressed as above to R. R. Bignell. AN ACT OF GRATITUDE.-5,000 C op i es o f a Medical Book for Gratuitous Circulation.— GEORGE Titomes, Rsq., having been effectually cured of nervous debility, loss of memory, end dimness of sight, resulting from the early errors of youth, by following tbeinaductityncriven In a Ifedlesi Work by a Physician, he considers it his duty; in gratitude to the author, and for the benefit of nervous sufferers, to publish the means used. He will therefore send free, to any ad•iress, in a sealed envelope, on receipt of a direct ed envelope enclosing two stamps, to pre-pay postage, a copy of the medical work containing every information reouired. Address, G. Thomas, Esq., Craven House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. X/FR. HOWARD, Isurgeon-Denti s t, 52 , F leet.. 1. street, has introduced an entirely new d escr i ption of ARTI- F IA T. TEETH , fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or .eoay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. T tnetbod does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful o eration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is e. , aranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within the reach of the moat econo mical, he has fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. De coyed teeth stopped and r udcred sound and useful in mastics tion.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. y EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, nd all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe. card to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, ondon, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay rid Sons, Messrs Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mar hants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against irultatioxs, see that the names of "LEA nd PERRINS" ere upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. ROYAL FRE P. HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. —The AID of the benevolent is earnestly d. John Masterman, o f Nicholas-lane, is Treasurer, by whom donations will be thankfully received : also by the following bankers: Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and ,Prescott, Grote, an d C o. ; Smyth , Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co .; Co.;iones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and'Co. ; Denison and Co ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gurney, and Co.; Mas terman and Po.; by Messrs. 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It is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor inter feres with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a :evr out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from inva.'ids :—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies " I have derived considerable benefit irom Du Barry's. Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public is authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies." Ctirz. No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, and sickness at the stomach and vondting, have been remover by Da Barry's excellent Food. llaria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk."— Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Hefts, a cure of extreme ner vousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.— Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateaerc, near Liver pool s a cure of. ten ye, 's dyspepsia, and the horrors of nervous irrita bility. Cure No. 18.z16. Dr. Andrew Ure of constipation, dyspep sia, nervous irritabi"ty, Cure No. 38,210. Dr. Shorland of dropsy and debility. Carr No. 36,212. Captain Allan of epileptic fits. Cure No. 42.116 Major Edie of enlargement of the liver and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings, Care. No. 26,418. Dr. Har vey of diarrhoea and debility. Care No. 89,628. Dr. Wurtzer of consumption. Cure No. 32,883. William Hunts, Esq., barrister, of par tlysis Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood merchant, of thirty years diseased lungs, spitting of bleod, liver derangement, partial deafness. Care No. 4 ,814. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, or two years' diarrhoea. Cure No. 52,612. The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, of many years' nervous irratibility, bile, and indi gestion. Cure No. 54,812. • Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of con sumption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of recovery. Cure No, 180. " Twenty-five years' nervousness, con stipatlou, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no ;medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. R. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." No. 4,208. "Eight years' dis pensers, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health restoring Food. I shall bo happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John Flavell, Ridlington Rec tory., Norfolk." So. 32,836. "Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which ren dered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barrv's health restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen." Cure No. 3,906. " Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent stevalenta Arabica Food. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." tationss— t:tahution against the fearful dangers of spurious imita. The Vic e - Chancellor Sir William Page Weod granted an injunc tm:intmaot:l:artgtanhe Barry's Du htah it, v 18 . 5 1e 4 n , ta against ArabicaAlfredHooper Neville, for suitably pazeed for all climates, and with full instructions. In Fod." • ters lib misters , riage free, en r e 21b as ; Sib lis , 121 b 225. The 121 b car ipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry and ;0.. 77, Regent-street y tn Fortnum, M a r 3 6 1 , 1 ;, Londo • reyors to her Majesty, 182, -treet 330, 430, and 451. a O n r d a c C e o clll P r c u 1 .1 , street, and ISO. and i nd , 4. flhea side 119, Bishopsgatc- Oxford-sten,. ilirooNu—oß.—On Saturday, a writ t annell &livered Mr, Brent, Habeas Cor pus a woman . ?la wed Bildtr,h,et THE PREROGATIVE OF THE Colt A! at the Judges' Chambers, Mr. Newgate E € his judgment on an application for to bring before the court of c , ,roner for Middlesex, de p u ty ti.ava nagh, who bad been conamitted , to gistrato of Alatlborough-street Police-court, onYa charge ,f administering poison to her illegitinlte chili. Ai r Longhorn, the deputy coroner for Westminst er , w i,„ icted as solicitor for Mr. Brent, cited several cases i t , support of his application. The learned judge, howeve r , consul - ed Mr. Corner, of the Crown - office , and learn; !rom him that of late numerous similar applications hay; been made to the judges, both at Westminster and at chambers, and in no instance bad an order been made, and Mr. Baron Channell having also cited various au „hurities, now observed that he had most careful) , con sidered the case, and felt bound to say that he had no ower to nuake'the order for the writ; THE FAST DAY. The following is a copy of the circular letter addressed by the Bishop of London to his clergy : Balmacarra, Loch Aleb, Rose-shire. 30th Sept. 1857. Rev, and Dea r Brother,—l have this evening heard in this remote place, that Wednesday next is to be ob served throughout the three kingdoms as a day of solemn humiliation. I greatly regret that circumstances have unexpectedly rendered it impossible for me to be present in London, and to take part in your services on this deeply important day ; but I trust to be with you in spirit. Let me recommend to you, while our prayers thus ascend to God, that we do not forget the duties of Chistian love and charity, which we ewe t) our suffering fellow countrymen ; and that, if possible, an opportu nity be given to your congregations of contributing to the support of those whom the mysterious events which have lately occurred in India have plunged in unforeseen poverty. Earnestly trusting that Almighty God will hear our humble prayers, I remain rev, and dear brother your faithful servant, A. C. LONDON. The Bishop of Winchester (Dr. C. Sumner) has ad dressed the 'following note to the elergy of his diocese : —" Farnham Castle, Oct. 1857.—Rev. and dear Sir, — Her Majasty having been pleased to direct that Wed• nesday, Oct. 7, shall be observed as a public day of solemn fast, humiliation, and prayer, on account of the lamentable events which have occurred in India, I earnestly recommend that contributions be made in your church on that occasion in behalf of the sufferers by the mutiny. The proceeds may be remittad to the Lord Mayor of London, the chairman of the com mittee of the fund now raising in London for that object.—l am, rev. and dear sir, your faithful friend brother, C. WINTON." OFFICIAL FOLLY. (From, the Freeman.) A startling illustration of official folly is afforded by the following incident. A week or two since we men tioned that a massacre had been averted at Monghir by information communicat-d to the magistrate of the sta tion by a native Christian. A letter implicating the de puty magistrate and the darogah of the jail, both Mohamedans, was discovered by the magistrate in the post-office. In the house of one of them were found three Pathan', suspected of having taken part in the assassi nation of Dr. Lyell at Patna. All were arrested, ex amined, pronounced guilty, and sent on to Bhaugulpore for punishment. The sapient judge there released the ringleaders, not even taking bail. It now appears that in doing so, he listened to the representations of the chief officer of his court, who is part owner of an estate with the Monghir deputy magistrate, and to the fears of the officer of the Native Irregular Force stationed at Bhau gelpors. The three Pathans were, however, kept in confinement. And now comes the crowning act of folly and incapacity. This judge orders the native Christian to be apprbliended, to be lodged in jail under the daro gab, one of the traitors, and sent as a convict to his native place in Ti r h oo t. H e is most cruelly abused by the Mussulm An darogah. The missionary interferes, and offers security, but it is refused, unless the most exorbi taut bail is given. All the European inhabitantans of the station unite in protesting against the cruelty of the act—but no intervention prevails. And this poor man, for simply giving information which led to the discovery of a murderous plot, to whom the lives of scores of Euro peans—men, women and children—are owing, is treated by this official as guilty of crime, and is savagely com mitted for custody to the tender mercies of one of the conspirators ! The Company's Government has often enough rebuked for impertinence the men who have offered to impart important intelligence, but it remained to perfect its intolerable haughtiness by punishing an innocent man for saving the lives of its own servants, as well as those of interloping Englishmen. CLIFFORD'S BOAT-LOWERINQ SCHEME.—The fine ch ip Transatlantic, arri ve d th e o th er d ay a t Ab e rdeen, wa s the first ship fitt e d by Cliff or d' s a p para tus that ver bo p ar ort d,. On her passa,e home from Quebec a man fell The was instantly lowered and t he the sea was running v e ry hi g h at the n t w un a e s , s b a u v t ed a . boat captain and crew were _alhlaovfe been lowered in ti me t o pi m ni a on that without thi s ild apparatus no boat c.e pick the man up. Mr. Batten, agent for the Clifford v " ntion at Aberdeen, has received the following l e tt er invention the captain of tee Transatlantic :—Dear Sir,—lt is gratifying to me to. bear testimony to the efficiency of Clifford's interesting invention for lowering ships' boat+ at all ti mes , especial in cases of pe r il ; and knowing how ear nestly you have pressed it on the notice of all sea faring men, and how anxiously you await the report of its success, I have pleasure in handing you the fol• lowing : On Sunday, the 13th of September, at 6 o'clock a.tn., in lat 54 U 4 N. long. 36'19 W., a seaman , Daniel S u th er l and, after stowing the close-reefed foretop sail, fell overboard from foretop, striking against the rigging in his descent. The sea running very high at the time, ship labouring much, the gale having a little abated, the lifeboat, which you fitted with Clifford's gear, was cn the weather quarter ; Mr. Teague, chief officer, die second mate, and a crew manned the boat, which was in a minute clear, and succeeded in rescuing the man from a watery grave. Had the boat been other shun a fiLst-class lifeboat and so fitted I would not have risked the lives of the crew.—l am dear Sir, yours truly„W. EDWARD. To M r . A. B at t en , Aberdeen."