The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-10 00:00:00

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This beng Good Friday there is no commer cial 'or monetary intelligence to report—Lloyd's, the Stock Exchange, the Bank of England, and all other business establishments being, as usual, closed. THE RUSSIAN ARMY. (From a Correspondent of th,e Times.) BERLIN, APRIL 7. While in my preceding letter I described the abolition of a peculiar corps in the Russian army, and the renunciation of a system apparently about to be revived by the late Emperor byou will find in the follo w i ng the rapid extensiony the present Emperor of an organisation commenced by his father. I allude to the Rifles or Sharpshooters. This body is not to be confounded with the Jager regiments, 'which existed previously, but were however nothing else than Fusilier regiments, standing in the same relation to the Musketeer regiments as infanterie legere does to infanterie de la ligne—i. e., they dif fered from each other in little more than in their bUttons and facings. All the 42 regiments of Jagers, it may be men tioned here, have ceased to exist as a separate arm, and have been ranged in the same list with the 42 infantry, or Musketeer regiments, with which they now form 84 regiments. They have, in consequence of this new arrangement, all received fresh serial numbers, and the Jagera have been allowed to re tain the names they bore of certain provinces, towns, or battles. The Carabineers have also met with the same fate as the Jagers. They stood in the same relation to the Grenaiers as the Jagers did to the Musketeers (they wore black facings,., while the Grenadiers and Musketeers wore white), but in all essential matters they were as near as possible the same. _ _ . To return, however, to the Rifles. Out of the one single regiment that the Emperor Nicholas had at the commencement of his reign —viz., the Fin land Rifles of the 'Body Guard—have arisen no less than 54 battalions, besides the company of Rifles or Sharpshooters attached to every battalion of in fantry as a fifth company. General Ramsay, the present commander of the separate Grenadier corps, was the . Emperor's right hand in the formation of these battalions of Mies. An ardent and enthu siastic votary of the Rifles, be devoted himself to the task with such ardour that results were ob tained totally disproportioned to the time they oc cupied. His first attempts, h owe ver, were ren dered futile by the Emperor Nicholas's notion that these battalions of Rifles could best be raised among the cantonisb, or enfans de troupe, founded on the supposition that their "better educa tion and habits of life would render them specially, apt at this weapon, which, more than any other, requires smartness, alertness, and a certain degree Of handiness. A very short experience having shown these youths to be totally unequal to the exertions General Ramsay required of them, the Emperor, though with great regret, abandoned' his idea of thus turning them to good account ; and, perceiving that nothing but the hardiest ma terials would answer the purpose, he allowed the battalions to be raised among the Tschuwasches, the Tscheremises, and other tribes whose occupa tion is more especially the chase; and this time the experiment succeeded entirely. The Rifle com panies attached to the different infantry regiments 'Were, on the other hand, formed by selecting from each company first of all the six best marksmen, and then increasing this number gradually to 24 per company. The aggregate of these picked marks men forms now the sth company attached, to every battalion (regiment) of infantry under the name of Rifles and ,Sharpshooters. . . . Over and aba a ve these, there remains to be men tioned the Rifle Regiment of the Imperiol family, originally projected to consist of four battalions, but subsequently confined to three. This regiment received a peculiar and exceptional position of the military system, inasmuch as it was placed neither under the Minister of War nor under the inspector of the Rifle force, but under the Minister of the Imperial House. It was raised on the Crown do mains from among the Crown peasantry, and num bered 'in its muster-roll a large portion of the officials of the domains, the foresters, rangers, &c. Now, let us see how these recent creations of the late and present Emperor have been adjusted into the new organisation which Alexander 11. has given to his army. Of the three battalions of the Rifle Regiment of the Imperial family only one has been retained,, chiefly as a memento of the occasion which led to its being raised. It is held to belong to the Guard, but it is not attached to any particular division., Its commander is Prince Galitzin, and the list of its officers contains many brilliant names. In the place of the one Finland battalion of tin Rifles of the Guard there are now three, the first of which is attached to the. Ist division of the In- u fantry of the Guard, the second to the 2d division, and the third (which retains the name Finland) to the 3d division. Each of the three Grenadier divisions of the ii Grenadier corps has now a battalion of Grenadier ii Rifles attached to it. In addition to these, the Emperor has just lately, 11 while at Zarskoe-Selo, ordered the formation of a normal company of Rifles, under the command of Captain Baron von Korff, who has spent much time of late in studying the most recent improvements made in this arm in other countries. _ . As a reserve to these 18 battalions there exist at present only two reserve Rifle battalions, in conse quence of the men composing the original four re serve and two supplementary Rifle battalions hav ing been draughted off to make up the complement of the 18 Rifle battalions of the main army. Attached to the separate Caucasian Coips there are now one Caucasian Grenadier Rifle battalion, the 19th, '2oth, and 21st Rifle battalions attached to the Infantry divisions bearing the same serial number, and one Caucasian Reserve Rifle battalion. Out of the six Rifle battalions of the six Infantry Corps (now called Armee Corps) there have been formed 18 battalions, one of which is attached:to each of thd 18 Infantry divisions of the so-called "First Army," or main army. The six battalions of Rifles that were raised in Finland out of the ci-devant Swedish Indelta troops have been increased to nine ; they stand under the inspectonhip of Major-General von Koden, and, in addition to their own serial num ber, bear the names of the towns where their head quarters are stationed Abo, Wasa, Uleaborg, Kuopa; St. Michael, Tawarthus, - Bjerneborg, Njuland, and Wiborg. A inormal Rifle battalion is the school in which these nine battalions are trained. Although the four ci-devant normal Carabineer regiments are not reckoned officially as belonging to the Rifles or Sharpshooters, they must, never theless, be mentioned' here as forming part of that force, inasmuch as the Emperor bas taken away from them their former serial number which they bore as Carbineers, and has named them Normal Rifle regiments. They were raised among the can tonists of the Nowogrod militoxy colonies', and form a separate body, under the instruction of Lieutenant-General Troloff. The Rifle force of the Russian army consists, then, of the following : Battalions, 1. Attached to the Guard, ... ... 2. Attached to the Grenadier Corps ... 3. Attached to the Sixth Armee Corps 4. Attached to the Caucasian Corps ... 5. Reserve battalions ... ... ... 6. Finland battalions (Indelta, including Normal Battalion) ... 7. Normal Rifle Battalion Total ... " Simply taken numerically this Rifle force far exceeds that of all other armies ; but, with regard to its professional efficiency and skill in the use of its arms, some time must yet elapse, as those who know it well and are disposed to form no unfavour able opinion of it maintain, before the Russian Rifles or Sharpshooters will be able to vie with those of older formation in other armies. In the meantime no pains are being spared to bring, it rapidly forward in efficiency • and military skill On one preliminary question, however, military men in Russia have by no means arrived at a har monious conclusion as yet—viz., whether such troops, possessed of peculiarly good aim and long range, should be used, rather as infantry of position or as light infantry. As far as the consideration of the question has been carried at present the majo rity of authorities seem, in consequence of the want of alertness in the Russian infantry of the line; to incline to the very natural view, that the Rifles, the good shots par excellence, should be employed as tirailleurs and eclaireurs. One strong convic tion, however, they all of them seem to ent?rtain in common—viz., that should Russia be involved in another war her army will, in the use of small arms, not be found so inferior to the rest of Europe as it was in the last. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONR SHILLING DAY.—Yesterday the admissions on payment were 1,045 ; by season tickets, 329 ; total, 1,374. The journey of a company of Spanish artistes, who were on their way from Madrid to perform at the Folks Nouvelles in Paris, has beep attended with a melancholy accident. The diligence in which they were travelling was overturned near the frontier into a ravine. Two female dancers, were wounded in the head, and a third had her ri g ht arm broken. The guard was killed. rt4E SIIN, LAONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 10 1857, FRIGHTFUL AMIDENT AND LOSS OF LIFE This morning, shortly befge 11. ,o'clocic, the greatest excitement.was caused in Great Russell s're.et, Covent-garden, by the occurrence of an acci dent which has deprived one poor man of his life, and seriously injured three others. At the hour above-mentioned a loud report was heard in the neighbourhood, and •it was at first supposed that a portion of the remaining walls of the Covent-garden Theatre had fallen down, .but in a very short time it was discovered that the noise proceeded from a very narrow court called Russell-place, one end of which faces the Bow-street police-cour g t, and the ofaer is opposite to the pit entrance of Drury-lane Theatre in Russell-street. Until the last few days the bohses in the court, five in number, have been principally occupied by a certain class of ladies, but in consequence . of the representations of the surveyor to the Bedford estate, that the structures were in a dangerous condition, ati order had been issued for their deinolition, and this process was being carried into execution by Mr. Howse, a builder residing in the neighbourhood. Nearly the whole of the fronts of the five houses had been taken down, but the back wall, a very :old one, which formed a portion of the premises of the adjoining green yard, was left without the slightest support, and the fall ing of this wall has caused the fatal consequences above mentioned. The moment the wall, which was nearly forty feet high, fell forward, four men were occupied in facing it with cement, and on the ditst clearing off it was discovered that the whole of the unfortunate individuals had been buried in the debris. A strong force from the F division of pOlica 'tinder the direction of Inspector Mitchell, immediately set to work to discover the workmen, and ins short time police-constable, 49 F, succeeded in rescuing one of them; John Skeen, a plasterer, who was in .a very shocking state, the bones of his leg and thigh protruding through his trousers. A man named Fitzgibbon was next taken from the ruins,. but he had ceased to exist. This poor fellow has left a wife and six children. The other two men-,John Mapley and Timothy Madden, having been dug out ot the ruins, the whole of the sufferers were conveyed to King's College Hospital,. and on arriving there .every attention was immediately paid to them. The injuries the three men have sustained are of a very serious nature, and great fears are entertained that in one case at least fatal results will follow. . . The police have taken possession of the ruins, and the excitement has, in some degree, subsided. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. STATE OF THE POLLS. ANTRIM. The show of hands on Thursday was in favour of Mr. O'Hara and Lieutenanf-Colonel Pakenham. A poll was demanded for Mr. M'Ca.rthy. Mr. John Rea, the Ulster leader of the Presbyterian Young Irelanders, was .also propose,cl, but retired in favour of Colonel Pakenham. Great faCitement prevailed. The polling is to. take place on Monday. ARMAGH (COUNTY.) Colonel Caulfield has retired, and Sir W. Verner and Mr. Close have been returned without opposition. ' CAVAN (COUNTY). Maxwell and.A.une,ley returned. Dean retired; DOWN (COUNTY)-FIRST DAY. Hill ... ... 4,977 Ford 4,637, Ker 2,891 DUBLIN (COUNTY) —NOMINATION. Mr. Hamilton was..proposed by Mr. T. G. Vernon, seconded. by Mr. Thompson ; Colonel Louver proposed,, and Mr. C. Cobb, jun., seconded, Colonel Wylor ; Sic C. Domville was proposed by Mr. Henry Grattan, and seconded by Mr. O'Neill.. The show of hands was in favour of Hamilton. and. Domville. A. poll was de, manded. • r GALWAY—CLOSE or THE POLL. Burke 267 Gregnri ,. 247 Bellew 99 ' KILKENNY (COUNTY)—FIEBT DAY. Ellis 1,800 , Mostyn • 626 Greene 581 (This is exclusive of the return from Castlecomer) • • . LONGFORD (COUNTY). 'Grey'lie, White, -aod Forbes weie nominated. The poll is to take place on Monday. QUEEN'S COUNTY—CLosE OF THE POLL. Coote ~. 1 827 Dunne ... ...1,443 Fitzpatrick 1,247 SLIGO (COUNTY)--- , CLOSE OF THE POLL. Booth ... 1,780 Cooper Ball ... ...1,753 ... ... 366 WEXFORD (COUNTY) —CLOSE or THE POLL. WMahon ... 4,300 Hatohell „.. 2,875 George ...2,525 • • WICKLOW. .Lord Milton and Mr. Hume, the late members, and the Hon. Captain 'Monck were proposed. Show of hands in favour 'of Milton and Monck. Poll de manded. EXPLOSION AT BELFAST.—Yesterday morning, about half-past 10, - as the carriages were being prepared for the 11 o'clock train at Ballymena, an engine boiler ex ploded, and the fireman (Wm. Sark), who was the only one on her, was killed. The engine was raised quite:off the rails, and carried. over two waggons a distance of about thirty yards, when it fell on its side much battered. The fireman was blown high in the air, and alighted in • a field about forty- perches aeay. He was quite dead and much mutilated. An inquest will be held to-day. No one else wag' injured. The magnetic wires were .smashed by the engine, and communication between Belfast and Londonderry, was stopped until the injury _mite repaired yesterday evening. SELF-RIGHTING OF LIFE BOATS WITH THEIR SAILS SET. —Yesterday some interesting trials took place with one of the life-boats of the Royal National Life-boat.-In stitution, in the Regent's Dock, Limehouse, in the pre. sence,of several experienced gentlemen. The life-boat, 'With her sails hoisted and sheets hauled taut, was turned over by a powerful crane and parbuckle, until her masts were perpendicularly under water, when, on being re leased, she_ instantly self-righted and returned to her original upright position, and in 20 seconds self-ejected the viater.which.bad filled her to the thwarts in the Op eration. This result was the more interesting as it ens often been• disputed whether any life-boat would 'self right with her masts and sails up. How many sad ac • cidents to life-boats carrying sails would probably have been, prevented bad they possessed this important quality of *Jell-righting.: On the whole, the experiment .yesterday afforded much satisfaction to all who had the pleasure to witness it, and clearly showed to what a state of perfection the construction of life-boats. has been brought. The National Life-boat Institution, whose life-boats.on various parts of the coast have during the last three Months rescued 70 persons from shipwrecks, is about to. station this life-boat at Westport, an exposed point on ,the west .coast of Ireland. ATTEMPTED MEADER AT MAlDSTONE.—Yesterday (Thursday) morning information was received by Mr: Blundell, 'the stperintendent of the borough police at Maidstone that- a violent' assault had been committed upon two young women, one of whom had received such . injuries that she was not expected to recover. On making. inquiries it appears that the two women in question, who- were sisters, named Margaret and Elizabeth Jones, bore a very light character. Late on Wednesday- night they were in company with two bargemen at the Rod ney' Head public.houae, in High-street, and at about 12 o'clock they proceeded with one of the men, named . Charles Chumley, to a barge lying above the Lock meadows,• on the Medway. An altercation took place on board•the barge between Chumley and the two girls, when Chumley seized a heavy stick and struck the eldest sister,. Margaret, a severe blow over the eye. The younger sister then jumped up and endeavoured to leave. the barge, when she was attacked by. Chumley in a most. violent manner, and beaten over the head until she be came insensible. At a subsequent period Mr. Saunders, surgeon, was called in, and on examining the girl found that she . had received a large lacerated wound of the scalp, and that her skull was fractured. She now lies in a precarious state, no hope being entertained of her • recovery. Chumley was taken into custody by Mr. Super intendent Blundell, and was brought before the borough magistrates yesterday morning, by whom he was Ye ' mended till the 17th inst., in order to see whether the . injuries received by the girl prove fatal. THE CABDRIVERS 'OF PARlS.—Recompencee, by way of encourageMent, have just been awarded by the pre fect of .police.to 23 . ca bdrivers for their honesty in deli vering up articles left by passengers in their vehiclei. • During the last year the gold, silver, bank-notes, and securities payable to bearer deposited by the drivers with the commissaries of police amounted to 262,206 f., inde pendently of a great number of articles of jewellery, and other things of more-or less value. Certificates of honesty have also been given to 41 other drivers, and the names of the whole have been posted up at all Me stations .for publii carriages. lULDICAL PROTECTON. •An iniahinatimi as vivid'ala that whiCh led Capt. -Fluellea to ..detect a resemblance between Mon mow h and Macedon, because both began with M, is required to discover any similitude between two societies, hearing the same 'name, which respec' ively exist at Cork and in London. • Each is dezignated a Medical. protection society • but the practical moans whereby the two.. societies vindicate their claim to the title differ very widely. The energies of the Cork Medicat-Protection Society have been for ten years earnestly directed to the honour and interests of the profession.' At one time they com pelled the•late' Marquis of,Anglesea (whose naineis now employed, by one of the Malvern hydropaths as that of the Earl of Aldborouo t? h was used by Hol loway) te . cancel a medical appointment he bad Con ferred on an unqualified person. The dismis sal - - of an imperfectly qualified man, to whom had been confided the charge of the Military Hoipital at.: Queenstown, . during the late war, was procured through— the committee of this Society. -By taking the park of an unjustly oppressed union medical officer, they compelled the Poor-law Commissioners to cancel sealed orders for. his dismissal. •On the outbreak'of small-pox at Cork, they rapidly and successfully organised a most efficient, system of vaccination. In several cases they have boldly exposed.' the attempted im postures• of those .charlatans, and denounced the disgraceful proceedings of those professional black sheep who, thinking only of the money bags; are willing.o do the Work of Judas, if, like him, they may thereby fill the bag 4 they bear. The members of the Cork Medical Protection Society have cor dially co-operated with the movement set on . foot by Mr.' Griffin. They have also taken active mea sures to insure the support of newly..eleoted Irish members of Parliament for the measures of Medical Reform about to be introduced. The enumeration of these•good services sufficiently proves how ear nestly they have done their work, and how strenu ous have been their efforts to advance the interests of the profession; and to protect its members against ti The influence of office, and the spurns That patient merit'of the unworthy takes," to check the inroads of quackery, and vindicate our honour with a zeal and spirit that reflect honour on them. The• Lon don Medical Protection Society contents itself with collecting the debts of its members, and arranging the sale of practices, procuring assistants, &c., the profits that accrue from this matter-of-fact application of the assumed -title being devoted to charitable purpeses. This is all that is done, and all that the programme of the society leads us to expect. Yet scarcely a week elapses that we do not direct attention to some flagrant wrong done to a member of the profession, which it should be the duty of a medical protection society to expose. The lamentable squabbles which from time totime it is our painful duty to ,record as occurring between medical men would cease were there a "Court Me dical" (such as a protection society would afford) to which all disputes might be referred for adjudica tion. Our corporate bodies would, moreover, soon be roused from their selfish inertness were there but .some influential body to call them to task, and ho nestly and: fearlessly ' vow their shortcomings. Al though it is, possibly, a Very serviceaVe agency for the collection of, doubtful debts, the Society which now exists in London, and arrogates the title of a Medical Protection Society, has no claim whatever to the name, and we shall gladly welcome any pro position to establish an association more worthy of the designation, and more resembling in character and'Objects that which has already rendered such good.service to . :the trofession in Ireland.—Lancet. TAX WAR WITH CHINA.—DESPATCH OF WARLIKE STORES.—Yesteiday Orders 'were received by the Ord nance Storekeeper, Tower, from Lord Panmure, for the immediate despatch of a large quantity of Ordnance and Commissariat stores for the service of the troops and fleet.serving in China. Very great activity prevailed in the departments, and several extra labourers, besides fatigue-parties from the garrison, were set to work, and by half-past two.o'clock the stores were in readiness on the wharf, waiting for lightens to. convey them to Wool- , wich; for transhipment to the transports about to sail with reinforcements for China. A quantity of bale goods" were also.sent by the South-Western Railway to Ports- . mouth, for conveyance to the same destination. IMPERIAL BRAZILIAN MINING ASSOCIATION.—At a' special meeting of this company held yesterday it was agreed to carry oqt'a dissolution. A diversity of opi-, nion prevailed with respect to the immediate necessity of adopting this course, but it was ultimately arrange& that: the reQoliition should be passed, the prospective , outlay being large and uncertain. If favourable intelli• gepee should be received before the next meeting foe coarming thie act anadjournment may be ordered and' other measures devised. The:Cumba vein and Duval's shoot are the points which appear to most favourable, bulthe latest advices are not encouraging. One of the directors protested against the. dissolution, asserting property could by further expenditure be made remune- . rative but hie. opinion was not supported by the other memneri of the board. • ,' ILLNESS OF THE BISHOP OF GLOUCESTER AND BRIS TOL.—The public feeling has been awakened by reports ofthe alarming illness of the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The Bristol Ga....ette of yesterday is authorised to state -that the eminent physicians, Dr. Watson and Dar, Burroughs, having been in great snxiety about him on Saturday and Sunday last, now pronounce the bishop to be out of danger, but in a state of extreme weakness, and unable for the present to transot any of the onerous duties connected with his extensive diocese. •A SAILOR'S HOSPITAL..—The old Dreadnought hos . - pital-ship is now entirely broken up. The lower tim bers were separated last week and hauled out of Wool wich Dockyard, the wood'and copper comprised in the " sheer hulk" being valued at 4,0001. Although the arrangements of the new hospital-ship now moored on the river in its stead have been most carefully planned and most efficiently carried out, Yet the advantage of perpetuating this inconvenient plan for the lodg ment of sick sailors is very questionable. No one can believe - that the Thames is a particularly healthy situa tion for the abode of the sick. It would undoubtedly be more convenient, as it would assuredly be more healthy, were' a handsome hospital for seamen' erected On the banks* of the river, in place of a ship moored in the midst of the foul sewer-waters of the Thames. Were this . suggestion adopted we believe that the wealthy shipowners would willingly aid in erecting a permanent hospital for seamen worthy of the nation whose ,pride it is that • •• -"Her.march is o'er the mountain waves, • Her home is on the deep." ,--The Lancet. • THE PRESS AND •THE ELECTIONS —When representa tives are being elected, every Briton, who is an elector, becomes actually a mWnber of the Government. The .voice of the ,people is our supreme law, but the people (except, in these latter days, through the press) speaks with authority only, when it determines to give power to the opinions it holds, by giving legislative power to the men who also hold them. Against the power of the people there always has fought—in the beginning very Vigorously,• now rather faintly—the power of great lords - and men of State ; and there has fought alto, until the ascension of our present Queen, with more or less acti vity, the power of the throne. The development of jour .nalisra has, within the last thirty or forty years, been of • a kind to make of it, in good truth, an. opening for ever of the dumb lips of the people. The limitation of the time for polling, and of the other good provisions made by the Reform Bill, have undoubtedly taken, away the ' bitterness that raged of old in an election. contest. A "More powerful cause forthe change that has come over our election - times is, however, to be found in the en larged sphere of action and the increased . tone taken by .the public press. Through the press the nation makes its voice heard daily ; through the press it compels at -1 tention daily to its , wants and claims.--Dickens's" House hold Words." • OFFICE SEEKERS AT WASHINGTON.—The gentlemen who do the dida,tic and the reflective for the picture 'newspapers have enlarged,' in sentences more or less leaden, upon the moral grandeur of the inauguration, and have, with patriotic pride, speculated upon the wonder—not to say envy—with which the bedizened am bassadors must 'have gazed upon the engine companies and the Pennsylvania Militia. Admitting that we had a fine melodrama nil the 4th inst., we have now come na turally to.the farce. We certainly do not think that the diplomatic people ever witnessed at home anything like this scrabble for place, this contest for collectorships and, clerkships, this pothe: about post-offices—in short, if we may use a coar4e word, this grand grab for provender.. The Malakhoff was not more closely invested than the White House now is ; and we verily believe that no' Russian soldier in that stronghold was in half so couch 'danger of his life as is our vene rable President.. just at this time. We can easily imagine without personal observation (for we !have only asked for the appointment of our friend Cass) how poor Mr. Buchanan is baited, and bullied, and beset; how the hungry beggarsdo invade the privacy of bedchamber, and of library, an d of parlour ; how the perpetual knocking at the portals sounds in his ears like a certain unmentionable gentleman's tattoo—a reveille of continually recurring wretchedileQs. We all know what a chronic bother are the little girls and boys who come into our arca,s for broken victuals ' • but what are they to the hordes of mendican ts com ing from all quarters and bawling for more cold pieces of patronage than any Presi dent ever had or ever will have ? We never before fully appreciated the nursery line which bade our childhood "pity the sorrows of a poor old man."—New York Tribune. HIGH PRICE OF SLAVES,—The increasing value is causing considerable uneasiness in some of the Southern States of the American Union. The Central Organ, pub lished in the parish of Avoyelles, Louisiana, gives the following high prices brought by the 13 field hands at a succession sale which took place a month ago in that parish :—Benton, aged 10 years, 1,365 dols. ; Amanda, aged 14, 1,475 dols. ; Hayden, aged 15, 1,525 dots. ; Patsey, aged 16, 1,600 dots. ; John, aged 17, 1,820 cols; Harrison, aged 15, 1,885 dots. ; Louisa, aged 25, 1,955 dots. ; George, aged 19, 2,000 dels. ; Silas, aged 21, 2 , 020 d o ls . ; harles, aged 19, 2,065 dole. ; Laura, aged 16, 2,070 dole. ; James, aged 21, 2,150 dole. ; Lewis, aged 31, 2,360 dole. The New Orleans . Bee feelingly observes;—"lt is difficult to con ceive hoW sla . ve labour cao be profitably applied at such exorbitant prices. If an adult field hand is worth over 2,300 dollars, what would a first-rate negro mechanic be worth ? NEW T‘,ITJSIO. Maiggerite Polka. Alexander Rosaanorf Waltz. Argyll Galop. By Henri Laurant... and . Co., Hodes-street.- Those compositions reflect great credit on Mr. Laurent. - The Polka is .well accented, somewhat original in . its character, and not at all difficult. The Waltz is A.melange of agreeable melody. That beau tiful and grand national air, "The Russian Hymn," is well arranged in the opening page, but wa C311L9.33 a want of sympathy with the taste that employs it shortly afterwards for a fashionable waltz in jig tin ie. To our mind there is something of desecration about such handling, and it offends ns as much as a bur lesque oa Shakspeare does. The Galop is excell , 3nt —the very thing to .drive.crinoline and dress boots slightly delirious. 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Without setting up for the reputation. of prophets, we cannot help reminding our readers ti tat a 'few weeks since a warning appeared in these, columns against .the employment of a certain unln.cky craft called the Transit in. the . conveyance of 4 zoops and stores to the Chinese Seas. This vessel has, we believe; a character of •-its own among those ac quainted with the: Transport Service., and is cele brated .beyond even the average of Government vessels for its inability to perform any task allotted to ,it in decent time, or, indeed, in any time at all. • Some of -our readers may remember its name in'conriection with the great r aval solemnity of last „year.. The Transit was - the steamer in which the hereditary branch of the Legislature embarked on the. 23d. of April. lair, full of eager curiosity and patriotic pride—destined, alas ! to disappointment and mortification . We need not recall the fate of the Peerage on. that day, how the engines of the Transit broke dom.!), if, indeed, they were ever in order ; how sere vr and helm refused their office ; how she never got vut of Southampton Water ' e how the Lords were entirely deprived of all that accurate aad instructive representation of a Baltic.campaign which the great naval review :so properly supplied. What the Transit has been doing since is known only toy the authorities ; but now, after the lapse of •a y& tr., she turns up again. It was . natural that a vessel with so suggestive a name,ethough, as experience proves, sadly mis applied—should be select( ;d for the conveyance of men and material on an emergency. The Transit was accordingly ordered to be got ready for China. The old acquaintances of the vessel were somewhat staggered ; but,: of cOnrse, • in these things inter ference is impertinence, and criticism cavilling. On Tuesday afternoon she took her departure from Portsmouth for Hong Kong with 800 officers and men of the 59th and 60th Regiments, a mail, and a large quantity Of shot' and shell. On Wed nesday morning she returned to Spithead almost in ar•• sinking state. .We may well congratulate the country and the friends of the troops on boardlhat the accident which brought her back took' place before she had -been 24 hours at sea. Rad. she knocked a bole in her bottom at some anchorage on .a coast less hospitable than that of the Channel, we might have had to re count a disaster as terrible as any in maritime annals. The history of the affair appears to have been., as follows :—The vessel encountered a fog on approaching.the Needles. The lead was kept going, and at last she anchored in five fathoms. The' position was said•to be a good.oue, and not a soul on beard was suspicious of the least mishap ; but at dawn the nextnaorning the Transit was dis covered to have 5 feet of .water in her hold. The anchor was weighed and found to have half the stock carried away. • The explanation was obvious. The ship had been driven on her own anchor, and a hole had been knOdked in her bottom. When 9 , feet water had.been reported the captain put back to Spithead. The troops were transferred to an other vessel, the mail sent back to the Post-office, amine powder and shell taken out to prevent her from sinking. Engines were set to work to keep her afloat, and by. this,time she is in dock for inspec tion and 'repair. . This little episode in our new war warns us how to expect that the lessons of two years ago have taught us the right way of doing everything. The whole proceeding as it is described is, m fact, , thoroughly Crimean, and recalls us to 1854. The choice of a ship which had- failed more than once in shcirt trips to carry .800 men a distance of 16,000 mile 4, the management which kuocked a hole in the , bottom at night and, did not . find it out till morning, the delay which must now take place at a time when.. every day is .precious, are matters which may well , renew the irritability and impatience of the coun-3 try.. We have no desire to impute blame, where. it cannot be Shown' to be' due, but certainly, con sidering the immense resources of our dockyards,. the great number of ships of all kinds which the late war has- left us, and the knowledge which our officers. ought to have acquired during the last three years, such an occur rence as the bare escape of 800 men • from destruction a .few hours after quitting the English shores does seem . incon . sistent w,th the presump-: tion or proper supervision and management. We trust that this Chinese expedition, for which the authorities have time, materials, and money in plenty, and therefore can urge no excuse for deft.; ciency, may not again be illustrated by such a mis hap as the ..narrowly-escaped foundering of the Transit —Times. FEARFUL RIOTING IN QUEEN'S COUNTY.- ' ' POSTPONEMENT OF THE BLECTIO.Y. DUBLIN, April 9.—Maryborough and Abbeyleix have for the last two days been the scenes of fear ful rioting, which reached such a pitch on Tuesday that the polls had .to be closed in several baronies and the election adjourned. The rioters would ap pear to have been mainly the supporters of Mr. Michael Dunne, who is opposed by the Right Hon. Mr. Fitzpatrick. When the booths were shut, the gross state of the poll was—For Sir Charles Coote, 1 ; 254 ; for Dunne, 1,005 ; and for Fitzpatrick, 611. But the entire election, it is supposed, must be de clared vitiated in consequence of the intimidation which prevailed: Stift(ly after eight o'clock on Tuesday morning; and pursuant to arrangements concerted between the High Sheriff and Major Hood,: a body of police, protected by a detachment of infantry, proceeded to the market-place of Mary borough, and formed a cordon across the principal roads leading from Abbeyleix, Mountwellick, and Mouritrath, while a similar body of infantry and police occupied, at the other extremity of the town , near the post-office, the roads leading from Strad bally and the collieries. and patrols of the 3d Light Dragoons,. under Captain Sir G. Hampson, occu pied all the principal streets, and immediately dispersed riotous mobs as soon as they at tempted to congregate. These precautions kept the road leading to the terminus clear. The same system was not pursued in the other polling-places, ,the result of which has been the most frightful scenes of riot and disturbance. At Abbeyleix, a mob of fifty or sixty of Mr. Michael Dunne's 'supporters began to assemble at an early hour in the market-place, armed with sticks and bludgeons.... There was at the time in the place about thirty cavalry and fifty infantry, under Major Younge, besides a police force, all under the orders of a resident magistrate, placed there by Government for the • purpose of protecting the peace. .I•Totwitlistanding these forces (from causes which must hereafter be more fully explained), the mob 'was permitted to accumulate, and the town became in a short time a scene of lawless tumult. • Scores of men were soon engaged in strife—several persons had their skulls fractured. A mob broke into several houses and assaulted and cruelly beat the inmates ; one man had his face torn open from the eye to the mouth, and the cheek completely cut through, in addition to other wounds. .Feeble attempts were made to quell the riot at times. The Riot Act was also read ; but all to no purpose. It was vox et preterea nil. In consequence of the .serious rioting the poll had to be closed, and the election postponed. The same disgraceful scene of rioting took place at Clon donough, Stradbally, Upperwood, and Borris-in- Ossory, and all efforts to support the lawhaving been abandoned, the booths had to be closed and the elec tion adjourned. It is said that the High Sheriff sent a special message by telegraph to the Under-Secretary informing him of the frightful state in which the county is-,--amounting almost to open insurrection.' Pursuant to these applications a body of the 56th Regiment, under their Lieut.-Colonel and adju-, taut, arrived at Maryborough on Wednesday morn ing, and were immediately afterwards sent on by the High Sheriff to Abbeyleix, accompanied by Mr. Farrer, J.P. ; and another company of the same regiment, who subsequently arrived from Dublin; were at once despatched to Castletown. Mr. Lyons, J. P., was yesterday assaulted in the streets of thradbally, and received a severe wo und in the head. EMIGRATION FROM NORWAY TO CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES.—lnformation has reached this country that upwards of 10,000 Norwegians will proceed from Norway to Quebec during the present summer. Several of these will remain in Canada, but the larger portion will pass on to the North-Western States of America. Sir C. Roney has left England for Christiania to make arrangements for the transit of these p ersons fr o m Quebec to their destination, an d also to disseminate i n . formation with reference to Canada, on behalf of the Government, . IVILIVIBERS RETURNED TO THE NEW PARLIAMENT. (Front the London Gazette of this evening.) CROW N-OFFICE„ APRIL 7. Members returned to serve in the Parliament summoned to be holden at Westminster, the 30th April. County of York, Ea‘t Riding The Right Hon. Beaumont, Lord Hotharn ; the Hon. Arthur Dun com he. North Riding —The Hon. Octavius Duncombe ; Ed ward Hillingfleet Carley, West Ridina—Edtnund Denison, Esq. ; George Fre derick Samuel Robinson, commonly called Viscount Goderich. County of Somerset, Eastern Division William 'Miles, of Leigh-court, Somersetshire, Esq. ; William 7 Francis Knatchbull, of Babington, Somersetshire, Esq. Western Division - Charles Aaron Moody, of Kings don, Somersetshire, Esq. ; William Henry Powell Gore Langton, of Hatch Beauchamp, Somersetshire, Esq. APRIL 8. County of Lincoln, Parts of Lindsey—James Banks Stanhope, of Revesby Abbey, Lincolnshire, Esq. ; Sir John Montague John Cholmeley, of Naton-place, Lin colnshire, Bart. Parts of Kesteven and Holland—The Right Hon. Sir John Trollope, of Casewick, Lincolnshire, Bart. ; An thony WilSon, of South Ranceby, Lincolnshire, Esq. County of Lanark—Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, Bart., of Crawford. City of Glasgow—Walter Buchanan ; Robert Dal glish, Merchants, in Glasgow. County of Southampton; Northern Division—William Wither Bramston • Beach, of Oakely Hall, Hampshire, Esq. ; George Sclater, of Hoddington House, Hamp shire, Esq. Southern Divi4on—The Hen. Ralph Heneage Dutton, of Titusbury Manor, Hampshire ; Sir Jervoise Clarke Jervoise, of Idsworth Park, Bart. County Palatine of Durham, Northern Division— Robert Duncombe Shafto, Esq. ; the Hon. Frederick Adolphus Charles William Vane Tempest, commonly callad Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest. Southern Division—Retry Pease ; Harry George Vane, commonly called Lord Harry Vane. Town of Southampton—Brodie M‘Ghie Wilcox, of Portman•square, Middlesex, Esq. ; Thomas Matthias Weguelin, of Giddings, Hertfordshire, Esq. APRIL 9. County of Chester, Northern Division—William Jatton Egerton, Esq. ; George Cornwall Legh, Esq. Southern Division—Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Eger ton, of Oulton-park, Cheshire, Bart. ; John Tollemache, of Peckforton Castle, Cheshire, Esq. County of Middlesex—The Right Hon. Robert Grosvenor, commonly called Lord Robert Grosvenor ; Robert Hanbury, jun., Esq. Evening.) LONDON G. DOWNING-STREET ; Arm. 8. By virtue of an Act, ' No.' 31, of the Governor and Legislative Council of the Colony of South Australia, dated the 18th of June, 1856, Charles Cooper, Esq., the Senior Judge of the Supreme Court of that Colony, has been created Chief Justice of that Court. WAR-OFFICE, Arm, 10. 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Robert O'Brien Jameson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Foster, who retires; Cornet Daniel Shaw Stewart to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Jameson ; Paget Peploe Mosley, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Stewart. 17th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Arthur Burnand to be Captain, by purchase, vico Watson, who retires ; Cornet and Adjutant James Duncan to have the rank of Lieute nant ; Cornet Walter Raymond Nolan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Burnand •, Arthur Gooch, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Nolan. Military Train—To be Paymasters : Paymaster Thomas Calderhead Browne, from the late Land Transport Corps; Paymaster Maxwell Reeve, from the late Land Trans port Corps. Royal Artillery —Second Captain George Henry Jobn Alex. Fraser on the Supernumerary List, to be Captain. Brevet-Major France James Soady to be Captain, vice Calder, deceased ; Lieut. John Andrew Price to be Se cond Captain, vice Brevet Major Soady. The undermentioned. Lieutenants, with Temporary Rank, to be Lieutenants with Permanant Rank, viz. : Lieut. Francis Sadleir Stoney ; Lieut. George O'Connor. To be Quartermasters—Second Captain Andrew Henry, from • Half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps, vice Steele, retired upon half-pay; Quartermaster-Serjeant William Armstrong, vice White, retired upon half-pay; Serjeant-Major William Cairns, vice Nicoll, retired upon half-pay ; Serjeant-Major John Morris, vice Eager, retired upon half-pay ; Staff-Serjeant John Williams, vice Dun bar, retired upon half-pay. let or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieut. and Captain and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel G. W. Alexander Higginson to be Captain and Lieut.-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Edward •Goulbourn, who retires ; En sign and Lieut. Clifton Gascoigne to be Lieut. and Captain, by purchase, vice John Davie F. Davie, who retires; En sign and Lieut. Wm. Philip, Earl of Sefton, to be Lieut. and Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Higginson; Charles Berners Jarrett, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant by purchase, vice Gascoigne. 2d Regiment of Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant William Mackie to be Quartermaster, vice Mansfield, who retires upon half-pay. 9th Foot—Captain Arthur Oswald Richards, from half pay 9th Foot, to bo Captain, vice Lousada, who exchanges; Captain John Holmes Houston Gammell, from half-pay 9th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hon. W. L. Talbot, who exchanges. • 14th Foot—Lieut. Dawson Stockier Warren to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Segrave, who retires. 21st Foot—Capt. Roger Killeen, from half-pay 21st Foot, to be Captain, vice King, deceased. 25th Foot—Lieut. William Robert Goodall to be Capt., by purchase, vice Ogilvy, who retires ; Ensign E. H. Lay ard to b 3 Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Goodall. 33d Foot--Ensign F. C. M. Glasgow, from the 72d Foot, to be Ensign, vice H. F. Campbell, who exchanges. 41st Foot—Lieut. - Walter Johnson has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. 44th Foot—Lieut. Alexander W. Cobham to be Cap tain, by purchase, vine Greene, who retires ; Ensign Thos. Gash to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cobham ; Henry Win. Heane, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gash. 72d Foot—Ensign H. F. Campbell, from 33d Foot, to he Ensirm, vice Glasgow, who exchanges. 0 91st Foot—Lieut. Thomas Erskine Arthur Hall to be In structor of Musketry. 97th Foot —Robert Gray, Gent., to 100 Ensign, by pur chase, vice Annesley; promoted. 98th Foot---Capti . Robert Reid, from half-pay Unat tached, to be Captain, vice H. W. Goodwyn, who ex changes, Rifle Brigade—Lieut. Stewart Smyth Windham to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Capt. Rowles, who resigns that appointment. 3d West India Regiment—Lieut. Thomas M'Curdy to be Captain, without purchase, vice Macdonald, appointed to the Military Train. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lieut. James F. Boyes to be Captain, without purchase, vice Salis, promoted in the Military Train. DEPOT BATTALION.—The Commission of Paymaster Alexis Corcoran, appointed 10th March, 1857, has been antedated to 7th Nov., 1856. UNATTACHED.—Lieut. Robert Reid, from the 98th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. PURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT.—Gregson Bridgett, Gent., to be Puxveyor to the Forces. BREVET. Lieut.-Col. William Turnbull Renwick, of the Royal Engineers, having completed three years' actual service i❑ the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel in the Army, 'under the Royal Warrant of 3d Mov., 1851. The undermentioned Quartermasters, retired upon half pay, to have the honorary r a nk of Captain, under the Royal Warrant lith December, 1855 ;—James Nicoll, half-pay Royal Artillery ; Robert Eager, half-pay Royal Artillery ; Alexander Steele, half-pay Royal Artillery ; James White, half-pay Royal Artillery ; Charles Dunbar, half-pay Royal Artillery ; John Mansfield, half-pay 2d Foot. The undermentioned Cadet of the East India Company's Service to have the local and temporary rank of Ensign, during the period of his being placed under the command of Colonel Sandham, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, for Field Instructions in the art of Sapping and Mining : —William Merriman, Gent. MEMORANDU3L—The following Corps, viz. :—The Bri tish German Legion, the British Swiss Legion, and the British Italian Legion, have ceased to exist, their services being no longer required. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry— John Nauney, Esq., to bo Captain, vice Newcorne, resigned. Royal North Lincoln lYf ilitia—Ensign Robert Henry Owston to be Lieutenant, vice Mitchell, resigned. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Lieu tenant George Crozier Cole to be Captain, vice Philips, resigned. Fifeshire Militia Artillery—Second Lieutenant George James Williams to be First Lieutenant, vice Thomas Wm. Webb, resigned ; Second Lieutenant Thomas Jarvis to be First Lieutenant, vice Thomas Wm. Disney, resigned. The Royal Ayrshire Rifles—Lieutenant William Archi bald Hamilton to be Captain, vice Ferrero, deceased. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Pepper, wheelwright, Mountfield, Sussex, to surrender, April 23 and May 22, at on,attbßaeCiihonugrtalof if. Bankruptcy. Whitmore, a ssi g nee , official street ; J. and S. Langham,Bartlot s. High-street, Pobun d ings, Holborn. John Emmerson, licensedvictua ller , e lar, April 23, at one, and May_a22ciatl assignee, two _ . ughall gtreet ; Lawrence, two , at the Court () p i Bankruptcy. Whitmore, or b n e ws, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Thomas Moslin, b u ilder, Cobourg-place, Old K en t -road, April 1.6 , at eleven, and May 14, at twelve, a t th e C ourt of Bakruptcy. B e ll, official assignee, Coleman -street-build- ings ; Depree and A usten, Lawre nce - lane, Cheapside. Philemon Guy, builder, St. James's-road, Holloway, April 23, at twelve, and May 25, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicolson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Paterson and Longman, Old Broad street. Bartholomew Ward, stationer, High-street, Southwark, April 24, . at eleven, and May 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Marsden, Sise-lane. Sagar Holden Splatt, sailmaker, Liverpool, April 30 and May 21, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Tur ner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Cobb, Liverpool. Thomas Rowe and John Walter Trenery, ironmongers, Lincoln, April 29, and May 27, at twelve, at the Leeds District Conrt. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Reece, Birmingh am ; B on d and Barwick, Leeds. William Threlfall, iron merchant, Preston April 21. and May 12, at t we l ve , a t th e Man c h es t er District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Catterall, jun., Preston. Alfred Charles Wood, linen draper, Pershore, Worces tershire, April 24, and May 15, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmio beam Helme and Walcot, Worcester, and Knight, ; Robert Alexander, fur.rature dealer, Crawford-street, SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS: Mrs, Hannah Scott, publican, Edinburgh. Robert Garvin, merchant, Kinross. John Henurie, horse dealer, Glasgow. James Hislop, baker and grocer, Hawick. M'Bride and Company, power-loom cloth manufactur ers and cotton spinners, Albyu Works, Glasgow. BANK OF An Account pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturda: ENGLAND. 7th and Bth Victoria. cap. 32, for y, the 4th day of April, 1857. 'LIiTMENT. lOSITE DEP, Notes Issued .. 23,045,180 Government debt .. .. 11,015,100 Other securities...... 3,09,500 Gold coin and bullion 8,570,180 Silver bu11i0n........ $23,045,180 £93,045,180 r. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 9th day of April, 18' BANKING DE Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest . . 3,842,182 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 9,019,531 Other deposits ...... 9,419,012 Seven Day and other Bills .••••• •• •• ... 743,049 .71IITMENT. Governmentsecttritles (includg.Deadilf eight Annuity) ..... 11,645 97 4 Other securities.. 2l 649,737 Notes 3,507,476 Gold and silver coin 773,540 437,576,776 £37,576,776 :. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 9th day of April, 1857 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending April 7, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : s. d. From the British Possessions in America 39 5 Muscovado, the produce of the Muscovado, tho produce of the East Indies 3O 5i Average of the above descriptions. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S-THURSDAY. A reported favourable trial caused Kent to be brought with increased force into the Two Thousand betting. After 1,000 to 100 had been laid, he was advanced step by step to 6to 1. Towards the close, however, backers cried enough, and 7 to 1 was offered, without finding takers. sto 1 was wanted about Vedette. Loyola was nominally second favourite. 500 even was early in the afternoon laid on him against Schiedam. Three ur four investment 4, amounting to about 1501., were made on Anton at 15 to 1. The betting on the other events was too limited and unimportant for comment. The subjoined scanty list of quotations comprises all the business transacted. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 100 to 30 agst Pantomime (taken) 7to 2 aget Eloquence (taken) 100 to 80 agst the two (taken) GREAT NORTHERN. 9 to 2 agst Skirmisher (taken) sto 1 agst St. Giles (taken) 12 to 1 agst Pantomime (taken and offered) 15 to 1 agst Capt. Barclay (taken and `offered) CHESTER CUP. 7to 1 agst Leamington (taken) 40 to 1 aget Zig-sag (taken) *WO THOUSAND. 4to 1 agst Vedette (take sto 1) 100 to 15 agst Loyola 7to 1 agst Kent (taken and offered) Bto 1 apt Schiedam (offered) 10 to 1 aget Sydney (..ffered) 100 to 8 agst Apathy (taken) 15 to 1 agst Anton (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Bird-in-Hand (offered) 25 to 1 agst Dramour (offered) 500 to 10 agst Loyola's winning this event and the Derby (taken) 1000 to 50 was laid on the following twenty :—Kent, Bird-in-the•hand, Athlete, Purston, Anton, Fugitive, Ackworth, Hunting Horn, Loyola, Lord of the Hills, Matins, Kingmaker, Drumour, Szhiedam, King of the I , zlev, Apathy, Lambourn, Bannockburn, Sydney, and Veda ;to. DERBY. 7to 1 aget Blink Bonny (offered) 20 to 1 agst Kent (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Bird-in-the-hand (offered) RACE-HORSE DITTY. The following are the new regulations respecting th• race horse duty : Inland Revenue-office, Somerset-house. We, the undersigned, three of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, iu pursuance of an act passed in the 20th year of the reign of her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled "An Act to amend an Act of the last session of Parliament to repeal and reimpose under regulations the Duty on Race Horses," do hereby nominate and ap point Air. Charles Weatherby, of No. 6, Old Burlington street, in the county of Middlesex, to be the receiver of race horse duty, and we do hereby authorise and em power him to receive the duties imposed upon race horses by the said act, to be by him paid over and accounted for in the manner directed by the said act, he, the said Charles Weatherby, observing all the provisions and doing the acts required by the said statute to be observed and done by him as such receiver.—Given under our hands the 33 day of April, 1857. (Signed) C. J. HERRIES. HEN. FRED. STEPHENSON. ALFRED MONTGOMERY. 6, Old Burlington-sheet, London, April 6, 1857. As receiver of race horse duty, I beg leave to call the attention of the owners and trainers of horses to the al teration, m i which has been recently made by act of Parlia ent, n the mode of assessing and collecting this duty. Tho act 19th and 20th Vict., c. S 2, as amended by the 20th Viet., c. 7 6, which came into operation on the 6th of April, 1557, repeals the assessed tax on horses used or kept in training for the purpose of racing, and imposes, in lieu thereof, an annual excise duty of 31. 17s. on every horse which shall start or run for any plate, prizt, or sum of money, or other thing. This includes steeplechases. The duty is to be paid to the receiver of race horse duty, appointed by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, or to some person duly employed and authorised by him for that purpose, previously to the starting of any horse ; aid, in the event of a horse running without theduty hay• ing been paid, the owner or trainer or other person hav ing charge of such horse will be liable to a penalty of 501., and the circumstances under which the horse ran aro to be represented to the Board of Inland Revenue by the receiver, in order that proceedings may be taken for the recovery of the penalty. Forms of receipt are supplied by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue to the re ceiver ; and on payment of the duty for each horse, one of such receipts, filled up, and signed by the receiver, will be delivered to the person whs pays the money. These receipts are always to be obtained during the usual hours of business at Messrs. Weatherby's office, No. 6, Old Burlington-street, London, where I request that the duty may be paid. Such payment and receipt will free the owner for the time baing of the horse named in the receipt from any further payment of duty in re spect of the said horse for the year ending sth April next after such payment. It is to be understood that should a horse be prevented by any cause from running a race during the year for which the duty may have been paid, the duty will be returned ; there is, therefore, no a lvantage in postponing the payment to the day of running. The name of every horse for which the duty is paid will be published in the RaringWalendar as soon as possible after such payment. This will be a sufficient notice to all whom it may concern, that the horse is qualified by payment of the duty, and will prevent the necessity of producing the receipt at each place where the horse runs. C. WEATHEan, Receiver of Race-horse Duty. Racing Fixtures for 1857. APRIL. Newmarket Craven 13 Abergaven n y l6 Durham l3 York Spring 21 Coventry l3 Malton 93 Catterick Bridge l5 Newmarket F S 27 Chester — ......... 5 Shrewsbury l3 Ludlow 14 JU Bath . l2 Epsom Manchester Ascot 9 Beverley, Hull, &c 10 Hampton l7 Newton 17 Newcastle 23 NE. Bibury Club 24 Stockbridge o 5 Winchester og Carlisle .... 30 Chelmsford .....30 Worcester JULY. 21 2 Nottingham Newmarket 28 Liverpool lst Goodwood LORD ELDON'S CHAIR.—A. very handsome present hat just been made to the county magistrates by Mr. J. T. Cantrell, judge of the Derbyshire County Court. It con sists of a strong mahogany armchair, with morocco lea ther seat, arms, and back. On the right side is a maho gany table, with a drawer, on a brass rest, and which can be turned in any direction. The table is covered with red cloth, and at one end three inkstands, two which are mounted with silver, are inserted. This chair was the one used by Lord Chancellor Eldon during the many years ho held the Great Seal, and is now in excel lent preservation. The following is en graved on a brass plate, and fastened on the back of the chair :—" This chair was the judgment-seat of the Lord Chancellor Eldon, in Lincoln's-inn-hall, during the many years that he held the Great Seal, and is the . one delineated in the portraits of that most eminent judge. O n th e retire ment of Lord Eldon from office in 1827 the chair became the perquisite of the usher of the court, from whom it was obtained by M. Lane, the then steward of Lincoln's inn, and by him presented to his friend the Rev. Wil liam Boultby Sleath, D.D., head master of .Repton School. On Dr. Sleath's death the chair was purchased, in 1843, by his relation and pupil Joseph Thomas Can trell, afterwards judge of the County Court of Derby shire, who had known it when in Lord Eldon'a occupa tion, and subsequently, and it was presented b y him to the magistrates o f the eounty of Derby, for their use in the County-hall, in April, 1857." We unde r ! stand the ch a i r s ill b e pl ace d i n the grand , jury room. 20 5 20 20 31 FOR: SIGN. 33i 4 96 i 86 6 31 29i f % i 13 121 314 46i 141 i