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J.O •. ,1 aria 6‘- . • , 1 000,44tir , ' • 4 -•— AFC tom • - / I 1 '.. `4 • • -*AA • .ez - " ( * O -- Wq - 41 ° 0: cd • l e r t .• p ' l4 hae • p • o; '4\ i . r' 310 NT . BLANC IS OPEN TO-NIGHT. -4 - 1\ 5 1:; tit si . )Ap R fendant, admitted that I' .3:yl:ie. tok.;t:Z . .llt l h e assault, but said the cas , ,_••• --.. I .;j l . ' ti \ A r A . e been better settled by ~,„W 4 : 7' v 4, Ir rAl l es 4 , than in a court of law. . .;‘,. • , .1.,,), - q"fit - '';'- `...;• • d been for last three I, :0 N.:- . „—ts4-ii?........:. .., • i fq , , .., _ —,-.. .i* , : ~• ;1 .‘ to a young lady at Brix ~ ~•-•, <•: s ig ,„ .- 4, old that the complainant, who wicip. lalf-ye `"ye p ' ; and a near rAltive of his own,'ll7i7t behdiseetPto walk out with the young ladyjin queton, he on the Ist instant went to ask him f,•r eorrie explanation if his conduct. At the interview his jealousy and. temper exceeded his discretion, and he struck his rival, but suffered somewhat for his temerity, as he had been immediately tackled by the bomplainant .-7,7113-b,ro:',f,.-. -ROYAL GARDENS, • CREMORNE. —Op en GOOD FRI OAY and EASTER SUNDAY, for Promenade and Refreshments. Table dilote at 6 ca3h. day, 2s. 61. ea.l. Varicd, and attractive amus•nncnts daring the Eater llolf days. ORDON CUMMING, the LION HUNTER, mik:3l will give his popular ENTERTAINMENT, every evening during Passion Week (I?riday and Saturday excepted) at 8. A MORNING REPRESENTATION on SATURDAY, at 3 o'clock.- 232. Piccadilly, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EvENING, APRIL 8, 1857. - c. 20,219.) [P RIOE 4 D . STAMPED 51) W 31 - R; ith New B. Costumes i)° andi v8,110.L. N l o O vel o ti f es o v D oc D al l a lLlES, Cha racteristic, every evening (except Saturday) at Eight. A MORN ING PERFOR MANCE every SA rURDAY. at Three. Private Boxes and Stalls may be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-office, Polyzraphle-hall, King William-street, Charing-cross. The hall has been entirely redecorated. Fiom the London Gazette of Last Night, MEMBERS RETURNED TO THE NEW PARLIAMENT. WHITEHALL, APRIL' 4. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-April ,7 N.B.—TiiereNa;;;O performance on Good Friday. The Queen has been pleased to direot letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignities of Viscount and Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Hon. Henry R. C. Barcn Cowley, G.C.8., her Majesty's Ambassador Extra ordinary end Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the Emperor of the French, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the names, styles, and titles of Viscount Dangan, in the county of Meath, and Earl Cowley. WHITEHALL, APRIL 6.* _ _ (From the London Gazette of last evening.) CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 3. Members returned to serve in the Parliament summoned to be holden at Westminster, the 30th April. - City of Coventry—The Right Hon. Edward Ellice, of Arlington-street, London • Sir Joseph Paxton, of Rock hills, Sydenbam, Kent, Knt.' Borough of Horsham—William Robt. Seymour - Posey Fitzgerald, of Holbrook, Sueeex, Esq. County of Kincardine—Gen. the lion. Hugh Arbuth nott, of Hatton. County of li ,, xburgh—The Hon. John Edmund Elliot, of Belles, Roxburghshire. The complainant did ►t deny the fact of -Fre quently walking out with ate young lady, and said that even so late as the night before he had been in her company. . Mr. Norton—You hear that Mr. Solomon. I suppose the younz lady is entitled to a choice ? Mr. Solomon—Oh, certainly, sir ; and it appears she is determined to have a " limb of the law." (Laughter.) My client must .endeavour, however unpleasant it, may he, to forget her ; and I hope your worship will agree with me in thinking that this case will be fully met by my client entering Into his own rec),Qnisances to keep the peace to. wards Mr. Thompson, his rival." Mr. Thompson—But I go in bodily fear of. him. He has made use of threats of sending a bullet through my head. Mr. Solomon—Oh there is not the slightest fear of his attempting any such thing ; and, as for fear, you are much bigger than he is, and therefore I am astonished at your talking about fear. The father of the complainant complained of the threats made use of by the defendant, but the latter having promised not to repeat them or molest Mr. Thompson or the family for the future, the summons was discharged on his entering. into his own recognisance9. • GENERAL TOM TFILTMB. -PASSION WEEK.—At PRINCE OF WALES BAZAAR, 209, Regent street. New Songs. Dances, Statues. Imitatlo..s, &c. Patronised by her Majesty, the nobility, and gentry. Three Levees daily from 12 to 2,3%, to 5, and 7% to 9, except on Thursday night, when, owing to an extraordinary engagement, his last levee that night will corn- Commence at 7 end close at 8. His performances at the Surrey Theatre do not interfere with the above arrangement. Admission, ls. and 2s. ro st 4 a►s ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CASINO, Great yirindmi'l-street, St. James's.— The . above elegant Rooms are now open every evening for the winter season, with Laurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, Boulcourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that this fashionable place of resort has been entirely redecorated during the recess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis sion One t•hilling. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- HENRY RUSSELL, TO-NIGHT, Monday, A pril6, and daring the week, will give his Entertainment, " THE PAR WEST," or Every day Life in America. The second part, entitled " Negro Life." Mr. Russell will accompany himself on one of Collard and Collard's mag nificent Ili-chord Pianofortes. Dress Circle, 2s. 6d.; Upper Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Tickets and places may be secured of Mr. kfassingham, at the Box-office, from 11 to 4. Doors open at half-past 7, commence at 8. THE GREAT TOBACCO CONTROVERSY. Dr. SEXTON will. LECTURE en this important topic daily at 3 and half-past 7 p.m ,at Dr. KAHN'S MUSEUM, No. 4, Coven try. street, Leicester-square. The Museum, which now stands wholly unrivalled in the world, and the rarity and completeness of whose contents have already acquired for it an European reputation, and •btained the warm commendationof the press in this and other coun tries, is Open daily, for Gentlemen only, fro n 10 to 10. A new Lecture is delivered by Dr. KAHN at half-past 8 p.m. precisely. Ad mission, One shilling. Descriptive Catalogues of the Museum, con taining Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan, gratis to the visitors. L ONDON, HARWICH, and CONTINENTAL STE AM PACKET COMPANY (Limited). LONDON to ROTTERDAM in TWELVE HOURS by the NEW ROUTE to the Continent, forming the connecting link between the Dutch Rhenish and the Eastern Counties Railways. The Steamers of this Company will commence running between HARWICH and ROTTERDAM, with passengers and goods, on SATURDAY, April 25. For further particulars as to freight, &c., apply at the Company's offices. 44, Moorgate-street (E.C.) ; of Oliver John Williams, Esq., Harwich ; and of H. P. Maples, shipping agent to the Company, 4, Arthur-street East (E.C.) CONTRACT FOR TALLOW. Department of the Storekeeper-General of ths Navy, Somerset-place. 6th A prll, 1857. THE Commissioners f or execu ti ng th e Offi ce of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do Hereby Give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 21st inst., at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may Le willing to contract for supplying her Majesty's Dockyard at Woolwich with 20 Tons of RUSSIA WHITE or ENGLISH TALLOW. Parties tendering are to state the earliest period within which they Will engage to deliver the same. A form of the tender may he seen at the said office. No tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressedto the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for Tallow," and must be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by a responsible person, oncaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of 300 i. for the due performance of the contract. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PER RIN& WORCESTERSHIRE ALI SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup. Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and Invigorating properties enables the stomach to pulectly digest the food. • The clailiuseof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best Safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Penchurch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs, Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.8.--To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Brompton.—Secretary's Office, 167, Piccadilly.—This Institu tion has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor afflicted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, Piccadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted at the Brompton Establishment, for one month, and for a longer Period if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per sons Under treatment as in or out-door patients have average d for the last three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this Charity. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application to the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue this great work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be paid to William Loxham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's inn -fields; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand; and at the Secretary's Offices, 167, Inv...Amy. ' By °rot er. W. J. COCKERILL Secretary. R OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.—Founded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no re- Commendation is required. During the past month the following number received the benefits Of this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal application:— Week ending 7th February 2,095 Ditto 14th February 2,351 Ditto 21st February Ditto 28th February : Total in February •• .. . 9,986 of which 3,379 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat ment) having been admitted previously. The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the patients. - y expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual General Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, When any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at all times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly deperident on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, John Afasterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coatis and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Denison and Co. ; Williams Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber ners-street ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order. J. B. OWEN, M.A.. Chairman. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE V OR CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUS, BILIbUS, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS, COUGH, ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, AND DEBILITY. .1)U. BARRY ' S delicious HEALTEL - RESTOR- Dro REVALENTA AR A.BICA FOOD saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and cures the above complaints and their consequences, such as hemorrhoidal affections, flatulency, disten sion, acidity, heartburn, palpitation of the heart,`nervous headaches, hysteria, neuralgia, deafness, noises in the head and ears, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, erysipelas, erup tions, of the skin, impurities and poverty of the blood, scrofula, dropsy, rheumatism, gout, nausea and sickness during pregnancy, after eating, or at sea; low spirits, spasms, epileptic fits, spleen; general debility, inquietude, sleeplessness, involuntary blushing, paralysis, tremors, dislike to society, unfitness for study. loss of me mory, delusions, vertigo, blood to the head, exhaustion, melan choly, groundless fear, wretchedness. It is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for luech and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. Supported by testimonials from the celebrat ed Professor of Chemistry Dr. Andrew lire, Dr. Shorland, Dr .Har vey, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. "Miner. Dr. Ingram, Lard Stuart de Decics, the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, and 50,000 other well-knowa individuals, whose health has been restored by this useful and economical diet, after all other means had been tried in vain for many years, and all hopes of recovery abandoned. Analysis by the celebrated Professor of Chemistry Andrew 11re F.R.S., &c., &c: " London, 24, Bloomsbnry-square. " I hereby certify, that having examined Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica I find it to be a pure vegetable Farina, perfectly whole some, easily digestible, likely to promote a healthy action of the stomach and bowels, and thereby to counteract dyspepsia (Indiges tion), constipation, and their nervous consequences. ANDREW Uaa, M.D., F.U.S., &c., Analytical Chemist." Ukase by the Emperor of Russia. Russian Consulate General, London, Dec. 2,1847. The Consul-General has been ordered to inform Messrs. )carry, Du Barry and Co., that the Revalenta Arabica they had sent to his Majesty the Emperor, has, by imperial permission, been forwarded to the Ministerof the Imperial Palace. Suitably paired for all climates, and with full instructions. In canisters, Ilb 2s 9d ; 21b 45 6d ; 516 lls , 121 b 22s ; super refined quality, Ilb 6s ; lb lls ; 51b 22s ; 101 b 335. The 101 b and 12Ib canis ters are forwarded =lag° five, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry and Co.. 77, Regent-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co.. purveyors tp her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly , also at 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street ; 55, C'aaring-cross; 54, Upper Baker-street ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street. A NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. Patent Office Seal of Great Britain. .13 . 100 - me d'Ecole de Pharmacie Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge, devoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. Sold in tin cases, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, RlCord, &c., &c. riIRIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE LAXATION, SPERMATORRHGEA, and all the distressing consequences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too long residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual Strength and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are now.in the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood; and whatever may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR RIAGE, they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. TRIESEMAR No. 11., effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely 'eradicates all traces of Gonorrhoea, both in its mild and aggravated forms, Gleets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention of urine, Pales of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which C Jpaivi and Cabebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the rain of the health of a vast portion of the population. ' TRIESEMAR No. 111., is the great Conthiental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary Symp. t It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, and all Cutaneous Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all corrup tions and impurities from the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate the virus of disease, and expel it with the insensible perspiration 'rough the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a naver-failing remedy for that class of disorders which unfortunately the English Physician treats with Mercury, to the inevitable destruc tion of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the wort d cannot restore. Price lls., or four cases in one for 335,, which MN 63 I le., and in Cl. cases, whereby there is a saving of 11.125. To be had wholesale and retail in London. nt Derby and Gordon. 140, Leadenhall-street ; Prout, 229, Strand; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox f)rd-strect ; Sanger, 150, Oxford •street ; Barclay and Son, 97, Far. ringdon-street ; Butler and Harding, 4, Cheapside ; Edwards, St. Paul's Churchyard. ELUMAN FRAILTY ; a Popular Medical Work, price Is., post free, beautifully illustrated with 100 engravings, and containing the opinions of Valpeau, Lailemand, Roux, Ricord, &c. It gives copious instructions for the perfect restoration of those who are prevented by impediments from entering into the married state, also showing the dreadful results from early abuse, gonorrhoea, and syphilis, and the benefits arising from the chemical tests and examination of the spermatoza, by the author's newly-constructed microscope, with powerful lenses.—Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick lane, Paternostu-r9idi i And from all sgottta for the gale of i!Trieac mar.".. GREAT HANDEL FESTIVAL AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Under the e3peeial patronage of Her Majesty the QUEEN and H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. Notice is given, that applications for tickets for places, reserved and numbered as stated, are one guinea each for each performance, or at two guineas and a half for one place for the series of three performances, can now b e re ceived, and the places secured in numerical order, at the Crystal Palace, orkg letter addressed to the Secretary there ; at the' Temporsxr Offices of the Company, 79, Lombard street ; and at the Central Ticket Office, No. 2, Exeter-hail. The seats which are at present disposable consist of four blocks of 500 places, each in the most eligible position in the centre of the great Transept, the front row being about 40 feet, and the back 140 feet from the conductor's seat. These 2,000 seats are all equally good, and no one place has any ad vantage over any other. Parties applying at present can secure their seats being within these four blocks, but until the arrangements are more perfectly matured it is impossible definitely to particularise position. In allotting seats to those who shall have applied before the 20th of April, pre ference must be given to those who take sets of seats for the th-ee performances. N.B.—No application can bo attended to unlessaccompanied by a remittance for the price of the places applied for. It is requested that Post-office orders be made payable to George Grove, at the General Post-office, and that cheques be made payable to the Company, and crossed Union Bank of London. • Subscribers for annual season tickets for the Crystal Palace are respectfully informed that such tickets will not be available for these performances. The THREE PERFORMANCES are now definitively fixed to take place as follows, viz. —MONDAY, June 15, " MES SIAH; ''' WEDNESDAY, June 17, " JUDAS MACCA BIEUS ;" and FRIDAY, June 19, " ISRAEL IN EGYPT." At these performances the orchestra will consist of nearly 2,500 performers, viz. -2,000 chorus, and 300 stringed and a duo proportion of wind instruments. The entire musical arrangementi are undertaken by the Sacred Harmonic Society, Exeter Hall. Conductor, Mr. Costa. By Order. GEORGE GROVE, Secretary. Crystal Palace, March 21, 1857. PUBLICATIONS. NEW ROMANCE BY MR. BESTE. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Byo.. LCAZ A R; or, the Dark Ages. By J. R. BESTE, Esq., Author of "Modern -ociety in Rome," " The Wabash," &c. Hurst and Blackest, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13 Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 1 vol., with 1,500 Engravings of A - ms, tIR BERNARD BURKE'S PEERAGE and BA RONETAGE for 1857. New Edition, corrected t hroughout to the present time from the personal communications of the Nobility, &c. " The best genealogical and heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, and the first authority on all questions affecting the aristocracy."—Globe. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colbaria. Just published, price 2d., Part U. of FEIST'S RACING RECORD, containing a complete CALENDAR of SPORT, from the Ist of January to the day of publication. Edited by ALBERT FEIST, Editor of the Turf Department of the " Sunday Times," and Reporter of Sporting Intelligence to the London daily papers, &c. Parts 1.-and 11. may be obtained, neatly bound in cloth, price 6d., or stitched in a neat wrapper, price 4d. Printed and published,' on the Ist of each month, by William Wright, Sporting Printer and Publisher, Fulwood- rents, Holborn. Just published, price 2d., or post free 3d., the 102 d Edition of -- -- THE NATURAL REGENERATOR of the DIGESTIVE ORGANS, the STOMACH, LIVER, NERVES, LUNGS. See., without Medicine, Galvanism, Electricity, inconve nience, and expense, by an easy, natural, pleasant, ana infallible remedy, which saves fifty times its cost in other means of care. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Pro:essor of Che mistry, Dr. Andrew Tire ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Camp bell; Dr. Gattiker; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram; Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess ofCastle-Stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomrs King, and many other respectable persons, whose health hes been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. London : Barry Da Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street. Just published, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., ON STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA : its PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL TREATMENT. Illus trated by numerous Cases selected from the Records of upwaids of Twenty Years' extensive and successful Practice, and which embrace every variety of Urethral Contraction, together with appropriate Means of Cure. By F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. • "We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of stricture to have equalled, if it has not exceeded, that of any of his contemporaries ; whilst we most certainly know of no man to whose care we would sooner intrust the treatment of a severe case of stric ture."—Eleclical Circular. ETR 0P 0 LITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent street, Waterlco-place, London. Capital, 100,0001. . . Taus Tues. Rt.tin. Spencer H. Walpole,M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Henry Pete 7 Faller, Esq. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. N.B. The bonus declared at the last division of profits averaged 33 per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY has ever since he introduction to the pubic been recognised. both by scientific men and the trade, as the best article ever manufactured in this country. Its claims , o such pre-eminence are based upon its unri valled purity, an I its closer assimilation than any other to the flavour of the finest Champagne Brandy. There has been no Brand v made from wine in France, either in the present year or in the preceding one. Owing to the successive failures Of their vintages, the French wine grower gets a higher price for his wine. consumed as such, than be can realise by its being distilled into Brandy; and forasmuch as the foreign Brandy of recent impor tations is but the product of British grain and beetroot spirits, the prestige hitherto exclusively enjoyed by French Brandy as having been distille i from a varticular French wine no longer oasts, and is no longer worthily assignable to it now that it is bunglingly made from other materials. The supply of wine for distillation into Brandy having failed, the French distiller is constrained to recur to a manu facture in which he needs the quarter of a century's experience wh'ch has been exercised upon that of BE TS'S PATENT BRANDY, to render his article respectably competitive, and he has not had it. Under these circumstances the Messrs. Betts challenge that their PATENT BRANDY is superior to any now made abroad. It is to the interest of the public and the Messrs. Betts that these facts should be widely spread, for recent importations are of a quality so inferior as to di•grace the name they bear, and are twice the price of BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, which is supplied by the trade, in capsuled bottles, to private families in any quan tity, down to the single bottle. Excise regulations prevent its sale from the Distillery, 7, Smithfield-bars, St. John-street, in any less quantity than two gallons. By Authority of the French Consul-General.—Notice is hereby given, that the following SALE of PRESERVED BEEF will be the last On account of the French Government. ALE of FRENCH COMMISSARIAT k SURPLUS STORES, consisting of PRESERVED BOILED BEEF, of English, Scotch, and Irish manufacture, in tin canisters of about .6 lb. each, and packed in wooden boxes containing 12 tins.— Mr. ALEXR. COCRE has been honoured with instructions to Sell by Auctien, at the Lyndon Commercial Sale Rooms. Mincing-lane, on an early date in April next, of which due notice will be given, several parcels of the above description of Provisions, composed of the manu facture of the following celebrated firms, viz , Messrs. Henry Powell and Sons, London ; Messrs. John M'Call and Co., London ; Messrs. John Moir and Son, Aberdeen ; Messrs. D. Hogarth and Co., Aberdeen; and Messrs. John Gillen and Co , Leith. All the boxes for sale are being opened and carefully examined for damaged canisters, the whole of which will be selected and replaced by sound ones; the fact or the beef having been originally manu factured in this country under strict inspection, expressly for the use of the troops in the Crimea, where it gave the highest satisfaction, added to its being perfectly free from defective tins, will give every assurance to buyers of its excellent quality and fitness either for home consumption or exportation. Packages Included in the pur chase. The several parcels of beef for sale are now on view at Beal's • wharf, Mill-lane, Tooley-street, where purchasers may satisfy them selves that every care is being taken in removing from the boxes all canisters unfit for use. Any further information required can be obtained at the office of Mr. Cooke, 2, Old Trinity House, Water-lane, Tower-street, where catalogues may be had six days previous to the sale, at thefollowing places, viz.:— Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane; Corn Exchange, Garraway's, • Coffeehouses; Baltic, and Jerusalem also at the news rooms of the principal inland towns and outports. The sale will commence punctually at the time stated. PLAISTOW VICTORIA. DOCK MISSION. 21_ The prayers and offerings of Churchmen are solicited in aid of an effort to supply the urgent spiritual wants of a newly popu lated district around the Victoria Docks. Withinthe last few years the formation of a portion of these Docks and other causes have added a population of about 4,000 souls to the spiritual charge of the Incumbent of St. Mary's, Plaistow. A new town has been commenced on a low and marshy tract of ground rd joining the river Thames, totally tmdrained, and intersected by stagnant ditches. In a few more years itis probable that this district will rival Poplar, Shadwell, Ratcliffe, or St. George's in the number and habits of its population. It is proposed at once to send clergymen to labour amongst these newly-congregated mas=es, and to increase their staff as circum stances may render necessary. Another generation must not be left to repair the neglect of the present. The object of the appeal is not to apply a palliative of an all bat hopeless evil, but to find the means of its prevention, to preach Christ's Gospel to every man, woman, and child in the district, to endeavour to bring all within the fold of our National Church, to instruct them according to her formularies, and to preserve them in the communion of her faith and worship. Ragged Schools have been tried elsewhere with success, Why not try Ragged Churches in School-rooms ?We propose, therefore, in the first instance, to have SHORT SERVICES piton THE PRATES BOOK in our Schools, adapted to the capacities of the untaught poor with lectures on popular subjects, musical and other entertainments. The Lord Bishop of London has given his cordial sanction to the work, and has undertaken, at the earnest solicitation of the promot ers of the mission, to select the clergy, when funds are provided. To aid us in our difficult task special donations arc requir e d f or the necessary outlay for Missionary Stations, Schools, &c. ; and also regular subscribers, to enable us to support an adequate staff of teachers, clerical and lay. It is intended at an early date to submit the scheme to a general meeting. Further particulars will be given by the Rev. Ti. W. B. Marsh, Incumbent of St. Mary's, Plaistow ; Antonio Brady, Esq., Mary-, land Point, Stratford, Essex, Treasurer; or the Rev. Alfred W. Mason, Stratford-green, by whom donations or subscriptions for five years will be thankfully received; or at the Bank of Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; or Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill, to the ac count of the Plaistow and Victoria Dock Mission. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN STRABANE.—A most destruc tive fire took place in the town of Strabane on Sunday morning. The extensive mills of Mr. David Smith were destroyed on Friday night with their contents, to the value of 2,000/, or 3,000/, as the loss is variously estimated. THE APPREHENDED MITREAIN.—The following extract of a letter, dated Konigsberg, April 2, will be read with interest at this time, as it establishes the value of pre cautionary measures. The writer of the letter also gives his opinion. There is much unnecessary alarm in Eng. land, but it does not appear there was less need of it in Prussia a year ago than exists now as regards England. He says—" The cattle disease in Russia has not shown itself to any extent on our side of the frontier, and only a few villages near Tauroggen and Georgenburg (close to the frontier) have suffered by it. With the exception of passengers nothing is allowed to pass the frontier into Prussia in the affected localities, and it is no doubt owing to these precautionary measures that we have escaped so far, and that, in fact, we have been entirely free from it during the winter." The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, appointing The Most Reverend the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Right Honourable the Earl of Ha , rowby, The Right Honourable the Earl of Chicestar, The Right Honourable Spencer Horatio Walpole, The Right Honourable Stephen Lushington. Travers Twiss, D.C.L., Vicar-General of the Province of Can terbury, The Venerable Archdeacon The Venerable Archdeacon Wigram, and The Venerable Archdeacon Jones, to be her Majesty's Commissioners to consider the state of the several Dioceses of Canterbury; London, Winchester, end Rochester, with special reference to the circumstances of the said Dioceses, and the extent, and boundaries thereof. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, APRIL 6. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of. Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary' of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Dispatch from her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at "Monte Video, enclosing a copy of a Decree. recently issued by the Monte Videan Government, throwing open the ports of Maldonado, Colononia, and Paisander, for the despatch of articles which may be introduced through them from Monte Video, strictly subject to the Customs' laws and .regulations. This permission is nob however accorded to foreign vessels, the trade being cr-sidered as coasting trade from which foreign flags are excl.ded. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, APRIL t. The Right Honourable the Lords of the ConiMittee of 'Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister to the Argentine Confederation, enclosing copy of the following decree re cently issued by the Argentine Government, explanatory of a decree issued by that Government on the 19;.h July last, and which appeared in the London Gazette of Oct. 6, 1856 :- 1. The capes to which the law of July 19th refers are those of Santa Maria and San Antonio, at the entrance of the River Plate. 2. The trade carried on by the Cordillera of the Andes Comes within Article 2 of the Law, and will continue to pay simply the ordinary duty. 3. The said Article 2 Of the Law does not forbid vessels coming from outside the capes, bound for the ports of the Confederation, to touch at the intermediate ports of the River Plate. 4. The said vessels can bring cargo for the ports of the River Plat e and for others of the Confederation, withuut the fact of their doing so, or of the discharge of the part des tined for them, involving the merchandise directed to the ports of the Confederation in the payment of differential duties. 5. Also merchandise coming from outside the capes which, having been directed to the posts of the River Plate, has been sent on, either all or in part, to those of the Con federation ivithout having been discharged or transhipped in the former ports, will be considered as coming under Article 2 of; the Law. 6. As a general rule all merchandise introduced into the Confederation in vessels which have touched at inter mediate ports inside the capes shall be subject to the dif ferential duties, if the parties interested do not clearly prove that they are included in Articles 3,4, or 5 of the present decree. _ _ _ • 7. To facilitate the fulfilment of the precedine , Article, the Argentine Commercial Agent at Buenos Ayres, and the Consul-General at Monte Video, shall be authorised,, n the cases mentioned in the said Articles 3,4, and 5, at the request of the parties interested to deliver proper cer tificates, having previously taken all necessary steps for he full verification of the fact which they certify. REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT. The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Deb . :,, that there was no surplus of actual revenue on the actual expeuditure of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the year ended to 31st December, 1856, The Corimissioners for tho Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice that no sum will be applied by them ou account of the Sinking Fund, under the provi sions of the act 10 Geo. IV., cap. 27, between the Ist day of April and the 30th day of June, 1857. A. Y. SPEARILIN, Comptroller-General. National Debt Office, 4th April, 1857. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 7. Military Train—Colonel William M. S. M‘Murdo, from Director-General of the Land Transport Corps, to be Colonel-Commandant. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Queen's Own Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry—William Fermor Ramsay, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Lyon, retired. Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia— Frederick George Whitehead, Esq., late Captain in the 42d Highlanders, to be Captain from the 20th day of February last, vice Archibald James Campbell, resigned. BANKRUPTS. Frederick Wm. Whiston, druggist, Birmingham, to sur render April 22 ; and M a y 13. at half-past ten, at the Bir mingham District Court. Christie. official assignee, Bir mingham; Sonthal and Nelson, Birmingham; Hodgson and. Allen, Birmingham. Samuel Richards, apothecary, Bedford-square, April 17, at two, and May 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Lawrance, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Frederick BluCher Dowland, builder, Lee, Kent, April 17, and May 19, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Stopher, Cheapside. Elijah Lawton, cotton waste dealer, Manchester, April 22 and May 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Boote and Jellicorae, Manchester. John Easton, builder, Clapham-road, April 17, at half past twelve, and May 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Cannon, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Crouch, Gray's-inn-square. Christopher Hall, East India Merchant, Sun•court, Cornhill, April 23 and May 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-cham bers, Basinghall-street; Linklater and Haekwood, Sise lane. James Bradshaw and Aaron Collinson, cotton monufac hirers, Burnley, April 23, and May 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester" Shaw, Sutcliffe, Tattersall, and Handsley, Burnley; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman Manchester, William John Roberts, draper; Burry Port, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, April 17 and May 11, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Prideanz, Bristol. Thenias Pyecroft, carrier, Walton, Yorkshire, April 21 and May 25, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Plaskett, Gainsborough ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. William Bulmer, grocer, Bodale, Yorkshire, April 17 and May 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, 'Leeds; Newton and Robinson, York; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Richard Jones, flannel manufacturer and slay maker, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, April 16 and May 11, at eleven, at, the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Jones, Newtown. Edward Duke Moore, dealer in concentrated milk and cocoa, Minories, April 23, at half-past two, and May 19, one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. L e e, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Lawrence, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry chambers. Henry Bishop, money scrivener and gas manufacturer, Dun;ley, Gloucestershire, April 17 and May 11, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and girling Bristol. Charles Copland and William George Barnes, provision merchants, Bodolph-lane, City, April 24, at one, and. May 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. 'Nichol son, official assignee, Basinghall-street; 3'. and J. H. Link later and Hackwood, Siso-lane. William Gibbon, grocer, Spumy Moor, Durham, April 20, at eleven and May 26, at twelve, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, New castle-upon-Tyne ; Scaife, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Bolding and Simpson, Gracechurch-street. The Princes of Oude left 1001. with J. Rateliff, Esq., Mayor of Birmingham, to be distributed amongst the local ohs 'Ries: Capt. Mulock, 70th Foot, proceeds to China with the expedition, as aide-de-camp to Lieut.-Gen. Ashburnham, C.B. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 6 per mille premium, and the short exchange on London is 25 . 25 per IL sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of Si. 17s. 10 3 / 4 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold , is nearly 3-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.3 per 11. ster ling. Standard gold, at the English Mint price, is there fore nearly 7-10ths per cent, dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 108} per cent., which, when compared w ith the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is nominally against England ; but, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves no profit on the transmission of gold either way between the two countries. THE OLDEST MAN IN AMERICA.--There is now living in Murray county, Georgia, on.the waters of the Holly Creek, a Revolutionary veteran, who has attained the age of 134. His name is John Hames. He is known throughout the region in which be lives by the appella tive, " Gran'sir Hames." Gran'sir is contracted for Grandsire. A grandsire he truly is. As I was on my way to visit this relic of the expired eighteenth century, I inquired of au oldish gentleman of about 60 if he knew him. "Oh, yes, I know him," said lie, "he is my grandfather I" John names was born in Mecklen burg county, Virginia, and was a lad 10 years old when Washington was in his cradle. He was 32 when Brad dock met his defeat in the Monongahela.' He and several of his neighbours set forth to join the headstrong and ill-fated commander, but after several days' march were turned back by the news of his overthrow. He migrated to South Carolina nearly 100 years ago. He was in 13 considerable conflicts during the War of Inde pendence, and in skirmishes, rencounters with Indians, with Tories, and with the British times beyond memory. Ho was with Gates at Camden, with Morgan at the. Cowpens, with Green at Hillsboro' and Eutaw, and with Marion in many a bold rush into a Tory, camp or red coat quartere.i-Cauviile (Georgia) Standard. Arm 4. Combined Counties of Eigia and Nairn—Charles Lennox Cumming Bruce, Esq., of Roseisle and Kin naird. • County of Monmouth—Chas. 0. Swinnerton Morgan, of the Friars, Monmouthshire, Esq. ; Lieut.-Colonel Edward Arthur Somerset. Combined Counties of Ross And Cromarty—Sir Jas. Matheson, of the Lewis, Bart. County of Northumberland .Northern Division—The Right lion. Algernon George Percy, commonly called Lord Lovame ; the Right Hon. Charles Bennett, com monly called Lord Ossulston. Southern Division—Wentworth Blackott Beaumont, Esq. ; the Hon. Henry George Liddell. Borough of Abingdon—Jobn Thos. Norris, of Sutton Courtney, Berkshire, Esq. County of Merioneth—Wm. Watkin Edward Wynne, of Peniarth, Merionethshire, Esq. County of Denbigh—Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, of Wynnatay, Denbighshire, Bart. ; Col. Robert • Myddel ton Biddulph, of Chirk Castle, Denbighshire. County of Aberdeen—The Hon. George John James Gordon, commonly called Lora Haddo. of A berd,een.—Cohinel William Henry Sykes. County of Berwick.—The Hon. Francis Scott, re siding at Mertonn House. County of Dumbarton.—A. Smollett, of Bonhill, Esq. APRIL 6. County of Sunderland.—G. G. W., Marquis of Stafford. County of Argyle.--A. S. Finlay, Esq., of Castleto ward County of Wigtown —Sir A. Agnew, of Loehnaw, Bart. County of Ayr.—Patrick James Herbert Crichton Stuart, commonly called Lord James Stuart. Ayr District of Burghs.—Edward Henry Craufurd, younger, of Authenames. County of Hereford.—Sir Henry Gears Cotterell, Bart.; Thos. Wm. Booker Blakemore, Esq.; J. K. King, Esq. County of Huntingdon—James Rust, Esq., Edward Fellowes, Esq., John Moyer Heathcote, Esq.—equal number of votes. Stewartry of Kirkcudbright—James Mackie, Esq., of Bongaly. Borough of Shaftesbury.—George Grentell Glynn, Esq. County of Stafford, Northern Division.—Charles Bowyer Adderley, Esq.; Smith Child, Esq. Southern Division—Henry John Wentworth Hodgetts Foley, E-q.; William Orme Foster, Esq. County of Essex, Northern Division.—Tho Right Hon. William Beresford, of Hampton Court, Middlesex; Charles Du Care, of Braxtect-Park, Essex. Southern Division—Thomas Wil iarn Bramston, of Skreens, Essex ; Richard Baker Wingfield, of Orsett Hall, Essex, Esq. County of Montgomery—Herbert Watkin Williams Wynn, Esq. Borough of Huntingdon—Major-General Jonathan Peel, of Marble-hill, Middlesex ; Thomas Baring, o Norman's-court, Hampshire, Esq. Aran. 7. County of Bedford—Francis Charles Hastings Rue sell, Esq. ; Richard Thomas Gilpin, Esq. County of Caithness—George Trail, of Ratter, Esq. Isle of Wight, County.—Charles Cavendish Clifford, of Westfield House, Ryde i in the said Isle, and of Eaton square, London, Esq. County of Derby, Southern Division—Charles Robert Colvile, of Lullington, Derbyshire, Esq. ; Thomas W m . Evans, of Allestree all, Derbyshire, Esq. County of Dorset—The Hon. William Henry Berke-. ley Portman, of Bryanstone, Dorsetshire ; ,Henry Gerard Shirt, of Critcheil, Dorsetshire, Esq.; Renry Ker ' Seymer, of Handford, Dorsetshire, Esq. County of Cambridge—Edward Ball, Esq. ; Henry John Means, Esq. ; the Hon. Eliot Thomas Yorke. County of Berks—Robert Palmer, Esq. ; The Hon, Philip Pleydell Bouverie ; George Henry Vansittart, Esq. County of Leicester, Northern Division—The Right Hon. John James Robert Manners, commonly called Lord John Manners ; Edward Basil Farnham, of Quorn don House, Leicestershire, Esq. Southern Division—Charles William Packe, of: Prest weld Hall, Leicestershire, Esq. ; The Hon. George Augustus Frederick Louis Curzon, commonly called Viscount Curzon. County of Norfolk, Eastern Division—Major-General Charles Ashe Windham, of Myton, Warwickshire, C.B. ; Sir Edward North Buxton, of Colne House, Cromer, Norfolk, Baronet. Western Division—George William Pierrepoint Ben tinck, of TerringOn St. Clements, Norfolk, Esq. Brampton Gurdon, of Letton, Norfolk, Esq. County of Anglesea—Sir Richard Balkeley Williams Balkeley, Bart. County of Northampton, Northern Division—Augus tus Stafford O'Brien Stafford, Esq. ; William Alleyne Cecil, commonly called Lord Burghley. Southern Division—John Poyntz Spencer, commonly called Viscount Althiop ; Rainald Knightley, Esq. Convention between her Majesty and the Emperor of the French. (From the Gazette of last evening.) Signed, at London, March 7, 18:57.—[Ratifications exchanged at London, March 25. 1857.] Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the Emperor of the Franch, being desirous to prevent all future cause of mis understanding with regard to the right el trading at and near Portendic, on the west coast of Africa, and at Al breda, in the River Gambia, asserted or assumed respec tively by the Governments or subjects of Great Britain and France, have resolved to conclude a Convention for that purpose, and have named as their respective Plenipoten tiaries ; that is to say : _ _ _ Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable George William Frederick, Earl of Clarendon, Baron Hyde of Hindon, Peer of the United Kingdom, a Member of her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary. of State for Foreign Affairs; and the Right Honourable Henry Labouchere, a Member of her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Pi ivy Coun cil, a Memberof Parliament, her Britannic Majesty's Prin cipal Secretary of State for the Colonies; And his Majesty the Emperor of the French, the Sieur John Gilbert Victor Fialin Count of Persigny, Senator, Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Hon our, Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order of the Ma ljidie of Turkey, Grand Cross of the Order of St, Maurice and St. Lazarus of Sardinia, Grand Cross of the Order of Danebrog of Denmark, his Ambassador to Her Britannic Majesty ; Who, after having communicated to each other their re spective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles : ARTICLE I. Her Majesty the Queen of the United ingdom of Great Britain and Ireland relinquishes the right hitherto en joyed, under Treaty, by the subjects of her Britannic Maj.sty, of trading from the mouth of the River St. John to the Bay and Fort of Portendic, inclusively. ARTICLE IL His Majesty the Emperor of the French cedes to her Britannic Majesty the French factory or comptoir at Al breda, on the north bank of the River Gambiar, on the western coast of Africa, together with all possessory or other rights whatever appertaining to the raid factory. ARTICLE 111. Her Britannic Majesty consents that French subjects shall have free access to the River Gambia for the purposes of their commerce. They shall be allowed to reside at the town of Bathurst, an I at such other trading station or stations as may hereafter be appointed by her Britannic Majesty in Council, but not elsewhere; except so far as regards Albreda, where such French subjects as are now resident, and may wish to remain, are authorised so to do by Article IV. of the present Convention : conforming themselves, however, to the laws and local regulations i which are or may be n force in the British Settlements in the Gambia. • French vessels in the River Gambia shall be subject to the same duties, tolls, and regulations, as British vessels ; and every article imported or exported in French vessels, shall pay the same duty as is or may be imposed upon the like article when imported or exported in British vessels. The French Government shall be allowed to maintain a Consular Agent at Bathurst; it being clearly understood that such Consular Agent must first be approved and ad mitted in the usual manner by the Government of her Britannic Majesty. ARTICLE IV. French subjects already settled at Albreda, and who may wish to remain there after the cession to her Britannic Majesty of the French factory or comptoir, shall preserve their property, and the rights attached thereto, and shall be protected and treatelin all respects in the same man ner as all other French subjects in the Possessions of her Britannic Majesty. AETICLE V. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifi cations shall be exchanged at London as soon as possible, within three weeks from the date of its signature. In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. Done at London, the seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. (LS.) CLA_RENDON. (L.S.) HENRY LABOI7CHERE. (LS.) F. DE PERSIGNY. THE SITE OP TEE LATE FLEET FRISON,--This valu able site has been notified to be let on building leases, Mr. George gcamell. one of the members for Farringdon Ward Without, having, after much perseverance, suc ceeded in obtaining the consent of the City authorities for the appropriation of it to that purpose. This result will, of course, considerably increase the income of the corporation, and be the means of inducing great im provements in this long-neglected neighbourhood, by which the ratepayers of this already burdened locality will be materially assisted, and the interests of the citizens at large proportionately promoted. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—GLOUCESTER, Aram 7. (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) . ELECTION RIOT AT CIIELTEIVIIIM. G. smith R. Ellis, F. Buckland, T. Addis, A. Shir..T, F. Williams, G. Oldship, J. Edmonds, F. Birch, G. Mullis, T. Griffin, H. Clark, J. Piutin, 3. Stubbins, and G. Edwards, were indicted for a riot at Cheltenham on Dec. 4 last, and assaulting Mr. W. Boodle. The case occupied the Court halt a day, and excited the utmost interest. One-half the town of Cheltenham attended the court, which was crowded to suffocation. Ten counsel were en:- gaged, viz., Mr. Sergeant Pigott, Mr. Powell, and Mr. Fuller for the prosecution; Mr. What eley, Q.C., Mr. Keating, Q.C. Mr. Skinner, Mr. Cooke, M r . Griffith, Mr. Lloyd, and Mr. M'Gahn, for the de fendants. A number of the defendants were re spectable tradesmen Of Cheltenham. It appeared that a local act having been obtained for the town of Cheltenham, the inhabitants proceeded, uNder that act, to elect certain town commissioners, and the two political parties in the borough proposed opposite candidates, there being an angry contest for the party government of the town. In the con test for the north ward the opposing candidates were Messrs. Holies and Downing on the one side, and. Mr. F. Marshall on the other. Mr. - Boodle, who is a well known electioneering agent in Chel tenham, proceeded a few minutes before the close of the poll to record his vote at the hustin g s for Downing and Hollis. At this time a crowd sur rounded the booth, and, as the prosecutor alleged, was determined to keep out all those who would not vote for Marshall. The defendants were among the crowd closeto thepollingb3oth,and Mr. Boodle, in attempting to get up to the booth to vote, was jostled and, several times struck; his hat.koocked off, and his coat torn up the back. A number of persons were called, amongst whom were Mr. Har ford, a magistrate, and two or three policemen, who, however, described the conduct as peace able rather than disorderly. At the close of the pro secution ten of the defendants were discharged by order of the Court, they not having been identified as taking an [active part in the affair. Witnesses were called to prove the peaceable conduct of the crowd, and the case ended in a'verdict of acquittal as to all the other defendants. THE QUEEN V. °ABB. This was an indictment against Mr. G. S. Gabb, surgeon, of Newent, in this county, charging him with having fraudulently filled up some voting papers at an election of guardians for the Newent union, by which the election was unduly. affected. Mr. Skinner and Mr. Cooke appeared for the Crown ; and Mr. Keating, Q. C., and Mr. Powell, for the defendant. This was another case arising out of a local elec tion, which had excited a good deal of party spirit. Two cases of illegal interference were alleged by the prosecution—one an alleged interference with the votin g paper of a man named Hill, and another with that of a voter named Bodenham. With re spect to the first case, the learned judge stopped it, saying that it had alresdy been tried before the magistrates, who had jurisdiction, and who had dismissed it. In the other case, the wife of Boden ham deposed that Mr. Gabb called at her house, and asked to be allowed to fill up her husband's voting paper. She replied that he might, provided the name of Mr. Matthews, one of the candidates, was inserted. Mr. Gabb, however, wrote in the names of four other candidates telling Mrs. Boden ham that her husband could fill in Mr. Matthews' name. He wrote in that name. The consequence of which was that as five candidates were voted for, the paper was invalid. Mrs. Bodenham, however, admitted in cross-examination that Mr. Gabb re peated to her the names of the candidates he had written initials against, on which Mr. Skinner with drew from the prosecution. His lordship assented, and said there could be no fraud, as Bodenham had been infotmed of the names which had been filled in. THE QUEEN v. GABB. This was another indictment against the same person, in which the same counsel appeared. This was a more grave charge, one of perjury, against Mr. Gabb. The facts of the case were briefly these. In April last year a woman named Eliza Taylor died a few days after her confinement. It was alleged that her death was caused by want of atten tion on the part of Mr. Gabb, who was assistant to the medical officer of the union. A complaint was made, and Mr. Greaves, one of the poor4aw inspectors, was sent down by the Poor-law Board to take evidence on the case. At that inquiry Mr. Gabb produced his book, in which was made an entry that be attended the deceased woman on Thursday, the 2d April. He also made an affi davit, stating that his visit was made between tea and eleven o'clock in the morning, when no person was in the house but a litvle girl ; and Mr. Gabb's servant-lad made a statement that he had accom panied his master. This statement was alleged by the prosecutor to be false, and the husband of the deceased woman and her daughter were called to prove that Mr. Gabb made no visit on the Thurs day. The husband of Mrs. Taylor deposed that be was at home during the whole of the Thursday with the exception of " about ten minutes," when he went to a shop in the place, and that he saw no thing of Mr. Gabb. Mr. Gabb would have had to pass the shop to visit his house. At this point his lordship stopped the case, re marking that the evidence was very loose as to the time when Taylor actually was in the house, and was not inconsistent with Mr. Gabb's statement. All the children had not been called, so as to show which was the one who was present when the al leged visit was made. Besides this, his lordship remarked, the errand-boy had corroborated his master, and if perjury had been committed ho also was guilty. His lordship then directed the jury to return a verdict of Not Guilty. Verdict accordingly. These decisions put at rest questions which have been for a long time in litigation at Newent. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—ApeiI (Before the Assistant-Judge.) Emily Sarah Lewis, 21, was indicted for stealing a yard of Persian silk, and other articles, the Fro party of James Dyce Nicol, her rnalter. Mr. Orridge appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Ribton for the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner had been for some time lady's maid to the wife of the prosecutor, who lives at No. 5, Hyde-park-terrace, Bayswater, and the charge was that she had purloined some oni ton-lace, a waistcoat piece, a yard of silk, and other articles, and secreted a portion of them in her box, and another portion in her wardrobe, preparatory to taking them away with her, she being about to leave her situation. After a long and searching cross-examination of Mrs. Nicol by the learned counsel for the prisoner, the jury intimated that they had agreed to acquit, and one of them said he hoped it would be under stood that the prisoner left the court without any imputation upon her character. William Ham, the younger, and Walter Walters, 20, were indicted for having stolen a quantity of cigars, value 4/. and upwards, the property of Em manuel Jonas and others, their masters, and Wil liam Ham the elder, 39, a carver and gilder, was indicted for feloniously receiving part of such cigars, well knowing that they had been stolen. Mr. Campbell Sleigh and Mr. Lawrence were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Ribton appeared for Ham the elder. Waltbrs and the younger Ham pleaded guilty. Mr. Orridge appeared for Walters. The prosecutors were cigar manufacturers, carry ing on business at 77, High Holborn, and the two younger prisoners were apprentices to them. It appeared that they were detected in secreting cigars about their persons before leaving the pre mises, and the younger Ham told. Mr. Newton, the prosecutor's manager, that if he went to his father's workshop, 3, Dean-street, Oxford-street, they would find cigars, which he had stolen, in a safe. A quantity of cigars were found there, and it was subsequently ascertained that the elder prisoner had been disposing of cigars, which were identified as the prosecutor's property, to a tobacconist in Rathbone-place. The younger Ham confessed the theft at once, but to exonerate his father said ho had asked him to dispose of the cigar's, and telling him that he had received them from a person in the trade. The jury, after hearing Mr. Ribton, retired, and after a short consultation fpund the prisoners guilty. The Assistant Judge sentenced Wal ters to six months' hard labour ; Tiara the old or to 18 mouths ; and the younger to 12 nonths. Wm. Bellinger, 38, huger, and • Matilda Bellin ger, his wife, were charred in four indictments with having obtained goods .from tradesmen by false pretences. They pleaded • The offence was committed by forged orders pur porting to have been sent by Nlr, sQtile, a Dissent ing minister. The Assistant Judge sentenced theio each to 18 months' hard labour. BOW-STREET.--Charles Jackson, a Post-office bagman, was charged with stealing, on the 24th of March, the way-bill of the Tewkesbury mail bag, the money order remittance, and two registered letters, one containing a remittance of 5711. 10s. sd. On the 23d of March the bag was made up at Tewkesbury by Mr. John Carew, a clerk in the General Post-office. He enclosed the way-bill, in which he had wrapped up the money order remit tance of 441. 10s. Bd., addressed to the receiver general, Mr. Rowland Hill, and the two registered letters. One of these had been addressed to Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, London, by Mr. Appleby, clerk to the Gloucester. Banking Company, and contained a remittance of 5711. 103. .sd. This sum was made up of Bank of Eng land and country notes to the value of 1691., a cheque for 2171. 53., and a receipt on the Paymas ter-General for 1941. 53. Ou the following day, the 24th, the bag was received at the General Post office in due course, and properly sealed. The sorter into whose hands it next passed opened it in the usual manner, emptied it on the saving table, turned it inside out, and threw it on the fl wr. He then proceeded to examine the contents, which con sisted of letters, newspapers, and a spare bag. The latter he also threw on the floor without examma• ion. He then looked through the heap of letters for the parcel consisting of the money order remittance and registered letters (if any) wrapped up in the way-bill, but could find nothing of the sort. He gave information of the deficiency, and ascertained that the money order advice hart come to hated. The bags having been removed in the meanwhile, he went to the bag-room and cautioned the men who were engaged in examining them that a way bill and remittance had been missine-, and might =be amongst the ba g s. Subsequently "Haydon, the City detective officer, was instrncted toingriire into the case, and he obtained information that the pri soner, whose duty it would have been to remove the bags to the bag-room, had passed two Si. notes to tradesmen in the immediate neighbourhood of Albion-place, Walworth, where he resided. The notes proved to be two of those enclosed from Tewkesbury by Mg. Appleby. He immediately charged the prisonet with the robbery, which he did not attempt to deny. He said that the re maining notes, the cheque, receipt, money order, remittance, and way-bill would be found in a box in his own house. Haydon went to the house, found the box, which he opened with a key he had received from the prisoner, and there discovered the notes, &c. He was committed for trial. WORSHIP-STREET.—George Holle, described as a gas fitter, was charged with stabbing his wife, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. A young woman named Sarah Crater said—l am sister to the complainant, who has led a very un happy life since her marriage to the prisoner about fifteen months ago. On Sunday afternoon the prisoner, who is at present engaged as a theatrical performer, brought home the materials for a pair of stage troweers, which he handed to his wife and de sired her to make them up immediately. My sister de clined todo so, as she considered it improper to perfo rm such work on a Sunday, when the prisoner became greatly excited, and pulling out a clasp knife, de clared that he would have her life unless site at once proceeded with it. She was then induced to commence the work, but threw it down in a few minutes.; and on herrepeating the same objections the prisoner deliberately openeci his knife with which he made a violent thrust at her breast, but she suddenly stooped forward to avoid the blow, and received the point of the weapon in her left shoulder. The prisoner then hastily left the house, and I lost no time in' procuring the attendance of a surgeon, under whose care my sister has since re mained in a very dangerous state. About three hours after the prisoner returned home, and ap proaching her bed side, inquired how she felt ; to which she replied that he had dreadfully injured her, and that they had better never meet again ; but as he was about to leave the room she called him back, and furnished him with money to pro cure another lodging. Police-constable G 94 produced a certificate from Mr. C. Elwin, a surgeon in the neighbourhood, to the effect that the unfortunate woman was suffer ing from a severe wound, nearly an inch in depth, which had resulted in inflammation and fever of a dangerous character. Mr. D'Eyncourt rareandeil the prisoner for a week. CLERICENWELL.—R. R. Tripp, a respectable looking man, 36, years of age, described in the po boa shoot as having " no occupation," residing at No. 28, Giffard-street, Caledonian-road, Islington, was charged with feloniously cutting and wound• in, James Scott, with intent to murder him. E. Silence, a painter, occubying apartments in the same house, stated the prisoner lodged in the upper part of the house. At half-past 2 o'clock yesterday morning he was awoke out of his sleep by a noise. He heard the prisoner and Mr. Scott having some words together. Witness asked if they required a light, and took up a lighted candle. The prisoner then opened the door. He saw the prisoner with a sword, and he stabbed Mr. Scott in the side. A surgeon stated that Mr. Scott was too ill to appear in court. The prisoner said that Mr. Scott came up to his room for rent at an unseasonable hour, and abused him, when he (prisoner) "pushed him out of the room with a sword." Remanded for a week. MARYLEBONE. —Henry J. Watts was charged with robbery, and .with attempting to stab the persons who apprehended him. A. nursemaid at No. 1, Queen's-road, Gloucester gate, Regent's-park, while she was in the kitchen, heard a noise in the dining - room, where the break fast service was laid out. 0n going up she saw the prisoner jump out of the window an run away. She gave chase, crying out " Police." A man who was driving a van jumped down and joined in pur suit, and h and a tradesman, who had run out of his shop, came up with the prisoner in Park-street. The prisoner made a stab at each of them with a silver fork, but the prongs were ioo blunt to do harm. Other forks and some spoons were found on him. Remanded for a week. SOUTHWARK.—George Spencer, alias Stoner, a young man about 20 years of age, was brought before Mr. Combe, charged with stealing two watches, two chains, and a brooch, value 351., the property of Mr. Win. Taverner, the landlord of the Sun Tavern, Union-street, Southwark. The prosecutor stated that the prisoner had been in his employ as potman about a fortnight. On Sa turday morning he quitted his bedroom about 8 o'clock, leaving his wife there. At that time the two watches„ chains, and brooch, were safe on the drawers. At 10 o'clock witness went upstairs to dre himself, wilier' lie missed the property, which Le valued at 351. While witness and his wife were downstairs, the prisoner cleaned his boots and took them upstairs, and being longer than usual, he sus pected him of robbing him, and having given in formation to the police, he gave the prisoner into custody. Witness had since understood that he obtained the situation under false pretences, and he had reason to believe that he had recently rub bed his barmaid. Mrs. Travener said that she left the property on the drawers shortly after eight o'clock, when she went down to the bar-parlour to breakfast. There was no other person in the house then but her hus band, the barmaid, a servant, and herself, and the prisoner had no business at that time to go up so said she got up at !ugh as their bedroom. cleaned out the bar. While her b o a f r b p o o a r t s l o h u er had h e half-past Emma bar maid, fi ffi ve ll a , ed the e w re ith in a t p h a e ir* master and mis t prisoner went uP cleaned. Ha should only have taken them to the r s e t s a e ir w s first fitor, but she distinctly heard him go up to the second floor, where her master's bedroom was. He wa s there a few moments, and when he came down he went out and remained away half an hour. Shortly after 10 o'clock the robbery was discover ed, and she told her master about the prisoner. In cross-examination by Mr. Solomon, witness said that two men came into the public-house and had a pint of ale between 8 and 10, and one went into the tap-room and lighted his pipe when they left. She was sure no one but the prisoner wont up stairs. Mr. Combo remanded the prisoner Until Mon day next, ordering inquiries to be made about him in the meantime. LAMBETH. —Decimus Down, a beardless youth, the son of a gentleman holding a lucrative public appointment, appeared to answer to a sum mons taken out against him by Mr. Gustavus Thompson, the son of a medical gentleman, for as sault and battery. Mr, Solow,OP, Who attended on behalf of the) de- ILEALTH OF LONDON DURING :THE WEEK. (From the Report of the iiegistrar-General.) In the week that ended on Saturday the total number of deaths registered in London was 1,235, of which 620 were deaths (4' males, and 615 those of females. In the 10 years 1847-56 the average number of deaths was 1,192, but for comparison with the deaths of last week, which occurred in an increased population, the ilverage must be raised proportionally to the increase, in which case it will become 1,311. The deaths now returned are there fore less by 76 than would have occurred if the average rate of mortality had prevailed. The deaths from pulmonary diseases, which in the two previous weeks were 292 and 278, were last week 264, the corrected average for the 10 weeks corresponding with last week being 273. Bronchitis, one of the diseases in this class, was fatal in the last three weeks in 164, 160, and 130 cases, showing a decline with the higherand steadier temperature of last week. Hooping-cough num bered 64 cases, which differs little from the num bers returned in many previous weeks. Smallpox, scarlatina, and diarrhoea exhibit a low mortality, the deaths from them being respectively 2, 12, and 7. Eight persons had attained the age of 90 years or upwards; they were all women except one ; th 3 three oldest died at the age of 93 years. A young seaman died in the Dreadnought Hospital ship of " scorbutus, ,abscess, and tetanus ;" and a labourer, aged 71 years, died at 30, Duke st ree t, Old Artil lery Ground, of " neglect, filth, and imperfect nu trition." Last week the births of 93d boys and 902 girls, in, all 1,838 children, were registered in Loudon. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1847-56 the average number was 1,555. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 . 334 in. The mean temperature was 47.8 deg., which is 41 deg. above the Rverage of the same week in 43 years. The mean temperature was above the average on every day. The thermometer in the shade was 584 deg. on Friday, the highest point in the week ; the lowest temperature was 401 deg. on Wednesday. The mean dew-point temperature was 421 deg., and the difference between this and the mean-air temperature was 5.1 deg. The general direction of the wind was S. E. There was more or less rain on every day ; and the whole amount in the week was 0 . 45 in. In the first quarter of the year—viz., the 13 weeks that ended March 28th, the deaths in Lon don were 16,093, which exceed the deaths of the same quarter in 1856, but are less than those of 1855. The increase on last year arises from pul monary diseases bronchitis, pneumonia, and phthisis ; for though the mean temperature was nearly 39 deg., which is about the average of the winter qttarter, and the mean weekly temperature was on nine weeks above the average, the fifth and sixth weeks were very cold, and on two days at that time the thermometer fell to 20 deg. But though there is an excess iu last quarter as compared with the same quarter in 1856 in the total number of deaths there is a decrease in those arising from zy motic diseases; and it is remarkable that the deaths from this class of complaints (2,713) were less than in any of the four previous corresponding quarters of 1853-56, though the population has increased. The deaths from small-pox were GO, being little more than four in a week. There is a marked de crease also in typhus, which numbered 489, hiving is the same quarters in 1853-56 ranged from 572 to 719. Twelve persons,. or nearly one in a week, died from want of the common necessaries of lite ; 26 persons from intemperance ; and if 'to these be added 14 who died from delirium tremens, it will appear that excess in intoxicating liquors was fatal to three persons weekly. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 4 Zymotie Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular 'Diseases , 204 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 57 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration ... .. 264 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. 6... 17 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and' Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations .«4 Premature Birth and Debility ' 28 Atrophy .. 28 Old Age sudden .. 28 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ..... —. 96 Causes not specified DEATHS MX ALL CAUSES 1,235 Population Deaths in corm- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the 1851. 011856. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts 616,635 349 Totals 2,362,236 Males Fomales 1,284 1,235 620 615 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males 'Females Total 936 902 1,838 THE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY. The peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship In. us, Captain G. Brookes, with the heavy portion of the India and China mails, has arrived. She brings 150 pas sengers, 7,0001. in specie, and a cargo of silks, shawls, &e. Her latest dates are Alexandria, Match 24 ; Malta, )!arch 28; and Gibraltar, April 2. Her Majesty's ship Cressy was on her way from Malta to Gibraltar. The Majestic arrived at Gibraltar on the Ist, on her way to England. The Etna, which should have brought the first Austra lian mail, which has been due at Suez by the Oneida for some time past, has returned to carry out the mails of the 12th instant. She brings two letter bags from Alex andria and Malta, and a small cargo, with five passen gers. She left Alexandria on the 25th of March, and Malta on the 29th. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Al. hambra, Captain Woodgates, sailed to-day with the mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, adiz, and Gibraltar, 26 pas sengers (among whom was Ensign Harrison), specie value 28,0801. for Lisbon, and a general cargo. The Golden. Fleece, the property of the European and American Steam ship Company, left here for Hamburg yesterday afternoon, to take in cargo and passengers for the Brazils; she haves Hamburg on the 20th inst., an d S o uthampton on the 24th. Mr. Crawford, M.P., and Mr. Round , two of the direc tors, paid a visit of inspection on Saturda y last to the i s u li g ip ra s c p o id m l p y o i s a in th g tehire equipmentcompay's forfl eet, which are all progress. sea. CENTRAL AUERICAN PRODUCE.—The steamer La Plata, which arrived at Southampton on the Ist instant, with the last West India mail, brought home, amongst other cargo, a large quantity of indigo from the 'west' coast of Central America. The produce of that part of the world has hitherto been sent to England by way of Cape - Horn ; but now, owing to the arrangements made by the Panama Railway Company, it is shipped on board of a coasting-steamer to Panama, sent by railway across to Colon, and there put on board the West India mail steamers for England—the result being that the produce is in England and sold in less time than it used to take in reaching Cape Horn. These arrangements will prove of immense advantage to those interested in the speedy delivery of consignments from Central America.