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TO THE ELECTORS AND CITIZENS OF WESTMINSTER. GENTLEMEN, I find in the Journals of this day, an address to his constPuents from the Prime Minister. The Dissclution then is near, and the Nate arrived for acquainting you that 1 am again a Candidate, this Seventh time, for a renewal of the trust with which you have so long honoured me. Connected with Westminster for nearly twenty years, it is most gratifying to me to hear, not only that several gentlemen of the Liberal party have already kindly and unsolicitedly canvassed for Ine—but that many of rather more extreme opinions intend also to give me support. Thus situated, I need scarcely observe that any interference in the contests of others by such Committee as may on the dissolution honour me by conducting my election, may not be conducive to my interests, standinr, as I do, on the separate ground of accepted services as your old representative. At four contests, you placed on record, majorities in my favour of 937. 1,060, 1,095, and 1,132. Twice also you returned me against the whole weight of Government influence. These I take the liberty of reminding you of. as my best testimonies of past fidelity, and best guarantees of future conduct. I will not presume to oiler you counsel on the exercise of the most important of all political functions - that of the franchise. The pre. eminent City of Westminster, ever distin•:uished by pure and ho nourable conduct, will continue to maintain its elevated position as an example to the constituencies of the empire. For myself, I have only to say that I also will continue ur; anxious and undeviating efforts to promote the libel* , les and 'Well-being of all classes of the people. I have the honour to rema n, Gentlemen, your faithful servant, Bryanston-square, June 29, 1857. DE LACY EVANS. TO THE ELECTORS OF BRADFORD. GENTLEMEN, —Being assured that the dis agreement of a portion of the,electors with another candidate, which has arisen since the joint requisition to us was signed, is fatal to the union on which the proispect of my election rested, I am under the necessity of declining any proposal for a separate canvass, and of giving np all further views to the representation of your borough. It remains for me to thank the zealous supporters who for nearly two years hive spared no exertions for promoting my return, and to join with them in lamenting the occurrence through whick at the moment when to human appearance success had been secured, our just expectations were disappointed. I remain, Gentlemen, yours very sincerely, T. PERRONET THOMPSON'. Blackheath, June 2C, 1847 NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNRILL, LONDON. Capital £.100,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages With respect tO life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured his, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture Of the policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terest; is meet other conveniencles or necessity. Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PEOFITS. Th. lacreali ng pro DIVISION of the Society has enabled the Directors at the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth bonus, varylngfrom 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Volley effected cu the profit scale. EXAMPLES. tt Policy Bonus In! taken atlclitloa !Boa s u i s a in Assured. ," 1837 1838 • 1839 1640 1841 1842 Sara tb• Assared may bor row on Policy. s. 4. 1 X s d. X s. d. 243 9 3 112 8 5 18 4 6 218 4 8 99 8 10 15 13 5 192 1 10; 86 9 3 13 4 9 143 5 10 66 8 4 9 19 1 138 14 21 61 17 6 9 9 2 111 6 8 49 10 0 710 4 A s. d. 494 8 111 445 0 0 395 11 1 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 The /Kauai Report, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the office, or any of its branches in the country; or, ou application, will be forwarded post free. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. _ SOLICITORS' AND GENERAL LIFE AS SURA SCE SOCIETY. Eighty per Cent. of the Profits given to the Assured. Apply to any respectable Solicitor, or at the Office, 57, Chancery line, London. CHARLES JOAN GILL, Secretary. NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK ItAIr,W AT. OPENING OF THE LINE THROUGHOUT BETWEEN NEW CASTLE AND BERWICK. OA and after TIIIIESDAY, July 1, the line will be opened throughout fir passenger traffic, and trains will leave London and Edinburgh at the following hours, by which passengers: may be booked through : Leave London ••.. • • 925 A.M. 10 30 AM. 9 0 P.M. ♦rniving at Edinburgh .... 11 0 P.M. 530 A.M. 415 P.M. Leave Edinburgh Arrive in London .... •• • • (By order) JAMES ALLPORT, Manager. Newcastle, June 28, 1847. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. INSTALLATION OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT AT CAMBRIDGE. In addition to the ordinary Trains, the following SPECIAL TRAINS, carrying First and Second Class Passeugers, will run on IitoNDAT, the sth, TUESDAY, the 6th, and WEDNESDAY, the 7th of July. DOWN FROM LONDON. $ 0 A.M.—Stopping, if required, to take up Passengers at all the Stations. 9 15 ♦.M.—Calling at Broxbourne and Bishop Stortford. UP FROM CAMBRIDGE. 6 30 rat.—Stopping ar, all the Stations. 10 30 p.m.—Calling at Wendon, Bishop Stortford, and Broxbonme. UP FROM NORWICH. 9 0 A.m.—Calling at all the Stations. DOWN TO NORWICH. C 0 r.m.—Calling at all the Stations. By Order, Bishingate Station, June 2S, 1847 C. P. RONEY, Secretary. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY. TIRD INSTALMENT. 81. per Shar e o f 171. 103., H due Ist of August, 1847, making Si. 4s, per Share crlled up. OXFORD AND BLETCHLY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice Is hereby given, that the Directors of the above-m en ti one d Company have this Ist of August, 1847. fav made a Call of 21. per Share, payable on th e The Shareholders are accordingly requested to pay the same at any of the under-mentioned bankers, producing at the game time the call letter, without which payment of the call cannot be ac cepted. HARRY VERNEY, Chairman. WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary. 30, Great George-street, Westminster, 11th June, 1847, UUCKINGIIIIII AND ItRACKLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that the Directors of the above-uatned Company have this day made a Call of 21. per share, payable on the lit of Atruust, 1847. The Shareholders are accordingly requested to pay the same at any of the undermentioned Bankers,* producing at the same time the Call Letter, without which payment of the Call cannot be ac cepted. HARRY VERNEY, Chairman. WYNDIIAM HARDING, Secretary, 30, Great George-street, Westminster, June 11, 1847. Interest at 5 per cent. will be charged by the Bankers on all Calls which remain unpaid after the appointed day. No interest accrues on any Share during the period when any Call due by the Proprietor remains unpaid. No transfer of shares will be received on or after the let August, 1847, until the call is paid. *BANKERS. London .... • Messrs. Gly n , Halifax, Mills, and Co., Lombard- street. . Birmingham .. The Birmingham Banking Company. Liverpool • • .. The Borough Bank. Manchester .. Sir B.lieywood and Co. A,ylesbary.... Messrs. Bickford and Hunt, and the London and County Bank. Buckingham.. Messrs. Bartlett, Parrott, and Hearn, and the London and County Bank. Banbury •• —Messrs. Cobb and Co., and Messrs. Gilbert and Tawney. Oxford Messrs. Wootten and Co., and the London and County Bank. - Ziemer.. • • .. Messrs. Tubb. CEYLON RAILWAY COMPANY The holders of scrip receipts are requested to transmit the same for registration to the secretary, at the omces of the Company, 8, Broad-street-buildings, City, on or before the 15th of July next, accompanied by the subjoined form. Parties sending scrip by post are advised to write across the face of the receipts "sent for regis tration," with their names and addresses. An acknowledgment will be given for the scrip, which will be exchanged for share certi- Skates of 151. each after full registration. D. I. NOAD, Sec. Ceylon Railway Company, June 18, 1847. FORM TO ACCOMPANY SCRIP RECEIPTS. To the Secretary of the Ceylon Railway Company. Sir,—l herewith transmit► Scrip receipts of shares in the Ceylon Railway Company, numbered as below, and I hereby request you to register me as the proprietor, under the provisions of the deed of settlement, of shares in the Ceylon Railway Company. Christian and Surname in fu11...... . Re5idence........................•• Occupation ...... • • .. Woe. of Scrip Receipts. Fives •r Tens. Total number of Shares ßepresented. From to From to From to Form to accompany scrip and copies of the report may be ob tained on application at the offices of the Company, 8, Broad-street buildings. QPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. Tho thousands of individuals who fur upwards of twenty years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change ; and it can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing the roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and lOs per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate street, Whiteehapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 63, Corn hill ; Butler, 4, Cheapslde ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 130, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond- Street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge; Finnigin, htilsom-street, Bath; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham; and of mos Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, post-paid. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye.' bserve, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH Alit) MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. This day is unlashed, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, pri 2s. fol., ,m• forwarded, post paid, to any address, secure from observation, for 3e. Pict. in ros.aze Stlm SELF-PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise on Marriage, and on those iiteeret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Matur,y, that are usually acquired at an early period of life, wide& tend to destroy phys cal and mental energy, ardour, pas sion, and all the attributes o 3fanhood. illuerated with Twenty five Coloured Engravings on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Dis eases of the Urinary and Repreductive Or.fars, explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and show , it the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, excesses, and infecti )n. With Practical Observations on the Treatment or Nervous Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and other diseases. By SAMUEL LA.'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorer , Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. CONTENTS OP THE TREATISE. CHAPTER 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— Czarraa 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Gencrativk Organs, their ftuictions, structures, and secretions, proving that Brea Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action --CHAPTER E. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on th. Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the function• of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of th , Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youti and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness. Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—Cwarritits 5 and 6. Or the Disorders arising from indiscriminate Excess, Strictures, and Other Diseases. RATTERS OT TUE WORK. LA'.llzar ON SELF-PREBRRVATION.—KENT AND RICTIARDS.—This Work possesses, advantages over eery other other of the kind sub mitted to public notice. The author is a medical man of some con siderable talent, who has devoted many years to the study of his profession, and as a guarantee of his pretensions has published his qualifications and diplomas in the work, and several testimonials of his abilities from physicians and surgeons of great eminence, which Is a most important consideration to those who, from the peculiar nature of their infirmities, are obliged to seek medical assistance from strangers. The subject is treated altogether in as excellent Manner, and by its perusal the unfortunate victim of 'vicious habits *ad excessive dissipation, will be enabled to account for peculiar disabilities, and to discover the means of alleviating their sufferings In an easy and effectual manner.—LTaited Service Gazette. Published by the Author, and nsay be bad at his residence; also born Kent and ilichard.4 62, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co-, 63 , Oxford-street Stade, Tickborne-street Quadrant; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London; Newton, , Church-street, Liverpool mid by all Booksellers. At House for Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, and from Five till Eight ; and all letters immediately replied to, if containing Vali:s l 4 IL. for Ildvioer bee!! 4 BreDFORD4TRZET 13W108136 MOM. 119APPDX. 4 o Annual AIM Pre- -1" I s. d. 60 i 100 0 174 3 4 . Perma nent Re duction of Annual Premiunui.l V 0 0:: • • - • - • .• , . ;•,.• ' 4 4.64 - 4 4, V! iff edihoHil f ? 0001 , 11 - Itn4 // :/ // / 5,1 141, i ",/, " • 1164 - ) _ 4, • _ - oft gp s .•• 1; A r a,- , 001 , V• 04? z i , DI E -R _ PRICE SD. hare the great bulk of the trade to the northern ports in their hands. By Sir G. Clerk—The reason of that is, that the goods are generally insured in America, and the terms of the insurance are that they shall be shipped by the American packets; and those ships have likewise the advantage of filling up with goods of every description. I admit that the removal of some of the restrictions im posed by the navigation-laws might prove beneficial; but I should always be afraid of infringing upon the prin ciple of those laws—of opening the market at all, lest the alteration should be carried to an extent which would injure British shipping. By Mr. Ricardo—l do not think that the navigation laws have raised the rates of freights; if they bad it was to a very trifling extent. If the navigation laws were repealed foreign ships might carry cheaper for a time, but I believe that when they had driven the English ships out of the market they would raise their rates again. The British shipowners have had little or no profit for the last 20 years, and that is a proof that the navigation laws had not raised the rates of freight. Mr. Ricardo—Then the navigation-laws have not answered your views. Mr. Lockett—lt has answered them to the extent that they gave confidence to the shipowners. By Mr. Villiers—Freights have been higher since December last, although the navigation-laws have been suspended, but that was eaused by an increased demand for shipping to bring breadstuffs to this country. An increase in the trade of this country must necessarily create an increased demand for shipping. I have no doubt that the withdrawal of protection from the West India colonies caused a greater amount of sugar to be imported into this country, and, consequently, a greater demand for shipping. The more cargoes a ship brings of course the better for the owner. By Mr. Ricardo—The freight for sugar at present from the West Indies varies from 4s. to ss. per cwt. ; at this time last year the rates varied between 3s. 6d. and 3s. 9d. per cwt. If the navigation-laws were repealed we could not compete with American ships ; they would have a great advantage over us in being allowed the carrying trade to our West India colonies. But the principal competition .1 apprehend would be with the Baltic ships. In fact I believe that if the market was thrown open British ships would be driven out of the trade. English shipping had already suffered much in consequence of our entering into treaties of reciprocity with foreign ship-building nations. By Mr. Liddell—The shipping of those countries with which we have entered into treaties of reciprocity has invariably increased, while our shipping has diminished. This is a proof that throwing open the trade cannot fail to annihilate British shipping, for it is impossible for us to compete with the foreign cheap ship-building nations. Mr. William Imrie was the next witness examined. By Sir H. Douglas—He was a shipowner and ship broker at Liverpool, and was acquainted with the principle and the operation of the navigation-laws. If the navigation-laws were repealed he believed that freights would be lowered for a short time. But when British ships were displaced, which must inevitably be the case if those laws were abolished, he thought that the foreigners would return to their old rates. He had no doubt whatever that the shipping of this country would fall off, and that the trade which our shipowners at present possessed would emerge into the hands of foreigners. He saw by the accounts brought by the Halifax steamer, which arrived at Liverpool yes terday morning, that the Americans had, during the last ten months, exported twenty-eight millions sterling of bread-stuffs to England, including freights, and they had chiefly been sent in American ships. The West India trade, he thought, would suffer very much, for the Americans would bring to this country the sugar of the West Indies, which was the only advantages the ship ping interest derived at present from the West India trade. He did not consider that cheap ships produced eheap freights. He thought that the admission of slave grown sugar into this market was the greatest boon that was ever conferred on British shipping. Mr. Ricardo—Cannot the Brazilian ships bring Brazi lian sugar, and Spanish ships bring Cuban sugar? Mr. Imrie—Yes ; but they have no ships to bring it. The Americans have ships that could bring it if they were allowed to do so. He thought that there would be more fluctuations in freights under a free trade in shipping than under the present system, because the foreign tonnage would be very much increased, and the greater the amount of tonnage the greater would be the fluctuations in the rates of freight. The Committee adjourned till Thursday. RUSSIAN MINISTERIAL COR RUPTION. _ _ We find the following in the Union Monarchique : " A letter from Warsaw, of the eth, informs us that the Emperor Nicholas was expected in that city, but the precise date of his arrival could not be fixed, both on account of the state of his health, and on account of some unforeseen affairs, the solution of which will perhaps detain him for some time longer at St. Peters- burgh. It appears that by circumstances, owing entirely to chance, the Emperor has discovered the trace of a host of mal-practices committed by several high func tionaries, who enjoyed. till now, all the confidence of h;s Imperial Majesty. The indignation caused to the Emperor by this discovery exercised the most serious influence on his health, which seemed almost entirely re-established. Among the persons said to be com promised in this affair is cited General Levacheff, one of the principal judges of the conspiracy of 1825, and the Minister of War, Prince Tchernicheff, the same who in 1811 was sent to Paris by the Emperor Alexander with the secret mission to gain over some employes of the Ministry of War, to obtain possession of documents re lative to the state of the French army. Already a most severe investigation has been ordered by the Emperor, who, without regarding for a moment the elevated rank of the guilty parties, has energetically declared his firm intention of exposing all the truth, whatever it may be, to the face of day. Unfortunately it is to be feared that the Emperor will not be seconded as he could desire to be in the interest of the country, in the rude task of justice that he has imposed on himself. The new penal code which is to come into operation on the Ist of January next, has been received at Warsaw. The general principles on which the code is based are, it is known, entirely opposed to those of the French legislation, which at present is in operation in Poland. This event, however, has produced very little sensation, and for the moment nothing seems to menace the per fect tranquillity which reigns in Poland, all the inha bitants of which, without exceptions of classes, ap pear profoundly discouraged from the recollection of the political convulsions of the last year. There reigns at present a little disquietude among the people of Little Russia, in consequence of the sudden arrest, at Cracow, of four professors and some students of the University. The motives of this proceeding were kept a secret, but it was generally attributed to the clandestine publication of some works in which the Rus sian Government was severely attacked with reference to the question of Polish nationality. At the commence ment of the month a writer, M. Kulesza, who passed for one of the authors of this work, has also been arrested at the moment at which he passed through Warsaw on his way to a foreign country, and he was immediately sent to St. Petersburgh. THE ROMAN-DUTCH LAW. The Zuid-Afrikaan, of the 19th of April, publishes reports of proceedings instituted against Lieutenant- Colonel Lindsay, for flogging the boy Smith, a youth who refused to obey some direction given by the Lieutenant-Colonel, and prefaced the reports, v% hich we also subjoin, with the following remarks :—The session of the Circuit Court at Graham's Town, held on the sth instant, has been exceedingly important. The criminal calendar was unusually heavy, and con tained a variety of offences, but the interest of a par ticular case appears to have surpassed that of all the rest. The unfortunate Albany youth, Smith, so shamefully ill-treated during the first act of the Kafir war, by order of Lieutenant-Colonel Lindsay, had— assisted by the sympathy of the community—insti tuted an action at his own instance, criminal as well as civil, in order by that process to obtain that re dress to which, as a British subject, he had such an indubitable right. The result of those actions is set forth in the subjoined report, and we regret to say, that it is all but calculated to allay the public anxiety on the subject. The public—that is, in this instance, the whole colony from one extremity to the other had, since the occurrence of the painful event, been_ seized by the greatest indignation, and naturally watched the watched with more than ordinary vigilance th e l pro ceedings connected therewith. Those pre se nt for ward rd immediate vicinity of the place wheret heartrend ing scene occurred, immediately_ cam laud ably to support the poor injured person--the son of a needy widow—sensible have, a s a m t . h o a tt t e:r se a p ff a e r e a t t i e n d g tevenhe entire from that consideration, the limitation even of such wilful excess of authority community. They have, by adopting that course, made his case their own; and nothing can nor ought to create less surprise than the great interest displayed on every hand with respect to this prosecution ; an interest not a little augmented by the fact that this is the first case in which, if we mistake not, an indivi dual has been compelled to secure the protection of the law at his own instance and expense. It is not our intention at present to enter into any detailed discussion of the refusal on tile part of the public prosecutor to afford redress to the injured party in the usual course of law. He is not bound, we believe, to give any explanation on that head; nor is it, we presume, of any im portance, to be made acquainted with it just now. The public have nobly taken the case into their own hands, and we are satisfied that nothing is or can be calculated to divert them from this honour able task. They have the greatest interest in the decision of the matter, involving a guarantee against such wanton abuse of power, as is said to have been committed in the case at issue. It is a known fact that the most respectable classes of our burghers have been in the field during the present war, and as no one is able to penetrate the dark veil of futurity, and to give an assurance that such service will never again be required, it is naturally of importance that No. 17,093. LON DON, TH U RSDAY EVENING S N 7 PUBLICATIONS. TT IS IMPOSSIBLE to describe, within the limits of an advertisement, the bare outline of what TIIE MAN IN THE MOON Contains for JULY. 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It is known, in technical phrase, as the epidemic gastic fever, and its symptoms are tenderness at the pit of the stomach, accompanied with severe pain in the head, a sympathetic and secondary result of the affection of the stomach. Its origin is starvation. It is anything but malignant, and would rarely prove fatal were the proper medical treatment promptly applied, and a supply of nourishing food afforded. In one in stance which has come under our notice during the past week, it has been accompanied with delirium, and in some three or four others with death. An instance of death from fever of a typhoid character occurred in the person of an Irish inmate of the gaol, on Satur day last, but it is altogether an exception to these of which we are speaking. We were informed yester day by the Rev. Joseph Render, whose zeal in the service of these poor creatures is beyond all praise, that in one of the houses in Smith's-court, between Middle-street and West-street, a poor woman, whilst in this fever, had been prematurely confined, and that when he visited her she was laid in one corner of the room in a dying state, her child dead on the floor at a little distance, and her husband extremely ill in ano ther corner of the room. Both these parties are since dead. Three of their children were subsequently at tacked by the fever, but, under the care of Mr. Day parochial surgeon, are now recovering. Another fe male has died in it at No. 9, Middle-street. _ The resident surgeon in the Infirmary informs us that there have been five cases of this fever in that institution during the week, and that they are all going on favourably. The resident surgeon of the Dispensary says, that between twenty and thirty new cases have come under treatment in that institution during the past week, and that all which have been brought under the notice of the medical officers at an early stage are out of danger. There are four cases in the vagrant-office, but none of them are remarkable. We proceed to state the measures which have been adopted in order to limit the spread of the fever, and, if possible, to save the town altogether from its ra vages. And, in the outset, it is requisite to observe that the town is greatly indebted to the worshipful the mayor, and T. W. Palmer, Esq., justice of the peace, for the strenuous efforts they have made in bringing the subject before the proper• authorities, and also to those authorities, for the prompt regard they have manifested in their measures for the preser vation of the public health. Messrs. Jalland and Palmer presented to the governor of the poor the earliest information they received concerning the fever, with the request that he would meet it in the most effectual manner practicable. Mr. Drant communicated with the guardians for Sculcoates on the expediency of the joint establish ment of a fever hospital. The latter parties having extended their sick wards and increased the number of their baths, in anticipation of a larger number of sick paupers, thought it prudent to decline co operating with the guardians of the Hull Workhouse in the manner proposed. Mr. Drant then converted the vagrant-office into a temporary fever hospital, and subsequently the commodious building on the Humber bank, formerly occupied by the pauper children. The mayor 'stated in the Police Court, on Saturday and Tuesday last, that he had been informed of these judicious proceedings by the chairmen of the respective boards of guardians. Mr. Palmer wrote to the go vernor and guardians of the poor of Hull, on Monday, stating a case which had that day come under his notice as a magistrate, of a man going from house to house begging, who was the father of a family of five children, all in the fever. In that letter he wisely suggests that " all Irish vagrants, on entering the town should ibe stopped by the police, examined by a medical man, and, if necessary, sent to a fever hospital ;" and that " the walls of each room in Mill. street, and all others similarly tenanted, should be washed with lime, the windows made to open at the top, and this done at the parish expense forthwith." The success which has hitherto attended the means exercised on behalf of the afflicted objects of the fever is highly encouraging, and leave us room to regret nothing except that the means could not unfor tunately have been put into operation earlier, an so have saved the lives of those who have become its victims. In the majority of instances, when the fever has attacked one member of a family, the rest have not escaped, as they doubtless might have done, had the invalid been removed, at the outset of his attack, to such receptacles as are now provided. All needful precautions are now being taken those who have taken those precautions, I rtypeat, are worthy of all praise, and there is now nothing to fear, unless the hot weather, which, a l ong with the season of ripe fruit, may be shortly pected, should alt er th e na ture of the fever, CADVERTISEMENT.]—DBAkIVASS, NEW DISCOVERY.- 39, AMILSIARLE-STREET, Ptthanu.Ly.—The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerfhl small newly-invented instrument, for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be produced ; it is modelled to the ear so that it rests within, vedhout projecting, which can be inserted in the ears and removed In company unobserved ; and, being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. The powers of this valuable new invention are so great as to bring very defective hear ing, of long standing., to its perfect and natural state, and to enable deaf persons to enjoy general conversation, to hear distinctly at church, On the bench, at the bar,:and at public assemblies; the un pitsteant sensation of singing noises in the ears arc entirely removed, and it affords to individuals affected with this dreadful malady all the assistance that possibly could be desired. Also improved hearing Trumpets of every description. Tile newly-invented Spectacles, immediately they are placed be ore extremely imperfect vision, that mist and chillness which appear before the eyes II at once removed, every object becomes clear and distinct, so that the most aged im perfect sigh becomes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its youth ful, natural and orlgieal state. Also Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, &c. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. 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Therefore, let no case, however desperate, be despaired of, for these sovereign remedies h; we been pro-eminent in curing many, after the most skillul medics I science had failed. Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Hi Aloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London. A GORMANDIZER.—There was found dead I lately on the banks of Pulganny, a li aB t h e Water of Ba denook, near Drutnlanford-house, a cra i gy heron, the emu nach of which. when examined, actually contained the uazing nurabo of 39 fine burn trout..... Apr Advertiser, ANOTHER BALLOON ASCENT IN MANCHESTER. On Monday evening last, Mr. Gale made a second and more successful ascent in his balloon, the " Prince of Wales." from the Pomona Gardens. The balloon was moored by the side of the small lake in these very pic turesque gardens, and in a small gravelled area, which allowed the spectators to form a large ring around it. The balloon, from its great height when inflated, was a very conspicuous object from the outside of the gardens, and attracted the attention of great crowds on the Chester and the Stretford roads, and all the elevated spots and banks in the neighbour. hood; nay, so desirous were some parties to have a good view of it, that they ascended to the top of a new and very high chimney in the neighbourhood. The inflation of the balloon having been commenced on Saturday, it was quite fully inflated by Monday afternoon, but from the quality of the gas which had been supplied, Mr. Gale was nevertheless very doubtful whether it would have sufficient buoyancy to enable him to ascend with his double car, or take up the supplemental balloons, the use of which we shall presently describe. Mr. Gale calculates that, with gas of the specific gravity of '350 his balloon would have sufficient buoyancy to take up himself, three other persons, his supplementary car and balloons, and 21 cwt. of ballast ; the gas with which he made his ascents in London had a specific gravity of about .400, whilst that which he ob tained from the Manchester gas works, though of a superior quality for the burning purposes to which it is ordinarily applied, had a specific gravity of 475, -and was, therefore, much less suited for balloon purposes. All the necessary preparations having been made, the double car was appended to the balloon, about seven o'clock. This consists of two large baskets, placed the one on the top of the other, fitting into it and, having a large hole in the bottom ; the upper and lower compartments are during the ascent fastened tightly to each other ; but the connecting ropes can be so relaxed as to allow the lower division to hang in the air 30 or 40 feet below the tipper. The lowering of she lower division of the cg-stretches out a rope ladder, and the adronaunt then descend's - (ee 'represented itr-the ,, illustrated placards announcing Mr. Gale's ascent) through the hole in the bottom of the upper car. The ear having been affixed, Mr. Gale and a young man, his assistant, entered it, taking with them licwt. of ballast; and having a frame hung to the bottom of the car on which were placed the fireworks necessary for firing the royal salute.. Mr. Gale then allowed the balloon to ascend a short distance and then descend, it being held by a rope, for the purpose of testing its buoyancy, the proprietor of the gardens being, of course, very urgent that the supplementary balloons should, if possible, be attached, in order to keep faith with the public. This experiment showing that Mr. Gale had somewhat under-estimated the buoyancy of the balloon, the supplemental balloons were then attached. These are two small balloons, suspended in a collapsed state from the upper part of cash side of the balloon, and having a canvas pipe leading to them from the neck of the main balloon. There use is as follows :—When a balloon fully inflated ascends, as the atmosphere becomes more rarefied, the expansion of gas in the balloon renders it necessary to allow a considerable quantity to escape, in order to prevent the balloon from bursting ; this escape (which takes place to such an extent, that Mr. Gale calculates that a balloon in ascending 2,000 feet, loses one-tenth part of the gas which it originally contained), being directed into the supplemental bal loons, by choking the neck of the large balloon, inflates them, causing them of course to stand up from the upper part of the balloon like two wings, as represented on the placards, and enabling the aeronaut to ascend very much higher than he would otherwise be able to do. These balloons, however, though thus ultimately aiding the ascent of the parent balloon, do necessarily at first check it to some extent. The supplemental balloons having been attached, and all the number less little arrangements of ropes, &c., having been completed, Mr. Gale, about half past seven o'clock, libe rated the balloon, which immediately rose rapidly and majestically, amid the cheers of the spectators, and the playing of two bands of music. The balloon passed over the Chester-road, and bore, for a short distance, to the south-eastward, as though it were going in the direction of Stockport,—the direction which it took on the former occasion. As, however, it rose, the upper current of air carried it in a southward, and subsequently in a westward direction. When the balloon had ascended to the height of about 4,000 feet, Mr. Gale lowered the lower car, and shortly after descended the rope ladder with considerable rapidity ; of course, at the distance at which the balloon then was, Mr. Gale appeared to the spectators in the gardens merely as a speck. After he had reached the lower car, he discharged the fireworks attached thereto. These had a rather curious effect, as the explosive substance fell 200 or 300 feet from the balloon before they exploded. Mr Gale having discharged the fireworks, ascended to the upper car, and the balloon then ascended rapidly, having been liberated of a weight of about fifteen pounds by the discharge of the fireworks. The greatest height attained was about a mile and a half. This was without the aid of the supplementary balloons, as Mr. Gale, having no object in ascending higher, did not inflate these, but permitted the gas to escape in the usual way. Mr. -Gale, after a journey of rather more than half an hour, descended at eight minutes past eight o'clock, at Mr. Timperley's farm, at Sinderland, in the parish of Bowdon. The descent, which was of the gentlest description, was into a pasture field; there was a great crowd of the country people assembled, and Mr. Gale having thrown his grappling iron to them, was pulled in by them. They behaved to him with the great es t ki n d ness , an d he was bro ug ht to the gardens m (whr.ereWhrieghatr,riovfedthaeboußtay Malton inn.half past ele ven o'clock) Mr. Gale's ascent was witnessed in the gardens by a very numerous and respectable company, who after wards promenaded about these really very pretty grounds, the animation of the scene being still further in creased by a great number of boats on the river. The up per part of the gardens was very tastefully illuminated, and about half-past ten o'clock a display of fireworks took place ; the rockets were most excellent, but the set pieces were only indifferent, chiefly from having been badly set. The Temple of Ronan, which is a large transparency extending nearly across the gardens, and representing with a very pleasi ng e ff ect . T wo bands of musi c a Chinese templ e , was also illuminated, and a party of Lancashire bell-ringers enlivened the scene by their performances. The outside passengers on the omnibus which left Manchester for Altrincham and Bowdon at sev en o ' c l oc k , h a d an excellent view o f the balloon all th e way from Stret f or d to Altrinch am ; wouldthe they saw in its sriiseedearincluadde,scaeendt, theyw hichalsoonesegwe, the flash ofntleman said flame, on the ignition of each rocket discharged by the aeronaut (who was distinctly seen to descend from and re.ascend into the upper car), followed by a report, and then by a small balloon -shaped dark object, which at first was conjectured to be a small balloon, but it soon resolved itself into a wreath of thin smoke. Six or seven of the dis charges were seen and heard. As the omnibus en tered Altrincham, the balloon being obviously descend. ing, many persons were hastening thence along the Manchester road to be in at " the fall." The clear sky of the lower atmosphere (though higher up there were dark clounds) rendered the balloon an exceedingly beautiful spectacle for miles round the site of its ascent. —Manchester Guardian. MADAGASCAR.—.There appears to be little chance of any opening of the trade of Madagascar by the Queen of that island. The rumour circulated in town through the journals a few days ago, that the authorities at Tamatave had announced that it was probable that the trade would be opened next year, is incorrect. Captain Labury, of the Charles Heddle, touched there on his way to West Coast for a cargo of oxen. He was refused any oxen there, and he learned that the Europeans at that place Were badly treated and under the strictest surveillance. A Malgache, one of the Administration having openly shown a desire to renew connexion with the Europeans, had been condemned by the Queen to be an d who were accused of having kept burnt out he avoided this cruel death by swallow ing poison. Malgache women who had in their posses. were publicly sold to sion merchandise formerly belonging to the traders who them, were Indianopolis, had been expelled, preached to a congregation of s n pa CURIOSITIESv a ery correspondence_ maui coieprna. : w e with b e afterwards related was twice as lately, Dr. Elliott, editor of the " Christian Advocate," hpisreached to in 1822. On that occasion a Cincinnati news t m w a o n y a s persons. h e 0 n once a Mohawk woman travelled fourteen miles on foot to, hear him preach, but she did not understand English and Dr. Elliott could not preach in th e M o h aw k tongue. He had an interpreter, however, who knew Wyandott and English ; and another was found who could speak Wyandott and Mohawk. So Dr. Elliott preached in English ; the first in ter p reter t ranslated the discourse into Wyandott ; and the secon d translated it into Mo hawk. A pretty sermon , no doubt, they made of it, before it got to the Mohawk woman. Some time ago, Mr. Lawson, proprietor of the Hotel Bedford, Rue St. Honor 6, 323, but who has now a splendid hotel in the Rue de I'Arcade, obtained a against M. B a voux damages, several adver- Galignani's M esseng er, to be let, though, v sthit e isas r et d r i n c lega t n , nttdisl w laot i rt t d h ot,h eb B o , lH o .o o roi O nt f es . lehrßa d t ve a eid m dn fgaoigrnd was in point of fact, Mr. Lawson's lease did not expire until some months afterwards. The damages were awarded because the court held that the Hotel Bedford was the property of Mr. Lawson, though the house in which the business of the establishment was carried on belonged to M. Bavoux. An appeal having been made against the decision by M. Bavoux, the case came on for argument on Saturday before this Cour Royale. M. Bavoux's advocate set forth that Mr. Lawson would not renew his lease of the house o. 323, Rue St. HonorC, be cause M. Bavoux demandcld 40,000 f. a year, instead of 25,000 f. that had bebeenpreviously p a id ; b u t h e denied that in causing the advertAsement s to be inserted, M. Bavoux had intended to d',) any injury to that gentleman. The n t e h e h c m o n i n t j r a u r r y y , b contended a t p h d e a: t o p e l t e h a t e e n advertisement s t ohhnea, o i g h hotel, under the belief that be retired from business, and produced letters in proof of his statement, The court took this view of the Lawson.—Galignani. judgment in favour of Dar. matter, and confirmed tile JULY 1, 1847. CLOSING OF THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS. An adjourned monthly meeting of the Dock Commis sioners of Birkenhead was held at their rooms, Hamilton square, on Monday morning. There was a full attendance of Commissioners. The CHAIRMAN (Joseph Mallaby, Esq.) said. that at the last meeting he took occasion to remark, from the infmmation which he then had, that they were, as a body of commissioners, in this deplorable condition— that they had no funds whatever in hand to conduct the works or to pay even the current wages, or to answer the obligations of several contracts which were partly agreed to, but which were not yet begun. You are aware of the position in which we were. You are aware that it was intended, if possible, to accomplish something which might hare the effect of placing funds in our hands until we could compel the payment of moneys that were due to us, so as to enable us to go on with our works. You came to a resolution which directed a certain application to be made to one large debtor of the trust, in the hope that a compliance with it would have enabled you to have carried on the works —probably on a more moderate scale—until a more comprehensive relief could be obtained. I dare say you are aware that that application totally failed, and that the large debtor to the trust to whom I have adverted did not respond to the call which was made ; from what motives, under what in ducements, I do not pretend to say ; but the effe.ct of course was to place you in a position of serious embar rassment. I went to London with Mr. Potter. We were, lam glad to say, met shortly after our arrival there by Mr. Brownrigg. We concurred in making a certain application, in the hope that, for the protection or the redemption of their interest, they would have made still further advances, and have enabled us to have made still further progress with the works. Those two gen tlemen have resisted that application, although it was made :in all frankness, and with a full and explicit statement of our position, and of what must be the result of our position, when our bills fall due on the 30th of this month. You all know, from that position alone, what must be the consequence of our not being enabled to comply with the necessity of the 30th of June. How ever, the application failed. I saw, afterwards, one of the Crown officers, and after that I had a very long discus sion with Mr. Potter and Mr. Brownrigg, and the Com missioners of Woods and Forests, and explained our affairs and the advantages which I considered would result from a determination on the part of the Crown, not merely to assist us in a pecuniary way, but to help and inspirit us with their countenance. Having done that, lam glad to say that we should have had their countenance, and we should have received the sum of 50,0001. Upon that pro mise I made a communication to the committee here to enable them to obtain that which was necessary for the purpose of going on with the works, and protect you from the evil consequences of stopping them. In a couple of days, unfortunately, it turned out, notwithstanding the anticipations of the Crown officers, that the main source from which that fund was expected promptly to be paid, the Exchequer Loan Commissioners, had not the means for supplying it, and therefore the Crown were in this position, that, being willing to do all they could for us, they could only do it by raising upon their property in connexion with the trust, and that they were prepared to do, by going into the market, and obtaining it upon such arrangements as I submitted to them. You are aware that the first Bill, that which relates to the new dock, had a clause in it, which came through the Com mons, confirming the title of the Crown and the Commis sioners, not merely to the property that was granted to you, but to the property which it was necessary to have granted to you, in order to release the works which had been made, and which are described under the second act under the Bill. For you will see that, without the Crown's title, the works might have been made without the authority of the first Act of Parliament. This Bill for the new dock would then be utterly use less, because it would give you a right to nothing. Not withstanding that, we were met in the House of Lords by petitions from various parties for the purpose of denying the right of either the Commissioners or the Crown to the land, and of thus placing in jeopardy the whole of what we had doae, and the whole of what we proposed to do. The petitioners were the dock company, the Corpo ration of Liverpool, Mr. Price, and others ; but those were all who finally appeared. Now, it is clear, that the Commissioners can expend ro more money until these questions are decided, and all I want you to deliberate upon is, what, under the circumstances, is the best course to pursue. The Crown Solicitor told Mr. Potter and myself, that the proper course was at once to withdraw both the Bills, as they could be of no practical advantage to the Commissioners, and only prevent such arrangements being finally made as would be entered into if those Bills were not passed. The second Bill I place no stress upon, because I don't believe any one thinks that Bill would be of any value. We will pledge ourselves not to do more with the docks until our title to the site of the whole can be con firmed. My reason for putting it in that way is this—and I am obliged to state it publicly, in order to show the nature of the advantage that will accrue from it—that suppose somebody else than the Crown should be en titled to the land, we might induce them to confirm our title to what the Crown had proposed, if we propose to go on with the works; so that in the end, if we can only get these things so settled, we may, whether the Crown have the title or not, get our rights con firmed. If we have to pay for the sight of the works, for the site of the area of these docks, I need not say to you that it would be one of the most insane acts that any of us could think of committing, to go on with works that must necessarily resolve themselves into not merely a profitless speculation, but a great loss to the bondholders; for we never could receive one fraction if we had to pay for the area of the docks as well as the solid structure and masonry, as they have to do in Liverpool. If anything like a rate is to be paid by us, such as is paid by the corporatio❑ on the other side, you can hardly measure the amount that you will finally hare to pay. The proposal, therefore, I would submit is, that we enter into a resolution authoris• ing a proposal to be made to the Crown, that if they will allow the new dock Bill to pass, that you will not expend further sums upon the works, or use the existing docks until your title be confirmed ; and if you enter into a resolution to that effect, I will do all in my power to get an assent to the Bill i❑ the proper place ; and I think if we can accomplish that we shall have the means in our hands of inducing other parties, besides the Crown, to join in procuring us the title for our works. The chairman concluded by proposing a resolution to the above effect. Mr. WM. LAIRD then entered into a statement to show that there was no necessity for pledging themselves not to use the present docks, and proposed an amendment to the effect that that portion of the resolution be with drawn. The Liverpool Corporation could have little to do with any of the works there, and he thought they would be safe in proceeding with the works on the security which they had at present. Mr. BRYAN objected to any motion which would close the docks for a considerable period. The CHAIRMAN having entered into some explana tions in reply, and some further discussion having taken place, the amendment was seconded by Mr. Pritchard, and put to the meeting. It was lost by a large majority. Mr. WILLIAM LAIRD then proposed, as an amend ment, that Baron Goldsmid, Mr. Bailey, and Mr. Upton, three of the largest bondholders, should be consulted before such a resolution as that proposed by the chair man were passed, and requested application be made to Lord Morpeth, to see if he would not pass the Bill with out any such pledge. There were only four hands held up for the amendment. The original motion of the chairman was then put and carried by a majority of eight to three, and the pro ceedings terminated, with an assurance from Mr. Mallaby that he would do all in his power to forward the passing of the Bill.—Liverpool Times. COMMITTEE ON THE NAVIGA TION-LAWS. The Select Committee appointed by the House of Corn mona to inquire into the operation of the navigation-laws met on Tuesday. The following members were pre sent :—Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Liddell, Sir George Clerk, Sir 11. Douglas, Mr. Villiers, and Mr. Lysll. Mr. Milner Gibson was in the chair. Mr. Lockett was examined By Sir H. Douglas—l am a shipowner, a merchant, and an underwriter at the port of Liverpool, and I am chairman of the Shipowners' Association at that port. lam in the habit of supplying wines, spirits, and provisions for ships' stores. lam generally ac quainted with the provisions of the navigation-laws, and have never experienced any practical incon venience in my trade from their operation. I have read the evidence of the witnesses before this Committee in reference to the importation of copper ore and guano from Chili and Peru; but I do not concur in their opi nions as to the inconvenience which the navigation laws are said to cause to those trades. Ido not think that the quantity of British exports is at all diminished by the operation of the navigation-laws. I consider that the injury said to be inflicted upon the East India trade by the non-admission of Lascars as British seamen is caused by a particular Act, and not by the navigation laws. I think that the shipowners gene rally would not object to the repeal of that particular Act. The price of Peruvian guano varies at present from 81. 15s. to 91. per ton, and the p rice of Ch l L ay n e. guano varies between 51. and 51. 10s. p er for many years been in the habit of coming on in cen t ontact with the masters and mates of t he shi p s of almos every country in the world, and I consider that those who are engaged in the British mercantile marine are equal, in point of honesty, intelligence, integrity, and temperanc e , to the masters and mat es in. any other service; and that they are as good navigators. If the navigation-laws were repealed I would not, as a British shipowner, increase the amount of my tonnage. I believe that if those laws were abolished the shipwrights and other artisans en ' gaged in the trades connected with British shipping would be completely ruined, because ship-building in Great Britain must, in such an event, inevitably fall off. ! l am acquainted with the United States trade, and I know that the British ships engaged in that trade have ' not for some years past afforded the owners a fair remu nerating profit. The Americans have an advantage over British ships in the carrying trade, At present they F.•'' ''.- .A f zu p , /..„„.• the point resp ec ti ng th e exerc i se o f mill authority in such times be for ever properly decided. Any doubt in that respect cannot fail to have a highly pr 4radicial effect upon the disposjtions of the mo s t able defenders the co l ony ever had. The fate of the two actions is, as already stated, fully set forth in the subjoined report of the trial— the one having failed on account of a technical ex ception of which the defendant ingeniously availed himself, and the other referred to the Supreme Court by the judge himself. We expressly refrain for the present from making any remarks on these proceedings, fully concurring in those made by the local paper, and which, as will be seen, emphatically allude to the hardship imposed upon the plaintiff to send his witnesses to Cape Town—a distance of 600 miles arid upwards. But one remark we beg to add in conclusion, and this is embraced in the question, what could have prevented the judge to hear the wit nesses in the civil suit, leaving the arguments and the decision thereon to the Supreme Court ? If I mistake not, this course has been followed in more than one instance. CRIMINAL CASE. Lieut.-Colonel Lindsay, 21st Regiment, for assault on John Smith. This was a proscution instituted by the aggrier , party against the officer named, for having, while command of Fort Peddie, in the middle of last caused him, without trial, to be stripped, tied up. flogged, for refusing to go out and cut firewc . ' the post, at a time when the country round w fested with Kafirs. This case, it will be seer out at the very outset. The Attorney-Ge; declined to bring the action, and the case h; request of the parties been removed from the Court to the Circuit Court at Graham's Towi Court was crowded and the proceedings were lis, to with great interest. Mr. Attorney Jarvis proceeded to state his • - ception to the proceedings, namely, the non-com• pliance with the 20th section of the 40th ordinance, and 69th section of rules of the Supreme Court, making it imperative on parties who should prosecute any case after being declined by the prosecutor to enter into recognisances and find sureties for the costs of such prosecution. Mr. Ebden contended with great warmth against this objection, arguing that the required security had been tendered to the acting clerk of the place, who had not considered it of importance, and which, there fore, had not been given ; but that he then tendered the required recognisances. He trusted that a case of this high importance would not be got rid of by a frivolous objection. Counsel was proceeding to make some strong remarks upon the merits of the case, but was stopped by the Court, his Lordship remarking that he could not permit him to indulge in any personalities in addressing the Court on a tech nical point ; that the Court knew nothing of the case except what appeared on the face of the in dictment —namely, that it was a simple assault on a person named John Smith; but that if, as had been stated, the case involved matters arising out of the late proclamation of martial law, then it was a sub ject which could only be ,fairly and advantageously discussed before the Supreme Court, where her Majesty's Attorney-General would be present to defend, if they admitted of defence, the acts of the the Government. Counsel must be aware that he had no argument here when the rules of the Supreme Court and these had not been complied with, hence the case could not be entertained. It was absurd to argue that the observance of those rules in that case had been waived by Mr. Wienand, the acting clerk of the peace, who had no such authority, and any such plea could not be listened to for a moment. [The Acting Clerk of the Peace explained to the Court that he had not given his assent to any such informality as that in question ; it was a matter in which he had nothing to do, and he had stated so, having told the attorney in the case, Mr. Roberts, that he had no authority as clerk to the resident magistrate to issue a summons for the attendance of Colonel Lindsay ; but he urged him to do so and he complied, Mr. Roberts saying he would take upon himself all the responsibility.] His Lordship inquired in what manner other par ties were brought into Court ? The Acting Clerk of the Peace replied, by writ of the Supreme Court. Mr. Ebden then requested that the case might be re turned to the Supreme Court. His Lordship replied he had no power to make any order whatever upon the subject, the case was not before him ; had it been, he trusted Counsel had seen sufficient of him to know that he should have treated it upon its own merits, without any reference to the rank or station of the parties. His Lordship added, that all docu ments in the Circuit Court were returned to the Su preme Court, and the indictment in that case, and which was the only document sent up, would be so re turned in due course. Exception allowed and case dismissed. The ques tion of costs referred to the Supreme Court. Mr. Advocate Ebden gave notice that the process would be carried on i❑ the Supreme Court. CIVIL CASE.-J. SMITH V. MARTIN LINDSAY. On Thursday the action against Lieut.-Colonel Lindsay, at the suit of John Smith, for damages laid at 1,0001., for having caused him to be flogged at Fort Peddie, &c., caine on for hearing, Mr. Advocate Ebden appearing for plaintiff, and Mr. Attorney Jarvis for defendant. The Court suggested that the case should be removed by consent to the Supreme Court in Cape Town. This the counsel for the plaintiff stated he could not consent to, dwelling very forcibly upon the hardship to which plaintiff would be subjected by such removal. The Judge, on the other hand, contended that the case was one which involved questions connected with the promulgation of martial law, and which he felt it his duty, with or without consent, to remove to the Supreme Court, mlere alone - it could be properly determined. The counsel for the prosecution then moved that costs might be given him, and on the court demurring to this, en tered into a lengthened and warm argument, the ob ject of which was to show that the course of justice in this case had been improperly turned aside. The judge, with eloquence and dignity, rebuked counsel for the intemperance of his language, and again pointed out forcibly the impropriety of his determin ing singly a case involving matters of such vital mo ment, and which was connected with the acts of the Government while defending the colony. He had consulted his brother judges, and they were of opinion that it would be improper to entertain a question of such moment on circuit. Case removed accordingly, and the question of costs referred also for the con sideration of Supreme Court. This decision of the court seems to bear ex tremely hard upon the p:aintiff, who is clearly entitled to redress for having been treated with indignity and cruelty by order of the de fendant. The judge has given his reasons for im posing on the injured party, a poor youth, the neces sity of taking his witnesses to Cape Town, a distance of 600 miles, and in which, it must be admitted, there is considerable force. Without prejudging the case, we may say that we have always viewed the act of Col. Lindsay as a wanton stretch of arbitrary power, not warranted by the rules of the military service, still less by martial or any other law then in force. Still we are quite willing that Co.onel Lindsay should be dealt with fairly, and that everything should be said in his defence that can be urged; but on the other hand his rank in the service must not screen him from the consequences of the commission of an illegal act. Standing, however, as the judges of this colony do, high in the estimation of the public for fearless independency, it may be confidently assumed that the whole matter will e w t il t l h i e n c t l h ai e m ir s h o a f n :llic hands be 0 di sposed of as justice.shall 8 We read in the Gazette des Tribunaux .—" It is the usage of Parisien tradesmen to address to all persons whose banns of marriage are o ffi cially published pros pectuses and circular s, containing offers of merchandise of all descriptions, from the humbl est art i c l e of house hold furniture up to carr iages . and di amon d s. A b race published a t one o f th e Mairiee cmfehatwhakleiesaVicomte Adrian de J— with t•loohiiffmetcthohlCeeisovsimeuncrneuaestrsewtr; n s li s aningdetoloetoris Hermingarde de K—, and the same no tice was repeated i n t h e c h urch b y t h e Cure of t h e l a d y ' s parish. Immediately the Parisien tradesmen obtained the addresses of the bridegroom and bride, and pressed on them their offers of service. The Viscount lived in a splendid apartment in the Rue de Provence, and the fair Countess occupied an apartment in a hotel of the Falk. Bourg St. Germain, where she was under the tender care of an affectionate mother. After a great many entree. ties the Viscount graciously consented to purchase 8 splendid set of diamonds and a silver table service from tradesmen in the Palais Royal and the Place Vendome; from other persons he accepted five horses, a coups, ona of the carriages called Arnericaines, household and per sonal linen, a complete wardrobe for himself and his domestic, and a splendid corbeille for his bride. The lady, on her part also made several very extensive purchases. Neither, however, undertook to pay before the conclu sion of the marriage, the Viscount pleading that, having; only a paltry income of 20,000fe : , be first required to Ohei which 0 e h s fr p . a fo r; t n u t n s e e f r his futu re o sd v a w n i c f e e, h a i n m d , t t h o s . t . 3 fi O n o g , e o r o Ot he f r. wards the expense o f settin g u p an establishment. Bills, however, were offered and accepted. A few days after the tradesmen were much surprised to discover that the Viscount and the Countess, and the mamma of the Countess, had all vanished. Inquiries having been set on foot, it was discovered that the Viscount is a Greek, who had been expulsed from a watering-place for cheat. i n g at cards, and that the COuntess is a simple actress and was lately engaged at the Theatre des Variities. The worthy couple are, it is believed, at Baden-Baden or Homburg." FALL OF A GitArN LOFT.—Some days ago one of the lofts of a granary at Craigie gave way, and fell to the ground floor, with all its accumulated treasures , n one promiscuous uproar. We believe more granaries throughout the country have fallen within the last . six months than during the previous sixty years—certaml7 no proof of the scarcity so loudly asserted to exist is the laud.—Perth Advertise-. !s si