The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-21 00:00:00

PROPERTY OF MARRIED WOMEN. The following is the bill brought into the House of Commons by Sir E. Perry to amend the law with respect to the property of married women : " Whereas the law of property with respect to married women is unjust in principle, and presses with peculiar severity upon the poorer classes of the community, and ought, therefore, to be altered; now be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : "I. From and after the passing of this act a married woman shall be capable of holding, acquir ing, alienating, devising, and bequeathing real and personal estate, and of suing and being sued, as if she were a femme sole. ' _ " 11. No marriage solemnised after the Ist day of January, 1858, shall operate any change in or effect any charge on the real and personal estate of either husband or wife, except in so far as shall be specified in any settlement or agreement for a settlement made before the marriage. "111. All real and personal estate hereafter acquired by any married women, and which but for the passing of this act would fall under the control of, or :vest absolutely in, the husband, shall vest absolutely in the wife, and be subject to her sole disposition and control. "IV. The earnings of a married woman, in any occupation or trade carried on by her sepa rately from the occupation or trade of her husband, shall be deemed to be her personal estate, and as to all engagements or contracts entered into by her with respect to such occupation or trade she shall be solely liable, unless her husband interferes in the management or participates in the profits of such occupation or trade. " V. Upon the death of a married woman in testate, her husband shall take the same distribu tive share in her personal estate as such married woman would take in the personal estate of her husband if he died intestate. " TI. Subject to the last-mentioned provision, the personal estate of such married woman shall, if she leave any children, be distributed among them equally, or if she leave only one child the same shall go to such child ; but if she leave no child then the said personal estate shall go to or be distributed among such person or persons as would, under the Statute of Distributions, be entitled thereto, bad such married woman died a femme sole, and her real estate shall descend to her next heirs. " VII. A married woman shall be liable upon any contract which she may have entered into before mar riage, 'or which she may enter into on her own ac count or•jointly with her husband after marriage, and also for any pecuniary damage caused by her own: wrong. "VIII. — A husband shall not be liable for the debts of his wife contracted before marriage, or for any pecuniary damage caused by her own wrong, either before or after the marriage, but in every judgment obtained against - the wife, of whatsoever nattire, it shall be lawful for the plaintiff to take in execution the goods or other property of the hus band, but only to the extent of the amount or value of such goads or property acquired by the husband from or on behalf of his wife by ante-nuptial settle ment or otherwise. " IX. In all possessory actions the joint posses sion of husband and wife shall be deemed to be the po,session of the husband, and it shall not be ne cessary to join the wife in any such action ; and in all claims by third patties against husband and tr.ife - tr against the husband alone the title to per sona property in the apparent possession of the husband shall be deemed to be in him until the contrary be shown. " X. In any question or Title as to property or possession between husband and wife it shall be competent to either party to apply by petition to any judge of the superior courts of Westminster Hall, or to the judge of the county court of the district wherein the petitioner shall reside ; and such judge shall thereupon, if he sees fit, order the parties to attend before him, and shall proceed to hear them (or either of them, if the othei party after due novice fail to appear), and their witnesses, viva voce and in a summary way, without any pleadings touching the matter in dispute, and in his private room if th e part ies so re quire, and shall there upon make such older as to the properly or pos session, or as to a further inquiry, as justice may require ; and any breach of such order shall be treated as the breach of an order of the Court of Chancery, and be punished acco! "XI. Upon any such application it shall be competent to the_ judge to order an inventory of any property which after due inquiry shall appear to be the separate property of either husbaod or wife, to be prepared at the expense of the appli cant, and to be filed for record In his court. " XII. When a married woman having real or personal estate has aPowed her husband to receive the rents and profits., or to use and dispose of the personality, the husband shall not be held liable to account for such rents, profits, and personality for any period during which he has so received and disposed of them with such consent as afoiesaid ; and iu the case of ber death be shall be held liable to account only for such rents, profits, and perso nality as are in his hands or under his disposition and control. "XIII. Nothing in this act contained shall in terfere with any settlement, or agreement for a set tlement, made in consideration of marriage. "XIV. In the construction of this act the words `real estate' shall extend to manors, advowsous, roessuages, lauds, tithes, rent-charges in lieu of tithes, rents and hereditaments, whether free hold, customary freehold, tenant right, cus tomary or copyhold, or of any other tenure, and whether corporeal, incorporeal, or personal, and whether the same shall be in possession, re version, remainder, or contingency, and to any undivided share thereof, and to any estate, right, or iuterest (other than a chattel interest) therein ; awl the words "personal estate" shall extend to leasehold estates and other chattels real, and also to monies, shares of government and other funds, securities for money (not being real estates), debts, choses in action, rights, credits, goods, and all other property' whatsovever which by law devolves upon the executor or administrator, and whether the Fame be in reversion, remainder or contingency, and to any share or interest therein. " XV. This act shall not extend to Scotland or Ireiand. " XVI. This act may be citel as the "Married Woman's Property Act, 1857." THE STOPPAGE OF MESSRS. LAWE AND COMPANY'S BANK. PRESTON, MAT 20. Considerable astonishment was on Tuesday excited in Preston, by an article in the columns of a metropolitan newspaper, stating that this town wac in a complete state of confusion, &c. This is totally incorrect, as no loss is expected by the stoppage to the depositors. Mrs. Law© has already taken the necessary steps to obtain the probate of her deceased husband's will, and the clerks are all busily engaged in balancing the accounts and making all necessary preparations to wind up the estate i. e., as soon as the legal preliminaries are completed. On Tuesday a rumour was widely circulved to the effect that Messrs. Pedder (of the old bank) had-under taken to arrange the affairs of Messrs. Lawe and but it is utterly unfounded. On 'Saturday' Messrs. Pedder supplied the money to meet the claims falling duo at the savings bank, and the Messrs. Pedder are also undertaking to remit the customs dues until a receiver is appointed from London ; but no arrangement has been made by these gentlemen to cover the responsibilities of the late bank. Messrs. L-twe kept the account of the overseers, and Mr. Lawe was also treasurer to the B ►ard of Guardians, but we are informed that the latter body have overdrawn their account about 2001. If the bank bad been open on Saturday last, between 3,0001. and 4,000./. would have been transferred to their account by the overseers. The overseers were, in consequence of the stoppage, com pelled to find the guardians money for their present wants from some extraneous source, and it is stated that the Lancaster Banking Company advanced the sum re quired on Tuetday. The blowing is a copy of a circu lar issued : " Bank, Preston, May 16, 1857. "In consequence of the death of the late Itober . t Lawe, Esq., and of his having made no provision in his will for carrying on the bank, it has been found neces sary to close it. This step is t a k en w ith grea t reluct ance, on account o f the inconvenience which will be caused thereby to the various depositors, and every exertion will be made to render the delay in the payment of the claims as short as possible.—l am, your obedient servant, " GIRALD GIINDY, Agent." DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A M ERCHANT ' S CLERK Yesterday Mr. Payne held an Insuestg a t the school house, St. Mary•axe, on the body of Willi am Csbron aged 55, who committed suicide on Sund ay l ast. The deceased was in the employment of Mr. G eorge e lm ,. Hitchcock, general merchant, of No. 45, Lime-street, City, but he resided at No. 58, St. Mary-axe. gi s employer had noticed a litile despondency about him fur some time, and had spoken to him about it, and he said that he was suffering from a disease of the heart, but th a t h e s h ou ld b e we d i n a ver y short time. A femals g o i ng i nto t h e cellar of t h e h ouse where ho lived, between 9 and 10 o'clock on Sunday'night, saw the do. ceased banging by the neck by a rope fastened to a post, being in a kneeling position. Ile was quite dead. His feet were on the ground and his knees were bent. Mr. Horatio Cabron, of Upper Gower-street, Bedford-square, uncle of the deceased, said he had been for some years in business in Paris as a merchant, where he was once well off, but he had lost all his property, and that bad caused him to return to this country, His employer had found all his accounts to be perfectly correct. The jury returned a verdict of "Temporary Insanity." THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1857. THE GRAND DUKFI CONSTANTIIVE. A letter from Creusot, dated Sunday evening, at 6 o'clock, says : " The Grand Duke Constantine arrived yester day morning at 5 o'clock at the station of Chagny (Saone-et-Loire), and thence came across the coun try to this place by post, a distance of about 20 miles. The Prince was accompanied by M. Schneider, director-general of the establishment, and by the Marquis de Belmont, Colonel Fave, and Baron de Bourgoing, appointed by the Emperor Napoleon to attend him while in France, and by his own personal suite. The iron works of Creusot are justly celebrated, and may be reckoned superior to anything in France. The establishment is admirably situated, and presents a most picturesque appearance. The commune of the same name, which lies to its left, contains about 15,000 inhabitants, two-thirds of whom are em ployed at the works. The establishment is an an cient one, but its products did not begin to be sought for until 1822, when it entered on the fabri cation of iron by means of coke. Since then it has gone on constantly increasing, employing in 1837 2,400 workmen, in 1847 5,500, and in 1857 nearly 10,000. It contains not less than 150 coke-ovens, using each year 250,000 kilogs. of coals, and 10 large blast furnaces, transforming into iron 160,000,000 kilogs. of ore. The head of this great establishment, M. Schneider, Vice President of the Legislative Body, was accompanied on the occasion of the Grand Duke's visit by his son, a lad of 16, who is pursuing his education in one of the colleges of Peri'. After the Prince and his party bad par taken of some refreshment, the inspection of the different workshops began at about nine o'clock. Atter having gone rapidly through the princi pal parts of the establishment, the Prince visited the foundry, witnessing the casting of a large cylinder for a steam engine. The whole was effected in an instant, in the usual way, by two workmen manoeuvring an immense cauldronof liquid iron, which, by means of a crane, they poured into a mould prepared in advance. The Imperial visitor then inaugurated a new furnace. Receiving a torch from the foreman, he set fire for the first time to the charge which it contained. His Imperial Highness laughed heartily on learning that the fire, thus commenced, would be kept burn ing without intermission for seven years. The por tion of the foundry which concerns the articles re quiredin thena,vy particularly interested the Prince, and his inquiries were numerous. In the part of the works where copper boilers are manufac tured for the navy, six were heated and made be-, fore him in the course of a few minutes, the whole being riveted by steam with almost the rapidity of enchantment. The Prince then spent some 'time in the locomotive department, and nearly an hour in the model room. He also spent a considerable time in examining the engine which had been made for the Bayan corvette, 300 horse-power, in course of construction at Bordeaux for the Rus sian Government. The Imperial party then pro ceeded to the adjusting and turning rooms, and were much struck by the iramen-e amount of labour, some 'of it of a most delicate character, per formed by steam. On leaving that part of the building, M. Schneider directed the attention of the Prince to a military railway lately invented by the Emperor Napoleon. It consists of rails and chairs all fitting exactly into each other, and firmly secured by means of bolts and screws. Curves of various radii can be effected without difficulty, and every possible direction can be given to the line. According to trials made, a regiment can easily lay down in' 10 hours two miles and a half of this railway. Tee painting rooms for locomotives were next gone through ; and the pariy then came to the other part.of the foundry works, where the noise and activity which prevail would almost give one the ideaofPandemonium. The Grand Duke was particularly struck with the powerful action of the Nasmyth steam hammers. These tremendous machines, weighing 2,000 to 12,000 kilogrammes each, and which can cut equally through a beam of iron or fall on a watch-glass without breaking it, perform an immense quantity of work at Creu sot. The Grand Duke was so struck with all that he saw that be added to the order which had previously been given for the Russian Govern ment that of an engine for a frigate of 450-horse power, and another of 400 horse power for a yacht for the Emperor. Of the men employed on the works each pays into a fund 2 per cent. of his wages, which sum provides them with medical at tendance when ill, pays for teachers for their chil dren, and gives a pension to such as become infirm. In addition to the schools, there is a large workshop where the female children are taught to make lace. This establishment was formed by Madame Schnei der, and will hereafter be of immense benefit to the country, as the lace made there is already much in demand. After the inspection of • the prem'ses, the Grand Duke and his suite were entertained at ' an early dinner by M. Schneider, who proposed 1 the health of the Prince, and thanked him fo r ' having honoured his establishment with a visit. During the dinner, the Orpheonist Society, com posed of young men belonging to the works, ex ecuted several morceaux, which drew forth an ex pression of admiration from the Prince. The Grand Duke quitted Creusot at a quarter past three, passing through a compact crowd, by whom he was hailed with the loudest acclamations." The Grand Duke Constantine arrived at Bor deaux on Monday evening at a little before seven. Early in the afternoon, crowds of persons began to as semble in the streets through which the Prince would pass. Although no official reception, properly so called, was to be given, General de Tartas, the Commandant of the Division, M. de Mentque, Prefect of the Gironde, the Mayor of Bordeaux, and the other municipal authorities collected at the . , terminus to welcome the Prince. Immediately after the special train bad reached the station, the Grand Duke entered an open carriage, accompanied by the General, the Prefect, and the Mayor, and proceeded to the Hotel de Ville. Five or six other carriages followed, containing the suite of the Prince and the personages of the court in attend ance on him. The cortege was headed and closed by a detachment of Hussars. On reaching the Hotel de Ville, which was splendidly illuminated, the principal authorities were presented to his Im perial Highness. A grand dinner then took place, covers being laid for thirty. Among the persons spe cially invited by the Grand Duke were General de Tartas, the Prefect, and the Mayor. The band of the 27th Regiment played during the repast. At half-past nine the Prince left the Hotel de Ville and proceeded to the theatre, being hailed on his passage with acclamations by the crowd. When the Prince entered the Mayor'sbox the second act of "La Fanchcnnette" was being performed, but was for a time interrupted by all the audience rising at once and welcoming the illustrious visitor with several rounds of applause, while the orchestra struck up the R uss i an National Hymn. At the conclusion of the act a cantata composed for the occasion was sung. When this was finished the Prince left the house and returned to the Had de Ville, where he slept. Th e next morning the Grand Duke visited the frigates which are being built for the Russian Government. His Imperial Highness was present at the launch of a French vessel, at which all the authorities were also assembled. 'The Grand Duke was to leave flu) next day (Wednesday) for Rochefort. A PERSIAN PROCLAATATION. . - We find in the Bombay Telegraph and Courier of April 16 the translation of a pror.damation found in the Shah Zada's tent after the capture of Mohamra, which is curious and amusing in its style. The pro clamation declares that the British Government has for some time pursued a cour,e of aggression aiming at the dominion of' all the East : " Unexpectedly they brought troops to the soil of a power of Islam, and, having thus gained a footing, took possession of one of the forts of Islam, which was on the sea shore, and was only held by a small number of troops as its fixed garrison, and thus no army being present, they occupied it, and when they saw that if they advanced from the sea shore they would flounder about, like fish on dry land, they have stuck there, for they knew that if they advanced the blows of the sharp swords Of the heroes of Islam would not leave breath in the soul of one of them. But his Majesty the Shah-in. shah has taken advantage of this breach of faith of the British Government to make manifest his royal will and pleasure ; and his orders have gone forth, that countless armies are to be assembled on the boundaries of every country • and victorious troops have been directed to wards the frontiers to drive out the enemies of the faith, and scatter the rubbish and dirt along the shores for (Arabic, .‘ God giveth the victory to whom He pleases,') and now in obedience to the words of the Prophet, 'to him who doeth injury unto you do ye injury unto him in like manner as he does injury to you,' let all the people of Heran consider it incumbent upon them to follow the precept 'slay in the name of God those who wish to slay you ;' and let the old and the young, the small and the great, the wise and the ignorant, the ryot and the sepoy, all without exception arise in the defence of the or th o d ox f a ith o f the P rophet; and baying girt p the waist of valour, adorn their persons with arms and weapons ; and let the ulema and preachers call upon the people in tho mosques and public assemblies Gahnaodvde,inaantjahuestthputulpits to give in a J a bad i n th e cause o f s shall the promiseslltheGhazisin e the nta u d s i e n o t f h the faith s i of the Prophet, Verily we are of those who fought in the cause of God.'" AUSTRIAN MRECY,--The Emperor of Austria Pardons all Huagar►ari "rebels " who tire not in foreign cout tries. His Majesty is very merciful. Had these rebels not been out of his clutches, they would have kern iu his dungeons, or in their graves, --.Punch. THE ALLEGED POISONING AT STA.:II - STAMFORD, MAT 20. The examination of Thomas Fuller Bacon, on the charge of having poisoned his mother with arsenic, was resumed at the Town-hall, before the borough magistrates, to-day. On Monday Mr. Atter, who had conducted Bacon's defence, relinquished the case. In consequence of this the prisoner, at his own request, was furnished with writing materials, and took notes of the evidence. As before, the prisoner appeared perfectly self possessed.rk Wilson Jackson, surg e o n , o f St am f or d , m r. ma was the first witness examined to-day. He des cribed the post mortem appearance presented by the body of Ann Bacon, exhumed at Great Casterton on the 6th of February last. The contents of the abdomen were in a high state of preservation —considering that the body had been interred two years. The condition of the viscera was such as would be produced by arsenic. The limbs and other parts which would not be subjected to the action of arsenic, supposing it to have been taken by the de ceased, were much decomposed. Mr. E. Barber, the surgeon who attended the deceased, was next called—He was first sent for to deceased in March, 1855, when he found her suf fering from spasms. He prescribed for her, and she gradually recovered ; her illness on that occasion extending over about 10 days. On Sunday, the 13th of May, witness was again called in to attend deceased, who had been taken ill that afternoon at her son Thomas's. Witness found her very faint, and vomiting. She had been seized with sickness and purging soon after dinner. Deceased was re moved to her own house, where witness continued to attend her until her death, which took place on the following Tuesday. The symptoms manifested by deceased on Tuesday were similar to those of the illness in March ; she suffered at times from spasms is her limbs as well as in her body. The symptoms witnesssaw on the Sunday were precisely those which arsenic would produce. On the Tues day the symptoms were not the usual and ordi nary symptoms produced by arsenical poison, and witness gave a certificate to the effect that deceased died from cerebral disease. He came to that con -1 elusion from the symptoms on the Tuesday being similar to those he had observed in March, and from the fact that she had never been thoroughly well up to the attack in May, though she had not been so much indisposed as to require medical at tendance. Professor Taylor was next sworn. Previous, however, to his being examined the evidence taken at the first hearing on Saturday, when he was not present, was read over to him. Dr. Taylor then repeated the evidence relative to his analysis of the viscera of the deceased which he gave at theincjuest, and which we published at the time. His conclu sions were as wader : "1. The body of the deceased, Ann Bacon, con tained arsenic, which must ' have been taken by or administered to ber while living. 2. That the arsenic was found in the largest proportion, first, in the intestines; 2dly, in the liver and gall bladder; and, ally, in the stomach. The kidneys and spleen contained a small quantity ; the heart and bloody liquid of the chest contained none. 3. That the total quantity extracted from the different parts was small—viz., about three quarters of a grain. 4. That the parts containing the arsenic were well preserved, but presented none of the appearances which are usually produced by the poison. 5. That whether the deceased died from the effects of the arsenic or natural disease can only be determined by the symptoms from which she suffered in the illness preced ing her death. [II portion of the arsenic, deposited on a slip of copper, was produced in court.] Dr. Taylor added that, having heard the evidence, be drew the conclusion that the symptoms said to hams occurred in the second illness, of pain, vomiting, purging, and thirst were such as were commonly produced by arsenic ; that the twitch. ing, delirium, and stiffness of the body on Tuesday were such as may be produced by arsenic when a person bas survived the effects of the poison two or three days. They were not commonly observed in cases of poisoning by arsenic, because death generally took place within 24 hours, and in the stage in which the stomach and bowels were affected. Finding arsenic in the body be should re• fer the first symptoms of the attack in May to the opera tion of that poison. A larger portion of arsenic was found in the body than was ever given in medicine. When used in medicine it is given in a dose of one-twelfth or one eighth of a grain." A Magistrate—Do you think that arsenic caused Mrs. Bacon's death ? Witness—There is a difficulty in answering that question. The first part of • the illness, I have no doubt, was caused by arsenic. The evidence of Mr. Barber, as well as Maryßiley, regarding the attack in March, and the fact, as stated by Mr. Barber, that the deceased never thoroughly recovered from that attack, render it probable that thera may have been some disetve of the brain or nervous system, and that the symptoms on the Tuesday, as observed by Mr. Barber, which resembled those in March, may have been due to a relapse and proved fatal in May. The evidence of Mary Riley in reference to the attack in March, where she states that the de ceased was " sick and stiff with spasms," is not sufficient to lead me to believe that the attack was due to the action of arsenic ; but the symptoms of the May attack, taken as a whole, were quite con sistent with death by arsenic. If I had had to give an opinion from the attack in May alone, I should have said the deceased died from arsenic. There was no natural cause of death that we could find about the body, so far as the examination would allow us to judge. The arsenic found in the body was not sufficient to kill an adult, but the , quantity taken might have been diminished by vomiting and purg ing. The smallest quantity of arsenic known to have caused death is two grains, but a grain might kill some persons, though I have known au instance of recovery after taking a grain and a-half. The only parts of the body of deceased in a state of preserva tion were those in whichar-enic was found. The prisoner declined to ask Professor Taylor any questions. Superintendent Mitchell was the last witness. He merely deposed to the removal of the viscera, &c., in jars, to Loudon. The prisoner was then cautioned in the usual way, and asked if he wished to say anything. Pr is on er—No. The prisoner was committed for trial at the nex. Lincoln assizes, Mr. Reed, chief constable of Stam• ford, being bound over to prosecute. TEE COMMUNICATION WITH IRELAND. A deputation, consisting of the following members of Parliament, waited on Lord Palmerston on Wednesday, the 20th inst., for the purpose of urging on the Govern ment the necessity of taking immediate steps to carry out the proposed improvement in the passenger and postal communication between London and Dublin : The Right Hon. H. Corry, Mr. Henry Herbert, Kr. Bagwell, Mr. Beatnibh, Captain Bernard, Mr. Blake, Mr. Bland, Sir R. Gore Booth, Dr.. Boyd, Dr. Brady, Captain Banbury, Mr. Calloatt, Mr. Cairns, Mr. Clark, Mr. Cite, Mr. Con°lly, Lord F. Conyngham, Si r C. Cote, Mr. Davison, Mr. De Vere, Mr. Davereox, Mr. Dobbs, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Ellis ' Mr. Enni s , M r . Fagan, Sir R. Ferguson, Colonel F'rde, Sir G. Forster, Colonel French, Mr. Green, Mr. Greer, Mr. Gregory, Colonel Greville, Mr. Grogan, Lord C. Hamilton, Mr. G. A. Hamilton, Mr. J. Hamilton, Mr. Hassard, Mr. Hatchell, Mr. Heard, Mr, Henchy, Lord Edwin Hill, Mr. Kirk, Major Knox, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Le-lie, Sir R. Leitings, Mr. Macartney, Mr. M'Cann, Mr. M'Carthy, Mr. M'Clintoek, Mr. M'Evoy, Colonel Max well, Mr. Miller, Mr, Montgomery, Mr. Napier, Sarjeant O'Brien, Sir T. O'Brien, Mr. P. O'Brien, Captain O'Connell, Mr. Cogan, The O'Donoghue, Mr. O'Flaherty, Colonel Pakenham, Mr. Repton, Sullivan, Colonel Taylor, Mr. Tottenham, Mr. Vance, Sir W. Verner, Mr. Walron, Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Grace, Mr. Maguire, and Mr. Moore. Lord Palmerston was addressed by Colonel HERBERT and Mr. CORRY, and the object of the deputation explained. Lord PALMERSTON expressed his sense of the high importance of improving the communication both on postal and commercial grounds, and refered the deputa tion to Mr. Wilson, the Secretary to the Treasury, who was in attendance, for explanation as to the present position of the question. Mr. WILSON, after entering upon some details respect ing the negotiations during the last two years, stated that a proposition had been submitted to the companies within the last few days, which was now under considers ticn. Lord Palmerston was subsequently addressed by Mr. Fagan, Mr. Grogan, Mr. M'Cann, Colonel French, Mr. George A. Hamilton, Mr. Ennis, Lord Claud Hamilton, and other members, all urging a prompt settlement of the question. 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The Adventure and Assistance, iron steam-troop ships, embarked their respective allotments of troops for China yesterday at Portsmouth ; these consisted of seven companies of the 82d Regiment in the Assistance, and three companies of the same and three companies of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusileers in the Adventure. The arrangements of the em barkation were very good, and they were effected under tbe superintendence of Major-General Breton, commanding the south-west district ; Lieutenant. Colonel Wright, assistant-quartermaster -general ; and Major Nelson, Brigade-Major. Everything connected with the equipment and the victualling and berthing of the troops was efficiently provided for, and there is every prospect of their being comfort able on board. We regret, however, to report very differently of the conduct of the men of the 82d prior to going on board. Some 200 or 300 of them were rioting all night on the eve of embarkation, and yes terday morning also. Portsea was kept iu a constant state of commotion. The men got drunk and were disorderly, broke windows, and insulted those they fell in with most disgracefully, and one man crowned his feats by participating in a burglary, and was yesterday noon committed by the Portsmouth jus tices to take his trial at Winchester for that crime. The scene at the dockyard yesterday baffles a cor rect description ; the men were picked up by strong pickets, and got into cabs and omnibuses in default of being able to use their legs, and were so takento the dockyard jetty, where some were landed in a helpless state. They were to have embarked about 1 o'clock, but they were not on board by 5. The following are the officers who embarked :—ln the Assistance—Lieut.-Col. J. A. Robertson, command ing the 82d ; Brevet Lieut.-Col D. Watson ; Major C. T. V. B. Isaac ; °apts. H. C. Marriott, S. P. Jarvis, W. R. Farmer, J. Gordon, S. Slater, T. E. . Green, and H. C. Wilki nson ; Lieu tenants J. S. Hand, It. M'Gregor Skinner, A. P. Hensley, C. J. East, E. H. Bugden, D. Sullivan, G. S. Maunsell, G. Porter, W. B. O'Malley, and B. C. Henderson ; Ensigns W. F. Thompson, H. M. Parkerson, E. S. Mason, C. P. Miller, and N. M. Brock ; Adjutant C. E. G. Browne ; Quar termaster J. Conner; Surgeon H. D. Fowler ; Assistant-Surgeon W. M. Milton ; and Staff-Sur geon Muscharry. In the Adventure—Lieut.-Col. E. B. Hale ; Captains G. E. Halliday, A. W. War ren and R. Mule ; Lieuts- J. F. Pilkington, H. D. Marsh, S. Douglas, W. C. Seton, L. W. Fisher, G. Mylne, W. H. C. Allen, and H. E. Couper ; Ensigns C. T. B. Spiller, G. Cowper, E. S. Locke, F. Helyar, and J. Johnstone ; Assistant-Surgeon R. W. Carter. One field officer, three captains, seven subalterns, one stafl, 15 sergeants, 12 corpo rals, five drummers, and 261 privates of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusileers also embarked yesterday in the Adventure. The following were the office's Lieut.-Col. Pratt ; Brevet-Major H. D. Torrens ; Captains J. C. Jervoise and C. G. Norton ; Lieutenants C. Monsell. E. ITtterson, J. K. Henderson, and F. Hutton ; Ensigns J. H. Wel wyn, C. J. Wrench, and H. J. Richards ; Assist. ant-Surgeon H. F. Sylvester. The Swedish corvette Lagerbjelke, 18, Captain Bratt, from St. Thomas's, for Stockholm, put in at Spithead yesterday, and exchanged salutes with the Port-Admiral and Lieutenant-Governor • after which Capt. Bratt landed, and was present _d to the naval and military authorities by the acting Swedish consul. The officers of the ship will land to-day and inspect the dockyard, and she will sail this evening for Stockholm. _ It is reported that Col. M. Slade, formerly of the 90th Regiment, has been appointed to the com mand of a brigade in Dublin garrison, in succession to Major-General Straubenzee, who is about to pro ceed to Chi* Rear-AdMiral Sir M. Berkeley, Rear-Admiral H. Eden, and Sir B. Walker, Surveyor of the Navy, went down to Woolwich Dockyard yester day morning, where they embarked on board the Admiralty yacht Black Eagle, and proceeded down the river t visit the American steam-ship Niagara. The freightship Earl of Mar and Kellie has taken up her moorings at Woolwich pier to ship engineers' stores for Hong Kong. The freightshin Sydney Hall has arrived off Woolwich Arsenal from the docks for the purpose of embarking ammunition for Cape Coast Castle and Gambia. Her Majesty's screw steam sloop Brisk, 16, Com mander A. J. Curds, from the Pacific, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday. She sailed from Valparaiso, Jan. 21, arrived at Falkland Islands Feb. 18, and left on the 23d. The screw steam corvette Satellite, 21, Capt. J. C. Pravost, having in tow th• sloop Siren, 16, Commander J. H. Selwyn, had left with Governor Moore for the missionary settlement at Keppel's Island, off the coast of Patagonia. The cor vette would proceed round the Horn; the brig would return to Falkland with the Governor. The Brisk crossed the line on April 5, and on the 23d, in lat. 21 10 N, long. 40 32 W, spoke a French packet, a bark, with the letters "T. B." on her fore topsail. She has brought from the Falklands some beautiful wild geese, native of the islands, for Admiral Bowles. Th Brisk was commissioned 25th of May, 1853, by Capt. Seymour, who was succeeded 20th Oct., 1854, by her present commander. Her ser vices have been of a varied character. She went first to the White Sea, and thence to the West In dies • she then proceeded into the P ac ifi c an d in spected the Russian military settlement of Petro paulovski, from which she sailed for the coast of Mexico, where she was employed collecting freight. Her final duties were those of protecting British property in Central America, and visiting the Gulf of Nicoya, the Bay of Costa Rica, dm. During the last 311 days she has only been 41 in harbour. Her crew are in good health. During the four years of her Commission she has lost only five men from disease. The Brisk will probably be paid off at Plymouth. REVIEW AT CHATHAM BY THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. CHATHAM, MAY 20. This morning a review of the whole of the troops quartered at the garris on , i nc l u di ng th e Provi sional Battalion, the Royal Marine Light Infantry, the Royal Engineers, and the Field Train Corps, took place on Chatham lines by the Duke of Cam bridge. The troops of the garrison were under arms at nine o'clock,. when they marched to the lin es an d theirpositions. The depots comp r i s i ng Battalio n occup i e d th e cen t re o f. thete took k Provisional up the ground, with the Royal Engineers and the Royal Marines on their right and left respectively. On the extreme right of th e R o y a l E ngineers th e w it ly ion raised the ised Field Equipment C or ps t oo k u p it s whole for ce on th e groun d b e i ng pnoesup wards of 5,000 men. The depots of the Provisional Battalion were divided into two battalions, each of ten divisions, under th e comman d o f C o l one l H . Jervis, and Lieut.-Colonel R. N. Phillips ; the Royal Marine Light Infantry, comprising 10 com panies, about 1,000 strong, were under the com mand of Colonel E. R ea , S econ d C omman d an t. The Royal Engineers, commanded by Major C. D. Robertson, were formed into eight divisions. The Duke of Cambridge arrived on the ground shortly after eleven o'clock, and rode up and down the lines. His Royal Highness then took up his position at the saluting flag, when the whole of the troops marched past him in quick time, the brigade being led by the horses and waggons of the Field Equipment Corps. The whole of the troops `after wards went through a variety of review and field day manoeuvres, the whole of which they per formed in a highly satisfactory manner. The re view lasted nearly three hours, at the conclusion of which the men of each battalion were formed into square, when the officers advanced to the front and saluted. His Royal Highness addressing the troops, expressed the satisfaction felt at the manner in which they had acquitted themselves, and it was evident that the depots of the provisional battalion were much improved since he inspected them last year, which was very creditable to their officers. The Royal Engineers were m excellent order, and he was happy to say the Royal Marines had ac quitted themselves very well. On the conclusion of his Royal Highness's remarks, the troops were marched back to their quarters. On the Duke leaving Chatham a second salute was"fired from the battery. The Duke of Cambridge proceeded to Maidstone and Canterbury for the purpose of inspecting the cavalry at those stations. PROBABLE LEGAL 4COIDENTg. At the Middlesex Sessions last week George Cook, ex policeman, cobbler, and thief, received as the reward of a long series of achievements in the latter capacity, a sentence of four years' penal servitude ;and the pollee report of the Times mentions that— "It was stated that during the time the prisoner was in the police force, he was very active in getting up cases, and many prisoners had been transported upon his evi dence. He was known by the cognomen of Jonathan Wild." The principle of setting a thief to catch a thief may be a judicious one for the end in view, ,but thieves are gene rally apt to catch whatever they can, and such a rascal as George Cook would be by no means unlikely to accuse innocent perpons if it suited his purpose to do so. Of the many prisoners who have been transported on the evi dence of this Jonathan Wild the Little, we should like to know how many have been wrongfully condemned. Would it be too much trouble for Si}' George Grey to make some inquiry on this point? He will perhaps find that several unfortunate persona, victims of Mr. Cook's evidence, are now undergoing punishment for having done nothing, for which crime his Home Secretary may then, if he will be so merciful, advise her Majesty to grant the miserable offenders a " free pardon:"—Pundt. WlEl4 ,ll NllllMaiwa. THE UNITED STATES' STEAM FRIGATE NIAGARA. Half-a-mile or so below Gravesend, jest about where I the river tourist might expect to recover from having seen the Great Eastern at Milwall, another monster of the deep stands full in view. She is vast as an ark, with a peculiarly defiant air, and an expression which tells you at once that she was made for other than the peaceful purposes of commerce f though nothing in the way of ar mament, or even is the trim of yards, denotes the man of-war. This ship, along whose decks. a crowd of fashionable visitors daily and hourly stream, and all round which lie a fleet of shore boats " masters of the situation," and making as much of it as if the President himself was on view, is the far-famed frigate Niagara. She is, we believe,•the first States' frigate that has ever anchored off Gravesend. Let our readers, therefore, or at least such of them as love to gaze upon noble speci mens of naval architecture, avail themselves of the unusual opportunity. Such an one will not soon again present itself, for in size, form, speed, and intended weight of armament the Niagara is beyond doubt the first man-of-war of her class in the whole world. As the visitor approaches her lofty sides, he is struck with the easy graceful manner in which she "sits" the water, with her bows well up, slowly rising, and showing off her beautiful lines and clear run to fine advantage. But beyond this feature the general effect of her exterior is not very pleasing. The dark black hull, unrelieved by a single streak of white, gives a heavy appearance quite foreign to her shape. She is also very hollow in the waist, which im parts the wall-sided aspect so characteristic of the Ameri can liners, but which their fine frigates, except in this instance, have managed to avoid, or at least mitigate. She is ship-rigged, with tall and somewhat heavy spars —a novel feature in an American screw, as their builders have justly prided themselves on avoiding our practice of overmasting our steamers. But, heavy as the Niagara seems aloft, she has not a rope er spar too much. On the contrary, the marvel is that they caa do the work as cribed to them, for under sail alone she can run, it is said, from 16 to 17 knots an hour I This is speed which even our river steamboats would count as excellent. From the spar-deck the Niagara looks by no means im posing. The bulwarks are of such unusual loftiness awl so curved in as apparently to diminish her real size. In fact, many of our frigates, less than half her size, and not to be compared to her in any warlike or sea-going quality, seem larger on the deck. Not till the visitor has walked forward and perched himself somewhere near the bowsprit, can he fully appreciate her immense sizo and beautiful form, and feel that be is looking down on such a war-steamer as the world has not yet seen the equal of, and by the side of which the English navy can show nothing to compete. The Niagara is one of 12 steam-frigates which a short time since the Congress ordered to be built, by way of a counterbalance to the enormous increase of the English and French marine. The construction of the Niagara was intrusted by acclamation to Mr. Steers, the builder of the celebrated clipper yacht America. In building her he had four conflicting purposes to reconcile—to make her a good gunboat, good sea boat, good sailer, and good steamer. The result is the Niagara ; in design a kind of compromise, and which leaves her the fastest sailer in the world, one of the fastest steamers, a fine seaboat, and a very good man of-war. Her length over all is 375 feet, breadth (extreme) 56 feet 6 inches, depth of hold 32 feet 6 inches, and her burden 5,200 tons, or nearly 2,000 tons larger than the Himalaya. Now she has on board only four small guns,—that is, small in comparison to the arma ment she is intended to carry • but when the peaceful task of laying the Atlantic submarine cable is completed the Niagara will be fully armed and equipped for war. She will then carry 12 Dahlgren guns, 11 inches dia meter in the bore, and throwing a solid shot of the enor mous weight of 2701 b. a distance of 7,000 yards, or four miles ; the shells for these guns will weigh 1301 b., and the guns themselves 14 tons. These monster ordnance, which seems as if we were reverting to the barbarism of gunnery, and would come at last to the unwieldy pieces of the Dardanelles, with bores of 28 inches diameter, have already been cast at the West Point foundry, near New York. We certainly wish that the Niagara had had only one of these tremendous artillery on board, as .it would have enabled us better to appreciate her war like capacities. Inspecting a man-of-war without her armament is much like judging of the strength of a lion by his skin. At first 12 guns seem but a small offensive power fur a vessel of upwards of 5,000 tens, and it is only by reflecting on the stupendous calibre of her equipment that one 'begins to understand how for midable she will be, and to feel curious doubts as to the result of a contest between such a frigate and the largest three-decker. We have said that while alongside the spars seem heavy ; yet, from the deck, compared with the vast bulk of the hull, they appear almost too light. Their 'extreme length from step to truck is—mainmainst 243 feet ; foremast 219 ; and mizen 189. The main yard is 106 feet long, and the foreyard 94. Between the bulwarks whispering pipes are laid running from the quarter deck to forecastle, and all the officers' orders are thus transmitted with the most perfect certainty and speed. Without some contrivance of the kind a vessel of such enormous length would be both difficult and dan gerous to manage ; for, no matter how large ships may be built, there are most narrow limits to what one pair of lungs can effect, and in breezy weather Stentor himself would be inaudible at half the length of the Niagara. The engine-room of this magnificent vessel is as deeply interesting to the visitor as any other part of her. The whole motive power is placed amidships, and so care fully constructed as to occupy less space with r egard to force employed than the engines of any ordinary vessel. Fore and aft the machinery in all its departments is bounded by two transverse water-tight compartments, which completely shut it in from the rest of the vessel. The engine-room is 28 feet long by 26 wide, and nine staircases are so arranged as to make all parts of it easily accessible. The engines are by Murphy and Co., of New York. There are three, all direct acting, three feet stroke, with connecting rods between the cylinders and cranks. The cylinders are 72 inches in diameter (nearly the same size as those of the Great Eastern), and placed horizontally across the vessel, so that the motion of the piston is from side to side. The shaft unon which the whole force is brought to bear is 119 feet long, 50 inches in circumference, and weighs nearly 50 tons, The pro peller is of brass, with two fans, nearly 19 feet in diame ter, and having a pitch of 32 feet. On the prominent parts of the machinery are placed admirably contrived indicators, which mark at the same time the number of revolutions, pressure of steam, vacuu m , t em p erature o f the hot well, and pressure of the cylinder at all parts of stroke. The cylinders are all on the starboard side of the vessel, the condensers on the port. Each of the latter has within itself the airpump and hot well. The airpumps are double acting, and work direct from the main piston rod, as do also the force primps. A six inch bilge injection is attached to each condenser, and can be used at a moment's notice to free the ship from water. In addition to these there are two bilge pumps con nected by the crank shaft to the engine, and in constant operation, so that at all times the hold is as dry as a chip. The fire room or stoke hole is unusually wide and lofty, though it seems but in differently ventilated, and suspicions on this head are confirmed by the fact that in crossing the Atlantic, even at this time, the heat in it was sometimes 110 de grees. What would it be in the West Indies ? There are four boilers on the vertical tubular principle. Each of them is 23 feet long by 11 feet deep, and 15 feet high, and has a total fire surface of no less than 17,500 feet, and a grate surface of no less than 484 square feet. Working at a pressure of 20lb. gives a power of 2,000 horses, and at that force the revolutions are only 45 per minute. During the voyage from New York the con sumption of coal was at some periods as low as 12 tons per day, and it never rose above 56 ! The average for full power may be taken at 50 tons per diem, or very little more than the consumption of some steamers in the English navy which cannot do their 10 knots an hour. The stowage-room of the Niagara for coals is rather limited, considering her immense capacity in other respects. A little over 800 tons is the most that can be carried. This, however, suffices for 16 days' steaming at fUll speed. Neither is the vessel provided with an apparatus for distilling fresh water for the crew, a rather serious drawback when the stowage is wanted foi coals. The funnels are telescopic, and neither heavy nor unsightly, though only rising 32 feet from the deck. So admirably is the heat of the boilers economized that even under full steam the temperature of these funnels is rarely above 100. The lower deck, which, for a lower deck, is one of the most lofty and best ventilated we have seen, is set apart for the stokers, firemen, &c. The main deck is used by the crew, and is no less than 8 feet 4 inches high. Here the seamen sling their ham mocks, the eestreme after-part being, of course, devoted to officers' cabins, and the fore to cooking for the ships' company. Every sailor on board has his locker, and each mess a very large locker for the mess kit. At pre sent the crew is 514, exclusive of officers, but when fully armed, even this large complement is to be in creased to 750 men—the crew of a 90 gun ship. During the voyage across the Atlantic no attempt was made to effect a quick passage ; on the contrary, - the engines were mostly working at half poier. All the rigging had been put up during the depth of an Ameri can winter, and as the ship reached the moist and warmer latitudes it slackened to an extent that made it more than probable the "sticks" would come out of her altogether, especially during some days of tremendously heavy weather. She 'was therefore hove to for four days while all was made taut again. With full power she attained a speed of 13 knots, and under sail above 16. With a stiff breeze on her quarter she can count on 14 knots. Her present draught is 22 feet, but when armed, with all stores and coals on board e she will draw 25 feet. Each 100 tons brings her down three inches in the water. In the course of a day or so the Niagara will leave the Thames for Liverpool, where her half of the Atlantic cable is to be shipped. According to present arrange insets this process is likely to present difficulties that may materially delay the whole undertaking, and render some alterations necessary. Among the passengers on hoard are Prof Morse, and Capt. Schwarz and Lieut. Kolobnin, two officers of the Russian navy, who attend to witness the laying of the cable are also ou board. Commander Pennock is attached on special duty con nected with the telegraph, and Captain Hudson is the commander of the Niagara. ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY. The first general exhibition of plants and flowers for the season was held by this society yesterday at their garden, Regent's Park. The exhibition was a very floe one. The following is a list of the prizes : Elcra, Gold Medal.—Mr. T. Whitbread, gardener to H. Collyer, Esq., Dartford, Kent, for 16 stove land greenhouse plants. Mr. Gidney, gardener to Mrs. Ellis, Hoddesdon, Herts, for 20 exotic orchids. Large Gold.—M. J. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antro bus, Chearn, Surrey, for 16 stove and greenhouse plants, Mr. Carson, gardener to W. T. G. Farmer, Esq., Non such Park, Surrey, for 20 exotic orchids. Medium Gold.—Mr. W. Taylor, gardener to G. Cos ter, Esq., Streatham, Surrey, for 16 stove and green house plants. Mr. G. Bather, gardener to A. Basset, Esq., StarnA)rd-hill, for 10 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. G. Clarke, nurseryman, Streatham-plaee, Brixton bill, for 10 greenhouse azaleas. Mr. B. Peed, gardener to T. TredweP, E.g., St. John's Lodge, Norwood, for 8 greenhouse azaleas. Mr. Woolley, gardener to H. B. Ker, Esq., Cheshunt, Herts, for 20 exotic orchids. Messrs. Jackson and ,Son, nurserymen, Kingston, for 16 exotic orchids. Mr. M. Clarke, gardener to Charles Webb, Esq., Hoddesdon, Herts, for 12 exotic orchids. Messrs. Lane and Son, nurserymen, Great Berkhaeap stead, for 10 roses. Gold.—Mr. W. Cuthush, nurseryman, Barnet, Herts, for 12 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. Dods, gardener to Sir J. Cathcart, Bart., Engelfield-green, for le stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. B. Peed, gardener to T. Tredwell, Esq., St. John's Lodge, Norwood, for 10 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. V. Catbush, nursery man, Barnet, Herts, for 10 Cape heaths. Mr. 'l'. Wil liams, gardener to Mise Traill, Hayes-place, Kent, for 8 Cape heaths. Mr. W. Cutbush, nurseryman, Barnet, Herts, for le greenhouse azaleas. Mr. Taylor, gardener to G. Coster, Esq„ Streatham, for 8 ereenhouse azaleas. Mr. Parker, nurseryman, Paradise Nursery, II ,lloway, for 16 exotic orchids. Mr. Keels, gardener to G. Bot tler, Esq., Woolwich, far 12 ex Ala orchids. Mr. C. Turner, Slough, for 12 pelargoniums. Mr. Nye, gar dener to G. Foster, Esq., Clewer Manor, for 12 pelar goniums. Mr. G. P. Francis, nurserymae, for 12 large roses in pots. Large Silver Gilt.—Messrs. Fraser, nurserymen, Lea bridge-road, Leyton, Essex, for 12 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. Clarke, gardener to C. Webb, Esq., Hoddes don, Herte, for 10 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. Car son, gardener to W. F. Farmer; Esq., Nonsuch Park, Surrey, for 10 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. Lodes, gardener to J. Philpots, Esq„ Stamford hill, for 6 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart., Lower Cheam, for 6 tall cacti. Messrs. Fraser, for 10 greenhouse azaleas. Mr. Clarke, gardener to D. Webb, Esq., Hoddesdon, Herts, for 8 greenhouse azaleas. Mr. C. Turner, nureeryman, Slough, for 6 greenhouse azaleas. Mr. Morris, gardener to Coles Child, Esq., Bromley, Kent, for 12 exotic orchids. Mr. Dods, gardener to Sir G. Cathcart, Bart , for 6 exotic orchids. Messrs. Dobson and Son, Isleworth, for 12 pelargoniums. Mr. Wiggings, gardener to E. Becks, Esq., Isleworth, for 10 pelargoniums. Mr. C. Turner, Slough, for 6 fancy pelargoniums. Mr. Terry, gardener to Lady Puller Youngsbury, Hurts, for 6 roses in 13 inch pots. Large Silver.—Mr. T. Williams, gar loner t) Miss Treill, Hayes Place, Kent, for 6 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. B. Peed, gardener to T. Tredwell, Esq., St. Joba's Lodge, Norwood, for 8 Cape heaths. Mr. W. Taylor, gardener to G. Custer, Esq., Streatham, for 6 cape heaths. Mr. Bray, gardener to Sir A. Goldsuaid, St. John's Lodge, Regent's Park, for 6 greenhouse aza leas. Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart., for 6 exotic orchids. Mr. Bousir, gardener to FL Labou chore, Esq., Stoke Park, for 6 fancy pelargoniums. Silver Gilt.—Mr. Harrup, gardener to J. Thorne, Esq., Mowbray House, South Lambeth, for 16 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. R. Baxendine, gar dener to William H. Smallpiece, Esq., Ridingburst, Surrey, for 10 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. J. .Peed, gardener to C. T. Gabriel, Esq., Norfolk House, Streatham, for 6 stove and greenhouse plants. Mr. R. Grid, gardener to the late A. Palmer, Esq , Chearn, Surrey, for 6 tall cacti. Mr. Glendinning, nurseryman, Chiswick, for 10 Cape heaths. Mr. J. Peed, gardener to C. T. Gabriel, Esq., Norfolk House, Streatham, for 8 8 Cape heaths. Mr. G. Harlock, gardener to R W. Nutter, Esq., Streatham, for 6 Cape heaths. Mr. Whit bread, gardener to H. Collyer, Esq., Dartford, Kent. for 6 Cape heaths. Mr. Games, nurseryman, Battersea, for 10 greenhouse azaleas Mr. R. Gris, gardener to the late A. Palmer, Esq., Cheam, Surrey, for 8 greenhouse azaleas. Messre. Ivery and Son, nurseryman, Dorking and Reigate, for 6 greenhouse azaleas. Mr. R. Gris, Chearn, Surrey, for 6 exotic orchids. Mr. C. Turner, Slough, for 6 cinerarias. Messrs. Frazer, nurserymen, fur 12 pelargoniums. Mr. T. Windsor, gardener to C. Cannon, Esq., Kidderpore Hall, for 10 pelargoniums. Mersin , : Fraser, nurserymen, for 6 fancy pelargoniums. Mr. T. Windsor, gardener, Kidderpore Hall, for 6 fancy pelargoniums. Mr. Busby, gardener to G. Crowley, Esq , Stockwood Park, Luton, Bedfordshire, for 6 roses in 13-inch pots. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BATH AND SOMERSET COUNTY RACES. WEDNESDAY. Sweepstafies of 5 sous each, with 20 added, for three-yr olds and upwards ; optional sailing weights, &c. One mile. Mr. Wilson's Questionable, by Heron or Gabbier, 5 yrs, 7st Sib (501.) (Prior) 1 Mr. Stone'S Arcanuin, 2 yrs, 6,,t 911) (Ford barn) 2 Mr. J. Calvert's Annot Lyle, 3 yrs, Est 61b_(501.) (Bray) 3 Mr. Harrison's Aland, 4 yr?, 9st 21b (car. 10st) • ' (J. Holmes) 0 Captain West's Scamp, 3 yre, 7st 91b (1001) (Mundy) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst Questionable, 2to 1 agst Annot Lyle. Won by two lengths, half a length between the second and the third. Maud walked in, and Scamp bolted at the turn. The winner was not sold. The Bath Handicap of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added ; certain penalties for winners. Once round (about a mile and a half). Thirty-one subs, 12 of whom declared. Mr. Dray's Signcl, 3 yrs, .sst 51b (Shakspeare) 1 Mr. E. Parr's Stork, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (D. Hughes) 2 Mr. G. W. Fitzwilliaca's Wentworch, 4 yrs, 8 . 4 8113 - (A. Day) 3 The following also ran :—Polmoodie, Glen Lee, Alice Wentworth, Odd Trick, Alembic, and Redemption. Betting-2 to 1 agst Odd Trick, 4to 1 each agst Wentworth and Glen Lee, 5 to 1 agst Stork. Won by a head ; a length and a half between the second and third ; Redemption and Odd Trick were close up with Went worth. Shakspeare was reprimanded for disobeying the starter's orders. Taii Weston Stakes of 10 soya each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 7,b, fillies and geldings Bst 4113 ; certain allowances and penalties. T.Y.C. (straight half mile). 34 kubs. Mr. W. S. Halford's Mainstay, ' 83t 41b (Kendall) '1 Mr. Saxon's PrinceSs Royal, Bst 41b (Hayward) 2 Mr. F. Robiusou's Heroine, 83t, 41b (A.. Day) 3 The following also ran :—Lady Elizabeth,' The Happy Land, Grand Duchess, Harry Stanley, Melita, Lady Ann, Weston, and Wychwood. Betting-3 to 1 agst Mainstay, sto 1 agst Harry Stanley, Gto 1 each agst Happy Land and Princess Royal, 8 to 1 each agst Heroine and Melita, 10 to 1 agst Grand Duchess. Won by a head ; two lengths be tween the second and third ; Melita, was fourth, Grand Duchess fifth, Happy Land sixth, and Lady Elizabeth seventh ; the others. were scattered. The Aristocratic Handicap, of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with 20 added ; gentlemen riders, jockeys 51b extra. Once round. Eiiilat subs. Mr. -Craven's Van Eyck, 4 yrs, lOst 101 b (Capt. Little) 1 Mr. F. Howard's Brompton, 3 yrs, 10st 91b (Mr. G. S. Thompson) 2 Mr. T. Parr's Sir Colin, 3 yrs, list 21b (Mr. Edward,) 3 Mr. Parker's Avenger, 3 yrs, 10st 31b (tnc. Mb extra) (A. Day) 0 Betting—Even on Van Eyck, 2 to 1 agst Sir Colin. Won in a canter by half a length, very bad third. The rider of Avenger slipped his stirrup leather on the far side and pulled up. The Dyrham Park Handicap of 100 sovs ; certain pe nalties for winners. To start at the distance and go once round. Mr. C. Brind's Shirab, 3 yrs, sst 9114 (inc. sib extra) (Bray) 1 Lord Clifden's Melissa, 4 yrs, let 91b ...... ...(Wynne) 2 Mr. Howard's Companion, 3 yrs, 6st 703...(Fordham) 3 The following also ran :—Stanhope, Cotswold, Uzella, Little Gerard, Miss Mary, Hobgoblin, and Lunelle. Betting-7 to 4 agst Companion, sto 2 agst Shirab, sto 1 agst Lunelle. Won easily by three-quarters of a length ; three lengths botwten the second and third ; Lunelle was a bad fourth ; the others were beaten a long way. The Free Handicap of 50 sous ; the winner to be sold for 60/. T. I r . 0. Duke of Beaufort's Schoolboy,3Yrs, sst 101 b (car ried sst 121 b) Mr. Wilson's Questionable, 5 yrs, Bst 51b (Prior) 2 Mr. 11. Stone's You Shan't, 2 yrs, sst 1016 (Harrison) 3 Betting-3 to lon Schoolboy, 7to 2 agst Question able. Won by a length and a half ; You Shan't did not get off ; the winner was not sold. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. DERBY. 7to 1 agst Skirmisher Bto 1 agst Arsenal (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Anton (taken) 11 to 1 agst Tournament (offered) 13 to 1 agst Sprig of Shillelagh (taken) 14 to 1 aget M.D. (wanted) 20 to 1 agst Sydney (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Strathnaver (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lady Hawthorn (offered) 25 to 1 agst Saunterer (taken) 25 to 1 agst Zuyder Zee (offered) 1000 to 35 agst Wardertharske (taken) 600 to 100 each aget Skirmisher for the Derby, Im. perieuso for the Oaks, and Ignoramus for the St. Leger, was laid in one bet. 20000 to 100 was laid ag ain st Anton's winning the Derby, Itnperieuse the Oaks, and Ignoramus the St. Leger. 40 to 1 was repeatedly laid against naming the w!n- Der of the Derby and Oaks. EXTENSIVE FlBES.—Yesterday morning, about five o'clock, a fire of a very alarming nature broke out in the .. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. i extensive range of premises belonging to Mr. Thomas 1 , R. Denny, and known as the Latchmore Distillery, at Grand Military" Steeplechase of 5,0001., 6,000 m e t r e s , Battersea. The damage done is estimated at 3,600/. ; Foi tunateiy Mr. Denny was insured. Another fire oc- 27 :jumps for pre Bch and Engli s h o ffi cers. cnrred in a turpentine store and painters' shop belong ing to Mr. Martin, next door to John Knox's Church, I (Lieutenant George Ist Life Guards) 1 Captain Craven's Cigarret Mr. 11Tanby's Diane ~..(Viscount de Lauriston) 2 in Northampton-place, Green-street, Stepney. By the, time the engines arrived the place and all it contained Lieutenant Blundell's Horoblow Duo de Grawmout's Fire King were consumed, but no damage was done to the church , ~, ELE , ;TION - PETITIONS. Yesterday were published the petitions relative - to t Ox ord Ati4mne (borough), Tewkesbury, Sligo (borough Lanark, Totnes, and Bury elections. The Oxford peti tiou emanates from seven electors, and alleges various acts of bribery, treating, and undue influence against Mr. Neate. The Athlone petition (from two electors, charges the sitting candidate with similar acts, and preys that the return may be amended by the substitu tion of the Hon. George Handcock. The Tewkesbury pelition (from two electors) charges Mr. Martin with in timidation, violence, and abduction of voters, in addi tion to ordinary ma'.-practices. The Sligo petition (from two electors) alleges that the return of Mr. John Patrick Somers was procured by the grossest violence and terror, the Roman Catholic priesthood of the borough repairing to the houses of the voters, accompanied by the mob, and compelling them to vote for the sitting member. It also charges Mr. Somers with not being duly qualified, and with refusing to subscribe the declaration required by the act. The Lanark petition (from one elector) charges Sir T. E. Colebrooke, Bart., with bribery and treating. The Totnes petition (from Mr. Mackenzie , one of the candidates) charges the sitting members with the whole category of it egal election practices; and the Bury petitions (from two electors) seeks to involve Mr• R. N. Paillips in a similar network of allegations. All petitions must be lodged by this day. The ewcastle Express says :—" The petition presented to Parliament against the return of Mr. Hudson for the borough of Sunderland is on the ground that the hon. member is not qualified according to law. The friends of Mr. Walters, the late candidate, deny all participation in this movement on the part of that gentleman o r his agents. The friends of Mr. Hudson are quite indignan t about the affair, and consider it altogether a cawardll thing to strike a fallen man, who has been one of the greatest benefactors to this locality ; and several parties have offered to rains a subscription to defray Mr. and' son's expenses. It is said that the real cause of this movement is owing to a gentleman in the neighbourhood of Newcastle having in his possession a dishonoured bill for 1,0001. ; and therefore he is strongly desirous of knowing Hudson's qualification, so that he may be enabled to recover that sum. The liberal party is alreadY prepared with a candidate in the event of Mr. Hudson osing his seat. Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET. Ma. 19. Supplies of all kinds these last six days again large. Oat straw, from 8s Oci. to 13s Gd per kemple of iti s too?' tron; wheat do., 6s 6d. to 9i di barley do., 74 61• to v 4 Od. Hay from is to is. 3d. EDINBURGH MEAL—IIA:r .19. There were in the market today 15 sacks oatmeal, eac h weighing 2301 b imperial, which sold at 42s Od and 41i. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET-MAY 18. ------- ---- There were in the market to-day 6 bags of oatmeal, oof barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales ready. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs I First. Second. I Third imperial : Barleymeal, per ditto --s 0 0 e d ---: o ck , i t Lo s , od o' Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto —s Oct —s Od -- " 3 t i t ; Pot-barley, new, per ditto —s Oct —a Oct —s ' DUBLIN, MAY 19. At the opening of the market to-day business was rathe f dull for everything. Friday's currencies were s careelf supported for any description of grain. Indian corn tau s be quoted 6cl lower. White wheat, 33s 6d to 37s 6d ; red ditto, 32s Od to 3 A 65 01, ditto new, —s; barley, malting, 16s 6d to 25s 6d ; grin 9 ing, —s to --s ; oats, old, 13s 3d to 16s; ditto, new, ' I , Od to —s Od ; oatmeal, 15s to 17s 03; bare, new, -3 to 01 ; rapes , Od. to —s Od per brl ; bakers' flour, lv r Od to 21s Od per cwt ; Indian core, 36s Od to 37e 61 per 480 lbs. COIL MARK Prices of Coals per ton at Wallsend, _ .T.—MAY 20. the close of the market. Wallsend, &c.. s. d. s ' Wayne'sMerthyr 20 6 aetton lB 0 Evenwood 15 0 Kelloe 1 6 0 Cassop 16 9 Birchgrovo Graigola ...20 Ships at marked ;, 23 ; sold, 22. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAY 20. shade lower. Eastern Counties, Caledonians, 36 4, London and North Western, 103 A—Midland, 83 - i ' e t Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 42 42—Ditto, 6 re cent., 11i—Dutch Rhenish, d. 11. ls. 3d.—Blackbur n ' , per cent , 23 i -Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1014 Po Great Western of Canada, 234 - Ditto, new. p. Eastern, 22 e—Grand Trunk of Canada, 16 —y r Western, 64 c. RAILWAY TRAFFIC _RETURNS. - - LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTER/7 BATLWAY.—Traffie 1 1 turn for the week ending May 16,1837...,...£17,5:3 13 0 Corresponding week last year " ----- 6 Decrease in 1857 .., , LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY ' Traffic return for the week ending May 16, - 6 1857.. Corresponding week last year 14,441 1 0 1 Total of the half-year to this date, 1857 234,947 1 , 6 , 9 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 229,855 7 4 9 LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—T' " O return for the week ending May 17, 1857 260,3 28 , a 9 0 Corresponding week last year, 61,703 vos GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return O r a 1 week ending May 10, 1857 £21,756 1, 0 Corresponding week last year 21,249 Iv o CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic retul l ,l 0 U the week ending May 17, 1857 £5,837 0 Corresponding week last year 2 1 2. 4 -- Increase in 1857 ......r £93 A " 9 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffi c j ) turn for the week ending May 17, 1857 £23,661 , 13 0 Corresponding week last year, .... ~e Y CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Tra ffi c return for °/ ;1 1 ending May 16, 1857 £272 f, 11 Corresponding week last year 255 'Ai „, a . GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAILWAY .- Traffic return ,-- 7 week ending May 17,1557„ £958 14 1 Corresponding week last year 638 4 LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY . — Traffi c , ') turns for the week ending May 16, 1857 —.212456 P" MATERNAL CRUELTY.—On Tuesday evening gal l „et; quest was held at the Pickerinz Arms, Pickering- s n' Lower-road, Islington, on the body of Amelia Ow os ' o l l years of age. The deceased was a servant, but being ifs of place, lived with her parents, a porter and his `' e ril at 54, Huntingdon-street, Hoxten Old Town. s e i ° rfr witnesses stated that at nine o'clock on Monday 123 ,,d ing, Mrs. Owen was very drunk and making a b r to noise in the street, and that her daughter wanted b e to ! come into the house, whereupon the mother flew 0 0 1 passion and beat her over the head with a whiP , „ o d afterwards with a rail. They also deposed to the 11' disposition of the girl, and several other instances c", l iti treatment by the mother. On Monday evening tbsi7ol4 was seen struggling in the water of the Regent's - c ei taken out, and conveyed to the Ryder Arms! o or, North-road, where she died that night. On a post' " 0 0, tam examination the scalp showed severe bruises!. o' the brain was much congested, owing to the ruptt e lis a blood-vessel. The surgeons were of opinion tba.,"oo o might have recovered from the effects of the suba 3 s' id had not the brain been in that state. The coroa st r 'djol summing up, remarked to the jury that the ve , et must be either manslaughter against the moth er be nothing, and he thought manslaughter could O, made out. The room was cleared, and after some dbi the jury agreed to a verdict that death was cause s eb . congestion occasioned by the blows inflicted, th e tOO O 4 mersion in the canal, and subsequent mental exci o and the following addendum was read to Mrs. 0 08 ou "And the jurors express their great indignatilolla disgust at the conduct of the mother of the said . 6 '' t as! Owen towards the deceased, and their regret tba!otas being enabled by law to return any verdict c rinii o 7, o l, her on account of her conduct to her daughter, tbeljet, without the power to inflict any punishment ur tj o ras ti , After this was read, the father of the deceased t oo ls! round to the witnesses who had given evidence as "You see you can do no more." ~~ • I' R( ~l V y~ 11( M Thp Singtor _11( Of F i ght ten. con s ' ll lrl. , AEPE, I ing the by /le,. a , Land ; N ',. Co( • ut si, the aft ;l i t ° t t o h z , bi g. II 4 111 li e n, Daru, Arie s 0. IC.S. st.J. T „ ni uitic ! . a 2 0i, rz, R' The c'efetv atl2 o' P art el arnir ealt;orZ X( El 413 VA: Tl A Th e Ass in the t,ol'l.° BIRTHS. OF A SON. _. f y, Dur .,,,,da-1/''' 6 On the 18th inst., at Carisbrooke Lod ge ,u"— Glocestershire the wife of Alfred Chilleott, Esq. forg e On the 19th ' inst , at Hampstead, the wife of uv -- Stanfield, Esq. . OF A DAICGIITER. f f' On the 19th inst., at 32, Easton-square, the NI ife 0 0 Kirby, Esq., MD. A tl' On the 18th inst., at Ashley, near Market Il a rboro u ' i ' wife of the Rev. Richard Pulteney. MARRIED. 1, °re ' On the 20th inst., l ate at the Brixton Unitarian ChaPe, ro lp , ' road, William Thos. Greenhow, Esq., of the Middl co'' barrister-at-law, to Marion, eldest daughter of the Martineau, Esq. , of Tulse-hill. n AfAr,'!' ,' ;' On the 19th inst., at St. Mary's,,West BroniPt°l 4 , V - duke Simpson, Esq., of Cowlam, Yorkshire, to fl e 'iliogt e- both, the only child of John Wilkinson, Esq., o f 1 ' street, Strand, and of Priory Villa, West Brompton• DIED. , , ° Ell; ' On the 19th inst., at 41, M4rine-parade Brig b c ":oLie r betb, the beloved wife of Thomas Wakley, Esq'' o et Middlesex. Monet aged Bp. On the 18th inst., Edward Sex, Esq., of age - 01l Lodge, Upper Clapton, and of the Stock Exchang...„ Jose' On the 18th inst., at 19, New Bond-street, -I.'"' Atl it, . Sanderson, aged 72. Joni° Ou the 20th inst., at Park-terrace, High burY, t he son, Esq., aged 89. Bor es ' On the 14th inst . at Dumfries,Mr• Robert 1 ~ oldest son of the Scottish poet, aged 70, On the 6th inst., at CoWbridge, GlamorgansYirvee' g itae lit' William Henry Taynton, furmerly of the 64t0 '--- /Or''' . aged 77. On the 17th inst., at 69, Shepperton-cottagtss,24:wsolielt°t' road, Islington, Samuel Robert Topping, ' r '' ' _ ---- - A T aged 71. . ---- ---- - ti...-a' __--- ___ _____ vgDO l r° So LONDON : Printed and Published by g Nice, ti of .No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The S ufi ._ the _col l° 112, Strand, in the Preoinct'of the SavoY, S in of Middlesex, Thum lay, May 21, 1857.