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London, England, 1852-08-07 00:00:00

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N°.18,683.] LONDON) SATURDAY • •rr
7 AUGUST 7, 1852.

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
1, Princes-street, Bank, London.
Established August 1, 1837.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Vht., cap. 9.
CHAIRMAN—CoIoneI ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park.
ADVANTAGES OF `MIS INSTITUTION.
INCREASING RATES OF PREMIUM.
A Table especially adapted to the securing of Loans or Debts, and
to all other cases where a Policy may be required for a temporary
purpose only, but which may be kept up, if sic essary, throughout
the whole term of life.
HALF-CREDIT RATES OF PREMIUM.
Credit given for half the amount of the first seven Annual Pre-
miums, the amount of tare unpaid Half-Premiums being deducted
from the sum assured when the Policy becomes a claim.
SUM ASSURED PAYABLE DURING LIFE.
The amount payable at the death of the .-,ured, if he die before
attaining the ate of sixty, but to the assured himself, if he attabis
that ace, thus combining a provision for old age with an assurance
upon life

ORPHAN'S ENDOWMENT BRANCII.
Established for the purpose of affording to parents and others the
means of having children educated and started in life, by kecuring
annuities, to commence at the parents' death, and to be paid until a
chili, if a son, shall attain his 21st year, or, it a daughter, her 25th
year of age.
These annuities are at any time commutable for their full value, if
a ready money capital is required for a marriage portion, or on en-
tering into business or a profess on.

BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION.
•
1, Princes-Street, Bank, London:
Empowered by her Maje-sty's Royal Letters Patent.
Annual division of profits—applied in reduction of the current
year's premium.
Policy holders entitled to participate in the profits after payment
of five or seven annual premiums according to the table of rates se-
lected.
Premiums charged for every three months' difference of age—not,
as is usually the case, for every whole year only.
Half credit policies granted on terms unusually favourable to the
assured, the amount of half premiums for which credit is given,
being liquidated out of the profits.
At the Annual General Meeting on the 27th April last, a reduction
of 30 per cent. was made in the present year's prethium on all policies
of five or seven years' standing. -
A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock.
Age of the assured in every case admitted in the policy.
Medical attendants remunerated in all cases fox their reports.

(PROPRIETARY.) (MUTUAL. )
,
Extract from the Half Extract from Table with Participation
Credit states of in Profits, after Seven Yearly
Premium. Pay merits
---
Half Whole
premium (Annual) Half Quar -
during premium Age. ' Annual Yearly terly '
to
.. First for ite- premium Pre- Pre-
Seven ma,nder mium. mium.
Years. of Life.
- -.--- -
£ s d. £ s. Tears. Months X 5. d. £ S. d. £ s. d.
25 019 7 119 2 30 0 2 7 3 1 4 2 012 3
30 1 1 9 2 3 6 3 2 7 6 1 4 4 012 4
35 1 411 2 910 G 2 710 1 4 6 012 5
40 1 9 21 218 4 9 2 8 2 1 4 8 012 6
45 114 101 3 9 8 40 0 3 S 0 112 3 016 5
50 2 2 61 3 3 3 6 112 6 016 7
55 212 9 5 5 61 6 3 4 1 112 10 016 9
60 3 6 86 13 4 9 3 4 7 113 1 016 10
Al •

E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director.
ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary.

PATRON—H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT.
R N N
OYAL POLYTECHNIC ISTITUTIO.
LECTURES.
By J. H. Pepper, Esq., on Testing Gold, and on the Australian Gold
Districts ; and also on the Alleged Adulteration of the Burton Bitter
Ale with Strychnine.
By Dr. Bachhoffner on the Patent Polytechnic Gas Fire; and on
Experiment al Philosophy.
By Mr. Crispe, on Morrall's Patent Needles.
By, George Buckland, Esq., on Musical Characteristics," assisted by
Miss Blanche Younge, R.A. of Music, every Evening, except Sa-
turday, at Eight o'clock.
New Series of Dissolving Views.—Exhibition of the MicroscOpe, &c.
Admission, Is. iichools and Children under Ten years of age,
dalf-price. For Hours, see Programme.

LAURENT'S CASINO,
ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
St. James's.
Open every evening by Laurent's Celebrated Band. Principal
Cornet-a-Ptston, M. Soulcourt.
Doors open at Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at the. and
.erminate at half-past eleven.
Admission—ONE SHILLING.

ACURE for CORNS and BUNIONS.
ALLINGILVIVI'S ROTTERDAM CORN and BUNION
SOLVENT gives relief cn the first application, being a safe and cer-
tain cure in the most obstiieate cases. The proprietor of this impor-
tant chemical discovery caut,ons the public against base imitations,
which are most injurious in their effects. The genuine Solvent has
the signature of J. A. SEAR WOOD on the wrapper.
Sold by Sharwood and Co., 55, Bishopsgate-street Without; San-
ger, 153, Oxford-street; and all Medicine Vendors. In bottles,
Is. 114 d., 2s. Pd., and 4s. Gd,

GROUSE SHOOTING.
Reports from all quarters state that this year the birds are
numerous, and that gentlemen fond of the trigger may get ready
for fine sport at the twelfth of August. The most s ffective way to
get ready is immediately to procure the needful Cluthing, Boots.
Hats, Caps, &c., at E. MOSES and SON'S, whose Sporting Dress Is
the best, the most elegant, and the cheapest in the world. The pe-
culiar cut of their Shooting Coat prolongs the sporiman's pleasure
during his excursions on the moors— it is light, comfortable, and
waterpoof—it fits correctly, and gives full scope f,r every position
in which the sportsman may desire to place himself ; in fact, if any
gentleman wishes to b' well, and to do well on the moors, he must
equip himself at E. MOSES and SON'S.
Visitor s to the Continent, the sea coast, or any place of fashion-
able resort, will find novelty in every style at E. MOSES and SON'S,
and dress for these occasions, the most magnificent, fashionable,
elegant, and serviceable; at considerably lower prices than at any
tnemeci•ra
wish either to see or io bear from the emigrant after they have sold
him what they may call an outfit. Look to your own interests ! by
procuring your Outfits at E. MOSES and SON'S. They are known
in all the colonies by the superior accommodatton their outfits have
afforded to thousands of emigrants, and, " Sure as the needle to the
pole," these emigrants will continue their patronage to E. MOSES
and SON, though separated by the vast expanse of the Pacific. The
voyage of four months can be performed in about eight weeks by
steamers, then communication between Au'tralia and London will
be regular, and as regular will the commands of emigrants be for-
warded to E. MOSES and SON. Emigrants, It is E. MOSES and
SON who lay at your service the experience of many years, with all
the benefits derivable from a world-wide connexion, and the largest
business transactions in the world, the advantages of a stock un-
equalled in the universe for extent and quality, and the convenience
of a separate department, in their gigantic establishment, expressly
devoted to Outfitting ; and, in addition, perfect suitability and supe-
rior quality in every article is guaranteed, at charges lower than at
any other house. All information relative .to sailing of vessels, Ito.,
and full lists of Outfits, may be had on application, or post free to
any part of the kingdom.

No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER House IN OR OUT OF LONDON,
except their own Establishments, as follows :
London City stabitstiment, 154, 155, 166, ana Jot, alinortes, 83,
84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2,
and 3, Hart-street, all oommunicating.
Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-street,
S aefileld Branch, 36, Fugate.
Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Beet
and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and liendemer.
The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on
Saturdays, when business is resumed till Twelve o'clock,
A new Book, entitled " The Library of Elegance," containing a
full list of prices, and directions for self-measurement, can be had,
gratis, on application, or forwarded, post-free, to any part of the
kingdom.
A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1852 can be had, gratis,
en application.
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ON TIIE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET '
INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.
WITH FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL.
In French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a
Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, for Forty-two Stamps,
SELF-PRESERVATION; an
Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions of
Marriage, in all the bearings in which that important subject affects
the health and happine. s of Man, with its Disqualifications and Impe-
diments, tracing.their origin to the effects of juvenile solitary habits,
youthful excess, tropical climates, or dose study ; followed by prac-
tical remarks, founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment
of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, spermatorrhcea,
Syphilis, and all diseases of the Urinary and Generative System. Il-
lustrated by SO coloured Eneracings, on the Anatomy of the Repro-
ductive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease.
By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., •
31, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Doctor of Medicine, ed Member of the Universit Society,
Matriculaftth London H y
burgh, honorary
Member ? . e ospital Medical
essential, object of this re . P n out the fearful
The .
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misery in Youth, degradation in Man-
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decay
consequences resulting from irregularities and excesses; which
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adopted is founded on
noWyn to modern pathologists. The treatment
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schools of medicine both in this country
the personal supervision .)f Dr.
legally qualified physicians of medical science. In short,
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himself
divided studies to this important branch
diseases incidental
every peculiarity relating to the treatment of the
who have devoted their whole and un-
divided
relief and
to the generative system, and the . mealans of im
distinguished medical
ultimate cure are described in detail. e professional reputation
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,Owxfhoord,:s: eehet tenS:iteed, Tpiteenhobnazorne,-street,
tette-. daily. from Ten till Two, and from Six till Eight.

DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS.
To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho,
47, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author
price One shilling each; by post, Is. 6d.
ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
"Health, teereation, and Rational Use of Time."
CONTENrS:—EarIy Rising—Spring and Bummer Mornings—Ea-
e usions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills,
Farests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country
Trips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night
Evenings Eating, Drinking,
Sleeping, Bathing,
BatathingHome,
Ease, Occupation, &c.,
Rest,
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Vol. 11. ZDIRBURGH, Jte ,
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DUBLIN, &c, 'CZNCEs of
'WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND Avon),
"That three score yoars and ten our course may
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popular review of Almost every form (cause and cure). of
yo-debilits.ted health and enfeebled constitution, that ha ner-
thewith tables and rules for the diet and physical raga_
young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, an,l.Tes
bitters old age ;
atlon;of every-day life.

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V.
THE MARRIAGE STATE.
To bo or not to be,
PaeolAstms:—Laws and obligations of nature, so
Time and
gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sea.
ielions
and
Choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament,
that is the question:ay,
egure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art oc°fmrcal) ring them.
1824). Twenty-fiveand reli-
Cases,&c.
hYsical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion.
(1827) L.S.A.
matters. Reception
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magi pi A ~..,,, ears daily till Five.id TO
years and Forensicz nßinegfeo,rete34l;lollZdici
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CONTRACTS for RUM, PEAS, SOAP, and
MUSTARD.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-place, August 5, 1852.
The Commissioners for eiecuting the Office of Lord High Admiral
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give
notico, that on TunasoAv, the 2Gth instant, at One o'clock,
they will !)e ready to treat with Such persons as may be willing to
Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victuading
Stores at Depttorvl. the undermentioned Articles, viz. :
r The produce of Gallons.
tile British pos- 15,000
ses;ions in the
RUM West Indies
[The produce of
other British 15,000
possessions

When to be delivered

Half of each of the
quantltiei in a month,
and the rematmLr in
a month afterwards,
or eai tier if preierred
by the party tender-
ing.
•

Quarters.
500
Tons.

SOAP (Mottled) 33
MUSTARD (in flour) 10 J
The Rum to be exempted from the Customs duties, and the Soap
to be tendered for at a price exclusive of the Excise drawback, which
will be allowed the Contractor.
Tenders will not be received for a less quantity of Rum than 3000
gallons, of Peas than 100 quarters, of Soap than 10 tons, and of Mas-
cara than 2 tons.
Samples of the Ram (not less than 1 quart of each description), of
the Peas (not less than 2 quarts), 'of the Soap (not less than a bar),
and of the Mustard (not less than 2 lbs.), must he produced by the
parties tendering, and separate tenders must be made for each de-
scription orßum.
Tne conditions of the revised Contracts, to which particular atten-
tion is called, may be seen at the said Office, at the Office of Com-
mander Bevis, at Liverpool, and of the Collector of Customs at
Bristol: • • -

No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of Treaty,
nor any noticed, unles the party attends, or an agent for him duly
authorised in
,writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi-
ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words, " Tender for
,"'and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, and
those for Rum and Mustard, accompanied by a letter signed by
a responsible person, engaging to become bound with the person
tendering in the sum of 201. per cent. on the value, for the due per-
formance of each of the Contracts.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL AUG.
STOCK DMIANGIC.—The share market still continues
inactive, with prices not so good. Great Westerns were done
at 100.

LIVERPOOL, AUG. 6.
STOCK EXCHAN4II—The share market has been fluc-
tuating all day, and closes a shade above the lowest limits.
The transactions were as follow :—Blackburn (late Black-
burn, Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire, 6%—Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 81—Ditto, Fifths, 4 dis.—London and North-
Western, 125 Y 4 —Ditto, New Quarters, 31'A—Midland, 74
—South-Eastern and Dover, 21 lA—York and North Mid-
land, 25%.

MANCHESTER, AUG. 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a fair amount of business
done to-day, but prices -had a downward tendency The
transactions reported were—Eastern Counties, 1034—East
Lancashire, 171--London and North-Western, 126—Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 33—North Staffordshire,
5%8 dis.—York and North Midland, 25K—Caledonian,
2014—Midland. 733/4—Leeds, Fifths, 4 dis,—North Union
(B), 180—Blackburns, 67/4-

BIRSIIIGHAR, AUG. 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE —The railway share market, although
dull, has been to-day apparently better than, according to
telegraphic announcements, it was in London. The business
transacted has been comparatively small in amount, but prices
have not fallen to the extent they are reported to have done
elsewhere. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley
were done at 11/. 6s. 31—Shrewsbury and Birmingham
(A)► N.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
WAKEFIELD, AUG. 6.—The supplies continue mode-
rate and the demand is pretty much confined to fresh
qualities, for which somewhat better prices are obtained.
For all spring corn there is a very limited inquiry, and
prices are rather easier.

Old. New.
WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel:— a. s.
Suflolk,Essex, and Kent, red —to 39 to 42
Ditto, white ... ••• 44 —46
Norfolk and Hunts., red ... ——. 38 —4O
Ditto, white ... 42 45
Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 38 40
Ditto, white ... 42 45
Yorkshire, red ... 38 40
Ditto, white 42 45
Dantzic and Konigsburg, white .. 45
Lowerßaltic and Hamburgh, red... 37 40
Mediterranean, red ... 33 —36
BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:—
Grinding per 30 atone
Foreign ... •••• ...
BEANS, per qr. 631bs to the bushel :
Small, fine ...

26 - 28
25 - 29

33 - 35
32 - 34
28 - 29

Ticks
Foreign ...
OATS, per stone :
Mealing . —d to —d 10d to 11d
Feeding ... •.. —d to —d 10d to 10id
Foreign ... —d to —d 10d to 100
SHELLING, per load of 2611 b 27 28
MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels —— 39 —42
PEAS, per Imperial Quarter :
Blue and white boilers
Grey and Feed

28 - 32
28 - 32

I .03 Rapeseed •• • Iwo •• •
Shelling ... ... ... 376
Li' td •• - ••• ••

Ott,.

Barley •••
Oats ... ... ... ...

Beans... ••• ... ..•

1 ...inseet
64 Malt ...
...
• • ... •°...
Flour ••• ••• ... ... ......

Peas ... ... ... ...

Tares ... •I• •••
NEWBURY, Aua. s.—Our supply of wheat to-day is
moderato, for which we have a better demand than for
some time past, and prices have generally advanced is
per quarter. We have great complaints of the blight,
but in the one lot of new of 15 qrs, sold this day, the
quality was good, although the condition, from its being
hurried, was indifferent. Barley, but little in offer, and
late rates supported. A sample or two of new were
shown, of fair quality. Beans and oats, short supply,
and fully maintained late rates. Peas—a lot or two of
new, of fine quality and condition, for which extreme
rates were demanded.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 6.---Harvest has commenced, and
will be in full operation next week, with fine weather,
but the accounts from the country received yesterday and
to-day report less favourably of the grain crops than
was the feeling ten days ago. The potato disease is
worse spoken of this year than for several years. At the
market this morning a fair business was doing in wheat
and flour for consumption, and a little on speculation, at
the extreme rates of Tuesday, and in some cases a small
advance on each was obtained. Every other. article of
the grain trade quite
,supeorted late pri?es. The
weather to-day is broken, and the barometer is at a low

Carcases—The
dB:::
4sl at:
4s to 5s ; point.
EXETER,
near the same as last week, but prices were a little ad-
Ana. 6.—Pork Cares
vanced—from 7s to 8s per score being asked. Pannier
s—j
fowlsurkey;2sBs9tdo
t6os
4; geese,s per
c 05us
ptloe
;596d roasters,each
le-
verets, 2s 61 to 3s 63; rabbits, 10d; p igeons, 103 to is
each. Butter, 9d to 103 per lb.; eggs, 18 for a shilling.
Cattle Market—The supply of cattle was not large, but
of sheep there was a good supply. Prime fat beef
c
.
fetched from 8s 64 to 889 d per score;
inferior, from 7s 9d
to 8s do.; cows and calves were from 81 8s to 121 12a—
there was not very many driven in. There were but a
few steers in the market, at about last week's prices.
Barreners were from ss to 5s 6d per score; butchers
calves, 4id to 5d per lb. Sheep—Ewes, from 4d to 4d
per lb.; wethers, 4id to 5l do.; lamb, 6d do. Pigs__
Suckers, 6s to Ss each; slips, 149 to 18s; large size, 40,
to 509. Corn Exchange—For prima samples of wheat,
from 5s 61 to 5s 9d were the general quotations. Barley
and oats as last week. Flour, from 303 to 32s per sack
of 2801bs. Wool—The price has advanced and 8i per
lb. has been obtained to-day.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, AUG. 6.—The demand
has been very inanimate this week, and, with few Iran.
sections reported, rather easier prices have been ac-
cepted. Refined continues quiet. In rum there has bean
rather more business doing, at about former prices....
Bristol Mercury.
BANGOR, AUG. 6.—Scarcely anything done in wheat,
offered from
which was
39s to 41s. Barley was quite of
a retail business; best quality from 27s to 295. Oats
hung heavily on hand, 17e to 18s. Oatmeal 2781
per
240 lbs.
DENBIGH.
AUG. 4.—Wheat, from 13s 6d to 14s er
168 lbs. In barli,y, nothing was done. Oats, from 6i to
7s per 105 lbs. Butter, 100 Eggs, to lid per lb.
for 63. ten
WREXHAM, AUG. 5.—A very limited trade done at
6s 3d to 6s 4d for wheat. Oats were a little easier, and
2s per measure was about the average. Potatoes were
still more abundant than last week, and prices still
lower, price per measure of 95 lbs being is 4d to la 83.
Ducks, 2s 6d to 3s per couple. Buttetr, 9id to 10id per
18 oz.
Rtroli, AUG. 6.—White wheat 5s 6d to 6s Od, red ditto fie
to 5s 9d ; beans Os Od to Os Od per bushel ; barley 00s to 00e ;
oats 19s Od to 24s per qr.
WETHERBY Aua. s.—White wheat, 16s Od to 17s 6d, red
ditto 15s Od to '153 6d per load ; barley 00s Od to 00s Od per qr.;
beans 15s Gd to 00s Od per load ; oats Hid to Is per stone.' '
NORTHALLERTON, AUG. 4.--VoTheal, white 5s Od to
5s 3d, red 4s 9d to 5s Od ; oats 28 6d to Its 9d ; beans 3s 9d to
4s 6d; barley 4s Od to 4s 6d per bushel.
INVERNESS, AUG. 3.—'Wheat, Per Sr, weighing
621 b
per bushel, 38s Od to 418 Od; ditto, old., weighing 621 b per
bushel, 00s Od to 003 Od; barley, per quarter, weighing
541 b per bushel, 25s 6d to 26s 6d; oats, !per quarter, weighing
421 h per bushel, 19s Od to 20s Od. °Amelia, per imperial
boll, 18s 4d to Os Od; ditto second, 16s 6d to 00s Od; barley-
meal, 119 6d to Os Od ; peaseraeal, 15s (Id to Os Od; bran, per
stone, Os 7d to Os Od ; first flour, per 28f Ilb., 34s Od to 35s Od ;
second ditto, 27s Od to 23903 ; oatmeal, best, per stone of 141 b
imperial, is 8d to Os Od; ditto second, Is, 6d to Os Od ; barley.
meal, Is 4d to Os Od ; peasemeal, Is 6d to Os Od ; first flour,
2s 6d cash, 2s 9d credit; second ditto, 28 Od cash, 2s 4d cre-
dit. Potatoes, per lippy, 24d to 3d; beef, per pound, 4d
to 6d; veal, 43 to sd; mutton, 4d to 6d; pork, 3d to 43;
fowls, each, 12d to 14d; chickens, per parr, 121 to 16d ; ducks,
each, Od to Od; eggs, per dozen, 6d is a Od; butter, fresh,
9d to 10d per lb ; ditto, salt, 841 to 10d ; .:roadie (curds), 2d to
Od; four-pound loaf, fine, 5d to 6d; d itto, second, 4d to sd;
coals, per cwt, 9d; hay, per stone, Od t( • Od.

EiszoLTl Sa.verage
amount of business done in combie g wools, and prices
wools are also
continue quite firm this week. Clo thing
HE
wCoLOOLT,
AfIuIGN.G6......MTAhNerUe FhAasCbTeUenßaEn
in good demand.
FOREIGN WOOL, AUG. 6.—There is a considerable
amount of business doing both in foreign and colonial
wools. The spirited manner the la rge sales by auction
in London commenced, and the fixames9
with which
they aro likely to close to-night, I cave no doubt that
prices will be fully maintained; but there is also the
conviction very generally enrened. that both the wool

and woollen trade will continue, for some time to, come,
in a healthy and prosperous condition.
TRADE OF LEICESTER.—The demand continues re-
gular. and the stocks on hand aro small for the season.
Ezr?at difficulty is experienced in obtaining
But little will be producing during harvest time, 'and
seamers to
finish goods, the ,hose 'from round-frames requiring somany additional female hands, a 4 also does the brisk-
ness of the fancy and gyve branches. Worsted yarnsare more in demand, and the ttdvance has in many in-
siances been given. Wools continue fir-n. and more bu
siness is doing, cspeCially in shorter sorts that command
higher prices.

TRADE
OF MANCYLESTEU, AUG. s.—There has not
been much activity in our market to-day, either for
goods or yarns, but pvices continue to be very finely
maintained. The fancy trade lttc-,ps printers in cotton,
silk, and other goods very fully employed, and in tile
new mixtures of cotton, silk, and worsted, which have
had such a good rue for the last few years, new Cm"
binations are eff,:cting, and some new and striking styles
are expected to tempt the market. Most of the lighter
fabrics suitable to the season are in good request, and
printing cloths are selling at very full price.

COAL MARX

Prices of Coal per tonati
Bate's West Hartley 13s 9d
Holywell
North Percy Hartley l3s 9d
New Tanfield
New Felton Main l2s 6d
Tanfield Moor
Penfield Moor Butes l2s 31
Townley... ..... 12s Od
West Hartley
Wylam
Wall's End, &c.

Riddell ..........• 13s Od
Eden Main
Eietton
Haswell lss 6d
Lambton
Ships at market,

Russell's Hetton
11.--YESTXRDAT.
he close of the market :-.•
Lumley
14s 9d
Scarborough l3s Od
Shotton l3s 6il
Hartlepool • l4s 9'l
South Hartlepool
South Belloe l4s 01
Thornley
South Durham 133 9d
Cowpen Hartley
DerwentwaterHartley 14s 6d
Seymour Harvey Coke 19s Od
Nixon's Merthyr and
Cardiff
Gawber Hall l2s 9d
100 ..... Sold, 60
•

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME ClRCUlT.—Guildford, Aug. 5.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Lord Chief Justice JERVIS and
a Special Jury.)
ORIFFITHS V. DE L'ESPINESSE AND ANOTHER.
This case, which was one of an extraordinary nature,
was commenced today, and after occupying the Court
until past six o'clock, it was adjourned.
Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Dawson, and Mr. Lush
were for the plaintiff; Sergeant Shee, Mr. Bramwell,
Q.C., and Mr. Willis were for the defendant.
The declaration alleged that the plaintiff, who sued by
her next friend, her uncle, being a young girl, had been
placed in the charge of the defendants, who were the
principal and deputy lady superiors of a Roman Catholic
establishment at Norwood, and that they undertook to
provide her with proper food and nourishment, and other
necessaries; and it then went on to allege that as a
breach of that undertaking the defendants had neglected
to provide proper food, that they had worked her beyond
her strength, and that they had improperly confined and
otherwise ill-treated her, the consequence of which was
that she became very ill and distorted in her body, and
eventually lost the sight of one eye.
The defendants pleaded, first, not guilty; secondly,
that they were not the managers of the establishment in
question, and also that the plaintiff had not been placed
in the establishment for the purposes, and in the manner
mentioned in the declaration.
Mr. CHAMBERS, opened the case to the jury.
Kenneth Griffiths, the plaintiff, was then examined.
She was very plain looking, but apparently an intelligent
girl. She said—l am 15 years old. I was residing
lately in the establishment at Norwood, kept by the de-
fendant. I first went there in October. 1849, and con-
tinued there until last January. When I first went
another lady was the superior. Dr. Wiseman placed me
in the establishment. The present superior was ap-
pointed in April, 1851. The name of the religious was
St. Tones de Gonain. The other defendant was called
Madame H. Theodore. She was at the convent all the
time I was there. Our diet consisted of soup for break-
fast. The soup was made of rice and grease. For dinner
we had soup of the same description, and sometimes meat,
and for supper we had usually vegetables, such as cab-
bage. We had meat about three times a week. We used
to get up at four in the morning, and went to bed at nine. I
was sometimes engaged in washing from six in the morning
till six in the evening. We had no exira food on those
days. I also used to help to clean the establishment.
The washing was only on one day in the week. We had
as much meat as we could eat. There was a trial class,
which was for punishment. We used to got up at the
usual time, and were placed on a low stool, and placed
close to the wall, and not allowed to look round or
speak. This was continued from four in the morning
till nine at night.::lt was a whitewashed wall we had to
look at. The punishment continued for eight days, and
if we looked round, we had to begin the eight days
again. I bad been placed in the trial class by Ma-
camel "13 ei-47,- it 1 r ft—girt:L.9 , 0 . reesene` elise:gesee'2S tiny_
aunt, and I was told my aunt had nothing to do with
me; I was the Cardinal's child, and ha would be kind
to me. I heard the Cardinal was coming to visit the
establishment, and the defendant said she would pardon
time before Dr. Wisemain came, I was told I was .
ale on condition that I was cheerful before him. A shorto
present a robe to him with SOMQ of my
she told me if he asked whether I had done anY °I The
was to say yes. I had never seen the robe before.
nd 1
Cardinal did ask me the question, and I began to cryd Fa-
he said, "Are you not good?" I made no 'TOY, an very
good Beck, who was by, said, "Yes, my Lord; she is a
good girl." The Cardinal then said it was childishness_
A " mark" was given me to show they were pleased
with me; and Father Beck told the doctor to look at my
shoulder to see the mark. When the Cardinal left
Madame Theodore came up and said that I had not
__be-
haved well, and she was very displeased with my con-
duct duct before the Cardinal, and I must be
companions!.
it and
placed in
,ne
kito
the
kitchen. I was the first who was placed in the u
for punishment. The lady superior came to
me
the
day after she arrived. My eyes were very bad
told her
e
time. She asked me why I looked so ill, and I told ht
Theo-
that the work had overpowered me. Madame a . e
dere said I had been a wicked girl; and when I asked
to see a doctor she told me I was under her charge, and
she could do what she pleased with me. I was !f she
school-room of her house, and the superior said if she
heard any more murmuring she would place le° me H.
Theodore to let me see the doctor, Mr. Chapeau' trial class-room. I repeatedly asked Nfaciin„ and
said
she said it was all affectation. Madame A. Loris Dr.
this. The superior told me I ought to have tolda, ,
Wiseman what she had requested about the robe, a A
,; she
ownagshtagtoaihiaastvedone it, as the doctor was Beek
my conscience to tell l 'Le' very
gssaaidddlitto me. I afterwards went to confession.
Dariions•
was the father confessor. I asked him some claenaid at
Sergeant SHEE objected to anything that w" '
confeSsion being given in evidence.
Examination continued—The superior asked
her the
wards why I did not go to confession, and I toldsod
she
priest asked me questions not fit to be asked, e ie ray
said the questions that were to bo asked war t go to
book, and were proper ones, and if I did not
.rnem
confession, I should be placed in the trial i 6
a a I think
again. I had the book in my hand at the time.
; CO
it is called the Daily Companion, and it was 'ed. After
use in the convent. It is the book now proclueenarean,l
this had happened, and when I had seen Dr. C le some
was very much worse, and when the doctor made inedi-
observation about it, they said I had not taken d i said I
eine. The doctor asked me if it was true, a when the
always took it when it was given to me, a
eeoe what
doctor left the defendant said,
that in consequend
bad to 1
03e after-
Examination
had told the doctor I should be confined,
an
tration con-
undergo the punishment of prostration. Pros
sists in lying on the floor on your face. Before to watch me.
been kept by myself in a room, with a
nun
to lie straight"
This generally lasted for an hour, and I badited to do this
on the ground on my face. I was comp all
small closet.
on one day, and then I was confined in °ad obliged bY
I was not locked up, but I was compelled and
T ld be placed
threats that if I attempted to go out e 8
and I spoke to
in the class of trial. A child passed II
rior that I had
then I had
her, and one of the nuns told the sod in. I was kept
done so, and I was ordered to be loekeart;
i the morning
in the closet for three weeks from flied
till nine at night, and I was not slid_
me!o
any purpose. My food was brough 1°
tbair and a table, but
was only large enough to contain a
..; I was obliged to lie
neither one nor other was in it, an", me, There was a
on the fluor. No light was sneerer'
in darkness all the
window, but it was closed, and I
kept in the closet all
Tgoheoucltofsoert
time. Upon one occasion I was
LOW me they had
night, and the next morning they eive me any food
to b.
forgotten me. They also forgot
to the confession,
I was placed in the trial clas °p
on this day. When I refused togs.or_oo3
ersisted in re-
Theodore asked me if I still,,ea I said I would
fusing to go to confession, ra give me two days
not go; and she said she Madame H.
woo refused I should be
to consider of it, and if I :the time expired she
placed in the trial class. Wbed on ray resenting or re-
put the same question to me, an
d told her I was sure I
to be placed in the kitchen, and told
on earth, that I
should die, but she said I must
to
for six days, and
might merit heaven. I was there
d after some time I was
I begged to see the doctor,
taken to the young ladies' room
allewed to do so. I was
ra bad at this time, but I
fusing she ordered me into the trial class room. I wished
to see bin. My eye "3 yeT'''havo since lost the sight of
could see a little out of it. e
it. The doctor said my eye by I had not been shown
him, and ho wished to know w
shin it had come so only sud-
to hire before, and the lady was gone the moment I saw
denly. It had been bed
sevhen I was very ill. I was
"en weeks at this time. It
first began by debility, did
The doctor said I had a
nothing for me to relieve• . el,e,na I was to have beer aasl
very delicate constitutions,:
be kept in a dark
ill after I had been in thldcotnvent a month. They
meat twice a day,
d work. The moment the
place, and do no back to the class of
hard
doctor was gone I was
trial. I complained
told me that I merited to
getting worse, and they
made in my food. I stood
suffer. No alteration
wasclassroom for sixteen days. The
altogether in the trial
time was lengthened because I complained to some of
to punish me in the
the nuns, and said it was unjustchapman used to see me
awe in which I was. Dr.
continually that my eye was

I got worsteo,idahn
every day, an
the sixteenth dayams
hthiemm.edicine that was seindt he
eor
optTruruhdaleeiyirdhei
doctor
ea,
It
oa
rnit
in the
on
td,h.h
the
owl,
as taken
opt of the class-room to see
I had
when it was given to asked if
Thiseidf mI ewh had
so
not
l la :hi,
uihrnee,
Inhoatde,at butthle cfoouoldd nthot,ttwalesi
medicine, and I said I always did
Irarl:peatedly asked tsoo
lady superior that Iyheeumrl csoamyipnigainthetiis
toI wasthe
given,', 'ua itet,r *at no d at lengthghotnedaoyf
sthenaboareptitfaloiallinsw;
inetierview, and odbut to
wrote,
writs
t and
ni
tßas:i. tIo hs
ma..
saw
I i afterwards, but a nun was
her through a
glt)nrrY:tais'tunignt4.t aatLbilfl7 r this
appealtak taken n only
to YDsra. wAlexender. My
Superior,oculist, butan once,dsherte.fadl.lealsloowmeheinri
aunt was rliceked 'it my
rayk
eofinti:etoluadnysaid they did not allow
any one to interfere in cases of illness,gtouitMy aunt wished
themoni this occasion.
and my aunt threatenedc described.niteed, aapndl they
at length my aunt was allowed ptoytalo a magistrate, and
con-
dition that I should be brought hack
he mho away, on t
o next day. I
was then allowed to accompany
I was taken back to the convent on
Alexander. No priest accompanied me mmy aunt to Dr.
and the defendants were told that Dr. Alexander thy' exander said
that my life depended on the way I was m treated, and that
he had ordered me meat and beer.
send in some stout, but the superior said she
offered to
e could not
allow it. No alteration was made in m
ygatrn. eatmient after
this, but I was placed in the closet a
went a
second time to Dr. Alexander, accompanied by my
and one of the young lady boarders. My auntaa
t aunt
k m
into a coffee ashop, and gave me some refreshment, but Ie
was too faint to' eat anything. The lady
superior had
given me as a reward a mark of the child of Mary.
The second time I went to Dr. Alexander I and one of
together
the priests and a young lady boarder want
in a
cab from Kennington-gate, and we got out near the
residence of Cardinal Wiseman, in Golden-square, and
we all went together to Dr. Alexander's. I
met
my
aunt there, and she stayed in the waiting-room. The
priest went with me iThe nto Cardinal e room and
was at he tthe convent
me back
to the convent.
on this day. Dr.-Grant, the Bishop of Lambeth, was
also present.—(A laugh.) I was crying, and he asked
me some questions, and I answered them, and ho called
the superior out, and asked her why I was so unhappy,
and she said I was not a good girl, and Dr. Grant made
her promise
that she would treat me well, and after this
me better, and gave me more beer and
they did treat A . .
meat. Before I went away h
t e assistant superior told
me that if I said anything about what happened in the
ne d, an never be saved. While
convent, I should be dam I
I was in the trial room was not allowed to perform any
of the offices of nature until we all required to do so.
our punishment. When I left the con-
This was part of o
vent I went to live with my
aunt. My uncle was formerly
a butler in a gentleman's family. I saw my aunt in Lon-
before I came down to Guildford, and
don two ds saint
I expected syhe would have been here to give her evidence.
Before I came away a person, whom I believe from his
dress to be a priest, came to our house and he had an
interview with my aunt. I don't know what he said to
her, because I was not present at their interview.
The witness underwent a long and severe cross-exa-
mination by Sergeant SHEE.—She said, in answer to the
questions put ' to her, that before she went to the con-
vent at Norwood, she had been in two similar establish-
ments, one at Somers-town, and the other at Totten-
ham. A man named Waghorn formerly lived in the
same house with her aunt, but she did not know that
d as man and wife, but she ha
cl heard her aunt
they live
horn. She had also heard
called by the name of Wag
her called Mrs. O'Grady. The name of her present
husband was Couty. The bishop of the district recom-
mended her for admission to the Tottenham establish-
ment.
She was in a similar religious establishment in
France, and came back to England in 1847. Her
real name was Griffiths, end she was told that Dr.
Griffiths was her father. The bishop got her admitted
to the establishment at Norwood in the name of Geie_
fiths. He knew she was the same person he had be-
friended before in another name. The nuns at Somers-
town always called her O'Grady. When she went to the
Norwood establishment she was not very weak and
sickly, and she was not awar that tat her breath smelt
offensively. The orphanage portionhe convent and
that of the lady boarders were separated. The ladies
paid for their board, but the orphans were kept there
by charitable persons. While she was in the convent
she wore the dress of the orphan inmates, and was in-
structed in French, geography, reading and writing,
needle-work, washing and ironing. She went to the
establishment in July and she was not punished until the
month of October following. They were allowed two
hours for recreation every day. In winter time they got
up at half-past four, and in summer at four, and they
went to read at nine. All the girls in the orphanage
class rose at the same hour. The soup they had seemed
to her to be made of oil. They did not always have
meat on Sunday. She did not recollect ever having any
roast meat on Friday, which was the fast day—they had
rice pudding and vegetables. Dr. Chapman, the medi-
arelneeee,taeanne Weesal:eiris thici,-but is was not on Wecoluit
of her nose smelling offensively. When the doctor
attended her ho ordered her to have roast meat twice
a day, and porter, but none of these things were
given to her until the week before she left
the establishment. The doctor, on account of the
state of her eyes, ordered that she should be kept in
the shade, and she supposed this was why she was put
into the dark room. She did not tell the doctor how
she was treated, because two of the nuns were always
present. Madame Theodore told the doctor she had the
meat he had ordered, and she did not contradict her.
She never told her aunt that she was not well treated.
ller aunt asked her if she was well treated, and she told
her she could not answer her, and this excited her sus-
picion, and induced her to make the inquiry which led
to her being removed from the convent. No change was
made in her food until the last week
she
was in the
at all given house, and she had no beer ven to her. All she
had was water coloured with beer. The first punishment
she underwent was havingpaper
pinned a
head with the words "il faut vous fier de cet enfant"
upon it. The children all spoke
French in the
establishment. She was accused of taking some
needles from another child, and she was punished for
that. She was also charged with writing her
a book that did not belong to her. She nameaced in
in
the trial class before the affair of the robewas p
being
pre-
sented to Cardinal Wiseman. Was quitesure
Would swear that she was confined in the closet
of that.
f
four o'clock in the morning till nine at night for eightsl3
days running. The Cardinal, at the time the robe was
presented to him, asked if she had worked any portion
of it, and she cried and did not answer, and she was
sent to do the work in the kitchen as a punishment the
moment he left. He was not Cardinal at that time, and
they spoke of him in the convent as Dr. Wiseman. She
was quite sure it was before ho went to Rome. She had
never said that this took place in August, because she
was sure it was in November. She underwent the pu-
nishment of prostration only once in the presence of Ma-
dame Theodosia. Her aunt was an Irishwoman. She
was not formerly a Catholic, but had become one, and
witness had been brought up a Catholic. After she left
the convent, she went to an infirmary at Margate, and
she received some assistance from Lady Arundel, to en-
able her to do so.
Re-examined—The cold and damp and the hard work
of the kitchen made her ill. She repeatedly applied
to Madame Theodosia to releive her from it. but she
said she could not do so without the consent of the Su-
perior.
Mr. Alexander, the oculist, deposed that the plaintiff
was brought to his residence in Cork street by her aunt,
and he was told that she had come from the establish-
ment at Norwood. The sight of her left eye was com-
pletely gone, and from the condition of the right eye he
had some fear for that also. The plaintiff appeared very
feeble and debilitated, and he ordered that she should
have nutritious food, and good sound beer every day.
The second time he saw her the child did not appear to
mend at all, and her eye looked worse. He inquired if
she had had the description of food he recommended,
and he believed he made the same inquiry of the priest,
who accompanied them. After the priest had left with
the child, he had an interview with her aunt, and recom-
mended her to remove the child, and a fortnight after,
when he saw her again, there was a marked improve-
ment in her appearance. The plaintiff was evidently of
a very scrofulous habit.
Two other medical gentlemen were called, who ex-
pressed au opinion that at the time they saw plaintiff her
appearance showed that she was not receiving proper
nourishing food, such as her condition required.
Mr. Leveine, the clerk to Mr. Cooper, the attorney for
the plaintiff, said that for a week before the trial was
expected to come on he had endeavoured to see Cardinal
Wiseman, and serve bim with a subpcens, but was unable
to do so. He had not served the aunt of the plaintiff
with a subpoena, as she had promised to come, but he
gave her money to pay her expenses. He had been in-
formed on the previous night that she did not intend to
appear as a witness. He obtained the prospectus that
had been produced at the convent. It was given to him
by Madame de l'Espinesse, one of the defendants. He
applied to the secretary of Cardinal Wiseman for his refined to ad-
dress, where he could be found, but he e give
him any information.
By Sergeant SHEE—Ho had in his hand the subpoena
he was desirous of serving upon Cardinal Wiseman. It
was addressed to Nicholas Wiseman and Giovanni
Achilli.—(A laugh.)
Sergeat SHEE—Wha cou h • dve in uced ou to put
the namen of Dr. Achillit on ld
ha y
t o subpoena? lie could
know nothing of the case.
The witness said it was usual to put more than one
name into a subpoena. He thought it might bo advis
able to procure the attendance of Dr. Achillai.
The CHIEF JUSTICE—What for? To ct as inter-1
preter, or what?—The witness said ho did not knouwn.c.e
Cross-examination continued—Believed that !,ohrei.uncle
Cross-examination cofltjflued_Beliosd that th He
of the child had provided the funds for this
12:Letitia's ser-
understood that the uncle had been shen,_tt.. _
nue some
vent, and that when his master died le"
person finding
money. He did not know of any other
money.
a bad nothing to do with
The CHIEF JUSTICE said tueyThe case must be
the question who found the al°rleYiinquiries had nothing
tried like any other case, and those .s____.
whatever to do with the matter
.at!:nle
This was the ow for the Plsolilu*

Sergeant SUEE addressed the jury on behalf of the
defendant!.

Madame D'Osville, the former lady superior of the
convent, was thee examined.—She gave her evidence in
French, which was translated by an interpreter. She
said that she held the office of superior of the este-
blishmeut at Norwood until the Month of June, 1851,
when the defendant, Madame de l'Espinesse, succeeded
t:er. There was an orphanage attached to the convent
for the du:cajun of the poor, nod the chief aim of the
edecation aff,e-ded them was to enable them to ()Meth
their living in the world. They were tau ht readintz•
riting, gratniaer, how to wash, &c., and they assisted
is doing the work of the house. They usually rose at
helC-past four or five. and scout to bed at nine, and dif-
ferent parkas were allowed them for recreation dui! e:
the el3y. They had for their meals during the
day soup, bread sod cheese, fruit, and vege-
tables, en] four times a week they had meat.
The trial class room was a largo room with two win.
doe's In it, and the faces of the child' cu were turned to
the wall to preveet them from having the temptation
of speaking. They were never confined in this room
for any lengthened period, but wore always permitted to
hevo their meals and to take exercise tiuring the day.
When the plaintiff came to the institution she appeared
to be very weak and feeble, and appeared scrofulous, and
seemed to have something the matter with her nose.
Only 121. was paid with her for one year, and she was
eeted with every kindness and attention while she was
in the establishment.
Cross-examined—Cardinal Wiseman paid her the 121.
That was all she received. The Cardinal did not bring
her himself to the institution, but he had a very great
kindness for her. There was no regular dietary table
except for the poor children. The boarders were better
fed. There wero two classes of nuns in the establish-
ment, lay and clerical, and ono of each class superin-
tended the kitchen arrangements. A certain amount of
food was allowed for the children, but she believed they
always had more. When any of the children required
itensat was given to them every day. They always
had most meat for dinner on Thursdays. It was either
mutton or beef. Would swear that one leg of mutton
was not all that was placed upon the table for the dinner
of servants or seventy-five children. If one joint was
not enough, another was always placed on the table.
At the close of the cross-examination of❑
this witnss
the case was adjourned.
The case was resumed on Friday morning, at ten
o'clock, by the continuation of the examination'
of the
witnesses fur the defendants, when it was again ad-
journed.

ROYAL WEST EItNYACHT CLUB
REGATTA.
PLYMOUTH, TIIIIRSDAY.—The annual meetinfuobf'the
yachts belonging to the Royal Western Yacht c
Royal Yacht Squadron, and other kindred institat,' the
commenced here yesterday under the most favourableris
and encouraging auspices.
This regatta, us is perhaps well known, was in honour
of Prince Alfred's birth-day, and it needed but ber Ma-
jesty's cup to make the interest of it complete; but
even this deficiency will, no doubt, be again supplied on
Some no very distant occasion, from the fact of the deep
interest her Majesty has felt in the welfare of this great
naval depot, as expressed by her on her late visit.
The first race on the card was a schooner race for
45/., open to all schooners bond fide the property of a
member of a Royal Yacht Club, and holding the Admi-
ralty Warrant, for which the following yachts were
entered:—

Bianca, C. F. Webster, Esq.; Princess Olga, J. Ruther-
ford, Esq.; Coquette, Lord Godolphin; Julia, F. Dug-
more, E q ; Halcyon, Sir W. Snow Harris.
The course was through the eastern channel of the
breakwater, round a mark vessel moored off the Mew-
stone, thence to another mark vessel moored off Penlee
Point, leaving both on the starboard hand, returning
through the Western Channel rounding the buoy of the
Cobbler, which was to be left on the port hand, thence
round the committee vessel, which was also to be left on
the pert hand, proceeding again round the course as
before, such vessel to be the winning-post in the last
round, passing between it and the shore. A time race
on Acker's scale.
All being in readiness, the starting gun was fired at
1111. 13m. 305., and a very excellent start was effected,
tut the Bianca, like lightning, got her mainsail and tole-
sail set, and soon shot ahead, followed closely in her
wake by the Coquette, and thirdly by the Princess Olga,
the halcyon and Julia being somewhat tardy in getting
under weigh. The Bianca seemed to gather the wind
very rapidly, and went round the Mewstone under a
heavy press of sail, but on getting round the breakwater.
the Princess o:ga managed to overhaul her, and suc-
ceeded in first rounding the mark-vessel at Penlee Poin-,
followed closely by the Biancl. On rounding the Ceb-
bier, the Princess Olga close reefed, was running under
a heavy press of sail, her mainmast bending like a rod,
but she appeared to stand well under it, although on
corning in towards the committee's vessel she was com-
pelled to loner her topgaffsail, but this was of little fan-
first about half-a-mile ahead of her immediate riv---•.Uni
time of arrival was as under:— H, S.
Princess Olga 1 25 35
Bianca „„ 1 27 5
Coquette ... 1 37 30
Julia 1 42 45
On coming round tee Cobbler buoy, the wind was
blowing so strong at the time that it carried away the
Halcyon's sib-boom, upon which Sir W. Snow Harris
struck his flag, and gave up all farther share in the con-
test. She shortly afterwards went into the Catwater to
lay up, and make good her damage.
The second round was uumarked by any particular
change worthy of comment, the Princess Olga, how-
ever, continuing to gain over the Bianca, and increasing
the distance between them. The relative positions were
unaltered, as will be seen below:— H. S.
a. 3 31 15
Princess Olga 3 35 12
Bianca ••• '•• 3 43 0
Coquette •before com letin g
The Julia having struck her flag p
the round, was timed.
The prize wasnot therefore gained b2f tmheinlu'rteinsFetsims Oe lugna.,
notwithstanding the allowance of
der Acker's scale for difference of tonnage between her
and the Bianca.
The other on the card was
A. Cutter Race for 451., open to all cuftaternaseemfh3esr toofnas
and upwards, bond fide the property
Royal Yacht Club, and holding Admiralty Warrant
Time, Acker's Scale. Course,
the in
te rt ehde pr—
e-
ceding race. The following yachts same
a
we r e es n
awk , T.
Volante, J. L. Cragie, Esq.;
War H
h; Bac Bartlettch ante,
,
E,q, ; Mosquito, Lord Londesborolig
B. H. Jones, ELq ; Cynthia, H. Roe'sci.m. J
.5
1' s., and
The signal gun was fired at llla
scarcely a moment had elapsed when the
.Musquito
leading away in a
out a head from among the group,
manner that showed that she was in excellent hands,
tollowed closely by the Bacchante and Violante. An
unfortunate incident occurred at this early period, by
which the chances of the War Hawk, a fine vessel, and
sister to the winner of one of the great prizes at the
Imperial Regatta at So Petersburgh, were completely
frustrated. No sooner had she attempted to get up her
mainsail, when her mainsail halyard gave way, and her
sail fell upon the deck. This was such an accident that
would, under ordinary circumstances, have been a suffi-
cient reason for at once giving up the contest, but the
energy of her crew was not to be daunted, and it was
truly astonishing to see how soon
.her hands mounted the
ratline, removed the fractured pieces, and within ten
minutes she was again supplied with new halyards, and
mainsail, and
gamepsail, and following her more fortu-
nate rivals. The celerity of her men excited the
warmest admiration of all who had witnessed their move-
ments under these trying circumstances. T
how-
ever, was against her, and she was unable afterwards e dap,ry ra r dsto
regain the ground she had lost. A most interesting
followed between the Mesquite and the Volante, race
the
contest for the prize appearing to lie with them. They
pursued the course well together from the PenleePoirv,
and which was well maintained up to the starting vessel,
which they reached as follows:

h. m. 0.
Musquito
••• . •"
...
1 36 40
Volante
Bacchante ••••
••••
•••
1
... ••• ... 146 10
10
37
War Hawk 1 53 3
The Bacchante, on completing the first round•rovbabluel;
the contest, as did the Cynthia on reaching the ad the
buoy,leaving the race virtually to the Volga° Ind stiff
Musquito. On going the second round str?nA heavy
gusts of wind came on, accompanied by ftVeleniquito
showers of rain, and the full powersect but it did not
were never more prominently
suit so well the Volante. Shed,i4)l9o
b won the first round,
maintained
the vessel,
much the same position as she didto
round
but the Musquito was the first Y ever,
which she did as follows:--

ii, In. s.
3 27 5
... ... 3‘. 29 48
••
Musquito ...
....
41 50
Volante ... ... ••• a
War Hawk
ho Mosquito was winner of
Thus it will be seen TS superior to the Volante bu.
overer
course of nearly 40 miles in
the prize, provin
in a slight degree, hse a
not The amusements the roceedinprovided for
gs of the da. extent.
—s
With
rorac.FootleprAmyi
..
pLYNtou . both varied and multifarious, comprising
thisal:Prlcto of 50/ , presented by the inhabitants of
the lou",s; 3 cutter race for 251,, besides nine other
PlYm° d rowing matches for divers sums varying
„oiling an
c from 101. to 501.
The occasion was honoured by the presence of the
ex. Queen of the French, the Duke and Duchess of Ne-
mours and suite, who were on a visit to the Port Ad-
miral, Sir John Onamaney. A spacious tent was
erected for their accommodation on the grounds of the
Citadel, where the royal party, with Admiral Sir John
Ommaney and other officers, remained during the
greater part of the afternoon, and appeared to be highly
gratified with the amusements that were going on below.
The band of the 35th Regiment was stationed near the
ramparts, and entertained the visitors with some very
choice music. The vessels in the harbour, as before,
were dressed in the colours of different countries, and
with the numerous yachts that dotted the Catwater and
the entrance to the Hamoaze, viewed from the heightsof
the Hoe, looking towards the Breakwater, presented a