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London, England, 1849-03-29 00:00:00

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No. 17,631.] LONDON, THURSDAY . Latq tiMir
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EAST INDIA HOUSE, MARcU 28, 1849.
PO the PROPRIETORS of EAST INDIA
STOCK.

Ladies and :;entlemen,

The Election of Six Directo:s of the East India Company being
appointed for WEDNESDAY, tl,e 11th April next, the favour of your
vote and interest is requested for the following Gentlemen, viz.:—
Sir Robert Campbell, Bart.
William Jeaeph Eastwick. Esq.
Sir James Weir Hogg, Dart., M.P.
Licut.-Colonel William Ilenry Sykes.
John Clarmont Whiteman, Esq.
Sir Henry Willock, K.L.S.
which will much oblige,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your most obedient Servants,
J. Masterman W. B. llayley
W. L. Melville J. Caul feild
C. Mills John Cotton
J. Petty Musplatt Russell Ellice
J. Oliphant A. Galloway
W. 11. C. Plowden Richard Jenkins
H. Shank John Loch
John Shepherd J. L. Luihington
M. T. Smith George Lyall
E. Warden Macnagliten
W. Wigram Ross D. Mangles.
Henry Alexander
Proprietors desirous of voting by proxy may obtain a Letter of At-
torney for that purpose at the Treasury in this House.

EAST INDIA. HOUSE, MARCH 23, 1849.
TO the PROPRIETORS of EAST INDIA
STOCK.
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Ladies and Gentlemen,

Having the honour •f being recommended to you by the Directors
of the East India Company as Candidates for the Direction, to be
chosen this year, we take the liberty of requesting the favour of your
vote on the day of Election, WEDNESDAY, the llth April next.
We are,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Tour most obedient and most humble Servants,
Robert Campbell.
Wm. J. Eastwick.
J. W. Hogg.
W. H. Sykes.
John C. Whiteman.
Henry Willoek.
Proprietors desirous of voting by proxy may obtain a Letter of At-
torney for that purpose at the Treasury in this House.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, MARCH 28, 1849.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,

That the RATE of EXCHANGE at which they will receive Cash
for Bills on Bengal and Madras will, from the present date and until
further notice, be Is. lOd. the Company's Rupee ; and for Bills on
Bombay, Is. 10V. the Company's Rupee.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL
COMPANY.

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CIIARTEII,_A.D. 1824,

OFFICE, 12, KING'S ARMS-YARD, 11100RGATE-STREET,

LONDON.
J. S. BriOWNRIGG, Esq., Governor, Ashford, Chertsey, Surrey.
A. W. BLASE, Esq., Deputy-Governor, Salt-hill, Belts.
The Australian Agricultural Company, after having for the last
20 years confined its operations to cultivating, and grazing estates
(comprising 1,000,000 acres), which were selected with great ears in
New South Wales, has determined in offering for sale or lease all that
portion containing 500,000 acres situated near the excellent harbour
of Port Stephne (100 miles from Sydney, and its 00,000 inhabitants).
This estate is bounded by the river Manning, intersected by other
streams, and provided with roads and bridges, which have been con-
structed by the Company at a cost of many thousand pounds. Also
churches and schools. A resident clergyman, schoolmaster, and
surgeon are paid by the Company, for the benefit of their servants.
Farms and Vineyards, which have been long in cultivation, with
excellent homesteads attached, will be offered fur Sale at Twenty
Years' rvirchase on the estimated annual valve. The uncultivated
land will be sold in lots of 50 acres and upwards, at 11. per acre :
each 501. paid in England entitling the purchaser to a choiee, and a
free passage, in one of the Company's ship., to Port Stephen. Each
lot will include a right of pasturage for stock on adjoining land at
a low poll tar. The company are willing to lease land for ten years.
with a right of purchase of £1 per acre during that term. They are
also able to offer cattle, horses, and fine woolled sheep, of the purest
breeds, on advantageous terms. Cuttings, plants, and seeds, may
be obtained from the Company's gardens, orchards, and vineyards.
Purchasers, immediately on landing at Port Stephen, will he re-
ceived by the agents of the Company—forwarded to the agricultural
district, about 20 miles—and allowed to occupy buildings belonging
to the Company at a trifling rent for a reasonable period.
Further information may be obtained on application to the secre-
tary, George Engstrom, Esq., 12, King's Arms-yard, London.

II A W LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
Fleet-street, next St. Dunstan's Church.
March 22, 1849.

Notice is hereby given, that the Books for Transferring Shares In
this Society will be CLOSED on THURSDAY, the 29th instant, and
will be RE-OPENED on Tutatsns.v, the 12th day of April next. The
Dividends for the year 1848 will be Payable on FRIDAY, the 13tk day
of April next, or on any subsequent day (Tuesdays excepted) be-
tween the hours of Ten and Three o'clock.

By order of the Directors.
WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary.

OFFICE OF TIIE GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY,
19, New Bridge-street, Illackfriars.
London, 29th March, 1849.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, than an AUDI-
TORSIIIP in this Company has become vacant by the
Election of JONAH SMITH WELLS, Esq., as a Direct, r.
otice hereby it'so given, that a Special General Court of the
Proprietors of this Company wilt be held at tit's 0111 c: on Moaner,
the 23d day of Aram neat, a' E'even o'Clock in the Forenoon, for the
Election of an Auditor to supply the said vacancy, :lid should a
ballot be required it will continue open for four hours front its com-
mencement.
Notice is lienly further given, that, by the Bth Ilyc-law of the
Company, it is ordained and appo rated hat every CA:•didate !or
becorninz an Auditor shall give notice thercW in writ.ng to the
Sect etary r f he Company ak 1 ast 14 days before election.
By Order of Cl e Court of Directors,
CHARLES BURLS, Secretary.
N.ll.—The Chair wi I be taken at Twave pree4ely, and
none but Proprie ors adm ttcd.

ARTISTS' GENERAL BENEVOLENT
INSTITUTION.
For the Relief of Decayed Artists, their Widows and Orphans.
Instituted 1814.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1842, under the immediate protection
of her Most Excellent Majesty the QUEEN.
PATRON—His Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT, K.G.
VICE PATRONS.
His Grace the Duke of Rue- Right Hon. Earl of Dartmouth
clench Right Hon. Earl de Grey
His Grace the Duke of Devon- Right Hon. Earl of Ellesmere
shire Right Hon. Lord Lyndhurst
His Grace the' Duke of Suther- Sir John Swinburne, Bart.
land William. J. Denison, Esq., M.P.
Most Noble the Marquis of Lans- Joseph Neeld, Esq., M.P.
dowse
Jesse Watts Russell, Esq.
Right Hon. Earl of Shrews- Robert Vernon, Esq
bury
PRESIDENT—Sir MARTIN
The Nobility, Friends, and Sul:
that the Thirty-fourth Anniversa
Freemason's Hall, on SATURDAY, I
The Most Noble the Marquis of
STEW,

Samuel Angell, Esq.
T. W. Angell, Esq.
Henry Sandford Bicknell, Esq,
W. Bowness, Esq.
G. R. Burnett, Esq.
James Coles, jun., Esq.
Charles Couzens, Esq.
George Cutliffe, Esq.
John Dillon, Esq.
Chester Earles, Esq.
Augustus Egg. Esq., A.R.A.
E. Gambart, Esq.

Dinner on Table

ARCHER SHEE, P.R.A.
bEcribors are respectfully infoimed
Lry Festival will be celebrated In
the 31st instant.
! WESTMINSTER in the Chair.
'ARDS.
R. Hannah, Esq.
Frederick Ifold, Esq.
Joshua H. Mann, Esq.
George Powell, Esq.
J. B. Pyne, Esq.
Daild Roberts, Esq., R.A.
Henry:Roberts, Esq.
A. U. Thiselton. Esq.
T. Evan Thomas, Esq., F.S.A.
Robert Thorburn, Esq., A.R.A.
H. Wallis, Esq.
E. M. Ward, Esq., A.R.A.
at Six precisely.
f the Stewards ; of William Nicol,
1-mall ; and of the Assistant Se-
ussell-square.
:N ROPER, Assistant Secretary.

Tickets, 1/. is. each, to be had of
Esq., flonorary Secretary. 60, Pall
oretary, 45, Great Coram-street. RI
WILLIAM JOH]

ART-UNION of LONDON.
Incorporated by ItoYal Marten
The Subscription List will CLOSE on SATURDAY next, the 31st
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instant.
Each Prizeholder, at the Annual Distribation, will be entitled to
select FOR HIMSELF a Work of Art, as heretofore.
Every Subscriher will receive for each Guinea en impression of a
Line Engraving, by P. Lightfoot, after W. E. Frost, A.R.A.
—" SABRINA," a proof of which may now be seen at the °Mee, and
in addition to this, an Engraving, after a design in has relief„ of
" Christ entering Jerusalem," for which the Premium of 1001. has
been awarded to Mr. J. Hancock.
GEORGE GODWIN, Honorary
LEWIS POCOCK, Secretaries.
444, West Strand, March, 1849.

LONDON to BOULOGNE DIRECT, from
LONDON-BRIDGE WHARF.
The COMMERCIAL COMPANY'S superior Steam-ship EME-
RALD or CITY of BOULOGNE :
Sunday, April.. 1, at 6, Morning.
Sunday, April.. 8, at 11, Morning.
Sunday, April.. 15. at _ 4„Morning.
Sunday, April.. 22, at 10, Morning.
Sunday, April— 29, at 5, Morning.
And every Sunday, according to tide.
Saloon, 12s.—Fore Cabin, Bs.
For particulars of freight and merehandize, apply to Mr. James
Whisson, 5, Arthur-street East; and Chaplin's Universal Office, Re-
gent-circus.

THE BEST APERIENT and ANTIBILIOUS
MEDICINE for general use is FRAMPTON'S PILL OF
HEALTH, which effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by
gentle relaxation, without griping or rostration of strength. They
remove head-ache, sickness, dizzinesps, pains in the chest, &c., are
highly grateffil to the stomach, promote digestion, create appetite, re-
lieve langonr and depression of spirits ; witilo to those of full habit
and free livers, who are continually suffering from drowsiness, heavi-
ness, and singing in the head and ears, they offer advantages that will
not fail to be appreciated.
This medicine° has for many years received the approval of the
most respectable classes of society ; and in confirmation of its effi-
cacy, the following letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr. Prout,
with permission to publish it, and if requisite, to refer any respect-
able person to its author :
" To Mr. Prout, 229, Strand, London.
" Heavitree, Exeter, April 24, 1844.
" Snt,—l feel pleasure in being able to bear my strong and unsoli-
cited testimony to the excellence ofyour • Frampton's Pill of Health,'
which I consider a most safe, efficacious, and very superior ge-
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near relative of mine, has used them—very rarely having re-
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has recommended them extensively, and in one instance in
which she induced a person to adopt them, and supplied the
first box herself, they have proved of extraordinary efficacy. I think
that, perhaps, there is scarcely any other of the many patent medi-
cines before the public ofequal value as friend in need ;' certainly
none possessed of superior claims. I shall be happy on all occasions
to give them my individual recommendation; and am, Sir,
.• Your obedient servant,
4'* * *

Sold by T. Preut, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. 130. and 2s. 9d.
per box. Also by the venders of medicines generally throughout the
kingdom.
Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the name
and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the Go-
vernment Stamp.

ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE TIIAT PREYS ON THE
HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF HUMAN
LIFE.

Seventeenth Edition.
Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or free
by post. 3s. 6d.
CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS: a Popular
Inquiry into the Coacealed:Cause of the premature Decline,
with Instructions for its Complete Restoration; the physiology, use,
and abuse of the passions ; and advice to those sufferingfromindul-
gence in a secret vice, or from infection.
By CHARLES LUCAS and Co., Surgeons,
60, Newinao• street, Oxford-street, London,
Of whom the work, may be had, and sold by Brittain, 54, Paternes-
ter-row Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Gorden, 146, Leadenhall-street ;
Ward, 67, Strand : Hannay and Co., 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-
street ; and all Booksellers.
The authors continue to be consulted daily on all diseases of the
generative system, comprising syphilis, gonorrhoea, secondary symp-
toms, and those deplorable disorders resulting from early indulgence
and exces•. Their successful treatment being based upon upwards
of thirty years' practical experience, is a guarantee for their promp-
titude and skill to those who are suffering from aniy of these {com-
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At home from ton till two, and from five till el ght. Immediate
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HELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP-
noust7, Bull Inn-court, Strand, opposite Adam-street, and
Three Doors Bast of the Adelphi Theatre
Gentlemen connected with the Public Offices, Banking Houses,
also Visitors to the Theatres, will find an excellent Table d'Hote at
Tlalf-past Five precisely—Fish and Joints, 2s. Hot Joints until
Bight, and Suppers until One • o'clock. Private Dining-rooms and
Good Beds. Wine and Spirits of the first quality. Superior Ales,
and Barclay and Perkins's Stout.
Proprietors, JOHN AItCHER and THOMAS HOLT.
N.B. An Entrance also from Maiden lane.

ORIENTAL HOTEL, VERE-S MEET,
CAVENDISII•SQUARE.
R. T.IMOT) respectfully informs the Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry,
that the GItA ND Itoo3l of this Hotel s NOW OPEN as a spacious
Salle A manger au pre' icr, and for banquets on a large scale. In
adilit on to the usual hotel eccommoda!ion, this stablishment oilers
the advantams of private dining and supper rooms, with 'ha most
superb and best ventilated smoking coffee-room in London. Tl.e
w.nes, spirits, and cigars are of the highest character. The English,
French, stud Indian cookery elicits the unqualified approbation of all
who patronise this recherché and economical establishment.

THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIU
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.
Lectures explaining the Art of Magic by Mr. Shaw, with il-
lustrations, changed every week, daily at a Quarter to Four,
and every Evening at Nine.—Lecture on Chemistry daily at a
Quarter to Three o'clock.—Dr. Bachhorfner's Illustrations en As-
tronomy, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at One o'clock.—
il,:ctures en the Ventilating of Mines, &c., by means of the Steam
Jet.--A View in the Gold District of California is aided to the
New D'issolving Views.—NewChromatrepe.—Machinery and Modes
explained, &c.—The Music is directed by Dr. Wallis.
Open dailj• from Eleven to Five ; and in the .Eveninge (including
4aturday) from seven till Half-past Ten.
Admission, is.— -Schools, Half-price.—The Now Catalogue, le.

THE LATE PETER EURROWES, ESQ.

THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY 'AIIiGAZINE
for APRIL, 1849.

rIVIE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A THIEF,
Edited by JOHN SAUNDERS, and the HISTORY OF
SMITIIFIELI), by THOMAS GASPEY. —See the APRIL Part of
the " PEOPLE'S and lIOWITT'S JOURNAL," price s which
is also Embellished with Seven Engravings by MHASO4 GILKS,
&c., and contains Papers by eminent Writers. It will be found to
be, in quality and quantity, the cheapest Periodical of the day.
London : Willoughby and Co. Dublin : J. 3PGlashan. Edin-
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And all Booksellers.

In a few days,
THE PRINCIPLES OF PO LITIC AL
ECONOMY; with a Sketch of the Rise and Prozress of the
Science.

By J. It M'CULLOCII, F.sq.
Fourth Edition; corrected. improved, and enlarged.
A. and C. Black, Edinburgh ; Longman and Co., London.

rE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT.
By Messrs. SWAIN and CO., Court Tailors, 379, Oxford-

street.
This celebrated OVER-COAT for the Spring has been introduced
in the lightest textures of material from the c,stly wools of Syria
the exclusive use of which has been secured by Messrs. Swain and
Co., an manufactured into the Paletot universally known as the
choicest article of the kind extant.

REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT.
By Messrs. SWAIN and CO., Court Tailors, 379, Oxford-

street.

The local Agents for its sale in the British Empire are—
Mr. John Hollingsworth, New-street, Birmingham ; Messrs. Mtn.-
ford and Antwiss, Castle-street, Liverpool ; Messrs. S. and S. Smith,
Cross-street. Manchester; Mr. Charles Saxelby, Shrewsisury; Mr.
George Davison, Norfolk-street, Sheffield ; Mr. W. S. Bevin, Ches-
ter ; Mr. Robert Pinhorn, Newport, Islo of Wight; Mr. John John
son, Ashton-under-Lyne; Mr. Whitmore, Stockport; Mr. Thomas
Hubback, Berwick-on-Tweed ; Mr. Ralph Wilson, Gray-street, New-
castle-on-Tyne ; Mr. William White, Edinburgh ; and Mr. John
Whitty, 8, College-green, Dublin, sole agent for Ireland.

DARKNESS REIGNS NO MORE.
The LIGHT of ALBERT gladdens the midnight scene.
Darkness now wears a diadem of Light. A beautiful little Light.
decidedly the best Night Lamp known. All should use them.
Price, for the best, 9d. each. The Lights are Gd. per box. The
Albert Lamps, with the genuine Lights Mr them, can be had at the
Establishment of the Metropolitan Light Company, RICHARD
CLAIM, Resident Manager, 417, West Strand, next door to the
Electric Telegraph Company.

REVOLUTION IN LIGHT-GOOD NEWS.
What Lights are these? Visions of by-gone times, but now
realities—The Diamond Lamp is perfect—lts equal is unknown.
The Diamond Light for India Is tranquil amid the draught of the
Punkah—The Vertical Lamp is shadowless and simple to perfection
—The Pearl Candle Lamp is worth a hundred other Candle Lamrs
All who desire the best of Lights can obtain them only hers—The
Star. the Golden, the Glass, and the Reflecting Gas lsurnera are be-
yond comparison the most brilliant of Gas Lights. The Metropolitan
Light Company her Majesty's dominions wills Light supply. The
Public will have none other. The Eight New Lights are constantly
burning at the Company's Establishment, RICHARD CLARK, Resi-
dent Manager, 447, West Strand, next door to the Electric Telegraph
Company.
N.B. Guard all from buying the Carcel Lamps, they are leaky awl
useless.

FENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE.
1., The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty
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can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy
the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap-
plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing
the roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and 10s.
per bottle.
To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate-
street, Whiteshapel-road, London • also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn-
hill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout;229, Strand; Sanger, 150, Oxford-
street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond-
street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London,bridge ; Hannay,
63, Oxford-street; Finnigin, Milsom-street, Bath; Elmore, Bull-
street, Birmingham ; Roberts, 23, Church-street, Liverpool ; and of
most Perthmers and Medicine Vendors in town and country.
Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, post-
paid.
Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye."
Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper.

A R R I A G E.
L.M.. One half the wend are desolately single, and the other
supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
iense et right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em-
altter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea
of caution and worldly prudenceo.and the indisscuble, regret tin-
comprosing harry; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
and social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set-
tlement. Honour and justice demand that health sheuldform an item
In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or
serlect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CIILVERWELL'S little
MEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., Is.
each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Lot no imaginatively
refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
oy mleinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining
them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but
ter the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom
trey are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on
the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or
together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore. two other
Mile publications claim your attention (same price Is. each,
by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
kvoid," and " How to be Happy." They aro not merely
pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the
mere ephemeral scribbling' of the hour, but the study of the author's
life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this oh-
iervance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he
would be done unto—to live after natures laws—and to keep always
on the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of
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mornings and evenings). 10. Argyll-plaee B,egent-street; anti all
Itooksellors.

THE NAVY ESTIMATES FOR THE

ENSUING YEAR.
We continue our extracts from the tracts put forth by
the Financial Reform Association of Liverpool.
One of the improvements in the navy estimates for the
year beginning Ist April, 1849, and ending 31st March,
1850, which will be at once conceded es an improvement,
is that which removes the direct and immediate interest
of the ofileers of the Royal Marines serving on shore
in the quantity of drink consumed by their men. Ma-
rines, like other soldiers, spend money and time in bar-
rack canteens, if not permitted to go elsewhere, and, if
much restricted to barracks, are more frequently in the
canteen than they would be in any public-house else-
where if allowed liberty to walk out. The visits of
civilians, who treat the soldiers or marines to liquor in
barracks, the more readily if the latter be much re-
stricted from going out; the earnings of women who
are wives, and become cooks, washerwomen, or laun-
dresses, all has added to the profit of the barrack can-
teens, and the officers' mess-table has been spread at
greater or less cost to the gentlemen who dined at it as
the profit and rent of the canteens ebbed or flowed. To
have a barrack tap-room that yields profit and high rent
was their immediate interest. This is wisely abolished.
But s- hat is the consequence to the public? That
political sleight-of-hand, which has usually substituted
a greater for a lesser burden on the public purse, when
effecting, or professing to effect, a reform, has done the
same in this instance.
At Woolwich the officers of the marines obtained from
their canteen in aid of their mess 1101. in 1848. This is
now to be paid into the Exchequer, and they are to ob-
tain by vote, of Parliament 1541.
At Chatham the canteen rent in aid of their mess was
119/. in 1848. This is to be paid into the Exchequer, and
they are to have a vote of 1541. instead.
At Portsmouth the canteen rent in aid of their mess
was 2031. in 1848, which is now to be paid into the Ex-
chequer, and 265/. is to be vieteci.insteed.
At Plymouth the canteen rent was 119/. in 1848. This
;s to be paid into the Exchequer, and 1501. is to be voted
ins:ad*
The number of marines voted for the year ending 31st
was 5,500 to serve afloat and 8,000 to serve
March, IS4n,
shore. the :umthe year ~umber is to be, for beginning
on
Ist A -siding 31st March, 1850, 6,000 to
serveil 1849, and e..
afloat and 6,000 to sZvo on shore. This gives a
reduction on the whole of 1,500, : n.cl on those who spend
e
their time and money in the canteens on:11N' a reduction
of 2,000.
Thus, in a year when prices are low, and messing
should bo cheap, when the marines on shore are to be
reduced one-fourth, the grant in aid of the officers' mess-
table is augmented more than one -fourth. The only
known reason for this improvident arrangement is,
that the officers of the army having grants of money
voted to them "in aid of regimental messes," the
officers of the marines are to be put upon an equal
footing.
But there is a more serious financial question involved
in the reduction of the naval forces, as proposed in the
new estimates, than that of officers' mess. With the
1,500 marines, there is to be a redaction of 1,500 sea-
men. This measure of relief adds to the in-
cubus of the half-pay list. The proposed reduction of
men in the army leaves the regimental officer
untouched; each regiment, with fewer men, will still
retain its officers, and, to some extent, this is so with
the different battalions of marines; but, in the case of
paring off ships in commission, and not commission-
ing others, the men, who are most likely to fall back
upon poor rates, or whoso own resources are the
most slender, are left to provide for themselves ;
while their officers, originally selected because they
were gentlemen born, whose families had wealth or
interest sufficient to secure their selection, are not
to be left to provide for themselves, or to be
provided for by their families, who would, at least, keep
them off the poor rates, the officers are to be provided
for by the public on the half-pay list. Here is the effect:
Year 1848-49—" Half-pay to the officers of the Navy and
Royal Marines," 729,7401. ; year 1849.50—" Half-pay
to the officers of the Navy and Royal Marines," 732,2521.:
increase of half-pay for the ensuing year, 2,512/. The
increase is small, but the principle it illustrates is vicious. '
In like manner, there is to be an increase of " civil
pensions and allowances" in the navy estimates. These
stand thus:—Year 1848.49, 155,044/4 year 1849-50,
161,3571; increase, 6,3131. We shall probably dis-
cover, during the ensuing year, that this addition
to " civil pensions and allowances " in the naval
department has been caused by the following
operation:--To effect an apparent reduction of
the navy estimates (besides that shown in the dis-
charge of 3,000 seamen and marines of the lowest rank,
and in the discharge of workmen of the lowest rank in
dockyards) the superintendence of the contract packet
service is to be removed from the Admiralty to the Post-
office, which makes a reduction of 611,66=.2/. Wore this all
the oporacsoo' st would oi.soy be a transfer of taxation to
that amount from one department of government to the
other, a hitching of the burden, which an uneasy nation
struggles under, from one shoulder to the other. But it
is more. It was recommended last year by official per-
sons, examined by the Committee on Navy Estimates,
that a " naval officer of high rank " should be attached to
the Post office, in the event of the packet service being
removed from the Admiralty. This will be a new officer
in the Post-office. All his subordinates will be new officers
and clerks. The necessity for enlarging the building in St.
Martin's-le-Grand, already too small, will become more
urgent when a " naval officer of high rank," his retinue
of officers and clerks, are introduced there. The Post•
office will be enlarged, the new naval department will
draw their salaries, in addition to all salaries pre-
viously paid in the Post-office, and the officers and
clerks in the Admiralty, who have hitherto been en •
gaged in the packet department, will retire on the "Civil
Pensions and Allowances," which we have just seen
are to be increased in the ensuing year. This is another
specimen of political sleight-of-hand.
The convict service is also to be removed from the
Navy, and charged to some other department. The
changes effect an apparent reduction of 53,950/. in the
Navy Estimates. It is also a hitching of the burden on
the shoulders of the uneasy nation.
The most barefaced of the changes in the New Navy
Estimates is an addition to the expenses of the Admiralty
office:—Year 1848-49, 136,303/. ; year 1849.50, 138,214/.;
increase, 1,9111. And this increase is demanded, although
there is to be less work to du; convict service removed
elsewhere, packet service removed elsewhere, and fewer
working sailors, marines, and dockyard artificers to be
employed and paid.
Under this head there is a new item attached to the
office of surveyor of the navy, " Allowance for the sure
render of his house, required for public purposes, 300 Z,"
which suggests an inquiry, The allowance of sums
for house-rent, varying from one-sixth to one-third of
the salary, is attached to many of the chief offices in the
Admiralty department, in London, at the dockyards,
and abroad. The surveyor's salary is the handsome sum
of 1,000/. He could hire a house more than canal to
his dignity for 1001. in some of the squares in London.
Why, then, is he paid 300/. for house rent? Probably,
that his salary may be 1,300/. per annum, while his in-
come-tax shall only be paid on 1,000/. If this be not the
design, it is the practical result.
The Storekeeper-General has also an allowance of
300/. for house-rent.

The .4 Comptroller of Steam Machinery and the Packet
Service " has 7001. of salary, and 2501. for house-rent.
The " Chief Engineer and Inspector of Steam Ma
chinery" has 7001, and 2001. for house-rent. A charge
fur " house-rent," and another for the " rent of a stable"
to the Admiral at Malta, is a curious proof of the Ad-
miral's performance of his duty on board his flag-ship.
The ship, according to the traditions of the sea, should
be at once house, horse, and stable.
The office of " Chief Assistant and Draughtsman to
the Surveyor," which had a salary of 650/. a year, is
abolished; and " two Assistant Surveyors" at 800/. each,
aro appointed instead. The other additions to the ex-
pense of the Admiralty are occasioned by increase of
salary to draughtsmen and clerks.
The clerks at the Admiralty (Whitehall branch) go
to their offices at eleven or twelve o'clock in the day, no
special hour being appointed (so the evidence given be-
fore the Committee of 1848 informs us), and they remain
until six and seven o'clock in the evening, or until any
earlier or later hour, as the work to be done may re-
quire. The clerks at the Somerset house branch of the
Admirality attend at ten o'clock and work till four, not
longer. If there be extra work to do, they either
remain and do it, or take it home with them to
their lodgings. In either case they receive extra pay.
Some of the witnesses examined stated that there
was too much reason to believe that they did
less than they might do during office hours,
that they might have their work home to get extra
payment for it. Mr. Ward, M.P. for Sheffield, who has
2,000/. as first secretary, was asked if he thought an
attendance from ten to four o'clock sufficient, and he re-
d that,it was deemed a fair attendance in a government
office. The second secretary has 1,500/. a year. In accord-
ance with the recommendation of some previous commit-
tee, he was for several years only paid 1,0001.; but, when
the new Lords of the Treasury came into office under
Lord John Russell, they discovered that no minute had
ever been issued by their predecessors settling that
salary at 1,0001., and, expressing themselves "happy to
have it in their power to restore it to 1,5001.," did so. Of
course Captain Hamilton, the under-secretary, did not
object to take what was offered to him.
The First Lord has 4,500/.; two junior Lords each
1,200/.; and three other Lords el ch 1,0001. The solicitor
has 1,600 L, and 1,0001. for his office and clerks. There
are seven other salaries of 1,000/. each. In the depart-
ment of the secretary, Mr. Ward, there is one clerk at
1,000/., seven at from 6001. to 850/., twelve at from 3501.
to 5501., and nineteen at from 1001. to 350/.
In the department of the accountant-general, Somer-
set-house branch, where they work (or play) six hours a
day, there are, one at 9001., two at from 600/. to 8001.,
thirteen at from 500/. to 650/., forty-eight at from 3001.
to 500/., and one hundred and thirty-three at from 901.
,
to 3001. Salaries of secretary's clerks, year 1848-9
14,971/.; year 1849-50, 15,4421.; increase, 471/. Sala-
ries of accountant's clerks, year 1848-9, 49,3401.; year
1849.50, 51,0331.; increase 1,693/.
In the engineer's department (which, considering the
importance to the country, should include the best
available talent) there is the following entry :—First
writer and calculator, 1501. ; second ditto, 80/
These must bo practical men, and can only be
found in the workshop, or some other place where

p; attics! men are bred. A "hall porter" can be
found sllywhere, a footman growing out of his good
proportions will do, and relieve some Lord of the
Admiralty from providing for him otherwise. Ac-
cordingly, there are at Whitehall a " hall porter,"
at 1601. (just double the salary of the ancond
writer And calculator); five other porters, four at
150/. each for the " barl-room," tad one at 1001. f,sr
he " First Lord's officc,;" eiht at 84/. ea:,11; and threo
at 72/. each; a head messenger, at 250/.; a hoarekeeper,
100/.; and to " c,ver wage 3 of female servants," 1501.;
three extra messengers, one waterman, three labourers,
one gardener, and " messengers' " allowances, 575/. ;
clothing to Admiralty bargemen, 25/. 14s. ; and allow-
anus, instead of clothing, 28/. 03. 7d.
At Somerset House there are messengers, one at 200/,
one at 150/., six at 100/, nineteen at 801., one more than
last year, one bargialiaster at 80/., twelve messengers
at 70/. .each, two housekeepers at 100/, "compensation
for loss of allowance to one of them," 70/.; two model-
lers to the surveyors of the navy, 250/. 83.; clerk of
work“, carpenter, &c., 266/. Is.; eleven messengers, two
watermen, labourers, "messengers' allowances,"
1,412/. 43. "Extra allowance to messengers for attend-
ing on Sundays," and . two police officers, 244/. 103.
Clothing for porter and assistant porter, 291. 18s; house-
keeper's servants, 503/. 18s. Housekeeper's dis-
bursemental—Allowanees to clerks sent on duty i
to the posts, for attendance at night, and other small
payments, 3,000/. General repairs and alterations
of the offices and public buildings at Whitehall
and Somerset-house (an annual charge), packing-
cases for models, &c., 5,0061., in 1848, 6,500/.
Fuel, lighting, travelling charges, carriage of
parcels, &c., 4,000/. Rent, rates, and taxes, 2,0001.
Advertisements, Post-office lists, &c., 4,500/. Fees and
expenses of the Marshal of the Admiralty Court, 2,0001.
(in addition to his 2,600/, already noticed). And there
is for postage 10,000/.
This last item leads us to seek an explanation of the
use of the many messengers of the Admiralty, and
from the evidence it is ascertained that though the sum
of 10,000/. is set down fur postage, most of the letters,
if not all, in London passing between one de-
partment and another on naval business, are
carried by messengers, though there is an hourly
delivery by post.
The foregoing are the principal items of expense. Few
persons out of the Admiralty-office will admit the ne-
cessity of an increase of charge upon the public, which
the new estimates make, when there was so much room
for reductions in salaries paid for so littlo work dono

[PRICE SD.

CANAL BETWEEN PACIFIC AND
ATLANTIC.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS.
Sir,—Observing in the various journals considerable
discussion on the subject of a railway or canal communi-
cation between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and know-
ing something of the intervening countries, 1 propose to
make a few remarks a hich may assist those who are in-
clined to invest their capital in such a speculation.
First. Geographical position. Any one who looks at
the map of the Iv( rid must decide in favour of the Isth-
mus of Panama. It is the natural centre of North and
South America—the distance between the two oceans, in
a direct line, is not 40 miles; and the mountains running
through its length are of less elevation than in any other
of the three proposed routes.
Second. Political frontiers. Prom a considerable ex-
perience of and residence us Spanish republics, I con
seler that capital embarked in a national undertaking in
any of them, would not be secure, unless the parties ad-
vancing the means held the sovereignty of the territory
through which the canal or railway passes; and in event
of a revolution in the country (a thing of every day oc.
currence in Spanish America), or a general war, it would
be much more easy to protect, and keep open, a way
through the Isthmus of Panama, than the route through
Nicaragua or Tehaantepec.
Third. Commercial advantage. With a ship canal
across the Isthmus of Panama, we should be in the
most advantageous position to command the trade of
Peru and Chili, central America, Mexico, California,
and Oregon, the islands of the Pacific, and to compete
with the Americans in the whale fishery. We should
open up a new route to China, Australia, and New
Zealand. No calculation can estimate the advantage to
our trade and shipping from the facilities afforded by
this route. And, in the event of war, the possession of
passage for large ships and steamers would be of the
utmost importance.
I believe it will be granted by every one who has
studied the subj,ct, that such great works as national
roads, canals, or railways, are not likely to be success-
fully undertaken in countries so constantly involved in
civil war as the states of central America or Mexico.
Such works are the consequences of civilzationand peace,
or of despotic government, and these are all wanting in
the countries referred to. The roads in central America
are of the most primitive kind. Sometimes a mule
track on a mountain ridge ; at others through what, in
the wet season, is the bed of a torrent, now a path
through the forest, and anon over a sandy stony desert.
It is true, you have in almost every part of the country
the riches of nature spread abroad with the most boun-
teous profusion ; but the element necessary to make all
these available to the world—man—is woefully deficient
in all the qualities necessary for this object. And
Englishmen have never done any good with agricultural
ormining v
countries
constant
r e owherelut
inns. they were
To give you some idea of the disadvantages of the Ni-
subjectt to foreign establishments
laws and in
caragua route, I may mention that I have before me a
letter from a young gentleman who landed at San Juan
the latter part of December, OR his way to Costa Rica.
He says: The river San Juan was flooded when I
went up, but I think it will take a long time, and cost a
—"
good deal of money, to make it navigable for anything
but canoes up to the Muella, to which place they
intend bringing the road"—that is the road from
San Jose iu Costa Rica. And if the river be in
such a state in time of flood, in the lower part
of its course, it is natural to suppose that as we
ascend to the Lake of Nicaragua we shall meet with sand-
bars, rocks, and rapids. Again, he says "At all
events, no one should leave England without engaging
mules, Ste. to be brought to him by the packet before-
hand, unless he wishes to spend three weeks in the bush,
as we have done." He had the greatest difficulty in oia•
taining mules and provisions, in the very country de-
scribed in to-day's Times as abounding in such necessary
articles.

I believe we secure all the advantages of countries
which do not belong to us, by establishing ourselves in
their ports, and leaving their natives to improve or make
reads, &c., at their own expense.
If ever a ship caral be made across the Isthmus of
Panama (and I think such a canal far preferable to the
American plan of a railroad), I consider the most
proper proceeding would be, to purchase from the Go-
vernment of New Grenada a belt of land 30 miles wide
over the proposed route from sea to sea--not only the
fee simple, but the sovereignty. Taking advantage of
the vallies, the canal might be about fifty miles long; and
probably the New Grenada Government might dispose
of this for 500,000 L-50,0001. per mile, or 2,500,0001.
in all might be required to make a ship canal, fr.m sea
to sea, with only one lock of the largest size at each end.
The lands on both sides would be valuable for rearing
all tropical productions, and would soon be settled; as,
although the climate of the Isthmus is not at present
very healthy, it is invariably found that clearing away
the bush, introducing cultivation and population, improve
the climate.

I shall conclude, for the present, with what " Sam
Slick" calls " cyphering up":—
Cost of a belt of territory 50 miles long by
30 wide ... £500,000
Cost of 50 miles of canal and woi ks, suitable
for the passage of the largest vessels ... 2,500,000

Total ... ... ... 3,000,000
ESTIMATED RETURNS.

Toll on 500,000 tons of shipping per annum,
at 20s. ••• £500,000
Ground•rents for houses and mercantile estu-
blishments at both ends ...
Rents of country scats in the mountains for
the merchants ...
Runts of lands let for sugar, coffee, and pro-
vision plantations ...
I am aware the above is an imperfect sketch, but it
may serve to awaken the attention of-ethers to what I
cannot conceive to be other than a very important sub-
ject both to our merchants and the Government.
• I am, &c.,
ROBERT BOWDEN.
10, \Pardrobe•place,.Doctors' Commons, March IG.

PROGRESS OF STEAM NAVIGATIO

TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD.

Sir,—ln a notice contained in yesterday's impression
of the Morning Herald, of the launch of the Jupiter, for
the Star Steam Packet Company, the name of Mr. Laing
is mentioned as having designed the Comet for the same
company.

This is an inaccuracy, and it is due to truth, not less
than to the fame and memory of a man who during his
lifetime contributed by his ingenuity, perseverance, and
enterprise in a very important manner to the progress of
steam navigation, to correct it.
The Comet was built I think in 1833-34, by Mr. Wm.
Evans, of Rotherhithe, and designed by him, and was a
remarkable vessel, inasmuch as she was the first stcatn -
vessel built upon the Thames in which lightness of con-
struction formed a prominent feature. her frame, in-
stead of being formed in the way then usual of " grain
cut" timber, was constructed of plank steamed and
bent to its form, and was, while possessing great
strength, considerably lighter than if made in the usual
manner.

In proposing this plan Mr. Evans met with much
opposition, but the good sense of some of the leading
members of the Star Company ultimately prevailed in
favour of his views, and the vessel was built, and fur
niched with machinery by Barnes and Miller, and
achieved such remarkable success that she became a
type for many others on the Continent ; and ulti-
mately Mr. Evans went to Geneva, under the au-
spices of Miller, Ravenhill, and Co., to build L'Aigle,
for the Lake of Geneva, on the same plan, after which he
removed to La Seyne, near Toulon—still in connexion
with Miller, Ravenhill, and Co.—and having there built
several vessels for the Mediterranean, many for the na-
vigation of the Rhone and Saone in France, ultimately
died at La Seyne, and with his brother, Henry Evans,
who went out to assist him, lies buried in the same grave
in that remote village in France.--I am, Sir, yours
obediently, JOSEPH MILLER.
Monastery Cottage, March 27.

P.S. AmOng the first sea-going steam-vessels built by
Mr. Evans were the two first Post-office packets on the
Holyhead and Dublin station—the Lightning and the
Meteor, and the Arrow at Dover; the former iu 1820.21,
and the latter in 1821-22.

THE CASE or STABBING AT LEEDS.—On Mon•
day evening an inquest was held at Leeds on the body
of William Proctor, who was stabbed by his brother,
Thomas Proctor, as appeared in The Sun of yesterday.
Thomas Proctor is a farm labourer, aged eighteen years,
of diminutive stature and mild expression of coun-
tenance. The only persons in the house when the
quarrel between the brothers already described took
place were the father and sister of the prisoner. The
father was in bed in the room in which the young men
were getting their breakfasts. Both the father and Mt(
described the deceased to be of a bad temper, and stated
thest he used abusive language, and struck
the prisoner
t,-,70 or three times before he made any resistance. The
prisoner had his pocket-knife in his hand, cutting some
bread and me.it, he threw out his hand to resist a blov.
when the kui le entered the hollow part of the left ear of the
deceased, an d inflicted a wound on the jugularvein and tle
carotid artery which produced death. in about 38 'loan,.
As soon as the prisoner found lie had stabbed his brother,
he ran for a surgeon, and manifested great concern. The
evidence of the witnesses was in accordance with the
confession of the prisoner. Ile and his brother had
agreed to get up early in the morning ; the deceased
got up first, and finished his breakfast before the
prisoner finished his ; be urged the prisoner to be
quick, and when the latter said he was as
sharp as ho could be, he struck him two or
three times. The deceased then lit his pipe, and
more words arose between them. Deceased was
ab out to strike the prisoner again, when he put out his
b and with his knife in it to stop him; a short scuffle
ensued; the prisoner saw his brother was bleeding, and
said, " Oh, lather, I believe he has got cut with tht
knife." He pulled a handkerchief off his neck to stop
the bh eding, put his smock frock to his head, and ran
for a doctor. The Coro,ier having summed up, the jury
after deliberating about a quarter cf an hour, ietut Led r:
verdict of MansLughter against the prisoner, who was
committed to York Castle, and will take his trial at the
next seems.

:lAL OF RIANCOTJRT.
:I remember that great sensation was
some time ago by the arrest, on the charge of
_ation, of a man named Riancourt, sub-commis-
sary f the Provisional Government. The prisoner has
just b a tried before the Court of As,izes of the
les
Set ferieure. The indictment set forth that
tit about about midday on the 16th of April
last, the dead body of a man named Fougne eas
found lying near a wood on the road from Lillebonne to
St. Romain. The deceased had been wounded in the
side and the lungs by a pistol bail, and as this did not
cause immediate death, he had been stabbed with a
poniard or knife in not fewer than 40 places. The
murdered man had been dead about 12 hours, and it
appeared that a person who was in the vieinitY em the
previous evening at about half-past eleven, heard the
report of a pistol, followed by some dies. Fouque
had recently arrived at Lill -bonne in the quality of
agent to the special sub-commissary Riancourt. As ho
was entirely without resource:4, and almost without
clothing, it was evident that he could not have been
murdered for the sake of rubbery; neither was it
likely that the crone had been committed from personal
vengeance, as he had not been in the town long
4nough to create enemies. To explain flow Riancourt
came to be suspected of the murder. the indictment gave
a detailed history of his career. It appeared that his
real name is Joseph Calixte Martin; that he had been
a professor of mathematics, but that having- taken to
evil courses, he was condemned, in October, 1843, to 13
months' imprisonment, in the Munson de Detention of
Chilton, for robbery. There he became acquainted
with Fouque, who was also undergoing imprisonment.
Subs, quently Martin, alias Riancourt, was again con-
demned for robbery, and after his release he went to
Bordeaux, where he became professor of mathematics in
a school; but after being there for some time, he ran
away with a considerable sum of money, consisting of
pa) ments made by the parents of the pupils which lie had
received for his employer. For this he was condemned
by default. On leaving Bordeaux he was accom-
panied by a girl of the town named Ursule Gache.
He remained some months at Paris with this girl, who
maintained herself and him by prostitution. In 1847 he
obtained the place of usher in a school at Rouen, and he
took the girl Ursule to that city, where she carried on
her infamous trade. He kept up his connexion with
her, notwithstanding he pretended to be in communica-
tion with, and under the patronage of, no less a person-
age than the Archbishop of Rouen. In November, 1847,
he left the school, and from that period up to
February, 1848, lived with the girl and on her prosti-
tution. On the 24th of February they came together
to Paris, and witnessed the commencement of the revo-
lution. Having been separated in a crowd which had
fled on a discharge ormusketry, Riancourt went on alone
until he found himself near the Place du Palais
National. Whilst witnessing the conflict which was
raging between the insurgents and the troops, he was
struck by a ball on the cheek. Before his wound be-
came healed, he resolved on turning it to account;
he went to M. Buchez, who was then charged
to distribute Assistance to the wounded, and obtained
relief from him. M. Buchez, struck by the intelligence
he displayed, and believing from a certificate he pre-
sent«l from the schoolmaster with whom he bad been
at Rouen that he eas of good character, and that he
had really been a combatant of February (though
it has since been clearly proved that he did not
fight at all), gave him subsequently a recom-
mendation to the Commissary-General of the de•
partment of the Seine-Inf6rieure. The prisoner
immediately went down to Rouen, where he displayed
great Republican zeal. He there fell in with Fouque, who
was in a state of profound misery, and who, seeing that
fortune was smiling on Riancourt, pressed him to do some-
thing for him. Shortly after this, Riancourt was sent as
Commissary of Police to Havre, and was afterwards nomi-
nated Special Commissary for the cantons of Bolbec and
Lillebonne, where disturbances had broken out. Fouqu‘
rejoined him at Lillebonne, and solicited a place; but Riau-
court received him badly, and said—" How can I place
a sign of authority on a blouse?" FouquiS returned
to Rouen, and a correspondence took place between
him and Riancourt, in which it appears Fouque
threatened the latter to expose him if he did not do
something for him. "I here written him two letters
in good ink," was louque's expression to a friend. On
the receipt of these letters, Riancourt no doubt resolved
to get rid of Fouque, in order not to be exposed to his
threats, or to run the risk of his indiscretion. He ac-
cordingly wrote to him to come to Lillebone, where he
said he would give him a place of police agent. Fatigue
left Rouen for Lillebonne on the 14th of April, and
before setting out expressed to some friends his fears
that he should be assassinated by the hands of Riau-
court. There was no direct evidence to prove that
Riancourt had committed the deed; but the following
circumstances, said the indictment, could leave no moral
doubt of his guilt :—ln the evening of the 15th of
April, Fouque sent to Riancourt, ahe was in a cafe
with some friends, to desire him to come and speak to
him. Fouque had an umbrella, and appeared about to
set out on a journey. Riancourt went and remained
in conversation with him some time. He then re-
turned to the cafe, and pressed a person, named
Delavoirie, with whom he lodged, to return home. It
was then about eleven,..o'clock, and Delavoirie was sur-
prised at the request, as Riancourt generally stayed
much later at the cafe. They, however, went home,
and each retired to his chamber. Riancourt pretended
that ho could not subsequently have left the house
without being discovered, but this Delavoirie de-
iii, 1. It was accordingly alleged that Riancourt,
after entering his room, quietly left the house, com-
mitted the murder, and then returned; he having taken
the precution of being seen by Delavoirie late at night
and early in the morning, in the hope of being able to
establish au alibi. When the body of the murdered
men was discovered great sensation was created in
the town, and Riancourt, as sub•conatnissary of the
Government, felt that he was called on to act officially.
He accordingly went, with the mayor and deputy-
mayor, to the hospital where the deceased was.
On being shown the body of his friend covered with
wounds, he manifested no sensation, though the other
persons were greatly affected, and his attitude was so
cold and calm, and the expression of his face so pecu-
liar, that the deputy-mayor and the matron of the
hospital immediately conceived the suspicion that
he was the murderer. Some days after Riancourt
asked the deputy-mayor who he thought was the mur-
derer. That person replied, " I have such a horrible
idea that I dare not communicate it to you;" on which
Riancourt turned pale, and changed the subject
of conversation. From that time, whenever the
subject was referred to, he made false statements,
sometimes stating that the assassins had been
arrested; at others, that they were known, and would
be arrested, &c. In his official capacity he did nothing
towards causing the murderers to be discovered. To one
person, who spoke to him of the murder, he observed,
" What can I do? He is buried, and lam not the mur-
derer!" and at the same time he trembled violently. By
this time people began to whisper their suspicions of
Riancourt, and his friend Delavoirie, believing them
unfounded, wrote to the Prefect about them. When
Delavoirie toldßiancourt what he had done, the
latter displayed intense anxiety, He then asked
if ho had also told the girl, Ursule GsclaS,
and when Delavoirie answered in the affirmative, he
appeared utterly overwhelmed. Delavoirie pressed him
to clear himself of the suspicions which weighed on
him, but, instead of that, he took to flight with the
girl Ursule. In addition to the murder, it appeared
that the prisoner had, in 1647, committed several
robberies at Rouen and Havre. In answer to the inter-
rogatories of the President, the prisoner, though appa-
ready with great reluctance, admitted that he bad com-
mitted robberies and been in prison. He, however,
loudly complained that such questions should be put,
as they were, he said, moral torture. Ho indignantly
denied having committed the murder, and said there was
an abyss between robbery and assassination. Ho ac-
cused the President of partiality,
some observation of the judge, cried, "I see you want
to make me appear guilty, with extenuating cir-
cumstances ; but I will not have such a verdict—l am
innocent or guilty, and will have no pity." To another
remark he answered, " You argue that because Riau-
court has been a thief he is tin assassin, but that is
very illogical. Assassination is the last step on the
moral ladder, and I have not yet reached it." lle
the
girl that he had lived on the prostitution of the
girl Gude. " The charge is it famous,"
ex-
claimed. "It is an iusult, and I will not
frhfaueirdtheer
answer it." Ile admitted that ho
w,as and so '
Fouque, lest he should reveal his
com-
promise his political position. I.le__,Pha.so_twnl,ii:v:ge'T,lBedteteUrles.d thatHe
Fouque had written him I.lnyLnrcuLe
away, or denied, the other
also endeavoured to explein.
circumstances sot forth in the indictment. The
witnesses who were called threw no new light on
the affair. Great interest was, excited by the appear-
ance of the girl Ursule Gache, who fainted on coming
forward, as did also the prisoner. Her evidence, how-
ever,not of striking importance. After the plead-
ings
t, was e
h jury returned a vet diet of "Guilty, with extenu-
ating circumstances;" and the Gam condemned the
prisoner to hard labour at the hulks fur life. On hearing
the sentence the prisoner burst into a flood of tears, and
exclaimed that he was innocent. During the trial his
conduct was not becoming; he contradicted the wit-
nesses, and applied insulting observations to the Presi-
dent. his system of defence and his remarks, generady
speaking, displayed considerable talent.

THE LATE HOUR SYSTEM.—STARTLING FACTS
CONNECTED THEREWITIL—There arc records kept at
Somerset-house to which we may apply for figures with
regard to the destructive influence of any particular
occupation upon the health of men and women, residing
in this metropolis. I find that there is in this metropolis
a sacrifice of a thousand lives annually through the prac-
tice of keeping in shops for a longer period of the day
than the human constitution can bear. It a thousand lives
annually were sacrificed on our railways, we should all
be in terror and alarm, and should scarcely venture on
these dangerous lines. But it is not so. The mortality
arising from railways accidents is infinitely less than
this. But who is there that does not feel tremblingly
alive to their danger? How much more ought we to be
alive to this constant sacrifice of life, which I 5 going °4
through our present shopping system! But this is not
all—where a thousand
persons die from this cause, thetaare at least eight thousand whose health suffers from it.
—Dr. E. Lankester.
DISCOVERY OF A NEW SEAM OF BLACKBAND
IRaoeNk-bsaTnodN EirolnNstAonYen, sourlse () rwsdasaydisacovseearmed 0f
bll.ll
Captain Blair,
the lands of quality, fine nu
of Blair, near Dairy. The
borers had gone twelve inches into it. In the
afternoon
numerous flags were hoisted, and other testimonies of
rejoicing, in celebration of the auspicious discovery.
This will add, we are glad to learn, many thousand
pounds to the ;value of the Ayrshire iron Company'
iQues.-4 yr Aikotliecr.