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London, England, 1860-03-09 00:00:00

MEDICAL ADVICE.

DR. LA'MERT, Registered L.S.A., Honorary
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society,M.D.
of the University of Erlangen, &c., may be CONSULTED
on all cases of Debility, Nervousness, and en the Secret In
firmities of Youth and Maturity, trom Eleven till Two, and
from Six till Eight, at his residence,

37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON
Dr. La'ATert has Just published, price Sixpence, with nu-
Merous Engraviur and Cases.,_ a New Edition of his Work,

- SELF-PRESERVATION,
which will be sent free, in a sealed envelope. by Mann,
Cornhill, London, or by the Author, for Eight stamps.
CONTENTS.

SECTION T.—The Physiology of the Generative Organs.
SECTION IL—Puberty- -Manhood —The Morale of Genera-
ive Physiology—True and False Morality.
SECTION M.—Marriage in its Moral, Social, and Physical
Relations—lts Expectancies and Disappointments—Advan-
tages of Physical Contrasts in securing Healthy Offspring,.
SECTION IV.—Spermatorrhcea and Impotence—The causes
of Sterility in both Sexes—Self-inflicted Miseries.

V. :The Vices of Schools—Effects of certain per-
nicious habits on the mental and general faculties.
SECTION Vl.—Treatment of Nervous and Generative De-
bility—Impotence and Sterility—Dangerous Results of
various hazardous Specifics —The Author's Principles of
Treatment; Medical, Dietetic, and General, derived from
Twenty Years' successful practice

The above work is intr-ded for the perusal of those who
have in early life been induced to swerve from the strict rules
Of morality. In its cages facts of par mount utility are
brought together, wholly divested of tne delusions and incon-
sistencies so largely introduced into certain quasi medical
publications given to the world gratis, under the guise of
philanthropy, or as "acts of gratitude," by pretended clergy-
men and others, whose tamperings with the CollAitUtiOn are
treclugAtly followed by serious coruieveuees.

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DR- CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal
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as
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above, en all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity,
Loss of Memory, Sterility, and. all Functional Derangements
of both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive indul-
gences,
MS just published, price is. ; by post, 13 stamps.
18 sealed,
No. 4,
An entire new and
RSELVE original Work, entitled
OUS.
Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation
The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure.
Also, an Exposition ot, and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange-
ments and Marital Disqualifications,
The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennorrhagi
Spermatorrhma, 'itency, and all Diseases of
with Prescriptions,
Functionaln r a r
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tGhr &irrnhaferyal'Orp,:ans,
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omhoeinc-e
re,TuhiearPithiyessioinlogyileaanitdh AanitosraicyknoefsslcY
Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and
tiou—Use of the Speculum, and the securing of Healthy
ftemoval of
the Theory and Symp.toms of Gesta-
Offspring. Also,
No. 1.
HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and
On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspeps LONGEVITY ;ia, and Indigestion.
No. 2.
LOVE AN D MARRIAGE
Their Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments ; Love
other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off-
,pring secured.

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No. 3.
THE CASE BOOK :
100 Cases of SPERMATORRMEA,
Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions' avd
Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, &c. &c. &c.
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V-
ITA VITALIS. - A NEW MEDICAL WORK
on the NATURE, TREATMENT and CURE of
SPERMATOIIRTICEA, and other URINO - GENITAL
,DISEASES, and consequent exhaustion of the NERVOUS
SYSTEM. caused by the errors of Man in youth and
age, producing a degeneracy of MENTAL and PHYSICAL
STRI:NGTII, terminating in debility of the generative or-

isms and INdAPACI l'T FOR MARIIIED LIFE, shewing
why these Diseases so often appear Incurable when in reality
they can be effectually removed by the most simple means,
together with the Author's remedies for preventing in-
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'OR HABITUAL CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION (DYSPEPSIA),
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A Doo'3 TALE.—The following interesting trait
of sagacity in the canine race has been given us from an
authentic source .—A. brother of Mr. Esler, of the Johnson
Reef, a short time since left the district, and went over-
land to Adelaide, taking with him a dog belonging to his
brother. On arriving there, the dog appeared ill at ease,
ho determined to see whether he would return, and accord-
ingly wrote a letter to his brother, and enclosing it in a
handkerchief, tied it to the neck of the deg, which then
started. A letter was then posted to the brother here, with
the somewhat laconic contents of—" Dear Brother,—Ar-
rived here safely._ For further particulars see dog." This
was was, of course, perfectly unintelligible to Mr. Esler till
the day after receiving the letter per post the four-footed
messenger arrived with his "further particulars" round his
neck. After his lonely journey of 600 miles, he did not ap-
pear much fatigued, but seemed overjoyed at regaining bid
Pwlz tOWnagaiu,..-13m4igo elfipptiser.

Her Majesty's ,Royal paddle yacht Osborne,
Master- Commandtr Bower, has been taken into the
steam basin at Portsmouth for the purpose of hav-
ing her old boilers taken out, and receiving new
ones fitted with superheating steam apparatus..
The crew of the Eitryalus, 51, screw, Captain J.
W. Tarleton, C. 8., wire paid down in the steam
basin at Portsmouth yesterday, and granted 14
days' leave ashore.
The Nelson, 91, screw, in the steam basin at
Portsmouth, has again been placed under the steam
crane to complete receiving her machinery.
Orders have been- received at Chatham for the
steam floating battery Trusty, 14, which was so
severely injured front the spherical shots from the
Armstrong guns during the recent experiments, to
be taken into dock to be thoroughly repaired
and her defects made good. Several of her plates,
which are of immense thickness, were completely,
riddled by the shots, some of which went com-
pletely through the sides of the vessel, the wrought
iron plates being fractured wherever they were
struck by a shot. In consequence of the compara-
tively little resistance presented by these iron-
plated floating batteries, no more vessels of that
class are to be constructed.

Her Majesty's paddlewheel transport Dee,
Master-Commander Thomas Pullen, was yesterday
hauled out of the steam basin at WOolwieb, and

proceeded to Portsmouth, laden with a heavy cargo,
consisting of boilers for the Prince of Wales, steam
machinery for the Nelson, Victoria, Sutlej, Vulcan,
and some small gear for the Royal yacht the Vic-
toria and Albert.

The Torch steam gun-vessel, built by. Messrs.
Green for the Admiralty, has been taken into the
fourth dock at Chatham to be surveyed.
The line-of-battle screw steamer Atlas, 91, build-
ing at Chatham, has several hundred shipwrights
employed on her, in order that she may be brought
forward for launching. The whole of the caulkers
of the establishment are engaged caulking her.
The sister vessel Bulwark, 91, is also making great
progress.
The gunboat Biter, tender to the coast-guardship
Blenheim, 60, Capt. F. Scott, C. 8., at Portland, ar-
rived on Tuesday at Plymouth. She is to be
docked and repaired.
The screw steamship Conqueror, 101, Captain
Sotheby, C. 8., sailed from Plymouth on Tuesday to
join the squadron.
The screw steam-sloop Mutine, 17,
Commander
William Graham, from Portland, arrived in Ply-
mouth Sound on Wednesday evening.
John Williams (1), belonging to her Majesty's
ship Trafalgar, was tried by court-martial at Ply-
mouth on Wednesday for refusing on the Ist of
March to obey the orders of John Fawkes, addi-
tional boatswain, and for striking William Rayfield,
leading seaman, and George Green, captain of the
foretop. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sen-
tenced to receive 48 lashes, be imprisoned twelve
months, and be dismissed from her Majesty's ser-
vice.

On Monday last the master discovered that some
evil-disposed person had injured a quantity of new
rope on board the screw steamship Nile, 90, Capt.
A. P. E. Wilmot, C. 8., now under repair in, the
basin at Keyham steam yard, Devonport. The in-
jured rope, which is valued at over £3OO, included
a sheet or stream cable, which is hacked in several
places, in one of which two strands are cut through,
and a hawser, (of about two or three inches), which
has been cut in a similar way. An axe was found
near. The ship is for the present in the bands of
the dockyard artisans, who are at work on board in
all directions. The rope is on the orlop deck, where
candles are used. It is coiled within some square
wooden railwork, on the port side forward. There
is just space enough between the rails and the side
of the ship for people to pass, and, as very little
daylight can reach the place, it affords great facility
for the perpetration of such a mischievous act. Ex-
cepting the possible detention of the ship,. there
appears no imaginary motive for its commission.
Up to Wednesday evening there was no clue to the
discovery of the offender. Port-Admiral Sir B.
Reynolds has been on board and examined the
damaged rope. It is expected that the Nile will be
ready for sea by the sth of April, and it is at pre-
sent arranged that she shall be at the Island of
Bermuda by the 10th of May, to meet the Emerald,
and receive Rear-Admiral Sir Alex. Milne, K.C.8.,
who will go in her to Halifax, where she will re-
main a few days, and then proceed to Quebec, to
be in attendance on his Royal Highness the Prince
of Wales during his visit to Canada.
Commander Mackenzie, of the Nile, whose leg
was broken some time since at Devonport dockyard
when rendering voluntary assistance to his boat's
crew, continues in the Royal Naval Hospital, Stone-
house. He is gradually recovering, and will, it is
expected, be well enough to join his ship before she
sails for her station.

For the future all vessels employed for the con-
veyance of troops from port to port in the United
Kingdom or Ireland are to be furnished with boats
fitted with Clifforn's or Kynaston's lowering ap-
paratus.
The tide at high water yesterday at Portsmouth
did not reach the average height of ordinary spring
tides, and was considerably less than the tide of
the previous night. This was, no doubt, owing -ta
the wind, it having blown excessively hard the
greater part of the morning from N.N.E. to N.N.W.
The day previous it blew a hard gale from N.E.,
and both these causes combined must have greatly
checked the flow of the tide into Portsmouth har-
bour. Each tide has, however, run off extremely
low, a considerable portion of " Hamilton's Bank"
being uncovered at low waters From the position
and force of the wind it must have produced a great
rise of tide along the-coast of France in the Chan-
nel, as well as upon our own northern coasts. On
the 7th the barometer stood, at 9 a.m., 30.10; at
5.30 p.m., 30.35; blowing a heavy gale the whole
day from the N.E., the air intensely cold. Yester-
day the barometer noted, at 9 a.m., 30.36 ; 5.30
p.m., 30.28; a strong N.N.E. to N.N.W. breeze,
but not blowing so hard, nor the air so cold, as the
day previous (the 7th). A slight fall of snow took
place about 4 pan.
Six of the junior officers belonging to her Ma-
jesty's ship Euryalns yesterday passed their ex-
aminations in seamanship as mates on board the
Britannia training ship at Portsmouth, in accord-
ance with the new regulations issued by the Ad-
miralty, in a highly creditable manner. Mr. Long
and Mr. Hope receiyed first class certificates;

The following letters have been addressed to the
Editor of the Times :
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groSwire,
rs—lofamkopns, 'n'
eointke
eorfamthlosae who
oer
but I beling nevertheless to one of those " alarmed
and timorous interests" upon which the Chancellor
orks,
of the Exchequer has seized in the pursuit of " high
ideals," and which he seems determined to sacrifice,
not so much for the benefit of the country, as to
have it believed that his Budget was conceived
cutter of c called
under the influence of inspired truth.
I am a papermaker, and, though as a trade we
may not rank among the great interests of the
country, yet in an humble way we have subserved
a useful purpose ; and, though under extreme cir-
cumstances it might be justifiable to annihilate a
part for the benefit of the whole, the necessity for
such an extreme course should be made apparent,
and before this is clear I claim to be heard.
For a great many years, in addition to the duties
incident to our trade, we have had the duty im-
posed upon us of collecting a portion of the national
revenue.

From the time of Queen Anne to the present day
the papermaker has been made the medium of col-
lecting from the public an Excise duty on paper,
sometimes different in amount, but for many years
past I Id. per lb., and since the Russian war lid.
and 5 pfr cent , has been the duty charged upon
every pound of paper, and the amount now realised
from this source is about one million and a quarter.
This duty is now to be abolished, and, as it was
put on without our consent, and from motives of
public policy, if from motives of public policy it is
thought right to decree its extinction, we have
nothing to say by way of objection, and indivi-
dually I have no desire to do so, having for many
years advocated its removal; but, though, we may
not question the expediency of the act itself, I
think we are entitled to ask that it should be
done on principles of justice, and that the
change should be effected with as little injury
to us as possible. We say that the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, having taken the honey, has no
right to kick the hive over and destroy the bees;
and my object is to show that in the course he is
adopting he is inflicting a most gratuitous wrong,
such as can be defended on no principle but that
of—

" The good old plan,
That he should take who has the power,
And he should keepwho can."

➢Zr. Gladstone has informed us that after a cer-
tain day in July the Excise duty on paper shall
cease, but ho tells us at the same time that he 'will
not allow us any drawbacks upon our stocks on hand.
Anybody who has ever been in one of the ware-
houses of a London wholesale stationer will be able
to form some idea of the magnitude of the stocks
which are required to conduct a business of any
extent, but he will not be able to form the remotest
notion of the variety of weights, size, colour, and
quality of which that stock consists, all neces-
sary to meet the ever-varying and contingent wants
of the consumer.

Upon every pound of this stock 11,d. and 5 per
cent. has been paid in Excise duty, and thG propor-
tion which the duty bears to the whole value of the
stock, taking all qualities into account, will be 25
per cent.; so that a papermakcr or stationer hold-
ing £20,000 of stock will be made to pay a penalty
of £5,000.

It is of no use to say that the future price of
paper will not be reduced to this extent. Sooner or
later it must be so ; otherwise what becomes of the
policy which proposes to sacrifice so large an amount
of revenue? If this be not the result, what be-
comes of those eloquent invectives which have been
hurled at this impost as obstructive of everything
that is good, by impeding the cause of education,
cramping the energies of a rising cheap press, and
ruining deserving publishers, who are intent upon
the benevolent object of educating the masses ?
If I am able to understand my own language, the
reeduction of the price of paper has been the one
end and aim of Mr. Milner Gibson, and those who
have been associated with him, in their efforts to
ihtain the removal of this " last of the taxes on
knowledge." Whether in its incidence it will have
all the effect Mr. Gibson prognosticates upon the
moral condition of the people—whether they will
obtain their literature any cheaper, is a question I
cannot answer, but it is clear to my mind that the
papermaker will not be allowed to put the duty
into his pocket. Such being the case, I ask any
man endowed with ordinary perception of right
and wrong if such a proceeding as that of with-
holding the drawback on stocks on hand can be
defended. Is it not, I ask, confiscation—down-
right robbery ? Why are we, who have committed
no fault, who have fulfilled the task imposed on us
in collecting this duty, now that it is deemed right
grounds of public policy—
to put an end to it on
why are we to have a forced contribution levied
upon us ? If the change is for the public advan-
tage, who so fit to pay for it as those for whose
benefit the change is made?
And as though this were not sufficient to make
us remember Mr. Gladstone in our prayers, he pro-
poses to abolish the import duty of ld. per lb. on
foreign paper, although by the action of the prohi-
bitory laws over almost the whole of Europe the
material from which this paper is made is nearly
half the price of that of the English papermaker.
Mr. Gladstone has had it pointed out to him that
German paper is now coming into this country pay-
ing Id. import duty, axd at a price lower than it
can be made for in this country ; and in the face of
this fact he proposes to remit this ld. in favour of
the foreigner, who, by prohibitory laws as regards
the export of the material, and a comparatively
small demand arising out of the restrictions on the
press, enjoys the exclusive possession of material,
and in such abundance as to enable him to pur-
chase it at something like half the cost of our own.
But it will be said this state of things can only be
temporary; the effect of an English demand for
paper will have the effect of raising the price on the
Continent and depressing it in England. Naturally
this is the effect to be anticipated; but when it is
remembered that England je the one country to

" Oh," then it is said, " when the duty is off,
you will look out for some new material, some new
fibres." To this I reply that scarcity and high
prices have ever been accounted the incentives to
discovery and invention, and, according to this rule,
these new materials ought to have been here now,
for we have been suffering from scarcity and
paying higher prices for some years than I ever
experienced • and though you, by the reward
which you Offered for such a discovery some years
ago, put the whole fibrous world into a fever,
nothing has yet come of it, excepting the intro-
duction of straw, and this is used only as a mat-
ter of necessity and from the high price of other
materials. How, then, it can be expected that,
with a foreign supply of paper and a corresponding
depression of our material, these new materials will
come in passes my comprehension. If it means
anything, it means that, whereas they did not come
in at a high price, they will prefer to come in at a
lower one ; and it is not a little amusing to see men
spouting at public meetings, telling us that they
are ready to supply 10,000 tons of material, and that '
we persist in refusing it; it is, in effect, saying that
a hungry man refuses to eat when the food is placed
before him. The question is not whether there are
materials from which paper can be made which are
not now used for the purpose, but whether they can
be used to pay the maker ; and the fact of their not
being used is conclusive on this point.
All that I have written will be set down as a part
of the old rag of protection—the old tale—" free
trade except when it affects its own interest."
To those who ride off on this hobby, and are, as
usual, disposed to tide it to death, I would sav,
let them show the least similarity between the
material of papermakers and any other raw pro-
dace as regards the laws of production, supply, and
demand, and I will acknowledge myself worsted.
Between the producer and consumer of all other
raw materials there is a principle operating that
will never fail. So long as the consumer will pay -
a price that will give a profit on the production,
the producer has every motive to furnish what is
required. Hence demand creates supply.
Is there a creature in existence who has any sym-
pathy with, or feels an interest in, the production '
of the material for papormakers ? Will the cot-
ton or flax spinner produce any more waste or
refuse from his manufacture because we want it, o-•
in consequence of any price we can offer for it ?
Will the people throw off their garments any sooner
because the paper mill gives 2d. instead of id.
per lb. ? Is it not manifest that the material we
use is a refuse—that no one is interested in pro-
ducing it, but, on the contrary, all who do produce
it do so involuntarily, against their will, and that
their interest consists in, and their efforts are
directed to, lessening rather than increasing the
quantity? And yet this refuse is by the abstract
theorist placed in the category of raw materials
along with cotton, corn, sugar, coffee, and all other
articles which are reproducible to any extent with
profit to the producer, as an article to which the
free-trade theory is applicable, and subject to the
influence of the laws of supply and demand. This,
I think, is a fallacy.
Now what the papermaker requires is not pro-
tection. We do not object to the repeal of the paper
duty, nor to a free import of paper ; but we want
free access to thn material of our foreign compe-
titors, and we say, further, that to admit free paper
from countries that prohibit access to their material
is to subject us to a ruinous contest, which can only
result in supplying this country with foreign paper
and sending our material to supply the wants of the
Americans.
I will now sum up my case shortly.
The Riper duty is to be repealed with the view of
cheapening paper, but we are not to be allowed a
drawback on stocks on hand.
Toe import duty of id. per lb. is to be repealed,
and paper admitted free from countries where they
prohibit the export:of their material, and where the
price of the material is, as the consequence of this
prohibitive system, nearly half the price of our own
material.

And in order to increase our difficulties, and to
make it impossible that our own material shall de-
scend to the level of our foreign competitors, we
have a free export in constant operation to America,
where, from the high price of paper, and a protec-
tive duty of 30 per cent., they are enabled to pay a
higher price for material than we can, subject to
unrestricted competition with the Continent.
Since the above was written I see that the French
Emperor has determined to allow us access to the
French market for material ; therefore, as far as
France is concerned, all objections to a free import
of paper are removed, but as against all other
countries who maintain the prohibitive system the
reasons I have assigned remain as forcible as ever.
—I am, Sir, &c., THOMAS WRIGLEY.
Bury, Lancashire, March 6.

Sir,—A letter from " One of the Proprietors of
Taverham Mills" having appeared in your impres-
sion of to-day, in which my name is called in ques-
tion, I rely on your known impartiality to insert my
reply to the facts therein stated.
I must premise that a cipher has been erroneously
added to the quantity of raw material I stated at
St. Martin's-hall I was in a position to offer to the
trade. The figures should be 10,000 not 100,000
tons.
I have nothing to do with the peculiar qualifica-
, tions that fitted the " Proprietor" for his post as
" referee," or with the conclusion at which he
arrived. Tredgold, the eminent engineer, re-
marked that " an ounce of fact was worth a ton
of theory." It is a fact that for many months past I
have turned out some tons of printing paper weekly
made entirely from the " Spanish grass which the
" Proprietor" condemns as " worthless." Not only
is this paper made, but as readily sold, costing less
than a similar paper from rags, and 3•i-lding a
good profit. It is also an accepted fact that small
and desultory experiments are not calculated to
obtain a successful result in any branch of manu-
facture,
even if "costly," and that one man may
:
succeed where many others have completely failed
The logic -id the " Proprietor" also is peculiar •
bsteufrc,au”seetlvoh, I avea:nnot unableexecutedt o
supply his
raw material.
The story of the half-ton is simply an
told. Some time ago supplied
Taverham with some of fibre
the firm atintaheearsLY
state ; they could not make anything of it.
In fact, after their costly experiments, they " pro-
m, " One of the Proprietors,"

The defendant, on Wednesday, was the worse for
liquor, and entered the grounds of the above tavern,
and before he could be removed he wilfully broke
one of the statues in the gardens. The defendant
did not paythe damage and was given into custody
when he became very violent and kicked and
knocked the constables about in a shameful manner,
and it was with the greatest difficulty that he was
got to the station. Both constables said that the
defendant, although drunk, kicked them purposely,
and without provocation. The defendant also threw
police-constable Groves on the pavement.
The defendant did not deny the charge, and
pleaded drunkenness as an excuse.
Mr. Tyrwhitt could not allow such an excuse,
and he ordered the defendant to pay 15s. damage,
or fourteen days' imprisonment, and a fine of 10s.
for assaulting each of the constables, or a months
imprisonment.
The defendant paid the money.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Mr. Beard, the solicitor,
applied to Mr D'Eyncou• t for permissicn to mention
a very painful matter with a view of legitimately
obtaining the assistance of the newspaper press in
reference to it.

A young man, named. Joseph Minett, 21 years
of age, for some years in the service of the Eastern
Counties Railway, had suddenly disappeared from
his home and employment. His conduct was blame-
less, and, being a most estimable son, the parents
were in tha most deepest anguish of mind respect-
ing his fate. Advertisements and bills offering a
reward for any information respecting him had
been unattended with the slightest success, and it
was under these distressing circumstances that his
father instructed him, Mr. Beard, to make the pre-
sent application to the court that the magistrate's
concurrence might be obtained to its being inserted
among the police matter, should the editors of :the
press kindly afford their acquiescence.
Mr. D'Eyncourt expressed his regret at the de-
privation mentioned by Mr. Beard, and observed
that it was a matter lying entirely at the present
stage with the reporters—the invaluable aid of the
press must be understood by all.
Mr. Beard thanked the magistrate, and handed
in a printed bill, in which the missing young man
was mentioned as being 5 feet 6 or 7 inches in
height, with a scar on his nose, fair complexion,
wearing a double-breasted brown beaver overcoat
with velvet collar, dark trousers, side spring high
shoes, white and lavender woollen scarf hat, silver
watch and chain, his linen was marked J. M., and
he was last seen in Shoreditch on the 24th of
February.

110BRIBLE NURDERIN NOTTING-

RAMSEIRE.

A cold-blooded murder was perpetrartaendloebiaibtnegra...,
place called Walkeringham, about four miles from
who resides
aynight A
cattleotll
named Gainsborough,Charles onSpencer, iu'e Tuesday
ham, had been to Gainsborough market that day,
crossing the Trent, on
and left Walkerith Ferry,
his way home, at twenty minutes to eleven p.m.
He had been stoppin:nciforha shorttime at the Ferry-
house, NiVsanlkoetreist,ha,na
it thereow n thatbe e n
was aak
known hepa ihda had ii n 0
pwoo.sesston a considerably larger amount. At
itnh hiset timet' the. payment alluded to took place, two
individuals, named John Fenton, blacksmith and
landlord of the Three Shoes Inn, Walkeringbam,
1 and James Fenton, labourer, Walkeringham (fore-
lation, however, to John Fenton) were in the public-
house. In crossing the Trent the murdered man
was accompanied by the two individuals named
and another individual, a Mr. Anderson. As soon
as the boat reached the Notts side of the river, the
two Fentons walked on towards Walkeringham,
about one mile distant, leaving Spencer talking
with Mr. Anderson, who lives near the banks of
the river. Nothing more can be ascertained as to
what took place; but the body of Mr. Spencer was
found next mornidg in a dyke, only about 40 yards
from his own residence. The body presented a
truly horrible spectacle ; the head was almost com-
pletely severed from the body, there being two ter-
rible gashes on each side of the neck, only a little of
the flesh in front and a little behind remaining. A
pool of blood was discovered on the road adjoining
the dyke, beside which two discharged pistols were
hmNec
NeffraeuceNalcepet
muffler
d rnad:deti
wdoseccreiabseedd,
found. It is very evident, from the whole of the
circumstances we have been able to gather, that
' the murderer had been lying in wait for his in-
tended victim. It appears as -if he had taken up
his position against the old barn which the de-
ceased, to reach home, would have to pass. Before
deceased made his appearance, it would seem as if
the pistols were fired, the report of which alarmed
the village schoolmaster, who immediately got up
and looked out of the window, at which time, it '
said, he heard some one exclaimm,
a"ttFeorr.nGecoeds'
what are you going to do r' The moon oounlewiras shining
intende-d,
splendidly at the time, but he saw nobody
seems. to have pro-
in the
road, and therefore did not think it
tahtetamokurdhuer th e
victimn
,sitiniesco:n.
take any further notice of the God's
necessary IsP
to
The shots
,mtaode the fearful gashes we
c jfooth-mnidFabenle.
failed, it wouldit I.h
iacphp ehaer,
had round hi's
right through a thick
Fen-
ton has been taken
into custody. on suspicion of
committing the horrible deed. In his possession
were found caps corresponding
with those found
upon the pistols, and also nd also some bullets, which fitted
the barrels
...
accurately. A pair of trousers and a
pair of leggings, which, i t is alleged, the prisoner
wore on Tuesday, were found, partly washed out.
The inquest has not yet been held.—Nanchester
Guardian.

TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE.—FORTY-NINE CHIL-
DREN DROWNED.—From the Quincy Herald (A e Ca)
V
learn that a most terrible calamity, rivalling that of the
Pemberton Mills, has occurred near the town of Hardin,
Illinois, on the Illinois river, and about 25 miles above Alton.
Fifty school-children, in attendance at a university at that
place, went out upon the ice to play. The ice gave way, and
with one exception, all were lost. The informant was unable
to give further particulars, but he represents that the vil-
lage was a scene of universal mourning, almost every family
in it liming lost one or more of its members,

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ENGT,ISII OPERA.
COVENT -CI A It DEN.
Under the management of Miss L. Fyne and Mr.W. Harrison.
THIS EVENING, will be repeated the grand Opera, en-
titled LURLINE, by W. Vincent Wallace.M Mesrs.W.
P Har
rison, Santley, Corn, and G. Honey ; isses Louisa yue,
Pilling, and F. Cruise,
Contactor, Alfred Mellon.
To conclude with the new grand pantomime, called PUSS
IN BOOTS ; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the Golden
Palms. Messrs. W. H. Payne, 11. Payne, F. Payne, Barnes,
Tallien, and Missuale Clara Mor and Mgan. FrVandrisench Dancers—Mdlles.
Lequlne, Pasq, Pierron,ons. .
Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7.

HEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnokstone.
THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and original
comedy, in three acts, entitled THE OVERLAND
ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chip-
pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins.
Followed by the new Haymarket Comic Christmas Panto-
mime, VALENTINE'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the Fairy
of the True Lovers' Knot. The pantomitnists the unrivalled
Leclercqs.

THEATRE-ROYAL
Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING (2nd time these thirty years) THE
SERGEANT'S WIFE. Principal characters by Mr. James
Vining, T. Lyon, J. Johnstone, J. Rouse ; Mrs. Keeley James
first appearance), and Madame Celeste.
Afthe magnificent Transformation Scene from
KING THRUS er which, t
ELBE AR fice
Concludhur. with the new Drama of A TALE OF
TWO CITIES, by Tom Taylor, Esq., from the story of that
name by Charles Dickens, Esq. Principal characters
Forrester, J.
Mr.
James Vining, Walter Lacy, Villiers, H
Johnstone, T. Lyon, Morton, Palmer, White, H. Butler,
Clifford, and Frederi Madame Kate Saville, Stuart, Turner,
Mrs. Campbell, and Celeste.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. G.
Melville, A. Harris, and Miss Clifford.
Followed by the Farce, CRUEL TO BE KIND. Mr. A.
Harris, Frank Matthews, and Miss Carlotta Leclereq.
After which, a new Christmas burlesque pantomime, by 11.
J. Byron, called JACK TILE GIANT KILLER ; or, Harle-
qin King Art:air and t Knights of he .
Ja uck, Louise Keeley he
—Harlequin, Mr. t Round
Cormack PantTablea-
loon, Mr. faulo—Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams—Clown,
Mr. A. F. Forrest.