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. DEBILITY, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, PULMONARY, AND LIVER

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CURTIS ON MANHOOD -NEW EDITION:
A. MEDICAL ESSAY ON
DIS NERVOUS AND GENERA-
TIVE .
Just Published, the 125th thousand, with numerous plates,
in a sealed envelope, price is., Sold by all Booksellers, or
sent post paid, by the Author, forl2 stamps,
M_ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE-
MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for
Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By J. L. CURTIS,
15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London.

CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological
Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs.
CHAPTER ll.—Causes of Superinatorrhcea and Impotence;
Early Vicious Indulgences ; Dangers of Neglect.
CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications
of Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the
Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection.
CHAPTER IV.—The Author's plan of Treatment, Medical
and Moral, being the result of a successful practice extending
over a period of 25 years. •
CHAPTERS V. and VI. on the modern Treatment of
Gonorrhoea and Syphilis.
The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting
cases, to which is added the Author's receipt of a preventive
Lotion.

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Her Majesty the Queen held a Levee yesterday
afternoon in St. James's Palace.
Mr. Colin Blackburn, Judge of the Queen's
Bench, was presented to the Queen by Sir George
C. Lewis, and had the honour of knighthood con-
ferred upon him by her Majesty.
Mr. James Plaisted Wilde, Baron of the Exche-
quer, was presented to her Majesty by Sir Geo. C.
Lewis, and received from the Queen the honour of
knighthood.
About 230 noblemen and gentlemen had the
honour of being presented to the Queen.
The following presentations to the Queen took
place, the names having been previously left at the
Lord Chamberlain's-office, and submitted for her
Majesty's approval:—
Paymaster G W Anderson, R N, bytheDuke of Somerset
Commander J 11 Alexander, RN, by Vice-Admiral Sir
Houston Stewart
Major Alison, Aide-de-Camp to Lord Clyde, by the Duke
of Cambridge
Lord Ashburton, by Sir Francis Baring
Capt G Baillie, by the Secretary for India
Lieut F Bailey, by Lieut-Col E Stanton, CB
Lieut- Col Valentine Baker, by General Earl Beauchamp
Second Lieut R Baker, RM, by Sir J Pakington
Lieut J Balderson, by Lieut-Col Murray Prior
Mr Basset, by the Lord Chamberlain
Lieut T Bateman, by Col Bingham - -
Dr T W Belcher, Royal Cork Artillery, by Mr Beecroft,
MP
Rev C Cavendish Bentinek, by Mr Burnaby
Major M Best, by Major-Gen Sir R Airey
Sir F Blackwood, Lieut RN, by the Duke of Somerset
Mr John Blencowe, by Mr Ingham
Lieut Bones, by Viscount Sydney
Lieut G Bradford, by Col Bradford
Lieut Brand, by Major-Gen Wesley
Major-Gen Braybrooke, by the Adjutant-General
Lieut C Bridge, RN, by the Duke of Somerset
Lieut A W Brodhurst, by the Secretary for India
Lieut F D M Brown, VC, by the Secretary for India
Lieut-Col H Le Geyt Bruce, by the Secretary for India
Surg W Brydon, by Lord Ellenborough
Lieut A L Buckle, by Lieut-Col E Stanton
Major Somerville Burney, by Col Lysol's
Capt Burntide, by Sir John Trollope
Lieut W H Buttanshaw, by Major-Gen Ramsay
Sir T Fowell Buxton, Bart, by Lord Monteagle
Col the Hon George Cadogan, by the Lord Chamberlain
Col George Campbell, CB, by F M Lord Seaton
Lieut R Campbell, Scinde Horse, by Capt Du Plat
Mr J F Campbell, by the Lord Chamberlain
Major-Gen Cameron, by the Duke of Cambridge
Lieut the. Hon J Carnegie, RN, by the Duke of Somerset
Lieut-Gen Sir J Chatterton, by the Duke of Cambridge
Cornet J Chaffey, by Lieut-Gen Sir J Chatterton
Cornet Child, by Col Bentinck
Cornet C P Christie, by Lord Verulam
Cornet C C Churchward, by the Duke of Cambridge
Cornet N Clark, by Col Low
Mr E Clay, by Lord J Russell
Lieut-Col H Clerk, by Sir G Clerk
Lieut H R Clinton, by the Lord Chamberlain
Capt Close, by Col Macmurdo
Mr C R Cockerell, RA, by Lord Broughton
Capt H A Cooper, by the Duke of Cambridge.
Lieut W Corballis, by Sir H W Baron
Cora the Hon A L Corry, by the First Lord of the Ad-
miralty
Lieut-Col G S Cotter, by the Secretary for India
Capt J E Cracroft, by Sir 3 Lawrence
Liout G Cracklow, by the Secretary for India
Lieut S Crowe, by Viscount Sydney
Mr Cuthbert, by Lord Ravensworth
Lieut E St John Daniel, RN, by the Duke of Somerset
Lieut Col Viscount Dangan, by the Lord Chamberlain
Mr Darroch, by the Right Hon E Cardwell
Mr D Darroch, jun, by the Right lion E Cardwell
Rev C Davies, by the Lord Chamberlain
Ensign R Dawson, by Col Dawson
Lieut E Carteret, by the Adjutant-General
Ensign Duesbury, by Lieut-Col Murray Prior
Mr Alfred Dick, her Majesty's Consul, Relates (Society
Islands), by Lord J Russell
Major-Gen Eden, by Field-Marshal Lord Seaton
Lieut W Edgeworth, by Sir J Chatterton
Major Ewart, by Major-Gen Sir R Airey
Cornet A Ewing, by Sir J Chatterton
Lieut C G Fane, R N, by Lieut-Gen Fane
Major Fellowes, by the Duke of Cambridge
Commander E Field, R N, by Sir J Pakington
Lieut-Col E Fisher, by Col C Bingham
Copt L Flower, by Lieut-Col C B Challoner
Capt H Floyd, by the Duke of Cambridge
Cornet A Floyd, by the Duke of Cambridge
Lieut J Franklin, by Major-Gen Sir J Y Scarlett
Dr J Fraser, by Dr Gibson
Copt Fyler, by the Adjutant-General
Major Gambie, by the Duke of Cambridge
Paymaster E Gibbs, by Col C Bingham
Mr Anthony Gibbs, by Field-Marshal Lord Seaton
J Gibson, MD, CB, by the Duke of Cambridge
Lieut Conway-Gordon, by Lord G Lennox
Major Charles Gough, by Field-Marshal Lord Seaton
The Rev F B Grant, by the Duke of Newcastle
Mr Barclay Greenhill, by the Duke of Wellington
Lieut Sir E Hamilton, Bart, by the Lord Chamberlain
Mr J Vivian-Hampton, by Lord Raglan
Lieut G Harris, by Lieut-Col E Stanton
Rev J P Harris, by the Secretary for India
Assist-Surgeon w H Harris, MD, by the Secretary for
, India

Lieut Hon W Harbord, by the Duke of Cambridge
Capt F S Herries, by Gen Sir IV Gomm
Sir A Hood, Bart, by Col Hood
Col Holloway RM, by the Duke of Somerset
Cornet H P Holford, by Major-Gen Cameron
The Earl of Hopetoun, by Sir Archibald Here, Bart
Lieut Hone; by Lieut-Colonel Murray Prior:
Capt Sir William Hoste, RN, by the Lord Chamberlain
Lieut Isaacson, by Major-Gen Wesley
Assist-Surgeon H W Jackson, by the Director-General
of the Army Medical Department
Lieut H Jackson, by the Secretary of State for India
Mr Washington Jackson, jun, of New Orleans, by the
United States Minister
The Rev W James, by Mr R. S Gtird
Lieut C C Jervoise, by the Secretary of State for India
Capt Kemp; by the Secretary of State for India
Capt W J Lake, RM, by Col H A Lake
Lieut Sir A K Lake, Bart, by Col H A Lake
Lieut E A C Lambert, by the Secretary of State for India
Major-Gen. Lawrenson, by the Duke of Cambridge.
Deputy-Inspector-Gen. Longmore, by the Secretary of
State for War
Mr Longley, by the Secretary of State for India
Lieut-Col E W D Lowe, by the Duke of Cambridge
Capt W G Luard, RN, by Major-Gen Sir G Pollock
Mr J S Lumley, by Lord J Russell
Cornet Luscombe, by Col Bentinck
Lieut-Col Macdonald, by the Adjutant-General
Brevet-Captain R M Macdonald, by the Secretary of
State for India
Mr. Fergus Macnaghten, by Sir E W Macnaghten
Lieut R K Macquoid, by the Secretary of State for India
Capt Malcolmson, by the Secretary of State for India
Lieut A. Malcolmson, by Lieut-Gen Sir J Chatterton,
Bart

Vice-Admiral Martin, by the Duke of Somerset
Capt J Meaden, by Major-Gen Braybrooke
Capt G P Mends, RN, by:the Duke of Somerset
Lieut-Col J E Michell, by Col C Bingham
Commander H St John Mildmay, RN, by Viscount
Eversley
Hon George Mostyn, by Viscount Monck
Assist-Surg I U C N Murphy by the Director- General
Army Medical Department
Capt II Murray, by the Secretary for India
Mr Murray, of Philliphaugh, by the Hon John Edmund
Elliot
Capt Luke O'Conor, by Col. Lysons, CB
Lieut Guildford Onslow, by Guildford Onslow, Esq, MP
Hon R Pachees, of California, by the United States
Minister
Brigadier-Gen Lord George Paget, by his Royal High.
ness the Commander-in-Chief
Capt W Parker, by Lord Aveland
Commander Mark It Pechell, RN, by the First Lord of
the Admiralty
Assist-Surg John Pinkerton, by the Secretary for India
Lieut-Col the Hon C D Plunkett, by Lieut-Gen Sir
James Chatterton
The Rev Hugh Poison, by Major-Gen Sir Travell
Phillips
Capt Pulman, by the Secretary for India
Major-Gen James Ramsay, by the Right Hon Sir C
Wood, Secretary for India
Mr 0 Elliot Ranken, by Lieut-Gen Buckley, MP
Dr Augustus Rawlings, of New York, by the United
States Minister
Capt Constantine Read, by the Viscount Enfield
Capt Renshaw, by the Adjutant-General
Sub-Lieut T R Richardson, by the Gold Stick in Waiting
Lieut R P Ridley, by Lieut-Gen Sir James Chatterton
Mr Henry Roberts, by the Earl of Ducie
Mr John J Rogers, MP, by Lord Vivian
Lieut Viscount Royston,:by the Earl of Hardwick°
Staff-Surg H S Sanders, by the Director-General, Army
Medical Department
Major F S Savage, by Major-General Cameron
Major Scott, by Sir Wm Scott, Bart

Major-Gen the Hon Sir J Scarlett, KCB, by the Duke
of Cambridge
Ensign Horace Scriven, by Lieut-Col Scriven
Capt F Seymour, by the Lord Chamberlain
Capt Sheffield, by the Right Hon Sir J Trollope, Bart
The Rev E H Shipperdson, by the Right Hon. J R
Mowbray, MP
Lieut-Col Shute, by Lieut-Gen Freetb, KIT
Mr Joseph Shuttleworth, by Lord Woreley
Capt Alfred F A Slade, by Sir F Slade, Bart
Capt E. Sladen, by Sir C Wood
Major Richard P Smith, by General Earl Beauchamp
Assistant-Surgeon Clement Smith, MD, by the Secretary
of State for India
Lieut Studley V Smith, Ly 3lr Montt'. gue Smith, MP, QC
Mr Sidney Smith, by his Grace the Duke of Newcastle
Lieut II Spalding, by the Secretary of State for India
Lord Stafford, by the Lord Chamberlain
Major H II Stevenson, by Major-Gen Cameron
Vice-Admiral Sir H Stewart, by the Duke of Somerset
Mr J A Shaw Stewart, by Sir Michael Shaw Stewart
Lieut-Col Sulivan, by Lieut-Gen Sir .T Chatterton, Bart
Lieut Swinton, by Major-Gen Wesley
Mr Wm Follett Synge, by Lord J Russell
Sub-Lieut the Hon It A J Talbot, by the Gold Stick in
Waiting
Mr J Lowther du Plat Taylor, by Col Stephens
Capt F S Taylor, by the Secretary for India
Brigadier-Gen Brook Taylor, by the Duke of Cambridge
Capt Ternan, by the Secretary for India
Lieut and Adjutant N B Thoyts, by the Secretary for
India
Capt William Dalrymple Tompson, by Lord Dalrymple
Capt Lennox Tredcroft, RA, by the Duke of Cambridge
Sir J S Trelawny, Bart, MP, by Mr Hastings Russell,
MP
Lieut E W Trevor, by th'itecreteay for India
Major-Gen Sir Alexander Tulloch, KCB, by the Duke
of Cambridge
Lient B de B Tuper, by Col Charles Bingham
Lieut-Col Turner, CB, by the Duke of Cambridge
Lient Thomas Turner, by Major-Gen Sir Richard Airey
Lieut H T Vachell, by the Secretary for India
Cornet Boyle Vandeleur, by Lieut-Gen Sir James Chat-
terton, Bart
Major-Gen Horatio Nelson Vigors, by the Bake .of
Cambridge
Mr Thomas Viner, by the Duke of Newcastle
Lieut Robert C Vyner, by the Lord Chamberlain
Lieut N H Wallace, by the Secretary for India
The Rev Digby Walsh, by Sir John Walsh, Bart
Capt Waud, by Major Waud
Lieut Guy Webster, by the Adjutant-General
Lieut C W B Wells, by Lieut-Col Alcock
Lieut P C Whalley, by Col Charles Bingham
Mr George Wilkes, of New York, by the United States
Minister

Capt Francis Williams, by Major-Gen Sir J H Schoedde,
KCB

A Jones Williams, of Gelliwig, by the Rev Dr Bowles
Dr Wilson, by Col Morgan Clifford, MP
Col Sir David Wood, KCB, by the Duke of Cambridge
Lieut R J Wright, by Col Bentinck
Capt Young, by the Adjutant-General
Lieut T N Walker, by the Secretary for India

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.-

TUESDAY.
The Coffee Room Stakes of 50 soya each, for three-yr-olds ;

colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. A.F. 1 mile 2 furlongs

73 yards. 4 subs.
Mr. H. Saviles' Parmesan, by Sweetmeat, Bst 71b
(G. Fordham) 1
Count Batthyany's Rope Dancer, Bst 41b (Wells) 2
Lord Coventry's Petruchio, Bst 71b (L. Snowden) 3
Betting-7 to 4on Petruchio, 9to 4 agst Parmesan.
Parmesan led throughout, and won by two lengths ; bad
third.

Handicap Plate of 50:sovs, for three .yr-olds and upwards.
A.F. 1 mile 2 furlongs 73 yards.

Count Batthyany's Suburban, by Stockwell, out of Jane,
3 yrs, sst 101 b (car. sst 131 b) (H. Bradley) 1
Mr. Halford's Athos, 3 yrs, 6st Blb (11. Grimshaw) 2
Lord Coventry's Wanderer, 5 yrs, Est 12Ib (W. Bottom) 3
_ _

The following also ran :—Newstead, Conjuror, Plumper,
and Water Elf.

Betting-7 to 4 agst Suburban, sto 1 agst Athos, 6to 1
against Wanderer.
Suburban was in front throughout all the way ; Athos
challenged him in the cords, but was beaten by a head ; the
third four lengths off.

The Two Thouoancl Guineam, a aubnctiption of 100 SOTS
each, h ft, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b ;
the owner of the second horse to save his stake. R.M.
1 mile 17 yards. 63 subs.
The numbers attached to the horses' names correspond
with those on the card.

.0 Mr. A. Nichol's The Wizard, by West Australian,
84 71b (par. Bst 81b)
.6 Mr. Tute's The Rap, Bst 71b (.J. Goater) 2
3 Mr. W. Day's Traducer, 8$ 71b (E. Sharp) 3
L 4 Baron Rothschild's King of Diamonds, 8$ 71b
(J. Osborne) 4
2 Mr. W. S. S. Crawfurd's Nicholas, Bst 71b .. (Wells) 0
4 Lord Fitzwilliam's Richmond Bst 71b (W. Boyce) 0
5 Lord Glasgow's Tom Bowline, Bst 71b.... (Aldcroft) 0
6 Mr. Gratwicke's Ebony, Bst 71b (Mr. G. S. Thompson) 0
7 Mr. Merry's Brother to Rainbow, Bst 71b.. (Custance) 0
1.1. Mr. T. Parr's Lupulus, Bst 71b (G. Fordham) 0
12 Mr. F. Robinson's Aurora (late Minaret), Bst 71b
,'car. Bst 41b) (A. Day) 0
13 Baron Rothschild's Wamba, Bst 71b.... (A. French) 0
15 Mr. R. Sutton's Von Stroom, 8$ 71b (J. Mann) 0
9 Mr. Nelson's Merrimac, 8$ 71b (J. Walters) 0
8 Sir C. Monk's Grenadier, Bst 71b (L. Snowden) 0

Betting-4 to 1 each agst Tom Bowline and Lupulus,
11 to 2 agst Nicholas, 6 to 1 agst Traducer, 100 to 8 agsl
Brother to Rainbow, 14 to 1 agst Richmond, 20 to 1 agsl
Aurora, 25 to 1 agst King of Diamonds, 25 to 1 agst The
Wizard, 25 to 1 agst Ebony.
The curiosity to witness the horses as they quitted the
saddling-stable, prior to proceeding to the starting-post, was
evidenced by the large throng of pedestrians and eques-
trians who congregated in the vicinity of the ditch.
When the 15 competitors had proceeded to the post the
crowd gradually diminished, and the spectators at the cords
were enabled to command a full and uninterrupted view of
them when they formed in line. The start was most satis-
factorily effected, and no sooner had Mr. Hibburd dropped
his flag than the horses were off on equal terms.
Two divisions were soon formed, Traducer making the
running on the whip hand, with King of Diamonds,
Lupulus, Brother to Rainbow, and Nicholas on his left,
followed him in the order named. On the "Ring side" of
the course, were Richmond, Ebony, Tom Bowline, and
Merrimac, nearly level with the lot above mentioned.
Aurora, The Wizard, and The Rap were next, close up.
They ran at a slow pace to the Bushes Hill, where The
Wizard, who had always been going within himself, began
to creep forward, closely attended by his stable companion
The Rap. On reaching the dfp, just before entering the
cords, Ashmall let The Wizard out, and the horse galloped
in the winner by three lengths; half a length between the
second and third; King of Diamonds was an indifferent
fourth ; Lupulus fifth ; Brother to Rainbow sixth ; Wamba,
Ebony, and Merrimac next ; Grenadier awl Tom Bowline,
close together, were the last two.
Sweepstakes of 10 soya each; for three-yr •olds, 7st. ; four
Bst 61b; five, 121 b ; six and aged, 9st ; the winner to
be sold for 300 soya if demanded. Ab. M., 2 furlongs
212 yards. Four subs.
Mr. Dixon's Neophyte, 4 yrs, Bst 71b. (A. French) 1
Mr. Watt's Tiddlywinks, 3 yrs, 7st .... (H. Grimshaw) 2
Mr. Martin's Confusion, 3 yrs, 7st (Perry) 3
Betting-6 to 4 agst Neerhyte (at first agat Confusion),
3 to 1 agat Tiddlywinks.
Won by a length and a half; two lengths between second
and third.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst
71b; fillies, Bst 41b ; extra weight for winners. Last half
of Ab. M., 3 furlongs 217 yards. 6 subs.
Lord Stamford's Lava, by Orlando, Bst 41b (A. French) 1
Baran Rothschild's b. f. by Kiag Tom, out of Agnes,
Bst 41b (Wells) 2
Mr. Rogers's Archeress, Sat 41b (E. Sharp) 3
The following also ran :—Filly by Surplice, out of Blue
Devils, and Foxhead.

Betting-7 to 4on Lava, 100 to 30 agst the Agnes filly,
Won by three lengths; a bad third.

A Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 50 soya each; h. ft:, for
four-yr-olds and upwards ; a winner of a 600 soya handi-
cap to carry 101bs extra, and of all minor handicaps, once
51b, twice 101 b extra, which is tc be the extreme penalty.
T.Y.C., 5 furlongs 140 yards. 4 subs.
Lord Strathmore's Marseillaise, by Bay Middleton, 4 yrs,
Set 71b (Aldcroft) 1
Sir H. des Vceux's Comforter, 4 yrs, 9st llb (inc. 101 b ex.) 2
Betting-5 to 4ox Comforter.
Won by a head.
Match, 200, h. ft. T.Y.C., 5 furlongs 140 yards.
Mr. Blake's c. by Cotherstone, out of Glonluce, 3 yrs,
Bst 71b (G. Fordham) 1
Mr. Rogers's c. by Cotherstone, out of Glenluce, 2 yrs,
Est 71b (A. Edwards) 2
Betting-3 to lon the "young one."
Won by three lengths.
Sweepstakes of 25 sovs, 10 ft., for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst
71b; fillies and geldings, Bst 41b; the winner to be sold
for 200 sovs, &c. ; if not for sale, 31b extra. Last half
mile of A.F. 3 subs.
Lord Stamford's Little Lady (not to be sold) Bst 71b (in.
31b extra (A. French) w. o.
Sweepstakes,' reduced to a Match, of 300 some, 100 ft, for
four-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 51b. B.C.
Duke of Bedford's Luff (bro. to Weathergage) received
forfeit for Mr. F. Robinson's Antonio.
After the scratching of Buccaneer, the withdrawal of
Umpire, and the success of The Wizard, the Two Thousand
may be numbered among the " shocking events" which
betting men occasionally experience. John Scott ran first
and second with two homes wham the public regarded with

DERBY.
4to 1 agat Wizard (offered)
11 to 2 agat Umpire (taken)
11 to 1 agst Mainstone (taken)
nto 1 agat Nutbourne (taken)
100 to 7 agst Baccaneer (taken)
25 to 1 agst The Drone (taken)
1000 to 10 agat Tom Bowline (taken)

ONE THOUSAND.
6 to 4 agst Sagitta
4to 1 agit Vesta

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—Ttrzsmur.

CHESTER CUP.
100 to 8 agst Petra (taken freely)
14 to 1 agst Satellite (taken)
20 to 1 agst Longrange (taken)
25 to 1 agst Independence (taken)
25 to 1 agst Eribery colt (taken)
50 to 1 eget El Hakim (taken)

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE-

MENTS.

April 9, at 7 40 pm, Optimist, out of the Newmarket
Handicap
April 12, at 5 51 pm, Buccaneer, out of: the Two Thou-
sand Guineas
April 12, at 5 30 pm, Musjid, out of the Port Stakes
April 12, at 6 pm, Desdemona and Cincinnati, out of all
engagements
Aprill2, at 6 pm, Montebello, out of Heathcote Plate,
Epsom
April 13, at 5 45 pm, Magnum, out of the Metropolitan
Handicap
April 14, at 9 am, Daniel, out of Marquis of Westmin-
ster's Plate
Api ill 4, at 9 am, Flash in the Pan, out of Doncaster
Handicap
April 14, at 9 am, Guilder, out of engagements at New-
market First Spring Meeting.
April 16, at 9 am, all Mr. Ten Broeck's horses out of
Doncaster Handicap
April 16, at 9 am, Sam Spode, out of all engagements
April 16, at 9 am, Secret Treasure, out of the Heathcote
Plate, the Metropolitan Handicap, and Chester Cup
April 16, at 1 10 pm, Claire, out of Walton Stakes at Ep-
som

April 16, at 5 55 pm, Olirer, out of engagements at Ep-
som Spring Meeting
April 17, at 9 am, Vanquisher, out of the Two Thousand
Guineas

April 17, at 380 pm, Queen Bee, out of City and Sub-
urban

April 18, at 9 am, Hyder Ali, out of all engagements
April 21, at 9 am, Red Rock, out of his engagement on
Monday in Newmarket First Spring Meeting.
April 21, at 2 30 pm, Cambridge, out of the Two Thous-
and Guineas

April 21, at 2 30 pm, Jessie, out of the One Thousand
Guineas

April 23, at 11 15 am, Umpire, out of the Two Thousand
Guineas

April 23, at 12 25 pm, Confectioner, out of tho Doncaster
Handicap

AQUATICS.

GREAT BOAT RACE FOR TWO HUNDRED
POUNDS.

HENRY CLASPER, OF NEWC STLE v. GEORGE D hEWI IT,
or CHELSEA.—There are no rowing matches which create
greater interest than those in which South become anta-
gonistic to the North, and Thames is opposed to Tyne ;
and when the gallant Harry Clasper, the "hero of a hun-
dred fights," is one of the competitors, the interest is
even greater, as through a long course of victories,
with very few defeats, his career has been strictly
an honourable one, and ho has in his time, in
sculling, pair. oared, four-oared, and eight-oared boats,
been pitted against the late Robert Coombes (champion of
the Thames for the unparalleled period of seven years),
Robert Newell, Wm. Pocock, John Phelps, and other
great men of the day ; besides which he has had to contend
against picked London watermen of the present time, and
has in the face of all difficulties frequently carried off, with
his brave comrades, the £lOO prize at the Thames Regatta,
the symbol of the four-oared championship of the Thames.
At over 50 years of age it might naturally be supposed that
the veteran North countryman ought to retire on his laurels;
but he does not think so, and, like a brave fellow, never
means to own himself defeated till inexorable Time claims
him as his own. Nearly a year ago, when Drewitt was
training Campbell at Glasgow, Clasper was desirous of try-
ing his strength against Drewitt. The affair at that time
ended in smoke, and nothing of a definite character was
done till a few months since, when a match was entered
into between them, and it was decided that they should row
on the 24th of April for £lOO a-side, from the High Level-
bridge to Scotswood Suspension-bridge, on the Tyne, a dis-
tance nearly corresponding with the course between Putney
and Mortlake, on the Thames.
Looking at the two men, the race seemed at first sight to
be almost a certainty for Drewitt, who is many years Clas•
per's junior, and has besides, although only a landsman,
proved himself to be so fine a sculler as to hold the third
place on the river Thames. His health, however, is none
of the best, while the veteran Harry is rarely ill, and this
fact, combined with the Chelsea hero being strange to the
Tyne, rendered his friends less sanguine than they.would
otherwise have been.

Shortly after six o'clock the men went to their stations,
it having been arranged that the start should be about 100
yards above the High Level-bridge, in order to avoid being
hampered by the numerous steamers which accompanied
them. The men were accompanied by their trainers, Robt.
Chambers, tho renowned champion of the Thames, for
Clasper; and Wm. Blake, •f Chelsea, for Drewitt.
Both men looked well, and having prepared themselves,
the race began, and a very gallant one it was, but youth
would not be denied, Drewitt soon led, and although the
veteran tried his hardest to get into the foremost position,
he was not destined to succeed, for Drewitt ultimately came
in first by two lengths.
Betting at starting was nearly level.

MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT.—MANCHESTER,
Tuesday.—To-day there prevails a better feeling, with an
increased demand for yarns and cloths of most sorts, with a
tendency to higher rates, which buyers generally concede.
There are more inquiries for yarns by the buyers for Ger-
many, also for India ; and some business has been transacted
at rather higher prices than were current last week.
STOPPAGE OF FLEET-STREET.—Yesterday a num-
ber of men were employed, in compliance with directions
from the City Commissioners of Sewers, taking up the
carriage thoroughfare in Fleet-street, and which will be
relaid as rapidly as possible, in order that the traffic may
be resumed. IThe operations have commenced at the
lower end of Fleet-street, near Bridge-street, and will be
carried on for the present up to Water-lane. In conse-
quence, by direction of the City Commissioner of Police,
vehicles going westward are to turn down Bridge-street,
into Whitefriars, up Water-lane, int* Fleet-street ; and
those passing through Temple-bar, eastward, are to 5. up
Chancery-lane. During the repairs much inconvenience
will be experienced in the traffic to and fro.

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The following report on the recent frauds of their
chief cashier has been issued this evening by the
Union Bank of London. It gives a clear summary
of the means employed, and confirms the anticipa-
tions as to the degree of loss sustained, the total
being £263,000. A small proportion of this may
be recovered, but the directors propose to meet the
evil at once by writing off .q per share, or £120,000
from the capital, which was increased to that ex-
tent by a bonus in July last, by appropriating the
existing reserve fund of £lOO,OOO, and by deducting
£40,000 from the divisible profits of the twelve-
months ending on the 30th of June next. This will
leave the concern with its original capital intact,
and also with a sufficient surplus to declare a 5 per
cent. dividend at the next meeting, which, with the
71 per cent. already paid, will make 121 per cent.
for the year. As there is no reason to suppose that
the bank will lose a single customer from this un-
happy event, it may be hoped that the confidence
expressed.,by the directors that a few years will re-
store it to its natural state of prosperity may be
fully realised. •
It is with deep regret that the directors have to
communicate to the proprietors that they have dis-
covered very large frauds committed by their, late
chief cashier, William George Pullinger, and with
as little delay as possible they lay before the pro
prietors a statement of the facts, and submit the
course which, upon a careful consideration of the.,
circumstances, they recommend for-meeting-Makes_
which has been sustained.

William Geo. Pullinger was appointed a cashier
of this bank in April, 1839, having previously held
a similar situation in the banking-house of Sir
Claude Scott and Co., and after 16 years of most
efficient, zealous, and, it is still believed, faithful
service in subordinate capacities, was, about five
years ago, raised to the situation of chief cashier,
and such was the confidence reposed in him by the
directors and manager and their satisfaction with
the manner in which he discharged his duties, that
about three months since they voluntarily raised
his salary to £6OO per annum.
His duties as chief cashier were to superintend
the other cashiers, to procure cheques for money, to
keep their tills supplied; and it devolved upon him
to pay all cheques, gold and silver coin, bank-notes,
kc.,which'were not required for the purposes of this
bank, to the Bank of England, accompanied by a
docket specifying the particulars of each payment,
and by the pass-book of the Bank of England,
which was necessarily in his official charge, an
account of these payments being also furnished by
Pullinger to the principal ledger keeper. In
the ordinary course of business, Pullinger
daily sent a junior clerk for the pass-book,
which contained the acknowledgment by the Bank
of England of the cash paid in, and it was the
duty of Pullinger to deliver the pass-book to the
ledger keeper, whose duty it would then become to
check the entries in it against the Bank of England
by the items in his ledger. The ledger keeper, on
finding his account tally with the pass-book, would
report the Bank of England balance to the ac-
countant, to be posted in the general ledger, when
any error in the Bank of England balance would
disturb the general balance of the day, and become
the subject of investigation.
On Thursday last, the 19th inst., in consequence
of some information, application was made to the
Bank of England for their statement of the balance
of this bank, when a deficit of no less than £263,070
Bs. 10d. was discovered. Pullinger, who was absent
at the time attending a funeral f a relative, was
immediately followed by a director and the manager
and brought back, when he at once confessed that
from losses on the Stock Exchange he had from
time to time, since his appointment as chief cashier,
abstracted large sums from the charges taken over
to the Bank of England, which he had concealed
from the ledger keeper by exhibiting to him a
fabricated pass-book, in which the balance agreed
with what it appeared in the accountant's general
ledger. He was tien given into custody.
It may be proper to state here that the supposed
balance at the Bank of England was £569,703 16s.
2d., while the certified balance was £306,636 7s.
4d., exhibiting a deficit of £263,070 Bs. 10d. The
directors now proceed to state the course they
recommend for meeting this loss, and they feel
assured that the proprietors will concur with them
in opinion that it should be done promptly and
effectually. In July lust the sum of £120,(100 was
transferred from the reserved fund to the capital ac-
count. It is now proposed to retransfer this sum
from that account, and to appropriate the further
sum of £lOO,OOO, the amount of the existing re-
served fund, towards meeting the present defalca-
tions, an application of this fund specially contem-
plated in the deed of settlement for meeting
unforeseen losses.' The balance of the deficiency,
about £40,000, will be paid out of the accrued and
accruing profits of the present year, which the di-
rectors confidently anticipate will further enable
them to declare a dividend of 5 per cent. for the six
months ending 30th June next, which, with the
dividend and bonus paid in January last, will be a
total payment of 124 per cent. for the year.
The directors hope that some of this large
amount may be recovered, although it would be in-
expedient to enter into details on this subject at
present; but they will not take these matters into
calculation now. They prefer taking the maximum
loss which can be sustained ; and they feel that the
honour and credit of the Union Bank of London,
and the true interests of their copartners, are best
consulted by at once liquidating that amount, con-
fidently believing, as they do, that with the original
paid-up capital intact, a few years' profits of their
business will enable them to replace all that has
now been lost without interfering with the usual
dividends paid to the proprietors.
While it is certainly satisfactory to be able to
meet so large a loss out of the reserved profits of the
bank without trenching on the original paid-up
capital, the directors find it impossible adequately
to express their regret and mortification that such a
crime could have been successfully perpetrated,
under the system of checks which has been in opera-i
tion since the establishment of the bank. No ex-
tensive business can be carried on without reposing
confidence in those employed in it, and in the pre-
sent case the directors felt justified in reposing in
Pullinger the confidence necessary for the discharge
of his duties; he had been in the employment of the
bank since its commencement, his attendance was
unremitting, his industry and talents conspicuous,
his expenditure appeared consistent with his posi-
tion and salary, and his domestic habits were be-
lieved to be correct and creditable. It now appears
that for a long time he had been engaged in an ex-
tensive system of time bargains on the Stock
Exchange. The system of checs in operation in the
bank was framed mainly on that existing in the
Bank of England, and the directors have, with this
exception, found it effectual.

. -
For the first time during 21 years the directors
are unable to address their copartners in those
terms of congratulation which they have used since
the establishment of the bank, and for the first time
during that long period has the steady and remark-
able success of the bank been interrupted. They
believed they had taken every necessary precaution
which experience dictated, and which, so long as
those precautions were strictly observed by all
those through whose hands l'ullinger's ac-
counts passed, had proved, and would have
continued to prove, effectual; nor can the
directors claim for themselves, or from those in
their employment, exemption from those feelings of
confidence which long association and services (for
many years efficiently and honestly performed) are
calculated to engender. The confidence of their
devoted manager, Mr. Scrirageour, no less than
their own has been grievously abused, and the
directors would do violence to their own feelings and
sense of justice were they not to express their sym-
pathy with their friend and officer under these
unfortunate and mortifying circumstances.
In point of magnitude, the defalcations of Pul-
linger throw those of Robson into the shade, and
even exceed those of Red path. The amount involved
in the latter case, it will be remembered, was about
.E.240,0A. Pullinget's method of proceeding was
simple. The whole of the large payments into
the Bank of England passed through his hands
For a lengthened period he passed them i❑ NN ith
regularity. Finding then that he possessed vir-
tually the entire control of these funds, inasmuch
as the pass-book formed the sole check upon him,
it occurred to him, in a moment of temptation,
to appropriate money and falsify the pass-
book. Emboldened by success, he persevered
in his crime, and carried his misappropriations
to the almost incredible extent above men-
tioned, keeping systematically the real
pass-book for himself, and presenting a fic-
titious one to his fellow-officers. The largeness
of the balance habitually kept by the Union Bank
at the Bank of England precluded the chance of
discovery through any heavy draughty being made

It is naturally asked, how has Pullingcr con-
trived to get rid of so vast a sum of money ? Con-
sidering the responsible position which he held, his
salary was manifestly inadequate. This is the
common error of employers, from which joint-stock
banks, despite their enormous dividends, are not
exempt. But the present is no petty.case of a bank
officer exceeding his income and appropriating a
sum sufficient to meet his embarrassments. Pul-
linger was a gigantic speculator on the Stock Ex-
change. He operated largely in the securities which
present the greatest scope for fluctuation, especially
in Consols, Lombardo-Venetian Railway shares,
and Turkish and Mexican Bonds. Of the latter he
ikknown to.have, taken off the market at.once no
less thin £20,000; and even £0,000„ etpck, paying
for it in bank notes. It will be a point for the
directors (who have already taken steps to make
the:delinquent's small property available) to ascer-
tain whether he has any concealed assets of this
kind. A speculative Stock Exchange firm, which
failed in the panic in May last, being obliged
to pay 6s. Bd. in the pound before its partners
could be rendered eligible for re-admission' gave
bills for the amount ; and it is stated that
Pullinger himself recently met these bills, to the
extent, in one instance, of £4,000. It is, perhaps,
the most astonishing feature of this extraordinary
case that he could so long be regarded as a man of
steady habits in Princes-street, whilst he was known
to many persons connected with the Stock Exchange
as an habitual speculator. Pullinger had other ex-
pensive tastes. He ran racehorses, in conjunction
with a well-known trainer, and occasionally repre-
sented to his agents in the Stock Exchange that
some of his transactions were for account of that
individual. It is said that Pullinger is also a share-
holder in the Union Bank ; but it is not to be ima-
gined that the fact of his being a partner in the
concern will screen him from the punishment due
to his flagrant crime.

OUR UUN-BOATS.

At the time of the Crimean War the sudden col-
lapse of our military system raised an outcry which
forced the Horse-Guards and the Admiralty to
humiliating confessions, and to promises of reform.
Far be it from us to wish for a renewal of the con-
troversies and the rancour of that terrible time.
We are now at peace, no immediate danger threatens,
oar only war is with a remote and feeble empire ;
although heavily taxed, the country is prosperous,
and can afford both money and time to replace what
has been destroyed by the negligence or fraud of
those who serve it. All that we desire is that a full
e*amination should be made into the reports now
current respecting the state of the navy; and that
calmly, but without fear or favour, the matter
should be sifted and a remedy applied.
At this time, we are told, there are 47 gun-boats,
besides mortar vessels, hauled up at Haslaryard. All
the world remembers the pan which was sung
over this miniature fleet. Christened with coquettish
little names, the gun-boats, built according to the
newest model and commanded by gallant young
officers, were the pets and the pride of the country.
Their qualities were invidiously contrasted with
those of the heavy line-of-battle ships and frigates,
which crept cautiously about the shallows of the
Baltic or watched sluggishly opposite the entrance
to Sebastopol. It was told how after the war they
were all drawn up ready for use on the shortest
notice, how they could be brought down to the
water in less than an hour, and the enemy con-
fronted in less than a week with an extempore fleet
as formidable as any that could issue from Cher-
bourg. The Government appears to have been as
much impressed as the public with the usefulness
hf these craft. They had done good service at Swca-
borg, they had ascended the rivers of China, and
Were again to be despatched to that distant region
to bring the Emperor to reason. Accordingly the
thipwrights have been at Work on them with no
'little activity. Twenty-two, we arc told, have been
!repaired at a great cost, and, with the exception of
;coppering, are fit for launching. Nine vessels are
under repair, fourteen arc waiting examination.
,These repairs began more than three years ago,
and have been continued at intervals to the present
time. It will appear singular that vessels built
only in 1854 and 1855 should so soon require such
extensive reconstruction. Very quietly do these
repairs seem to have been carried on, and no com-
plaints of the contractors have been allowed to be-
come public. The decay has been attributed to the
fact that the gunboats had been stripped of their
copper, and placed high and dry in a current of
air. But now it is announced that the decay
must be attributed to another cause. Some gun-
boats which had been kept afloat have been hauled
up, and have been found to be " far more de-
fective than those stored beneath the sheds,
and the only conclusion which can be arrives
at is that the whole of our gunboats afloat
are unfit for service." They have been con-
structed with the most reckless disregard to the
quality of the material. If those which have
been examined are a sample of the whole, we are
at this moment without an efficient gunboat.
Scarcely a sound piece of wood can be seen about
them, every part bearing marks of" sap," and some
of the ribs are completely enveloped with it ; the
pressure of the hand on their frame crumbles it to
dust. Much more to this effect is given in our
Naval Intelligence. The copper bolts, also, which
should have gone through and been clinched on
each side, " were found to have been changed into
short ends of about two inches, driven in on each
side"—a fact which, if correct, convicts either the
builders or their workmen of a deliberate and most
disgraceful fraud.
Of course, this abominable history must be fully
inquired into. Here we have the country, when
hard pressed by war, and unable to furnish the ne-
cessary number of vessels from the public yards,
applying to the first private builders in England,
and concluding contracts with them for the con-
struction of vessels. The contracts are taken, the
vessels are built, the country imagines that its naval
force is considerably increased, and now, at the end
of five years, we find that neither the watchfulness
of the Admiralty nor the honesty and patriotic feel-
ing of the builders have prevented us from being
cheated as grossly and impudently as the poor wo-
man who gets 200 yards of thread on a reel purport-
ing to hold 300. We might have much to say on the
carelessness of the authorities which accepted such
fraudulent handiwork. Surely green wood can be
distinguished from seasoned timber by dockyard offi-
cials, and a copper bolt driven through a vessel's side
and clinched must present a different appearance from
two boltkeads merely tacked on, one inside and the
other out. But these considerations are forgotten
in the shame we feel on reflecting that firms hold-
ing a high position in the English mercantile world
should be guilty of such baseness. It is impossible
to believe that such universal inferiority in the ma-
terial of the vessels could be accidental. One or two
gunboats might be built of green wood by mistake,
but such a state of things as is reported to exist can
only be the result of general unscrupulousness
among those who took the contracts. It may be
that the Government price was too low, and it is
said that the only two sound vessels were built by
a firm which lost mouey by their construction. But
that cannot be an excuse for the others. The pub-
lic will demand a searching and unsparing inquiry
into these delinquencies, and il' it should appear
that men holding a foremost position in the coin-
munity have be,en guilty of sueh malpractices, they
should he duly exposed and punished. Such doings
are a discouragement to every one who wishes to
see the natural sluggishness of the official world
compensated by the enterprie of private houses.
It has been the argument of the Admiralty, the
Horse Guards, and other departments that their
worst faults were as nothing to those of the men
whom public opinion held up as their models. The
Circumlocution-office, at any rate, did not job, and
swindle, and make money out of the public ruin.
This plea will now have double force, and, though
we feel sure that the commercial business of this
country is mainly conducted in a high and honour-
able spirit, the administrative reformers will be
taunted with the rotten timber of the gunboats built
in private yards, unless their builders can clear
themselves from this charge.--limes.