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the portraits arc those of Madame Ristori and Miss I sharcbrokers and shareholders love to confide, and
Geraldine Sowsbury, with brief and respectful cannot long remain untrusted. These details, how-
meniolfS Of their lives. The remainder of the.prose_ ever,
_are merely food for a moment's gossip.
contents is full of elevation and intellectual superi- The great fact to -be recognised is- that-in this
ority. •We fear, however, from its high character, commercial country, at the present epoch, the legal
it will Qnly -address itself to a very select circle. functionaries of the Crown and the representatives
We. trust it will receive the encouragement it merits of the people in Parliament tacitly avow that
from all lovers of art and. artistic literature. the system is perfectly consonant with their ideas
of justice and morality. The question was urged
upon them months ago, and they thought it un-
worthy of notice. The daily fruits are consequently
being experienced, and all that can be done is, for
the sake of equal dealing, to point out to every one
how the matter stands, so that all may have the
same choice of the sanctuary which at present is
turned to account only by persons with shrewd ad-
visers and of the talented stamp of Mr. Gill.—

Hughes's _Reading Lessons. Fourth Book. Longman.
The value of these practical compendiums of
knowledge having been readily acknowledged by
a large class of instructors, the editor does not
consider any further introduction necessary to this
fourth Volume than the assurance that no pains
have been spared to render it equal to its prede-
cessors. Various branches of knowledge are treated
of under different heads by different writers ; thus
among others we have scientific biography, animal
physiology, natural history, astronomy, arts and
manufactures, fine arts, navigation, &c., all
separately discussed and explained by authors of
name and knowledge. The combination of the
various departments of instruction in one book
renders it especially attractive to the youthful
scholar ; and many a student who has escaped the
dominion of the teacher may find something to
learn, as well as much to interest him in these well
selected "Reading Lessons."

Times

THIRD 1-,;_M ITIO N.

SEN. OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

TATTERSALLS'-(THIS EVENING.)

LEAMINGTON STAKES.
9to 2 agst Rosati.
sto 1 agst Tuustall Maid.
10 to 1 agst Laodamia.
ST. LEGER.
sto 2 agst Toxopholite (offered)
325 to 100 agst Fitz-Roland (taken)
7to 1 agst The Hadji (offered)
11 to 1 agst Governess (taken)
12 to 1 agst Sunbeam (taken)
25 to 1 agst Eclipse (taken)
33 to 1 agst Volta (taken)
CESAREWITCR.

The Journal of the Roy al Agricultural Society of
England. No. XLI. John Murray.
This valuable compendium of ag,ricultural infor-
mation is published twice in the year. It conta.ms
articles on various subjects connected with farming
in all its branches, and among them several which
have obtained the distinction of prizes. Among
those thus conspicuous we may mention a plain and
sensibly written essay on the potato, its culture,
production, and disease, by Jeffery Lang, M.D.,
which avoids the elaborate and complex style
which theoretical piculturists, like other scientific
men, are so apt to indulge in. The essay in ques-
tion is clear and comprehensible, and arrives at a
definite practical conclusion. In support of his
method of treating this vegetable, he tells us that
last year and the year before he grew rather more
than 70 bags of potatoes in each year (of 7 seven
each), and that in the two Tears he had not a
sackful of diseased potatoes. tie, therefore, trusts
that others will be induced to make the same
experiments. The conclusions he has drawn from
his observations are summoned up as follows :
" That the disease is of a fungoid nature, increased
in virulency by atmospheric causes. That all
manures are injurious, saving only lime and salt.
That the earliest potatoes in ripening should be
exclusively grown. That earthing up repeatedly
with fine earth is the only effectual preventive to
the ravages of the disease." Another paper on a
subject of much importance to the farmer is
discussed by J. L. Lawes, F.R.S., in his "Observa-
tions on the recently-introduced Manufactured
Foods for Agricultural Stock." lie arrives at the
conclusion that the advantage of these foods is not
commensurate with the expense. There are a
variety of other papers on topics of interest and
advantage to the farmer, and the work is one well
calculated to be of service both to the theoretical
and practical agriculturist.

20 to 1 agst Poodle (offered)
20 to 1 agst Warlock (taken)
1000 to 30 agst Duchess of Sutherland (taken)
40 to 1 agst Rocket (taken)
40 to 1 agst Physician (taken)
50 to 1 agst Roman Candle (taken)
50 to 1 agst Courier (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Melissa (taken)
40 to 1 agst Gunboat
30 to 1 agst Barbarity and Prioress (taken)

ARRIVALS AT WARWICK.
Contract, Artist, Gala colt, Simpleton, Fisherman, Odd
Trick, Laverna, Lanlaster, Tiara, Avoa, Joyeuse, Negress,
Melissa, Roman Candle, Fadladeen, Columbine colt, The
Hind, King of the Gipsies, Amaryllis, Little Gerard,
Cherry Picker, Wild Rose, IVouvermans, Grmculus Esu-
riens, Gunboat, Lord Berkely, Sir Hercules, Catalpa filly,
and Nassau.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGII-STREET.

TILE BURGLARY AND EXTENSIVE ROBBERY IN OXFORD-
STREET.—Thomas Hopkins and Jane Johnson were placed
at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with being con-
cerned with others, not in custody, with stealing about 500
silk umbrellas, value 2201., the property of Mr. Paterson
Boyle, wholesale umbrella manufacturer, of 338, Oxford-
street.
Inspector Holder, of the C division, said—About 9 on
Saturday night last, I went, in company with Sergeant
Ciocker, and Cole, 317 A, to 2, Bromley-place, and on going
up stairs met the male prisoner, whom they knew as Turner
coming down stairs. I said, "Is your name Turner ?" he
said " Yes." The female then said, " Come into this back
room." I said "No ; you occupy the second floor
front, so open the door," and she did so, and on
going into the room I told them to consider them-
selves in custody ; and I then told Cole and Crocker to
search the place, and they did so, Cole producing a silk
umbrella, which I at once recognised as one of those stolen,
from the description I had received from the prosecutor.
I I then asked him how ho got possession of it, and he said

SPECULATION.

*ln fairness to the great mass of debtors—that is
to say to that half of society which lives upon the
other half—it is necessary again to draw attention
to certain provisions of the law which will enable
them to escape their creditors without being subject
even to those mild proceedings in our courts that
are supposed to be indispensable before a discharge
can be obtained. If any man after a career of reck-
lessness finds himself annoyed by expense and delay
in getting purged so as again to be in a position to
resume his vocation it is not the fault of the Legisla-
ture. Our laws are intended for the equal benefit
of all, and if one person does not avail himself of
them to the same extent as another he must blame
his own ignorance or the stupidity of his attorney.
There is a pleasant path through bankruptcy which
seems at present to be known only to the most
astute adventurers. These resort to it in swarms
while the purely unfortunate trader, and,' indeed,
most of those who get into difficulties through
thoughtlessness rather than design, still submit to
all the disagreeable processes of examination in
Basinghall-street and its concomitant publicity.
This is wholly anomalous. Of course when benig-
nant provisions are enacted it is impossible to
prevent rogues taking the benefit of them
in common with better men, but it is alto-
gether unsound to see them enjoyed by, the
rogues alone. Henceforth, therefore, let no insol-
vent merchant, manufacturer, or trader of any
kind permit his affairs to be thrown into any
English court. By a method which will require
simply that he should take five weeks' quiet recrea-
tion, such as every business mind must sigh for, he
may wipe away his entire liabilities, place such small
assets as he, may have considered right to reveal
to be administered through the hands of his own
nominees, and be perhaps the first to announce to
his astonished creditors the fact that he is a free
man and owes them nothing. This is better even
than winding-u 1) under a committee of inspection
and paying ss. in the pound, although in that case
you may elude all inquiry about past appropriations
or private settlements, and enjoy, in conclusion, a
vote of sympathy. The machinery has already been
described in The Sun, but still seems to be im per-
fectly known, and the opportunity, therefore, may
be taken to illustrate it by a case which has just
occurred, premising that it has accidentally tran-
spired, and that it is only one of a multitude of
which nothing is ever heard. Mr. Wm. Gill, a barris-
ter in London, of 7 years' standing, having contrived
during his short career to incur debts for £17,000,
finding last month that his assets were reduced
to £662 55., considered that the period had come to
remedy the inconveniences of this position. For
the past year he had been obliged to live on the
Continent, and as he was almost a professional con-
coctor of public companies, and the improving state
of the money-market seemed to show that his ser-
vices in that line would soon again be wanted by a
confiding community, he doubtless felt that no
time should be lost. Accordingly he proceeded to
the Western Islands of Scotland, and, having
located himself at Tobermory, in Mull, which is
not readily accessible from the mainland, he at the
end of 40 days, the period required to constitute a
domicile, made apphcation to the Court of Session for
sequestration of his estates. A meeting to elect a
trustee was appointed with an expedition likely to
keep the creditors in England from the slightest
knowledge of what was going on ; a legal gentleman
from Edinburgh, now employed by the bankrupt,
acted as president ; a Mr. Fraser, of the Isle of
Skye, about 10 miles northward of Mull, was named
trustee ; and personal protection was granted against
arrest or imprisonment for civil debt for 12 months.
The next desirable thing was to hurry forward the
public examination, so as to render it physically im-
possible for any opposition to be offered. In eight
days the whole affair was to have been got throngh,
and as the distance from London was. 600 miles,
and the course of post a week, nothing but the
most untoward fate could prevent success. Mr.
Gill, however, was less fortunate than others.
Through some mismanagement one or two of his
creditors seem to have been made aware of the pro-
ceedings, and these persons at great expense em-
ployed agents specially to proceed to Tobermory
and interrogate him. Mr. Gill being a man of
mark, the examination has found its way into the
Scotch papers, and thus the complete immunity
upon which he relied has not been obtained. This,
however, need not operate as any discouragement
to others, since it is not one time in a hundred that
any difficulty occurs, or that creditors, even sup-
posing they get any information on the subject, are
found willing, either by themselves or in the person
of a paid agent, to travel 1,200 miles in urgent
haste merely to expose the manner in which they
have been made to suffer. The peculiar features
of Mr. Gill's case, moreover, were such as to excite
curiosity and impair the prospect of his pasSinc,
quietly. He is a son of Mr. Thomas Gill, a mer-
chant of Plymouth, and formerly member for that
borough, and the narrative extracted from him
appears to have embraced the following facts.
Starting as a barrister in Lincoln's-inn in 1851, his
professional practice brought him about £3OO per
annum, and his father allowed him another £3OO.
In the course of a year or two he commenced specu-
lating in stocks and shares. From time to time his
father paid his losses—in one instance £1,000.,
in another £BOO, and so on ; but, apparently,
on none of these occasions was any warning
given to the public, and the only result,
therefore, was to enable him to continue his
game—figuring as a great financial personage—
until the total against him reached £16,750. He
was a director of the Brighton Hotel Company, and
chairman of the Garnet and Mosely American Gold
Mining Company, and was under a contract to bring
out before the Ist of May in the present year a sub-
marine telegraph company to America and India.
The latter work has been interfered. with by the
difficulties which have temporarily deprived the
world of his services ; otherwise he " would have
realized £10,000"—a sum, it is to be presumed,
was to have been extracted from the pockets of
such eager shareholders as might have been allowed
to participate in the benefit of the idea. He may
yet, however, put it forward, as his passage through
the Scotch courts will most likely be quick, notwith-
standing the unlooked-for interruption, and the pro-
tection he has already obtained is sufficient to
enable him to return to the metropolis. For a
little while, till his notoriety has subsided, he will,
doubtless, have to work through third parties ; but
he is evidently one of those dashing spirits in whom

it was given to him by a man at a public-house opposite,
who was a stranger to him. I said it was strange a stranger
should give him an umbrella worth los. He then said the
man only asked him to mind it for him. On a further
search a number of keys—one a skeleton one—was found,
and a quantity of duplicates (44) relating to all kinds of
property.
Mr. Patterson Boyle, the prosecutor, identified the um-
brella produced, owing to the make being different from
that of other manufacturers. He did not believe it had
been &81d, though several like it had been. The place
where the prosecutor's mark had been had been scraped.
The value of the property stolen was £220.
Inspector Holder said from inquiries he had made he had
ascertained the prisoner had been drinking with a man,
and after some conversation left him and crossed over to
the house. The female was not known to the police.
The female said she was out on the evening mentioned,
but it was only to pledge something, and she did call in
the public-house to have some beer, but she was quite
innocent of the charge. .

Mr. Bingham gave her full credit. It might be she knew
nothing about the umbrella, but if she had the misfortune
to be connected with such a person as the male prisoner, she
must fake the consequences. He should remand them both
till Wednesday next.