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PRICE 4D• STAMPET'.

more commendable than length of speaking, bL
the present state of public affairs, charged as I ai
with the fearful responsibility which attaches to a
Minister of this great country in these anxious
times, I am earnestly desirous that between me and
the British public there should be no secret as to
the course which the Government have adopted or
the position in which they, have stood—no secret
as to the counsels by which they intend to be
guided; and I greatly mistake the character of my
countrymen if, in pursuing a determined and at the
same time peaceful policy, and in laying our every
political thought and feeling open to the knowledge
of the public, we shall not secure that amount of
confidence and support which is essential to every
Minister, and the possession of which is the greatest
and highest reward for the anxieties and toils to
which he is exposed. (Loud cheers.) The noble
earl concluded by. again thanking the assemblage
for the manner in which they had received the
toast.

Other toasts of a complimentary nature followed,
and the company separated at a late hour.
The dinner was provided by Messrs. Ring and
Brymer, and fully sustained the reputation of their
establishment. Mr. Harker officiated as toast-
master.

Yellow
Messrs. Bush I Messrs. Johnson
" Dodds " Cooper.
Chequer, coxswain.

,
Blue -
Messrs. Hind • Messrs. Blackledge

" Lloyd
Hall, coxswain.

Woodin.

White , .
, . . .4fetsra. W. Pears 1 Moors Warrison .
J. Pearl* r " Barry.
Miller, coxswain.
Red
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Messrs. Crane I Messrs. Short
" iiilsby I Thouip.....t.
_ Parker, coxswain.

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PAIR-OARED OUTRIG.
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A pair-oared ontrigged race cane esteliaanb
and though the weather was far from ,eti`ble a
large number of the friends of the pa:. assem,
bled, at the start and the finish, but were sadly
disappointed in their expectancy of seeing a good
rice. The competitors were William Huxley and
Qeorte Putnam, and Alfred Slinger and William
Gable, all landsmen of Westminster, and betting
if 6 to 4 on the latter pair, who had been
4. Fell's, the Old Swan, Chelsea ; the
others not gthug to any house, but taking care of
themselves. Tho race was for £lO, and the dis-
tance from Barnes to Putney, the rival parties hav-
ing settled the affair so badly that they rowed upon
perfectly still water. They pulled in two capital out-
riggers, built by James Messenger, the ex-champion
of the Thames, Mr. Wilson, of the White Hart, Barnes,
having been chosen referee, the men got to their
stations, Huxley and Putnam winning the choice
of station, and taking the Middlesex shore. They
started level and kept so fifty yards, when Slinger
and Gable drew slightly in advance, Slinger then
caught his backwater, and the boats were again
level. In this manner they rowed for half a mile,
when Huxley and Putnam gradually drew away—
the others kept pretty close for the next half mile,
when Huxley and Putnam got further ahead, and
finally won by 100 yards.

SURREY TEMPERANCE ROWING-CLUB.
An exciting race came off yesterday among five
four-oared crews of the above club, over the old
course from Westminster to Putney, for various
prizes. The following were the crews:—
Green
Messrs. Lloyd I Messrs. Irwin
" Price " Wright.
Coombes, coxswain.

They were across the river abreast for 300 or 400
yards, the winners then gradually drew away, and
came in first by ten or eleven lengths. The second
and third boats had a very exciting race for two or
three miles, when Yellow got away and came in.
ahead of Blue by five or six lengths. The race
between the two last boats was very desperate,
Red were at length considerably ahead at Chelsea
New Bridge, from there White gradually came up,
passed them at Battersea Church, and came in
fourth by three lengths.

CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST AN
UNDERWRITER AT LLOYD'S.

Richard Bedford Allen, 52, described as an under-
writer at Lloyd's, with no fixed residence, was
brought up at the Mansion-house, yesterday, on a
warrant, by Detective Sergeant Spittle, charged
with having, on the Bth September last, forged a
transfer of a certain share and interest on certain
stock—viz., the sum of £875, with intent to de-
fraud the Governor and Company of the,Bank of
England. __ _

Freshfield appeared for the prosecution, and
Mr. Wontner for the defence.
Mr. Freshfield said the facts connected with the
charge were very brief. In September last the
prisoner went to Air. Ashton, a stockbroker, about
the transfer of a sum of X 875 stock standing at the
Bank of England in his own name and the name
of Miss Frances Bedford, requesting Mr. Ashton
to meet him at the Bank on the Bth September,
when he said Miss Frances Bedford would be with
him to execute the transfer. Mr. Ashton accord-
ingly attended at the Bank, where the prisoner met
him accompanied by a lady, whom he represented
to be Miss Frances Bedford, who, with himself,
signed the transfer. Subsequeritly, however, it
appeared that the lady who signed the transfer was
not the Miss Frances Bedford in whose name the
stock stood, and that the prisoner had taken advan-
tage of the fact that Mr. Ashton did not know
Miss Bedford to introduce some other female-in her
place. Under these circumstances a warrant was
applied for, granted by the Lord Mayor, and placed
in the hands of Spittle, an active and intelligent
detective, who had succeeded in apprehending the
prisoner at Altona on a charge of forgery.
The following witnesses were examined:—
Mr. James Ballard—l am principal clerk in the
Three per Cent. Consols office at the Bank of Eng.
land. I produce the ledger for the Three per Cent.
Consols, and under date Bth September, 1858, I
find that £875 stood in the names of Frances Bed-
ford and Richard Bedford Allen on the morning of
that date. I also produce the transfer books for
those annuities, from which it appears that on the
same day the amount of £875 was transferred,
and the book signed "F. Bedford and R. B.
Allen." "

Mr. F. H. Catty—l am clerk in the Three per
Cent. Cousols office at the Bank of England. I see
the transfer of the sum of £875 in the transfer
book, purporting to be signed by Frances Bedford
and R. B. Allen. I was she attesting witness to
these signatures, but I cannot identify the prisoner
as the gentleman who signed.
Mr. A. Ashton, stockbroker, '75, Old Broad-
street—l remember the Bth September last. On the
previous day I had seen the prisoner, who gave me
instructions to meet him in the Bank of England
next day. He also bespoke a transfer of £875 stock
in the name of Francis Bedford and his own name.
At the same time he told me that the lady was an
invalid and would not be able to come to my office.
He called at my office again on the morning of the
Bth and told me to be sure to be at the Bank at one
o'clock. I went to the Bank accordingly, and, after
waiting a few minutes, the prisoner came in with a
lady on his arm, whom he introduced as Miss Bed-
ford. I known the prisoner for years, and, relying
upon his introduction, I did not put any questions
to the lady, whom I had never seen before. The
lady signed the transfer in my presence and that
of the prisoner, who also signed it. I then signed
my name to the book as a witness to the identity of
the parties. 'We left together, the lady getting into
a cab at the door, and I pail to the prisoner the
two cheques produced, which have been subse-
quently paid by my bankers.
Miss Francis Bedford—l am single, and reside at
Brighton. In the month of September blast I was
possessed of a sum of £675 in the Three per Cent.
Consols. The stock was standing in my name and
that of Richard Bedford Allen. He had no inte-
rest in the stock, but it stood in our joint names for
the purpose of receiving the dividends. I have
examined the transfer produced, the signature to
which, " F. Bedford," is not in my handwriting,
nor did I authorise any one to sign it for me. The
prisoner is related to me, and knows me well. I
do not know by whom the transfer was signed. I
have had frequent transactions and personal inter-
views with the prisoner.
John Spittle, detective serjeant—On the 21st of
March a warrant was placed in my hands signed by
the Lord Mayor, for the appehension of the pri-
soner. In pursuance of that warrant I went to
Altona, where I found the prisoner residing at an
hotel. He was known there as Mr. Alton, but
when I addressed him as Mr. Allen, he at once said,
" Yes." I made arrangements with the police at
Altona, and recovered from them a passport which
he had lodged in the name of Charles Alton, which
he said he had received at Calais. The passport i
dated the 6th of March. His wife's name isa.alsoHone
the passport. She was with him at Alttohne
police
was put on board the steam packetby
on Friday night,
same packet. Ithe warrant
warrant,
emadeemno-
the steamer, when
until last night, on board and I
fromd
feorrotshs:xfoarramianlation
a didt my ye instance, s tneewe , andhim I came b y the
lained the charge to him,
arrestedp him. He readthteo
reply.
and the prisoner was remanded
mande
com-
pletion of the depositions, with an intimation that
Mr. Wontner abstained
sre
he would then be committed for trial.

SUPPLY o COAL.—Di.
the e norC
al , one of the
greatest owners g demi mines in Prussia, in a statistical
work on coal di Fquantity of coal dug
in 1857 amounted to 125,000,000 of tons, a mass which piled
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nOgA: .8 .t,a - -t -e Ns
that
u n six feet high would cover a geographical square mile.
The lands from which the coal is procured may be esti-
mated at 8,000 square miles, and the mean depth of the beds
of coal at about 31 feet. The mass of coal, then, known to
exist, would form a cube of 10 miles. If we compare this
enormous bulk of coal with the quantity annually consumed
we may confidently affirm that there is enough to last for
36,000 years. The calculation of 31 feet for the mean depth
of the beds is, perhaps, too low, for the coalfields of Liege
extend to 55 feet, those of Staffordshire to 151 feet, and those
of Ruhr to 134 feet. The coal dug in 1857 amounted in value
to £37,500,000 sterling, a sum far beyond that realized by the
digging of the precious metals. In England some calcu-
lations have been made with regard to the yield of coal in
our own country, according to which the coalfields of Great
Britain yield 63,000,000 tons of coal per year. A better ides
of the immense commerce of England could not be formed
than by stating the fact that at Manchester and its environs
a motive steam power equal to 1,200,000 horses is constantly
maintained, to support which there are consumed 30,00:.
tons of coal per day, or 9,500,000 a year. In the maFor _
day, or
ture of salt alone about 3,000 tons are consumed periverpooi
950,000 a year. The transatlantic steamers
,frmand the
and other ports consume 700,000 tons per year, ions per year.
ma-
nufacture of gas absorbs at least 10,00o.d,:eir:
1858, 8,070,000
The export of coal from England reach
tons. It is estimated that England alone could
furnish
unron of the whole of Europe for
enough coal for the cons ,#
the space el 4,000 Parse— rftwv .