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tqjp lenient to f $ in Hontvom [ GRATIS.] PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 1857. MR WILLIAM CLEMENT, 170, STRAND. [ GRATIS.] THE CHASE. THE OLD BERKSHIRE HOUNDS- MR MORRELL AND MR GOODLAKE. ME EDIIOR : In answer to tho letter of Mr Goodlake in last week's paper, I have only to state that what I said at Abingdon was correct. 1 have in vain tried to And out what Mr Goodlake complains of, and I had stated to Mr Atkins that until I knew how, when, aud where, I had insulted him, I would have no further communication with him, and that 1 did not consider the paper alluded to was sufficiently explanatory. I wrote im- mediately I read the letter in your paper of last week to Mr Goodlake, and herewith send you a copy of it aud his answer, which please to insert in next week's paper.— Yours, & c, Oxford, March 31, 1857. J- MORRELL. ( Copy of Mr Morrell's letter to Mr Goodlake.) " Mr Morrell will thank Mr Goodlake for a copy of the letter alluded to iu Bell's Life ( dated Jauuary 31st, 1852), with the ex- pression of insult of which he complains, in order that ho may reply to the same as soon as possible. Mr Morrell has the re- quisition signed bv Mr Atkins, in behalf of the gentlemen of the O. B H., with Mr Goodlake's signature also, aud the date of the meeting, at Longvvorth, in 1854 or 1855.— Oxford, March 28, 1857. " To T. M. Goodlake, Esq, Wadley." "" " ( Copy of Mr Goodlake's answer.) " Mr Goodlake informs Mr Morrell that having long since destroyed all bis letters, he is unable to send him the copy re- quested. Mr Goodlake obtained the date mentioned from Mr Atkins— Wadley, March30,1857. " To J. Morrell, Esq, Oxford." MB EDITOR : In consequence of my name having been brought before the public in the two last numbers of your paper, may I request the favour of your inserting the following statement. As President of the Old Berkshire Huut, 1 feel called upon on my own part to offer a few words in explanation, and, having in my possession all documents relative to the matter at issue, beg leave to offer, on the part of Mr Morrell, the follow- ing — Without entering into unnecessary details, I will confine myself to simple facts. In January, 1802, the correspondence, as alluded to by Mr Goodlake, between him and Mr Morrell commenced. Subsequent to this an apparent reconciliation took place, and on February 6th, in the same year, Mr Good- lake signed a requisition with me, on the part of the hunt, to Mr Morrell, to continue to hunt the country. No new cause of rupture having arisen, Mr Goodlake forbade, by letter, dated Oct 25,1854, the use of his coverts to the houuds, assigning alone as a reason that he had a personal objection to Mr Morrell as master. In July, 1856, Mr Goodlake withdrew the prohi- bition, by a letter so worded that the master was not included. A reference to the above dates will show that the document ap- pended to Mr Goodlake's letter iu your paper of March 29, containing no expression of a desire by Mr Geodlake that his coverts should be hunted by Mr Morrell ( which had been repre- sented to Mr Goodlake as a necessary addition), was deemed by Mr Morrell and his friends au insufficient amende, In conclu- sion, you will, Mr Editor, I think, agree with me that the in- terests of foxhunting will be iu nowise benefited by further dis- cussion in this matter.— Yours, & c, E. MARTIN ATKINS. Kingston Lisle, Wantage, April 1, 1857. SFLENDID DAY'S SPORT WITH LORD STAM- FORD'S HOUNDS. MR EDITOR ? Tuesday, March 24, the meet was at Hathorn turn. Trottedonto the March cover, Lockington. but reynardhad gone out for a morning stroll. Then, of course, the cry was for Kilborn's Gorse, which contains very little cover, but is seldom drawn blank, having to pass Lockington Hall, that fine specimen of the English gentleman, J. B. Story, Esq, with his far- famed hospitality, and, " Now, gentlemen, Who's for a glass of ale? of which there is none better in the county, and at about twelve o'clock in this neighbourhood is considered a very good thing. But we were doomed to be disappointed, for, when within a stone's throw of the hall, there was a cry of " Tallyho.' Bold reynard was met returning from his stroll, and away went Ben with his hounds, and quickly got on his track on the London- road, as if for Shardlow; turned up by the tithe barn, for the Westmores, by Lamberts, straight up, as it for Kelborne's Gorse, but the houuds getting closer than pleasant , caused reynard to turn sharp to the right for the topot Castle Doniugton ; crossed the road above the toll bar for Domugton Park, and after a severe gallop of forty minutes, lost him m the privets. Now, where for the second fox ; when Bradly the part keeper ( who is a good preserver), says " asure find in the Wigs, but, on crossing the park, Messrs Story and Holden, riding together, cried " Tallyho," Mr fox making his appearance from ; under a hollow tree. Away he went across the park for the ; Hallhooks, then up for the privets, returned through the Holl- hooks, and broke away for King's Newton, leaving that place a little to the right, then across the brook for Melbourne ( only Sir F. Heygate clearing it). Leaving Melbourne to the right by Hes- kards, he turned back for Wilson and Donington Park, through the privets, across the park for the Wigs, then through the pleasure grounds and down for the Trent; then doubled back a little, as if going for the Quarry Hill. Here a slight checK oc- curred when the celebrated whip, Sam Bacon, beiite almost alone with the hounds, and not heeding a distaut sound of the horn, having confidence in his hunting abilities, speedily to set all right, by a judicious cast, sent them along at a racing pace, along the bauk of that beautiful river, Trent, for a couple of miles, crossing the river at Mr Ecton's west meadow, hounds close upon him. Sam, undaunted by any obstacle, had deter- mined to plunge in and follow his favourites, but some one knowing tho danifr of crossing so rapid a stream, demanded ot him whether he could swim, and receiv- ing a negative answer, reminded him of tho old adage, that " Discretion was the better part of valour;" which caused Sam to take a secoud thought, and direct his horses head towards Cavendish Bridge, followed by a select few: and after a gillop ol four miles got within hearing of the hounds, m full cry. ( No doubt could we have seen the run after crossing the Trent, we should have been pleased to have witnessed what hounds can do when not over- ridden, which vtry often spoils a good day ' s sport). Sam, alone, recovered his positiou, and got up to the hounds just iu time to save a remnant, this pack hav- i ig killed their fox a little below King's Mills, after a gallant run of one hour and fifty minute-.. As we were then on the Derbyshire road, and having missed our beer in the morning, Edwd. Holden, Esq. of Aston Hall, kindly invited the select few who were near at the death, to partake of lunch, which came very seasonable, and after a good day's sport as any that could be wished for, and the welcome at Aston, every one went home highly satisfied. On Wednesday, the 25th, while disturbing Kuborn's Gorse to destroy rabbits, a leash of foxes went away, showing there is no scarcity of foxes at Lockingtou.— Yours, & c, L. F. H. EXTRAOIIDINTRY ITUF WITH THE HOLDERNESS HOUNDS. MR EDITOR : It is to be regretted that so few of the splendid runs afforded by these hounds find a notice in your columns ; and equally so, that so few sportsmen on the look out for a hunting quarter, should think of taking a " season ticket" in their neighbourhood, as each succeeding year serves to show, in stronger relief, the attractions of a magnificent hunting coun- try, the abundance of foxes ( a blank day being unremembered), aud the excellent appointments of the pack. The sport is one thoroughly indigenous to the district, as is evidenced by the fact, that the tenant farmers have commenced, and, being joined by other classes, have carried out a subscription for a very hand- some testimonial to the master, Mr Hall, tor the creditable and satisfactory manner in which he has for many years conducted the operations of the pack ; aud I need not say that, with this spirit pervading us, the country is in a healthy state. The meet on Friday, the 27th, was at Cottinghaui Castle, and the morn- iug was everything that could be desired. A tolerably largo field was present, including Lord Henry Bentinck, and several strangers of note. The tirst draw was Hulternprico cover, where there were two or three foxes, one a bitch, heavy in cub. We luckily got clear away with a dog fox, and he led us a pretty run, without a check, for 30 minutes, to Springhead, Amlaby, South Ella, where he turned, pointed for Heslewood, but was headed, and turned again by West Ella Giange to West Ella, where he was run into and killed. We next proceeded to Jeiley Wood, where we immediately found a most gallant fox, as he afterwards proved. He made straight for Risby, a consider- able cover, through which he ran, and on to Walkiugton— to which point, across the wolds, he led us in 13 minutes— then turning to the right, he sank the hill to Beverley Parks— 15 mi- nutes more— from thence, still bearing to the right, we had slow hunting to near Cottiugham village, when Reyuard seemed in- spired with new life, and, putting his head eastward, went away towards the river Hull, which divides Holderness from the wolds, and distant from three ta four miles, to which he led the way at a capital pace, over a stiff country, with severe fencing, and lucky were those who had got their second horses ! Oa reach- ing the river, which, from its muddy banks, is impracticable to horseman, he boldly dashed in, and crossed it near Hull Bank House, with the whole pack in pursuit, leaving the few of the field who had staid with them so far, to follow them only with their eyes, as they went away, heads up and sterns down, aud took a straight line into Holderness. Some of the keenest sportsmen out declared they had seldom seen such a run ; but it is only one of the mauy tip- top affairs which the present season has produced, Time to the river bank, 1 hour 35min.— Yours, & c. March 31, TKUEBOY. THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS, MR EDITOR: On Tuesday last the Warwickshire Hounds drew Woolford Wood, whenafox was o: i foot immediately, which after a ring round the cover, went away to Barton Grove at a good pace, where he did not dwell a moment, but made the best of his way over the hill to the Stone Quarry ou Long Comptoii Hill, where, no doubt, he had often before escaped his pursuers, but fortunately it was stopped. He then turned down the hill by Long Comptou village, through Roolright Combes to W'liica- ford Wood, where ho was seen in the road and turned back again into the cover, which caused some delay. However the hounds soon hit off his line iu the wood, and he went away by Wbich- ford village as if for Braiks, but turned to the right, and leaving Traitor's Ford on his left, he went through Hook Norton Spin- ney, and pointing for Chipping Norton, turned to tho right over the Green Lane, and Pick into Whichford Wood, straight through into Long Compton Wood, aud away for Roobright Combes, which he left on his right, and was pulled down, going up the hill iu the direction of tho Quarry he tried in the morning. Time, three hours and a half, a good hunting run : and the very deep state of the grouud gave all the horses enough of it.— Yours, & c, SPORTSMAN. ROYAL HUNT WITH THE ROMAN FOXHOUNDS' MR EDITOR: Yesterday, Friday, 20th February, our meet was at Csecilia Motella, the favourite and most fashionable of the Roman meets. The day was splendidly fine and almost sultry, such power had old Sol. Upwards of 150 carriages, full of ladies, came to the rendezvous, containing amongst others their Ma- jesties the King of Bavaria and Christina of Spain. A breakfast was partaken of on the field, and champagne corks were popping and flying in all directions, whilst young English beaux ( as well as Italian) might be seen handing glasses of this right royal beverage to those queens of beauty who graced the scene, aud honoured the Roman hunt with their presence. Some of the young gentlemen, too, more famed for their gallantry towards the sex than in the field, seemed " got up" to be admired, as beauties of art somewhat to rival the beauties of nature with which they were surrounded. The hounds were brought into the presence of, and the pack received much honour and praise from, the crowned heads. It would, indeed, be surprising if this favoured pack, who have been sprinkled over with holy water at the shrine of St Anthony, who have sniffed at the p: mtifical robes, aud upon whom has shone the light of royal ounienance, were not superior to anything heretofore seen. It was one o'clock before we drew for a fox, as usual in the open, followed in two wings by the immense mass of carriages. The scene in the Campagna recalled to the student those ancient days of Roman grandeur, when armies of chariots went forth to battle. The horsemen, though vastly less than the carriages, might liaye numbered from eighty to a hundred. We found reynard in a short time, and coursed him down iu a quarter of an hour. We soon found another, a most obliging fallow, who brought the pack in full cry; and the whole field passed the carriages, and gave his Majesty of Bavaria a fair notion of this engrafted British pastime. The eartlistopper, who was nearly lost in the catacombs some weeks ago, now rides with a pound of tallow dips strung to the saddle girths. This amused royalty much. Aud the joke is repeated, and of course much enjoyed being from royal llps, that, seeing some of these caudles melting from the heat of the sun and of the horse, " that the individual might fancy himself riding in ancient Greece as well as on the ground of ancient Rome."— Yours, & C, QUINTUS CUETICS. We understand that Lord Gifford continues to hunt the Y. W. H, another season. ANGLING ADIEUX- No. VI. I said in my last that I should fly- fish the Thames iu the neighbourhood of Egham, ou the 1st of April. Not having done so, 1 beg of my readers not to think that I had any " forgone conclusion" of making April fools of them. No, no, the cause of breaking my promise is, that I feared making un poisson d' Avril of myself. What in this wide world in the significa tion of that? Why. the French, instead of calling you an April fool, call you an " April fish." That is singular. Yes, I confess it is queer, but not more so than our own saying, " You're a queer— an odd fish." Now it struck me this morning that if I went up to Laleham, Old Windsor, Penton Hook, Cliertsey, Walton, Sunbury, or even to the polite Hampton, the trout would in all likelihood say, " Let us make a fule of that- laddie, and send him bock agin without a fin to scud with it. 1 hey shall not be able to put one of the forks of then- tails in their nostrils, and say thai tauntingly, I can assure them, iothe fish of the Thames I never exhibited any animosity, and they ought to behave gentlemanlike to an humble member of the gentle craft. I know they will, and I'll gently warm them by way of gratitude on or before a gentle fire. I should like them to answer me one question. Do they wish to be dratted wholesale by the irresistible net, or picked out daintily by rod and line ? If they prefer the latter species of manipulation, they must vote— this is election time— for the contiuuation and success of the " Thames Angling Preservation Society, of whose merits Mr James P. Johnson, not the one named Jack, who having escaped from the Seraglio and the Sultana with Don Juan, aud fought side by side with that celebrated young Spaniard, on the part of Snvarrow, at the siege of Ismail against the Turks, in the time of Catherine the Second of Russia, of chaste memory, gives us, at the conclusion of a long despatch, the following account:—" I am informed that by way of en- couragement to the fishermen, who follow the legal calI tng of fishing with nets, that gratuities are offered by the llmme3 Preservation Society, that they may return to the river trout taken out of season. Since last October eighteen have been returned iu this way weighing from 3lb t<> 91b respectively, after having been properly marked by the water bailills. Al- though I cannot present to your readers the excit ing descrip- tions of ' Ephemera,' and other correspondents, still the takes of fish are occasionally very large. With my own rod I have at times taken 1301b of bream and barbel in a day. 1 believe that the river is the most prolific in the kingdom, borne of the deeps extend from four hundred to fifteen hundred yards. 1 here are punt men at every station, whose names are on the books ot the society, who keep bait always ready for every description of Thames angling, and some of these men, by good conduct, have such a connection that if you wish to retain their ser- vices you must write to them a few days beforehand : but I am afraid they do not consider their own interest by charging eight shillings per day for punt and bait; I con- tend, however, that if the society could ensure a good hand- some list of subscribers, that would enable the committee to engage a sufficient staff of bailiffs to be continually employed as ' bailiffs only,' it would so effectually prevent the poaching and destruction of the brood of fish, that anglers would resort to the river iu numbers, and the fisherman, by continual patronage, would be able to charge less for his day's work. I do not think the society have many friends at court in the very class of men who ought to assist them. By charging so much for the punt, the body of them do not obtain continual employment, and, knowing no other occupation, they resort to poaching. The nature of their pursuits renders them complete adepts in this ' art,' if you will allow me to call it so. As angling is in- terdicted ( trout- fishing excepted) for three months, torn the 1st of March to the 1st June, I hope you will give me leave to address myself to anglers during these fence months. I think, sir, by placing the intentions and doings of the society before your readers, that, through the exteusive circulation your paper enjoys, the committee may be enabled to collect subscriptions for their praiseworthy purpose, and 1 call upon my brother anglers, of whatever degree, to come forward and support their favourite fascinating amusement by enrolling their names as members of the Thames Angling Preservation Society. It is evident to the merest tyro iu the craft, that if this society did not exist, no check would be kept ou the poachers who infest the towns and villages on the banks of the : river, and it is to preserve and improve it to the fullest extent , capable, that 1 appeal to all fond of the sport to join this laudable I institution." Mr . Johnson, who resides at Merrie Islington, Ca- I nonburv Villas, is a Thames enthusiast, and though Ido not agree with him that the society he advocates is little known in Lou-; don, I do consider with him that it is not sufficiently supported j — that the subscribers to it are not numerous enough to render it thoroughly efficient. I can assure Mr J- that the society would have died in the second year of its existence had it not been for my advice to persevere, and for my promise of not pe- cuniary, but pen and ink support in the columns of this journal. I was blamed by anglers who resided on the river's banks, for : m v advocacy of the merits of the society. They wished to have j the river all to themselves, with fewer fish and fewer anglers, j Now, as 1 considered the society wished for more fish aud more , anglers, I supported them, because I always set myself against exclusiveness and monopoly in anything pleasureable or honestly , beneficial. In saying this, I will say, for I feel its truth, but not bitterly, that the officers of the society have forgotten the services this stump of a pen which I hold in my fingers, and of others that have previously scratched iu their cause, have ren- dered to it. No matter. Let old Father Thames flourish. 1 i shall be the last to hurt a hair of his fine old head. We now come to another subject. What a fine thing it is to . be one of the descendants of versatile Proteus- to fish for gud- geon to- day, aud for salmon to- morrow— to b the Beau Nash or i Brummel of St James's on Sunday, and the Ja- k K ics of Drury- j lane ou Monday. Chaunt, " Variety, variety!" for there is nuthiugiike variety. Look ye, my masters, I hive some news to tell you. You do not understand " bog Latin.' Ido. Some old fellow said long, long, very long ago, " Non at ' vis ad ire. Corin- th au," which being interpreted, meauoth verily, that it was " not everybody who could go to Corinth." Why so ? It seems, on— u Those isles of Greece, those isles of » ireei e, Where burning Sappho loved and eung;" that at that time there dwelt in the city of brass" a beautiful courtezan— lorettes they are called now; cat! it h in derision of our Lady of Loretta?— named Lais; and such wen her fascina- tions, that every Greek that entered the city walls dropped all his " tin" at her shrine, and returned with' ut an obolus in his girdle. So there was danger and difficulty in going to Corinth in that lass's days. The proverb I have quoted will soon be applicable to salmon rivers and salmon antling. They and it are to be reserved for the Croesuses of creation. In fact, it is re- ported, they are all bought up by the long- pursed; and poor Pilgarlicks, like myself, must in future merely talk of what we have seen or done. Well, the world is wide; and when the salmon rivers of the British isles are closed to us plebeians, and are all in the hands of the patricians, we must exclaim, " Heigh for Canada t" I have read this week two Quebec newspapers, Morning Chro- nicle of that ilk, and the other the Quebec Mercury. They advise me of a great agitation on foot throughout British North America for the improvement of its salmon fisheries, particularly those of the great River St Lawrence and its tributaries. At the head of this agitation is Mr Richard Nettle, who has iu the press, A Treatise on the Salmon Fisheries of the St Law- rence, aud which is dedicated by permission to the Governor- General of Canada, the distinguished and enlightened Sir Edmund Head, Bart. A petition has been presented to his Excellency, signed by the inhabitants of Quebec, showing— " That whereas, in former years, the river St Lawrence aud its tributaries abounded in: salmon aud salmon trout, iu such num- bers as to be within the reach of most of the inhabitants of the said — ; . And whereas, from tho causes hereinafter named, the said fisheries have been brought to almost total de- struction ; viz, 1st. From the use of stake and barrier nets, and from the use of nets, the meshes of which being too small, take indiscriminately both large and small fish; 2dly. Aud more particularly, from the cruel and destructive practice of spearing the fish on their spawning beds, and during the spawning season, whereby millions are annually destroyed; 3rd! y. By torch- light fishing, and the use of the negog ; 4thly. From the erection of dams_( without shutes or slides) whereby the fish are prevented from ascending the rivers to their spawning bed-, these, and the evil practices of fishing at all seasons, have beeu the causes which have led to the almost total destruction of the fisheries; your petitioners humbly conceive that every facility should be given to enable the fish to ascend tho rivers wherein to deposit their spawn, and heavy penalties should be enforced against all persons who may be fouud destroying them during the spawn- ing season. And whereas, during these last two years, certain lawless men, from the United States, have been illegally fishing within tho waters of the river St Lawrence, and capturing the fish, while spawning, with net, spear, and torch; your peti- tioners humbly conceive that they are in duty bound to repre- sent those matters to your Excellency ; and they humbly pray, that your Excellency will enact such laws as in your wisdom you may consider necessary for the protection of the said salmon and salmon trout fisheries." All the causes named in the above petition of the decline of salmon in Canada are identical with those alleged iu this journal, over and over again, as having produced the decay of that fish in the mother country. A committee of our late House of Com- mons had been appointed at the beginning of the recent session to inquire into the state of the Scotch salmon fisheries, with a view to their better regulation, but did not sit in consequence of the dissolution of Parliament. No doubt the committee will be re- appointed, and, I have reason to know, practical witnesses will be examined. Great good will be the result. Perhaps the salmon monopolists will not have it any longer all their own way, and the humble angler aud the humble workman will be able to catch and eat salmon, despite the miscalled " gentle folks." Mr Nettle delivered a lecture on salmon, on the evening of the 4th ult, in Quebec. We take from it the following ex- tract:—" Mr. Nettle began," says the Morning Chronicle and ' Commercial and Shipping Gaze- He, " by expressing his thanks to the mayor of the city aud to the President and Council of the Board of Trade for their auspices on the present occasion, aud showed how much every corporation aud municipality of Canada was interested iu the protection of the salmon fisheries of Canada. He adduced several instances of the shameful manner in which the noble fish had been extirpated from many parts aud tributaries of the St Lawrence, where abundance had for- merly been found; and he entered with enthusiasm into the discovery of the artificial mode of propagation made by the two poor French fishermen, explaining that the discovery had been carried out with great success in many rivers in France and Eng- land, and he hoped to seo it carried out with equal success, on a larger scale, in Canada. The waters which had been deprived of tbeir fish by wantonly destructive and lawless means might thus again bo replenished aud rendered more abundantly productive than ever. Then, if proper measures were taken by the Legislature aud Government for prevention of the various modes of wanton destruction, and for the inspection and protec- tion of the fishing localities a source of great wealth would be secured to the community both in a social and commercial re- spect. The lecturer took a rapid glance at the tributaries of the St Lawrence, going up the North side and down tho South bauk, including Gasp6. He compared their present state with their former, so far as the supply of fish was concerned, and there was much to be regretted in tho retrospect. We cannot follow to all the streams, but we may notice as a sample the Jacques Cartier, the favourite resort of the amateurs of Quebec and Montreal, for it possesses many combinations of grandeur aud interest. Dery's Bridge, at ton or twelve miles from tho mouth of t he river, was described as the priucipal point of attraction for fly- fishermen. Here, at the bottom of a perpendicular fall of 10 feet in height, iu a narrow gorge a pool is formed, where the fish congregate aud make vain efforts to ascend farther. In very high freshets this might be effected, but from the pool they are scooped out and kept iu a pond, till there are enough to be sent to market. Were only 10 or 20 transferred every season to the water above the fall, the river would always swarm with fish. By spearing at one end of the course, and netting unmercifully at the other, salmon fishing in this noble river has almost been annihilated. Iu confirmation of liis views and remarks Mr Nettle quoted the authority of Mr Charles Langevin, and Dr Henry, Inspector General of Hospitals, both experienced fisher- men. Mr Laugeviu, who had made Dery's his country resi- dence for several successive seasons, had kept a register of his salmon fishing: in 1850 the number caught amounted to 320, and gradually decreased in the subsequent years to 312, 206, 179, 84, 90, and last year 95, Spearing takes place at the mouth of the river, in October and November, when, on an average, about 50 fish are killed by this mode every season. Dr Henry ( in a letter read by Mr Nettle) stated that when he first fished in Jacques Cartier River, from the year 1828, he used to catch 50 or 60 salmon in a week, and had been frequently obliged to hire a cart to carry off his day's sport, consisting of larger * Corinth was celebrated for its brass and brazen statues,. salmon as well as salmon trout from 3lb to 4lb weight; whereas, during the latter half- dozen years, the amount of a fortnight or three weeks' fishing in the Jacques Cartier had sunk from a dozen to 0 in 1855. This veteran angler thinks that different classes of people in Canada have a most erroneous impression with regard to the protection of this noble fish, considering the requisite measures as vestiges of feudal enactments aud game laws. After a glowing description of the rivers and fisheries of Gasp6, the lecturer said that he had been iuformed by the late Robert Christie, Esq, for so many years M. P. P. of that county, that not less than 2,000 tierces were taken in the Restigouche alone. Bouchette remarks that 2,000 tierces were taken, which, he adds, is a considerable diminution on the produce of former years ; and this decrease he attributes to the want of proper regulations restricting the time of fishing, aud regulating the mode of taking the salmon. He enumerates no iess than 16 rivers within this district, aud what would this talented indi- vidual say now, asked the lecturer, to find the 2,000 reduced to 200 ?— Mr Nettle, in conclusion, went into a calculation for the purpose of proving the extent to which this sort of wealth might be restored to the rivers of Canada, and showing the value and benefit which would result to the country and the people at large from the possession of such sources of food and wealth." We must assist our Canadian brethren in every way we can to obtain a salmon reform bill. If they obtain a good one, it will assist us in doing the like. Mr Nettle may rely upon the support aad aid of Bell's Life in London, and of the feeblest, but not the least zealous of its contributors, April L. EPHEMERA. HOOKING FISH. MR EDITOR : Perhaps you will be kind enough to insert the following in your widely- circulated journal. In looking over Bell's Life of a week or two ago, I saw a letter from a gentleman who signs himself " The Captain," and who, after a long and interesting accouut of the capture of a saltnou, says " that you seldom, if ever, take a fish bv striking." Now, sir, from the ex- perience which I have had as a fisherman, it is my firm belief that the generality of small trout are taken mainly by striking ; for I think that the fish, in rising at the fly, merely looks at it first, and that, if it sees anything which looks artificial, it may, perhaps, rise again ; but you ought to take the fish as it rises, which can be done by striking alone. Again, the fish ( even if it does hook itself) is very liable to get off the hook, unless the fisherman immediately strikes. Of course, I do not mean to say that, if there is such a bad fisherman as to jerk tho hook, he risks both the fish and the gut by his folly. In the third place, in very many instances the fish only rises in play, and only just touches the fly, so that, if you do not strike immediately, of ne cessity you lose your fish. I have no doubt but that, occasionally, you may take a fish by chance when you do not strike; but still it is my firm opinion that it is by chance alone. Hoping that this will find a place in your interesting columns, I remain, sir, yours, & c, AND LINE. THE KINGSBURY RESERVOIR. MR EDITOR : Having always found the columns of Bell opeu to fair play, I have ventured to call your attention to false re- ports among anglers and angling societies, namely :—" That the proprietor of the Welsh Harp Fishery, Kingsbury Reservoir, is netting the waters, and disposing of the pike, & c, so caught iu Billingsgate Market and elsewhere." Believing there was no truth in the report, I have made inquiries both in the neighbourhood of the fishery and in towu, and find that there has been netting below the waters of the reservoir ( none in it or its tributary streams), and that by poachers, and even if it had been attempted it would have failed. The reservoir is full of water to the water marks, and any frequenter of it can tell that under such circum- stances it would be impossible to take the fish, independently of its being fence months, aud the weather we have had driving the fish to the deeps, which are out of the reach of the net. I believe the report is the work of some subscriber who feels himself aggrieved at having to take up a new ticket, in conse- quence of the late proprietor not having made arrangements for the tickets paid for to him iu advance to run out. The present proprietor ( a Mr Warner) having taken the premises, which were shut up and without a license, and not having had any interest in the tickets held by mauy of us susbscribers, very naturally re- fuses to allow them to be used, and I think it unjust to expect him to let us fish with a ticket iu which he has no interest.— Yours, & c, A FIVE YEARS' SUBSCRIBER. THE ROCKET ALPHABET. With four different coloured rockets— White, Red, Blue, Yel- low— Mr H. Dempster, H. E. I. C. S., has constructed the follow- ing uniform and comprehensive Rocket Alphabet for Night Signals, & c:— Letters. Rockets. No, Sentences, & e. A , White J How are all aboard P B .. Red, white, blue .... 2 The barometer indicates a storsi. G .. Blue, white, red .... 3.,.. Cut or slip cable, and make for harbour. D.. Red, white, yellow .. 4,... I am in distress; send a life- boat. E .. Yellow, white, red .. 5.... Have you seen the enemy's fleet lately ? F.. Blue, white, yellow.. 6.... Firing has been heard at a distance. G.. Yellow, white, blue.. 7..., What quantity of shot have you oil board ? W.. Red 8 Yes. I ., White, red, yellow ,, 9 Have you anything to communicate ? J .. Y ellow, red, white .. 10.... The vessel m sight is under jury mast?. K.. Blue, red, yellow 11.... Been bumping on rock, and injured keel. L.. Yellow, red, blue 12 Where is the best landing- place for boats s* M,. Blue, red, white .... 13.... Medical aid is wanted immediately. N.. White, red, blue 14 Have you any newspapers of late date ? 0 ,. Blue 15;... No. P.. Yellow, blue, white,. 16,,.. Can you spare a few barrels of pork ? Q.. White, blue, yellow.. 17 Muffle oai s, and sail as quietly as possible. R.. Red, blue, white ... Tack ship; you are close upon a reef. S .. White, blue, red .... 19 ... Have lost my sheet anchor. T .. Red, blue, yellow 20 You may try the trawl in 40 fathoms. 1 -. . Yellow, blue, red .., .21,... Lines & hooks are useless for sole fishing, Y . Yellow 22 ... Veer away plenty of warp. W., K « d, yellow, white . .23 Keep a careful watch through the night. \ ., White, yellow, red ., 21,... Tell the passengers to come on board. ., White, yellow, blue. ,25,... Steer steady, and don't yaw about. Z .. Blue, yellow, white,. 26,... Send on board some fruit and vegetables. i;.. Red, yellow, blue... .27 Weigh anchor, and steer to the eastward, £.. Blue, yellow, red .,. .28,... Double shot your guns, & clear for action. White, red, blue, yellow, as centre colours, distinguish seven different letters, 28 iu all. The above examples show how tele- graphing may be carried on at night by rockets. Of course the system of constructing sentences, & c, by means of figures is simply an application, iu a modified form, of Captain Marryat's celebrated code to the rocket system. THE GAME OF CHESS. CHESS PROBLEMS. No. 188. By Ilerr Alphonse Beck, BLACK. IP fj § • mum Jjj JJJ • Jgj Jjg WHITE. White to mate in three moves. Game just played at Cambridge. ( From a correspondent,) WHITE, 1. k r 2 2. KBP2 S. K Kt, B 3 4. K R P 2 5. K Kt Kt 5 6. Q P 2( a) 7. QBxP( b) 8. QBxP 9. BxB 10. K B Q 3 11. KKtP 1 12. Q B P 1 13. Kt Q 2 14. Q K 2 BLACK KP2 PxP KKtP 2 K KtPl Iv R P 2 KB PI Px Kt K B K 2 QxB ( c) QPI Kt Q Kt 3 Kt K K 3 QBQ2 Castles Q R WHITE. BLACK. 16. Kt Q Kt 3 QPI 17. K P 1 K R K B 18. K R K B B K B 4 19. BxQRP( e) PxB 20. QxP+ KQ2 21. Kt Q B 54- KK 22. QxKt+ 23. QxKt 24. P K 6 25. PxB + 26. RxR 27. QxR P+( f) KQ 28. KtKt7 + KQ. 2 29. R K B 7, and wins. B Q 2 KRB4 RxR QRxP R O, 3 15. Castles Q R Q R P 1 ( d) ( a) Better bring out K B Q B 4. ( b) This sacrifice is not sound. ( c) Black has here, certainly, the better game, considering his acquired piece. ( d) Very weak. Should , be getting his Rooks to bear on open file. ( e) Well played. [ with Queen at K R 8. ( f) If we have the position right, could mate in two moves by checking Game just concluded, by correspondence, between the clubs of Nottingham and Kidderminster. This is the finish of a match begun over the board at the Leamington Chess Meeting, 1855, when Nottingham won first game. The second, by corres- pondence, being drawn, Kidderminster gained the third, and Nottingham the fourth and last here given. Nottingham. 1. K P 2 2. K Kt B 3 3. Q P 2 i. KtxP ;>. K Kt Q Kt 3 H. Q Kt B 3 7. Q B IC B 4 8. Q Q 2 9. BxB 10. Iv B P 2 11. Castles 12. K K x P 2 13. K B P 1 It. K B K 2 15. K R P 2 16. K R K Kt Kidderminster, QBP2 K PI PxP BQB4 B Q Kt 3 QRP1 Q Kt B 3 K B Q B 2 ( a) QxB K Kt K 2 Castles Kt K Kt 3 K Kt K 4 KB PI Q Kt K 2 : Kt K B 2 AQUATICS. THE CHAMPION OF THE THAMES AS A BOAT BUILDER. MR EDITOR: I beg to inform you, and through your widely circulated journal, the friends of the above party, that the boat which he built for the Australian regattas, aud which boat bears his name, viz, " The Messenger," has been victorious in each of the matches for which it was entered, viz, in two at Balmain Regatta on the 5th December last, one of which being in the first match, for amateur skiffs, with a pair of sculls. This boat, rowed by J. Punch, won easily, being the first and only boat to arrive at the flag ship, his opponents having given up the con- test when they found they stood HO chance. Again, in the third match, we find it again victorious, having been rowed by T. M'Garth against the " Star of Peace" ( R, Green), and which race appears to have been the race of the day; the latter'sprcvious vic- tories over the former rendered his friends confident of success, and he was backed liberally. M'Garth pulled away in fine style, aud soon left his opponent in the lurch, who, finding he stood no chance, gave up the contest, M'Garth pulling the rest of the distance alone, thus gaining an easy victory. Green appears to have beeu the champion of the harbour till liis honours were vyrested from him in this race by " The Messenger." At Woolootnooloo Regatta, on the 26th of December last, the same boat contended in four matches, each of which was won easily as follows :— In the second race, viz, wager boats pulled by amateurs ( who had never pulled in a champion race), with a pair of sculls, " The Messenger," rowed by J. Punch against J. Healy and R. Green, was again the victor ; and when J. P, came in an easy winner, he found R. Green a long way behind, and Hcaley had given up the contest. In the fifth race for wager boats, pulled with a pair of sculls, " The Messenger," rowed by T. M'Garth against R. and H. Green, was an easy winner; M'Garth never appeared in better condition, or pulled the handy work of the celebrated Messenger with greater skill and spirit. In the sixth race, being by 12 feet keel dingies, pulled by youths 15 years of age and under, " The Messenger" was again to be seen in action, being pulled by J. Duulop against five other com- petitors. These j- outhful aspirants for aquatic fame all got off in a bunch, but Dunlop in " The Messenger" soon singled out and led the little fleet, leaving his competitors in the rear.— In the eleventh race, 12 feet keel dingies, pulled by youths 20 years old aud under, J. Punch, the winner in the early part of the day in " The Messenger," again carried off the first prize, the others having absolutely no chance against the superiority of this boat. In the hope that you will kindly find a place for the above in your next impression, I am, yours, & c, April 1st, 1857. KINGSTON. THE CHALLENGE TO THE STIRLING BOAT CLUB,— Mr Edi- tor: In your impression of Saturday last, under the head of " The Amateur Rowing Championship of Scotland," appeared a letter from a member of the Clydesdale Gentlemen Amateur Rowing Club, in which, understanding the Stirling I'oating Club had taken public exception to the veracity of their report, he proposes a match to decide the amateur championship of Scotland, and to enable the Stirling Club to regain their laurels, reporfed by them as lost in their contests at Stirling aud Glas- gow regattas. While stating, in answer to this letter, that the dissatisfaction of our club is correct, I have to add, a public ex- pression of this was unauthorised; but since the matter has now come before the public, it is our duty, in the protection of our honour, to call for the correction of these misrepresentations aud omissions. They are— 1. Stirling Regatta; County Stakes. The statement of this, so far as the first and second heats are concerned, is correct enough. In the final heat, the Red Rover came in first, by about one hundred yards, and the crew of that boat obtained the medals. This heat, singularly enough, is omitted altogether, aud no explanation of tho result of the race is appended. This omission may appear trifling, but as all the other races in that report are reported to their termination, the withholding of the final heat, or, at least, a statement of the re- sult of tho race is glaringly inconsistent, and is an injustice to our club. When the Clydesdale undertook to report these con- tests and circulate their report amongst the public, they became amenable for its truthfulness, and it cannot be considered iutlie light of a matter merely connected with their own club, 2. Glasgow Regatta; Masonic Cup; for gentlemen amateurs. First heat: Mystery ( Clydesdale Club) I, Will- if- I- can ( Clydes- dale Club) 2, St Agnes ( Glasgow Regatta Club) thrown out, not being an amateur crew. This heat is rightly stated; but the second and final heats, quoted as follows, are both wrong :— Second heat: Novice ( St Mungo's Club) 1, Red Rover Stirling Club), failing to start when required, disqualified. Ou tho Red Rover and Novice appearing at the starting point, the St Agues ( which, it will be seen, had been declared disqualified in the first heat) unwarrantably took up the most favourable position on the river beside these boats, atid insisted on rowing this ( the second) beat. One of the St Agnes disqualified crew, who appeared to be a member of the committee, and who was unwisely allowed to start this race, would,, notwith- standing the indignant remonstrance of the Red Rover insist on starting tho three boats. The crew of the Red Rover, seeing the manifest- injustice of this proceeding, refused to start, until they had heard the opinion of the committee, and rowed up to the barge for that purpose; in the meantime the Novice aud St Agnes had been started. The committee unanimously censured the conduct of this individual publicly, and declared his behaviour in this was unauthorised, and ordered that the Red Rover should run the final heat along with the Mystery aud Novice ( the crew of which latter boat, by the by, might have been amateurs, but gentlemen would hardly have hunted about the regatta ground seekiug a purchaser for the plate won by them in this contest which latterly they offered for half its value), the second heat going for nothing, which was done, the boats coining in— Novice ( St Mungo Club) 1, Red Rover ( Stirling Club) 2, Mystery ( Clydesdale Club) 3; and this was their position as reported in the newspapers at that time. However, by the Clydesdale report, the heat is stated to be— " Novice 1, Mystery 2 ; a capital race." It is hardly possible these incorrect statements could be made through ignorance, as three of tho office bearers of the Clydesdale Club pulled iu the Mystery, and knew well the result and circumstance of this race. This must therefore be put down as wilful misrepresenta- tion. Whether the report, after these explanations, seems to be drawn up with strict regard to " candour aud justice" at least to the Stirling Club, as the member of the Clydesdal Club iu his letter vouches, I leave it to tho impartial to decide. The chal- lenge thrown out to our club to contest the championship of Scotland is unconnected with this matter, and it is uncalled for as far as given for the purpose of enabling our club to regain laurels which they have never lost; and such a challenge, if thrown out by any other gentlemen amateur club, would gladly be accepted. In the meantime our club cannot undertake any match with the Clydesdale Club until these misstatements are corrected, and an apology tendered.— Yours, & c, A MEMBER or THB STIRLING BOATING CLUB. OXFORD UNIVERSITY TORPID RACES.— Mr Editor: Last week, in the Torpid Races, the University College boat was only bumped by the Brasenose boat through the sudden illness of one of its crew, and so far from " struggling" to maintain its place, as the account in last week's paper says, it had for two nights left Brasenose at the distance of six boats' length, and for three nights been very near bumping Christehurcli, once within a yard, while Christchurch gained on Pembroke, the boat before it, and Pembroke gained on Exeter ; therefore, I think, that on the whole, they should be called good races between Exeter, Pembroke, Christchurch, and University, as these four boats ran very close together ( till University lost a man, and so had to change the places in the boat of nearly every one of the crew), always leaving a most unmistakeable gap between them and the rest of the boats. I am an aquatic in a small way myself, having rowed in the eights, I hope sufficiently so to form an unbiassed opinion, therefore if you insert this, you will much oblige— Yours, & c, A LOYER OE FAIR PLAY. SCULLERS RACE.— The scullers race between May and Hill for £ 5 a side, which caused some betting among men acquainted with their merits as rowers, took place on Monday evening. The distance was from Putney to Mortlake, with tide : and May, who is a member of the Thames Unity, was the favourite at 5 to 4. At a little before six o'clock— at which moment Putney Reach was much enlivened by a practice race between the Cam- bridge crew and an eight, composed of older oarsmen, from their university— both men made their appearance, accompanied by their cutters aud several other boats, Hill had the best station, and went off with the lead, which he however only retained for a minute, when his opponent became scull and scull with him, and then began to shoot ahead. From this moment Hill never had a shadow of a chance. May went well away, and won as he liked, Hill not rowing all the distance.— The winner can have the stakes by calling at oitr office on Th ursday, at twelve, LONDON UNITY ROWING CLUB.— The next meeting of the above club will take place at Mr C. Morton's, Canterbury Hall, Upper Marsh, Lambeth, on Tuesday next, April 7, at half- past eight o'clock in the evening, to make arrangements for the forthcoming season. The first four- oared race of the season is announced to come off on April 27 ; entries to close at ten o'clock on the above- named night. The attendance of members is particularly requested. WM. MAYS of Greenock thinks it strange of James Hamilton of Glasgow coming into his premises and giving him au open challenge to row him on the Clyde, for any sum, but Mays will row him iu 18 feet skiffs, for any sum above £ 10 a side, or in first- class skiffs, for any sum above £ 20 a side, the race to come off one mouth after signing articles. Mays will give Hamilton £ 5 to row in Greenock, KELLY AND MESSENGER,— The next deposit for the scullers race for the Championship of the Thames is to be made at Mr Hemek's, Clarence Arms, Kingston- on- Thames, to- morrow ( Monday), April 6th. This being the last deposit but one it is expected that there will be a large attendance, and much business done. Nottingham. Kidderminster, 17. KKtQ4 QKtQBS 18. KKtP 1 KB PxP 19. KRPxP KKtPl 20. PxK KtP K R PxP 21. QRKB QKtKl 22. QKB4 O, Q 3 ( b) 23. KRKR Kt Q64- 24. BxKt QxKt 25. Q K R 2 ( c) Q Kt K 2 26. Q RKB6( d) QPl( e) 27. 1CP1 KtxKP 28. BxKKtP Q B Q 2 ( f) 29. BKR74- KKR 30. QKB4( g) Q K 2 31. B K 4 discovering check, iu which Kidderminster re- signs. ( a) Weak style of play. ( b) Circumstances may compel this move; but it is an awful state of matters if such is the case. Look at their Q P and Q B, hermetically sealed up as if in the vacuum of an air pump; useless altogether. ( c) This is doing business. Jd} Good play again; but Kidderminster's position is so had you may do anything. He is playing minus Queen's Rook and Bishop. ( e) At last! ( f) As if resolved Queen's Bishop shall move somehow, before the play is out, at any rate. ( g) Very telling move. Mode of play in the fine study by Harrwitz. See Bell, J> larch 29, WHITE. BLACK. 1. RxKt P RxQ( best) 2. RxKPdis- f If K Kt 3. R K Kt 7+ R R 4. RxB+ K K Kt 5. R Kt 74- KKR 6. RxKt4- Kmoves 7. R Kt- 7+ K moves 8. Rx Kt+ K K Kt 9. Exlt+ KKR2 10. R K R 8 + K K Kt 3 WHITE. 11. R K Kt 8+ 12. RKKt 7' t- is. RxK KtP+ 14. R K Kt 7+ 15. RxQRP+ 16. RxQ BLACK, KKR2 KKR KKR2 K moves K K Kt RxR+ 17. K to K Kt 2, arid wins. This is an extraordinary example of the force of a check by discovery. script copies havealso been examined, which fully prove that manv other good matches were played years back, and he hopes the scores of them are still obtainable. Address to Fred. Lilly white, 2, New Coventry- street, Leicester- square, London. CAMBERWELL AMICABLE CLUB.— The members of this club nave met during the past winter on the second and last Saturday of each mouth at the Club House, Rosemary Branch, Peckham, and at a- special meeting on the 28th ult elected their officers and committee of management for the season 1857, which they intend to commence on the third Tuesday of the present month ( April), at two o clock, and afterwards dine together. The fol- lowmg matches have been already arranged :— At the Rosemary Branch May C. A. C. v Nunhead Club. June : C. A. C. v Guys Club. June: C. A. C. v Guy's ditto ( return). At Peek- ham Rye, July: C. A. C. v Nuuliead Club ( return). Mr Smith, the proprietor of the Rosemary Branch, has been, aud still is, taking every pains to render the ground equal to any about Lon- aon, and froni the arrangements made for other matches this club anticipates a busy season. The committee would be glad to arrange a friendly home and home match with any club within eight or ten miles of town who play bona Remembers only, and bar professionals. A letter to the honorary secretary, Rosemary Branch, Peckham, will receive early attention." CARLTON AMATEUES.— The above club held their first meeting on Wednesday, 25th ult, at Mr Byrne's, New Market inn, Maiden- lane, to elect officers, & c, for the ensuing season when Mr I'. King was appointed as secretary, and Mr George fecott as treasurer. There was a very fair muster, and the club bids fair for a prosperous season. They play on the new ground at the back of Mr Byrne's house, and commence on the 10th of April, but being composed partly of amateurs, they intend devoting the first month entirely to practice, after which they will be happy to meet any similar club for a friendly contest. ARGUS CLUB, PECKHAM RYE.— This club commences its third season uuder very favourable circumstances. The members meet for play on Tuesday, the 14tli inst, and afterwards dine at the club house, Edinborough Castle. They will be glad to re- ceive a challege from any junior club, of similar standing, within 16 miles of London. Address to Mr H. Cobham, hon secretary of the Argus Cricket Club, Edinborough Castle, Peckham Rye. FRIGHTUL ACCIDENT ON THE COCKERMOUTH AND WORK- INGTON RAILWAY,— On Tuesday afternoon a fearful accident occurred to a train upon the Coekermouth and Workington Railway, about two miles from Workington. The train was a special one of ten carriages, returning from Cockermouth after the nomination of West Cumberland, and conveying the Hon Captain Lowther, one of the candidates for West Cumberland, Mr Hildyard, M. P. ( Whitehaven), and about 250 supporters of Captain Lowther. About two miles from Workington the train ran off the line, the engine turned upside down, and many of the carriages were more or less injured. It was found that Mr Mayson, secretary of the Cockermouth Railway Company, was fatally injured. The engine- driver was severely hurt; and several passengers were much bruised and shaken.— Manchester Guardian, CRICKET. CRICKET AT RUGBY SCHOOL. THE PIE MATCH. The first match of the reason was commenced on the 18th March; Messrs Sandford and Williams selecting sides, E. Vicars, an old Rugbean, playing on the side of the former, and their professional on the part of the latter, and after five short after- noon's play, terminated in favour of Williams's side by 53 runs. The bowling of Kenney was good throughout the match. Score : MR WILLIAMS'S SIDE. 1st inn 2d inn F. Wood, c Vicars, b Smith 36 runout 9 R. Posnett, st Sandford, b Vicars 0 b Sandford 11 H. Brand, c and b Hodgson 7 b Vicars i G. C. Williams, run out 6 st Sandford, b Vicars 0 Diver, c Ellis, b Leach 0 c Royds, b Palmer 25 G. Larcom, b Smith 7 cLee, bPalmer 3 R. Sykes, c Ellis, b Smith 0 c Lee, b Palmer 0 T. K. Were, b Viears 0 b Royds 0 R. Haines, b Vicars 4 c Ellis, h Vicars 16 W. Thompson, c Ellis, b Smith ,13 c Saudford, b Palmer.... 1 A. Kenney, run out 2 c Ford, b Sandford 21 A. Hardy, not out 6 b Vicars l Powys, c Ford, b Smith 5 c Leach, b Sandford 0 Mason, b Smith 0 not out o B 8, w b 7, n b 1 11 Lb2, wbl4 16 Total - 97 Total ....— 107 MR SANDFORD"-! SIDE. 1st inn 2d inn C. Wade, b Posnett 2 c Were, b Kenney 0 R. Leach, b Diver 9 c Posnett, b Diver ...... 8 C. Royds, c Hardy, b Kenney .28 c Hardy, b Kenney 0 E. G. Sandford, c Kenney, b Diver .... 6 c Diver, b Kenney 12 E. Vicars, c Hardy, b Kenney 6 c Wood, b Diver .15 S. Harrison, b Kenney 1 c Brand, b Diver 1 H, Palmer, not out 18 c Diver, b Kermey 2 W. Boyd, c Williams, b Diver 0 c Larcom, b Diver 4 P. Lee, b Diver, 0 run out 3 J. Tomkinson, c and b Kenney 0 b Diver 0 Smith, b Kenney 0 b Keuney 1 Ellis, c Larcom, b Kenney 2 c Larcom, b Kenney ,.,, 1 E. Ford, b Diver 5 c Brand, b Diver 12 H. Hodgson, c Posnett, b Diver 4 not out 0 Wide balls 4 L b 4, w b 3 7 Total.. - 85 Total - 66 AN APPEAL TO CRICKETERS, & c. LILLYWHITE'S COLLECTION OE SCORES FROM 1746, IN PRE- PARATION.— The compiler of this projected work would feel par- ticularly obliged if secretaries of clubs or other gentlemen would communicate with him, in order to assist in obtaining correct copies of scores of old cricket matches, as well as other informa- tion relating to the game, such as the " alterations of the laws, and size of stumps, from time to time," & c, & c. The loan of score- books, or notices of any remarkable events that have occurred in the game, will also be thankfully received and imme- diately acknowledged. All communications will receive instant attention, and the compiler trusts that this appeal for the pur- pose of publishing a " complete history" of the noble game will not be m vain. Bell's Life in London, from its first number, as well as the Marylebone Club books ( by authority of the com- mittee), have been carefully searched, and many important and interesting events abstracted; numereusotherreprint and manu- PEDESTRIANISM. ATHLETIC GAMES AT TRINITSf COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. These races were commenced on Monday, the 24th of Novem- ber last, but in consequence of the inclemency of the weather, and the boat races, the final heats had to be postponed to the present term. They were brought to a conclusion on Friday, the 20th ult. Subjoined are the results :— FLAT RACE of 100 yards: 27 entries,— First ties: Beaumont beat Abbot, Hales beat Hughes, Holmes beat A. Smith, F. Tay- lor beat Wilks, Brooke beat Makinson, F. Jackson beat Davies, Yeoman beat Latham, Baines beat Reeves, F. Johnson beat Dornie, Saunderson beat Turner, Daltsv beat Cartwrieht, Bar- clay beat Little, Stone beat J. W. Marshall; Verey drew the blank lot.— Second ties: F. Johnson beat Stone, Hales beat Yeoman, Holmes beat Taylor, Barclay boat Saunderson, Jack- son beat Brooke, Bailies beat Verey, Dalby beat Beaumont.— Third ties: Barclay beat Hales, Baines beat Dalby, Jackson beat Johnson, Holmes drawing the blank — Fourth ties : Baines beat Jackson, Holmes beat Hales,— Final heat: Holmes beat Baines. FLAT RACE; quarter of a mile.— The winners of the first three heats were Johnson, Stone, and Barclay, In the deciding heat Mr Stone was prevented from running by a sprain. Won easily by Barclay. STANDING HIGH JUMP.— There were seven entries ; height jumped, 3ft 9} in.— 1. Thornewill; 2. Dalby and Howard. STANDING WIDE JUMP: 12entries.— 1. Thornewill; 2. Perry. PUTTING THE WEIGHT ( 14lb): 6 entries.— 1. Bourke, 33ft 2in ; 2. Tennant, 31ft, THROWING CRICKET BALL : 16 entries.— 1. Wingfleld, 95yds 1ft Sin ; 2. Fitzgerald. HURDLE RACE of 200 yards ( 10 flights): 32 entries. The first six heats were won by— 1. Little beating Yeoman, Reeves, Lord Althorp, and Thornewill; 2. F. Johnson beating Hales, Edgell, Perry, and Reeves; 3. Holland Beaumont beatingFairbairn, Jacksou, and Hughes; 4. J. W. Marshall beating Parton, Deve- rell, Saunderson, and Fox; 5, Brooke beating Cavendish, La- tham ( absent), Synge, and Davies ( absent); 6. Thornhill beating A. Smith, Stone, and Taylor. In the fourth heat Parton was winning easily till the last hurdle, when he fell. In the third heat Beaumont claimed a foul, which was allowed. The next two heats were won by Little and Johnson. Iu the de- ciding heat Little beat Johnson. This was a magnificent race ; both took their hurdles simultaneously to the last. Johnson, iu getting over the last just touched it, which put him out of his stride, and Little ran to the post the winner by about a yard. RUNNING HIGH JUMB : 19 entries.— 1. Little, 4ft lliin ; 2. Hughes. RUNNING WIDE JUMP: 20 entries.— 1. Bourke, 17ft lin; 2. Tenuant. MILE : 20 entries.— The two first heats were won by J. W. Marshall aud W. Holland. IN the final heat Marshall beat Hol- land ; time, 5min 40sec. HOPPING RACE of 50 yards: 12entries.— 1. Clark; 2. Jack- son ; time, 8Jsec. HIGH HOP : 9 entries.— 1. Bourke, 4ft 24in; 2. Little. HOP, SKIP, AND JUMP : 6 entries.— 1. Little, 38ft; 2. Bourke, 37ft 6iu. STEEPLE CHASE, quarter of a mile, 16 jumps: 5 entries.— Dead heat between G. S. L. Little and W. G. Heathcote. WALKING ; half a mile : 7 entries.— 1. Marshall; 2. Heath- cote ; time, Iniin 41 sec. FARTHEST DISTANCE IN FIFTEEN HOPS : 6 entries.— 1. Baynes, 48ft 2in; 2, little. A SACK RACE of 50yards: 11 entries.— 1, Baynes; 2. Salwey. J. FITTON aud J. SEVILLE will give a handicap foot race at the Higginsliaw Grouud, Oldham, on Saturday and Monday, the 2d and 4th of May ; distance, 4iO yards ; first prize, £ 12 ; se- cond, JE2 ; third, £ 1; and 5s for every man winning his heat, aud not getting a prize; entrance, Is , aud 2s more if they ac- cept. Entries to be made before April 15, and the acceptances on the 22d of April, at Fittonie, Park Inn, Roytou, near Old- ham, or at J. Seville's, Pedestrian Tavern, Manchester- street, Oldham. BARREIT AND HEATH.— Wc have received a further sum of £ 1 a side for this race, and the final deposit, of the same amount, is to be made at Mr Heath's, Victoria Arms, Twig Folly, on Tuesday next. JAMES BARLOW and JOHN FAIRLESS ( both of Prestwich) are matched to run 440 yards, for £ 5 a side, Barlow receiving 10 yards start inside, at Bellevue, on the 11th April. £ 1 a side is now down In the hands of Mr James Lightburn. EDWARD DICKINSON, a lad who never run for a shilling, will run Oliver Aiuscoe of Salford if he will give him five yards in 120, or will run Young Chick Robinson of Hope- street, Salford, according to his challenge, namely, he ( Dickenson) to take six yards start in ISO, or he will take the same start in the like distance of Yorky of Hulme, or if S. Hoyle of Salford means running Dickinson will run him six or seven score yards if he will give him a reasonable start. Any of these matches can be made, for £ 5 a side, any night next week at W. Ruscoe's, Ring o' Bells Inn, Crookell- street, Regent- road, Salford ; to run in three weeks from first deposit. W. SHAW will run W. Foster of Huuslet from 100 to 440 yards, or he will give the Low Moor Lad two yards in 150 at the starting end; or will run P. Holroyd 440 yards, or Nobby Hill 200 or 440 yards, or W. Wood of Pendleton 440 yards ; or he will run any man he has run before 200 yards, or will give Miller of Holbeck'lO yards in 440; to run iu an enclosed grouud. Any of the above matches can be made, for £ 25 a side, by sending a deposit to Bell's Life, and articles to W. Shaw, at the Waggon and Horses, Staringiy, near Leeds. AMOS WORTHINGTON of Broomliouse- lane, Eccles, will run John Bullogli of Eccles, Robert Holt of Radcliffe, John Burns, or Peter Lever of the same place, from 200 yards to 440 level; or he will run John Dodd of Eccles, according to his challenge, 50 or 100 yards backwards; or any other man within two miles of Eccles. Any of the above matches can be made, for £ 5 or £ 10, by sending a deposit to Thomas Bent, the General Windham, Eccles, and articles to Amos Worthiugton, Maid, of Monton, Broomhouse- lane, to run in one month from the first deposit. JOHN ROBERTS of Macclesfield will run Hancock of Longport, or Keates of Leek, 150 yards ; or will take four yards start of Bullock of Stoke, or Clay of Congleton, in the same distance ; or he will run Johnson of Stockport, or Cartlidge of the Potte- ries, if they will give him two yards start in 150. Any of the above matches can be made for from £ 10 to £ 20 a side in a month from the first deposit, A letter addressed to Elias Place, Church- street West, Macclesfield, will be attended to. W. SFOONER is rather surprised at Ashton asking for one minute and a half start in 10 miles, but if Ashton really means walking, Spooner will give liim one minute start in 10 miles. The Editor of Bellas Life to be stakeholder. Spooner will give £ 3 to walk in London, for £ 25 a side, or £ 5 for £ 50. By sending £ 5 to Bell's Life, and articles to John Smith, Vale Arms, Ham- mersmith Gate, the match can be made. EDWARD WORRALL of Wolverhampton has a novice that will ruu George Drew of the same place one mile if he will give 40 yards start, or 30 coming in, or he will ruu him 130 yards level, or run Drew's Novice the same distance, and give him three yards start. Money ready to- morrow ( Monday) night, at Mr G. Bowen's, Middle- row, Wolverhampton. To ruu on Easter Wc fines lay. THOMAS ROBERTS will take one yard and a half start in 150 of W. Brown, or give Peter Hooten one yard start iu 100, or run him 200 yards level, or give John Hignett two yards in 200, or William Parr three yards in 200, or George Mathias four yards in 200, or any other Liverpool man two yards in 150, for from £ 10 to £ 25 a side. A match can be made to- morrow ( Monday) night, at John Dudding's, Tontine Vaults, 39, Mill- street, Liverpool WM. GILLIYER of Polesworth will back Charley Smith of the same place against Peers of Bloxwich, to walk one mile, if he will give him 20 yards start, or two miles level, for from £ 10 to £ 25 a side, and will give him £ 1 to walk at Polesworth, or take £ 1 to walk at Aston Cross or Wednesbury, in a month from sign- ing articles. Money ready at Mr Smith's, Old Saddle Inn, Polesworth. CUMMINGS of Nottiug Hill will give Leggs one minute start in 20 miles, or run him 10 miles level; or will take two minutes start of Charles Cook, iulO miles. A match can be made to- morrow ( Monday) evening, at John Smith's, Vale Arms, Ham- mersmith Gate, or at the Duke of Sussex, Netting Hill, any time, for £ 10or £ 15 aside. JOHN RATCLIFE of Woodhouses is surprised at Joseph Knight challenging him to run 300 yards, he knowing very well it. is not his distance, but should he mean running he will accommodate him with a spin of 880 yards, or any one else at Little Moss, for £ 5 a side. Money ready at Mrs Wild's, Dog and Partridge Inn, Woodhouses, Asliton- under- Lyne, Lancashire. T. P. WILLIAMS will run Frederick Silvester of West Brorn- wich 100, 300, or 1,000 yards, for £ 10, £ 50, or £ 200 a side, if he will meet him at any place in Birmingham, Bristol, or London, to draw up the articles and stake money, from £ 5 upwards. Letters addressed to Thos, D. Williams, to be loft at Sowerwick Post Office, Worcestershire, will be attended to. JOSEPH TOPLISS of Shiltou will run John Chetin of the same place 100 yards, for £ 5 a side, or he will run Thomas Marsh of Hanley, or Thomas Allison of Shelton on the same terms. Money ready at George B. Sweetman's, Eagle and Snake Inn, late Cali- fornia Inn, Sun street, Shelton. MICHAEL SPONTON of Crook wiU take one yard iu 100 of An- drew Thompson of Sunderland, or James Drummond can be ac- commodated the same distance level. Either match can be made, for £ 25 a side, at Mr Joseph Botham's, Royal Oak Inn, Crook, any night next week. GEORGE BENTLEY of Barnsley will run Samuel Smith of Hemingfleld 150 yards, or John Peal of Skelmauthorpe 110 or 120 yards, for £ 15 or £ 20 a side; to run at Hyde Park, Sheffield, and to start by report of a pistol. A match can be made any night at George Wilson's, the Baltic Inn, Barnsley. ALLEN BOWLER of Low Moor will run James Miller of Hol- beck or James Halton of Leeds 130 yards, or will take four yands start of H. Harrison of Leeds in 130 yards. A match can be made any night next week at J. Clayton's, Cross Pipes, Low- moor, for £ 15 or £ 25 a side. E. ARMOUR of ^ Newcastle will take 30 yards start in a mile of T. Thompson of Heworth, or will run him two miles level; or take 50 yards start of W. Hardcastle of the Felling once round Newcastle Race Course. A match can be made any night at Wilkie's, Grindstone Inn, Felling Shore. JOHN WOOLDRIDGE of Lewisham will run Edward Evans of Greenwich, 440 yards, for £ 5 a side. Mcney ready from eight till ten o'clock on Tuesday night, April 7,1857, at Mr Glock's, the Jolly Butcher, Church- street, Deptford. JOSEPH BECKETT of Birmingham will walk Hiley of Sutton one mi'e, for £ 5 or £ 10 a side. Money ready any night next week at T. Taylor's, Spotted Dog, Alcester- street. TERRIBLE RAILWAY CATASTROPHE IN CANADA. The following is a detailed account of a frightful accident on the Hamilton ( Canadian) Railroad, a branch line connecting loronto with Detroit. It is described as one of the worst casualties that have hitherto occurred, even in America. The foffowmg general narrative is taken from the Hamilton Spec- tator .— The train from Toronto, due in this city at a quarter to six p. m., on the 12 th of March, had come from Toronto as usual, and was proceeding at a moderate rate of speed to pass the swing bridge across the Desjardin's Canal, Those residing at a distance may not know that a cutting has been made as an outlet to this canal through the Burlington Heights, and that the railway crosses it by a swing bridge, 60 feet at least above the level of the canal. At this time, of course, the water below is covered with ice, about two feet thick. Just before the train reached the bridge the engine ran off the track, owing, it is supposed, to some defect in the axle ; this, however, is a mere surmise, founded only on the observation of some marks on the road for some distance on the other side of the spot where the accident occurred. The immense weight of the engine cutting through the timbers of the bridge produced the effect natu- rally to be expected. The whole structure gave way with one frightful crash; the engine, tender, baggage car, and two nrst- class passenger cars broke through the severed framework and leaped headlong into the yawning abyss below; the engine and tender crushed at once through the lce; the baggage car, striking the corner of the tender in the act of falling, was turned to one side, and fell some 10 or dozen yards from the engine. The first passenger car rushed after, and turning as it descended, fell on its roof, breaking partly through the ice and being crushed to atoms, while the last car fell endways on the ice, and, strange to say, remained in that position. The loss of life was of course frightful. There were 90 passengers on the. train, and the list of those who have escaped ?? y " um'-' ors about 20. As far as we can yet learn, every one in the first car was killed, those who were not crushed being drowned by the water, which nearly filled the car. About 30 were in the last car, of whom 10 were taken out dead, and most of the others were fearfully mutilated. The conductor ( Mr Bar- rett), the deputy superintendent of the line, Mr Muir, and Mr Jessop, one of the auditors, who were on the hind platform, jumped off and escaped. The express messenger; Mr Richard- sou, a conductor on the road, and the mail- conductor were with the baggage car. The latter jumped over the baggage he had piled up ready for delivery, and escaped with but slight injury, while the three others went down, but, miraculously enough, were not much hurt. The engineer and fireman went under the ice with the locomotive, and their bodies have not yet been recovered. The excitement in the city directly the news spread was " intense. Hundreds swarmed towards the Great Western depot, and streamed along the line to the fatal spot. There the sceue presented was such as to baffle descrip- tion. Large locomotive lamps were speedily brought. Fires were kindled and a lurid glare was thrown over the shattered rem- nants. Special trains were despatched to the bridge to bring home the wounded. It was no easy task to descend the steep slope to the caual. Ropes were lowered and ladders attached to them, on which the dead and wounded from the car which stood endways were first drawn up. Tlieu the bottom of the car, which had partly sunk through the ice, was hewn away with axes, and the unfortunate passengers, some sadly mutilated and even cut iu pieces, and all saturated with water, were taken out. Many worked with energy and vigour; but who was that noble fellow that every one must have seen, stripped to his shirt- sleeves, standing up to his middle in the freezing water, who, himself a host, did more than all the rest ? We watched him long from the height above, as he hewed away the fragments and extricated the bodies. If ever man deserved a reward, it is he. As soon as the dead were drawn up the slope they were either put in the cars for conveyance to Hamilton, or were laid in a small house near the bridge, It is said that one family were in the cars, consisting of a father, mother, and four chil- dren. Only one of the children escaped. One of those little ones, a girl about four years of age, was brought into the house alluded to, when we were there. The poor little creature was smiling prettily, as if she had been sleep ing and dreaming of sweet things when the accidet occured, and had been launched into the long sleep of deatm. before lier dream had vanished from her mind. The corpses were taken into one of the large baggage rooms, where Coroners Bull and Rosebrugh proceeded to have them examined, and, when possible, identified. As soon as the intelligence of the catastrophe reached the city, Major Booker and Captain Mac- donald's companies of volunteers were ordered to march to the scene. They did so, and every credit is due to them for their con- duct. The pressure of the crowd had all but forced in the strong doors of the depot when the Artillery company arrived. They formed a cordon around the room, which was respected. The Rifles marched on to the bridge, But few at a time were admitted to view the bodies. On entering, the first we remarked was that of poor Donald Stuart. Several of those who had sat in the City Council with this estimable man were round him and in tears. This is stronger evidence of his worth than anything we could say. Next lay the Brantford contractor, Mr Russell, on whose person was money to the amount of several thousand dol- lars. In the row opposite was Samuel Zimmerman, to whom railways have at length proved fatal; and near him two chil- dren, aged one and three years respectively, and she who seemed to be their mother. But we cease for the present."— Of 15 pas- sengers taken alive out of the water, five afterwards died. The water in the canal is 18 feet deep, so that nearly all those not immediately killed were drowned. The engine and tender, with the engineer aud fireman, were pitched headlong into the canal, and are buried twenty feet be- low the surface. Tho baggage car and two passenger cars are completely shattered, and one of the latter turned bottom side upwards and nearly submerged. Most of the passengers were from Hamilton, Toronto, and the adjacent towns. Samuel Zimmerman, of Niagara Falls ; Isaac Buchanan, of Hamilton, vice president of the road; and Captain Twokey, a popular commander on Lake Ontario, are among the victims. Only one of the lady passengers was saved, and she was much cut aud bruised. A German lad, iu the hind car, seeing the conductor hastily retreating to the back door, took alarm and followed him, and he, the conductor, and three others were the only persons who escaped with trifling injuries. Mr C. J. Brydges, the managing director of the railway, Dr Macklain, and Mr T. C. Street, of Chippewa, were on the train, and, al- though severely injured, cscaped with their lives. Mr Zimmerman, of Niagara Falls, was a man most deservedly esteemed, and had amassed great wealth as a railway engineer and contractor. He had an interview with a correspondent ( who writes to us from Toronto) at the Canadian Parliament House only two hours be- fore the accident. His death will, it is said, affect more inter- ests in Canada than those of all his unfortunate fellow- travellers taken together. Up to a late hour on tho 13th March numbers of men were employed in breaking up the cars, and working with hooks and grapples to recover the bodies of the deceased from the water. Seven men and two women still —- unidentified, and it was intended to bury tliem. Thousands of people were congregated around tho scene of the catas- trophe, and it was found necessary to employ the Militia to keep the immediate locality sufficiently clear to permit the workmen to proceed with their labours. Passengers were crossing on a raft pending the repair of the bridge* There were some marvellous escapes. Henry August, passenger from Toronto, escaped from the first car. The escape of this person was most wonderful. He is a German, and he and the last- named passenger were sitting together on the rear seat of the first passenger car. The moment they heard the first concussion they got up and rushed together to the door; the latter only reached the platform. He jumped off just three feet from the chasm. The other car rushed by him and was gone. He stood for a moment paralysed. He then ran down the hill, and was the means of saving from drowning his companion, who was not in time to reach the platform. He dragged him out of a win- dow, and comparatively unhurt. A woman who lives near the scene of the disaster, and who was the first t ® witness it, gives some interesting particulars about two children ( the Doyles) who miraculously escaped. She rushed down the hill to the cars ; indeed, the poor woman literally rolled down, for it was so steep and slippery she could not keep her feet, and the first object that met her attention was the poor little girl, about eight years of age, on a cake of ice. The little thing said, " Oh, don't mind me, save my brother;" and the poor little fellow was at the moment with his chin barely above water, at the top of one of the windows, imploring some one to drag him out. The woman, though the ice was broken for some distance round the car, managed to reach him, aud after rescuing him rushed up the— hill„„ with one child in her arms, and got a passenger, who was himself ~ badly wounded, to carry the girl on his back. She put them to bed, and, strange to say, they got up with scarcely a mark. Owen Doyle, tho uncle of the little girl, saved her by clasping her to his breast when he felt the car overturning, and throwing her out of the window after the crash. The little boy felt some one take him in his arms and fall under him, but he knew not whom. It is difficult to conceive a more melancholy spectacle than to see these two children looking on the mangled remains of their mother, father, and nearly all who were dear to them. The escape of Richardson, Mr Urquhart, of the express, the mail- conductor, and the baggage- master, was equally marvellous. When the locomotive and tender went literally into the abyss the baggage car swang round apparently as it was going over, and broke loose from the^ tender. The consequence was, it struck on the ice to the left of where the locomotive disappeared; and slid, so strong was the ice, a short distance. It never over- turned ; and its three inmates, though thrown among trunks and all sorts of things, strange and happy to say, escaped with but tri- fling bruises. The conductor, hearing the smashof the bridge, and standing at the open door of the car, leaped out just at the brink of the abyss. He escaped unhurt. The Daily Colonist thus states the cause of the accident. After giving details to prove the faulty construction of the bridge, it says:—" We do not wish to go further into the inefficiency of the bridge or its imperfect construction. The locomotive manifestly went on to the bridge on the track. That is obvious and indisputable. The bridge breaking down with it on it, whether an axle were broken or not, settles the matter of inadequate construction. As to the train running on to the bridge too fast, it is, in our judgment, a fallacy; because, if the train was going at an un- usual speed for the place, the people who jumped off and were unhurt could not have done so, or might have been killed if they did. And as to the obstruction, or broken axle, or whatever else it may turn out, being felt for any distance before reaching the bridge, it seems impossible, as the engineer could have stopped the train, and clearly never would have allowed it to go on to the bridge with such an obstruction, and that under his own locomotive. The obstruction, whatever it was, is the only thing that we can detect that tore down the bridge, for we are unwilling to conclude, after the trials it has had, that it gave way under the bare weight of the locomotive. The coroner's jury, though empanneled, has done nothing as yet." HEALTH OF LONDON,— The deaths registered during the past week were 1,248 being 202 less than the average. The births were 990 boys and 947 girls— total 1,937. The deaths from zy- motic diseases were 187, of which 60 arose from whooping cough, 20 from measles, 20 from scarlatina, and 34 from typhus. 160 persons died of bronchitis. At the Royal Observatory, Green- wich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29' 625 in. The highest reading in the week occurred on Friday, and was29' 90in. Theimean temperature of the weekwas39' 6deg, which is 2' 5 deg below the average of the same week in 43 years. The mean daily temperature was below the average on the seven days from the 21st to the 27th inclusive. The highest tempera- ture occurred on Saturday, and was 54 deg; the lowest occurred on Suuday^ the 22d) aud was 27' 7 deg. The range of the week was, therefore, 26\ 3 deg. The thermometer fell on four nights below freezing point. The meau dew point temperature was 34* 3 deg., and the difference between this and the mean tem- perature of the air was 5' 3 deg. On Sunday the wind was in the north- west; afterwards its direction was for the most part south- west and south- east. The air was latterly calm. There was hardly any rain. Some snow fell on the first two days. THE FRATRICIDE AT MAIDSTONE.— The final examination of George Kebble Edwards, for the murder of his brother, Thomas Edwards, took place before the mayor and borough magistrates on Tuesday morning. After evidence had been given in corro- boration of the facts already mentioned, the prisoner was asked if he had any statement to make. His answer was, " I have nothing to say about the case, only that I am innocent of the crime." He was then fully committed to take his trial at the next assizes, on the charge of Wilful Murder. Before being re- moved from the court he requested that the property found, upon him when apprehended should be restored, but his request was not complied with, and he was then taken to Maidstone gaol to await his trial. THE COUNTY COURTS,— By the new act the Government has to provide the salaries and expenses. The estimated expense for the current year is £ 195,000. 2 SUPPLEMENT TO BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, APEIL 5, 1857. THE NEW PARLIAMENT. Abingdon( 1) ... Andover ( 2) MEMBERS RETURNED FOR BOROUGHS. Those members who had no seat in the last Parliament at the time of the dissolution are distinguished by an asterisk. In es- timating the Ministerial gaiu or loss, the opinion of the new members on the subject of Lord Palmerston's general policy, and particularly as regards the Chinese question, is taken as the test. A new member who approves of the Chinese policy of Ministers, aud displaces an ex- member who voted rw Mr Cobden's vote of censure, is noted as a Ministerial gain, " here doubt on these points exists, d is made use of. The names of the late members who have lost their seats, or have not presented themselves for re- election, are given in Italics. Their votes on the Chinese question are distinguished by the letters M and O. The list of county members will be found in another part of our paper:— Ministerial Gam. Loss. City of London ( 4) .. Lord J. Russell ( L) .. — — • • — Baron Rothschild ( L) .... — — Sir J. Duke ( L) — .. — • Mr Crawford ( L) — •• — Mr Masterman ( M) Finsbury( 2) MrT. Duncombe ( L)— — .. — * Mr Cox( L) — .. — Alderman Cliallis ( M) Marylebone ( 2) Rt Hon Sir B. Hall ( L) .. — .. — Viscount Ebrington( L) .. — .. — Westminster ( 2) Sir John V. Shelley ( L) .. — .. — Sir De L. Evans ( L) — .. — Tower Hamlets ( 2) • Mr Ayrton ( L) .. — • • — Mr Butler ( L) — .. — Sir W. Clay ( M) Lambeth ( 2) * Mr Roupell ( L) — .. — Mr W. Williams ( L) .... — .. — Mr Wilkinson ( M) Southwark ( 2) Sir C. Napier ( L) — .. — * John Locke ( L) 1 .. — Mr A. Pellatt ( O) Greenwich ( 2) Sir W. Codrington ( L) .. — .. — * Mr Townsend ( L) — .. — Mr M. Chambers ( M) ... • J. T. Norris ( L) — .. — Major Heed ( M) ... w; Cubitt ( L C). — ... — •" The Hon D. Portescue .. 1 .. — Mr H. B. Coles ( O) Anglesea ( 1) Hon W. O. Stanley ( L) .. — .. — Arundel ( 1) Lord E. G. P. Howard( L) — .. — Ashburton ( 1) George Moffatt ( L) ..... — .. — Ashton- TJnder- Lyne ( l).. Mr Charles Hindley ( L).. — .. — Aylesbury ( 2) Sir R. Bethell ( L) - .. — • T. T. Bernard ( C). — .. — MrLayard ( O) Barnstaple ( 2) *— Frazer ( C). — — • J. Laurie ( C). — .. — Colonel Buck ( O) MrR. S. Guinness ( 0) Bath ( 2) William Tite ( L) — .. — • Sir A. H. Elton ( L) .... d .. - Capt Scobell ( O) Banbury ( 1) H. W. Tancred ( L) . — .. — Beaumaris ( 1) Hon W. O. Stanley ( L) .. — .. — Bedford( 2) Samuel Whitbread ( L) .. — .. — • Thomab Barnard ( L) .. 1 .. — Capt Stuart ( O) Berwick ( 2) J. Stapleton ( L) — .. — • D. C. Marjoribanks ( L.).. — .. — Mr J. Forster ( M) Beverley ( 2) J. W. Denison ( L) — .. — • W. Glover ( L) — .. - Hon A. Gordon ( O) Bewdley ( 1) SirT. E. Winnington, Bt( L) — .. — Birmingham ( 2) Geo. Pred. Muntz ( L) — — .. — William Scholefield ( L) .. — .. — Blackburn ( 2) James Pilkington ( L).... — .. — Mr W. H. Hornby ( C).... - .. - Major Fielden ( M) Bodmin ( 2) ' Captain Vivian ( L) — .. — * James Wyld ( L) — .. — Dr Michell ( O) Mr Sawle ( M) Bolton ( 2) Joseph Crook ( L) — ... — • W. J. Gray ( L C) - .. - Mr Barnes ( M) Boston ( 2) Herbert Ingram ( L) — .. — • W. H. Adams ( LC) 1 .. — MrB. B. Cabbell ( 0) Bradford ( 2) Henry W. Wickham ( L).. — .. — • Gen P. Thompson ( L) .. — .. — Mr R. Milligan ( M) Brecknock Boroughs( l). Lt- Col J. L. V. Watkins( L) — .. — Bridgenorth ( 2) John Pritchard ( LC) .... — .. — Henry Whitmore ( C) — — .. — Bridgewater ( 2) ColC. J. K. Tynte( L)— — .. — • Mr Kinglake ( L) 1 .. — Mr B. S. Follett ( O) Bridport ( 2) * P. Hodgson( L) 1 .. - T. A. Mitchell ( L) - .. - Mr J. P. Murrough ( O) Brighton ( 2) Sir George Pechell( L).... — .. — • W. Coningham ( L) 1 .. — Lord H. Hervey ( O) Bristol( 2) Hon P. H. F. Berkeley( L) — .. — Mr Gore Langton ( L) — — .. — Buckingham ( 2) Major- General J. Hall( C) — .. — • Sir H. Verney ( L) 1 .. — Marquis o/ Chandos ( O) Bury, Lancashire ( 1) .. * Mr Phillips ( L) — — .. 1 Mr F. Peel ( M) Bury St Edmunds ( 2).. Earl Jermyn ( L C) — .. — Mr Hardcastle ( L) 1 .. — Mr Oakes ( O) Calne( l) .. Sir W. F. Williams, Bt ( L) — ,. — Cambridge Univ ( 2).... Loftus T. Wigram ( C).... — .. — Rt HonS. H. Walpole( C) - .. - Cambridge ( 2) K. Macaulay ( C): — .. I A, Steuart ( C) — .. 1 Colonel Adair ( M) Mr Mouiatt ( M) Canterbury ( 2) * H. B. Johnstone ( 0) — .. — Sir W. 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( C) — Tiverton ( 2) Viscount Palmerston ( L).. — John Heathcoat ( L) — Totnes ( 2) Thos Mills ( L) Earl Gilford ( L) — Truro ( 2) • A. Smith ( L) 1 • B. Williams ( L) — Mr ll. II. Vivian ( M) Mr J. E. Vivian ( O) Tynemouth ( 1) Wm. Schaw Lindsay ( L).. — Wakefield ( 1) • Mr Charlesworth ( C).... — Mr Sandars ( O) Wallingford ( 1) Richard Malins ( C) — Walsall ( 1) Mr Chas. Forster ( L) — Wareham ( 1) • Mr Calcraft ( L) 1 Mr Drax ( O) Warrington ( 1) Gilbert Greeuall ( C) — Warwick ( 2) Geo. Wm. J. Repton ( C).. — Edward Greaves ( C) — .... W. G. Hay ter ( L) — Capt Jolliffo ( L C) — RtHuG. C. W. Forester ( C) — Jas. Milnes Gaskell ( C) .. — ....• SirM. Lopez ( L C) — Mr Wilson ( M) Westmoreland ( 2) Hon H. C. Lowther ( C) .. — Earl of Bective ( C) — Weymouth ( 2) Col W. Freestun ( L) — • R. J. Campbell ( L) 1 Mr G. 31. Butt ( O) Whitehaven ( 1) Robt. Chas. Hildyard ( C),. — Whitby ( 1) Robt. Stephenson ( C).... — Wigan ( 2) * Mr Powell ( LC) 1 • Mr Woods ( L) - Col Lindsay ( O) Mr J. 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Ilastie ( M) Greenock ( 1.) Mr Dunlop ( L) — Haddington ( Burghs) ( 1) Sir H. T. F. Davie ( L).... — Kilmarnock ( 1) Rt Hon E. P. Bouverie ( L) — Kirkaldy Burghs ( 1) Colonel Ferguson ( L) — Leith Burghs ( 1) Mr Moncrieff ( L) — Montrose Burghs ( 1) .. William E. Baxter ( L)— — Paisley ( 1) Archibald Hastie ( L) — — Perth ( I) Hon Arthur Kiunaii'd ( L) — St Andrews ( 1) Edward Ellice, jun ( L) .. — Stirling Burghs ( 1) — Sir James Anderson ( L).. — Wick ( 1) * Capt Lord J ohn Hay ( L) — IRELAND. Armagh ( 1) * Mr Miller ( L C) — Mr J. W. Bond ( O) Athlone ( 1) Mr Enuis ( L) 1 Hon Capt Ilandcock ( O) Baudon ( 1) Capt Hon W. S. Ber- nard^) — Carlow( l) J. Alexander ( C) — Carrickfergus ( 1) • C. Dobbs ( C) — Major Cotton ( O) Cashel ( 1) Mr Lanegan ( L) — Clonmel ( 1) John Bagwell ( L) — Coleraine ( 1) * Dr Boyd( L) 1 Lord Naas ( O) Cork ( 2) W. Pagan ( L) — Francis Beamish ( L),. — Wilton ( 1) Winchester ( 2) Dublin.. ( 2) Dundalk ( 1) Dungannon ( 1) . Ennis ( 1) Gain. . Edward Grogan ( C) —.. — • John Vance ( C) — • Dublin University ( 2) .. G. A. Hamilton ( C) — • Right Hon J. Napier ( C).. — . ... Geo. Bowyer ( L) — . ... Knox ( C) - • ... Right Hon J. D. Fitz- gerald ( L) — . Enniskillen ( 1) James Whiteside ( C) — . Kilkenny ( 1) Mr Sullivan ( L) — . Kinsale ( 1) John Isaac Heard ( L) — . Limerick ( 2) F. W. Russell ( L) — . Sergeant Jas. O'Brien ( L) — . Londonderry ( 1) Sir R. A. Ferguson, Bt ( L) — . New Ross ( 1) Charles Tottenham ( C) .. — . Newry ( 1) Mr Kirk ( L C) - . Portarlington ( 1) Captain Darner ( C) — . WaterfordCity ( 2) .... • Mr Blake ( L) — . • Mr Hassard ( L) — Mr Meagher ( 51) Mr Keatinge ( M) Wexford Thomas Devereux ( L) — — Youghal ( 1) Isaac Butt ( L C) — Loss, THE PERSIAN WAR. Total 54 13 DISGRACEFUL RIOT AT KIDDERMINSTER. The contest at Kidderminster lias been a severe one between the Right Hon Robert Lowe, the late member, and the Con- servative candidate, Mr Wm. Boycott, a local solicitor. On Saturday week, the polling day, the electors wereallo wed to exer- cise their privilege in a comparatively quiet manner up to two o'clock in the afternoon, nothing beyond a little senseless groan- ing occurring at either of the polling booths. The various car- pet mills closed on Saturday at two o'clock, aud shortly after that hour the liberated workmen hastened towards the south polling booth, situated on Blakeway Green, and by about three o'clock there could not have been less than 5,000 or 6,000 men and women of the lower orders assembled upon this large open space. This vast congregation of Boycott's supporters soon dispersed the respectable persons who had attended at the booth during the morning, and a scene ensued of the most abominable and barbarous character. Every one who was thought to be in favour of Mr Lowe was hissed, groaned, and vilely treated. Forty spccial constables, and one or two regular policemen, under the superintendence of . the chief constable, Mr Mer- rifield, contrived to preserve a space for voters to pass through the crowd to the booth, but whenever an elector gave in his vote for Mr Lowe, the mob assailed him with groans and execrations, spat upon him, kicked and cuffed him, and subjected him to the most dastardly ill usage. The cars in the service of the unpopular candidate were stoned and broken, but those of Mr Boycott were allowed to pass along unharmed. Mr Lowe remained in the south booth from one o'clock in the day until after the closing of the poll, and Mr Boycott visited the place occasionally, amid the uproarious cheers of his admirers. Between three and four o'clock, when the mob ascertained that their man was likely to lose, stones were hurled into the booth at intervals. Mr James Holmes, Mr James Pardoe, and Mr George Hooman, friends of Mr Lowe, were wounded by the missiles. On the close of the poll, at four o'clock, Mr Joseph Kitely, the mayor, announced the number of votes recorded. This assurance of Mr Boycott's defeat seemed greatly to exasperate the mob, and several senseless and ma- licious individuals were observed inciting the people to attack the right lion gentleman and his friends, who had triumphed. Stones were thrown into the booth. Loud imprecations were uttered against Mr Lowe, aud numerous Tory adherents pre- pared themselves with manifest premeditation to attack Mr Lowe and his supporters. Loud calls were made for Mr Boycott to " come out, and let us kill the ," and with a desire to quell the rising fury of the multitude, Mr Boycott and one of his friends mounted the hustings, and requested the x'eople quietly to dis- perse. The ruffians did not heed the advice given, and threw a volley of stones into the booth, injuring most of those inside it; upon which Mr Boycott aud his friends retired and pro- ceeded towards the town, the mob making way for thewi and cheering them as they passed. Their departure was a siKnal to the cowards surrounding the booth, and instantly missiles of every description— stones, brickbats, palings, and even penny fieces— were thrown at Mr Lowe and his friends, accompanied iy oaths of the most fearful character. Mr Superintendent Merrifield, by the direction of the Mayor, then proceeded to form his policemen; and Mr Lowe, with Mr James Pardoe and Mr Holmes and others, walked up the lane preserved here by the special constables. By this means the right hon gentleman got in front of the mob, although stoned all the way, and waited with the Mayor for a few moments while the constables formed themselves into an escort. Before, however, Mr Merrifleld's men could arrange themselves in order, showers if missiles literally rained upon Mr Lowe, his supporters, and the officers. Mr Lowe was bleeding copiously from a wound in the head, and nearly every person around him was cut on the face and head. Under these circumstances a retreat became necessary, and the right hon member and his friends retired towards Mr Shepherd's school, some three hundred yards distant, hotly pursued by the in- furiated mob, who stoned them with revolting brutality. Luckily the pursued gentlemen gained refuge in Mr Shepherd's house, which stands back from the road, aud is protected by high iron gates and a seven feet wall. The mob endeavoured to force an entrance into the place, and tried to wrench the locks off the is; the attempts were unsuccessful, but they did consider- able damage. Mr Lowe was so seriously injured and weakened from loss of blood that it was found necessary to secure the services of Mr Stretton, surgeon, forthwith. The mob allowed the medical man to pass through them into the house, and di- rected him to inform his patient that they were determined " to do for him" before he left Kidderminster. Mr Stretton dis- covered that Mr Lowe had sustained a severe injury of the right parietal bone of the skull, in addition to a lacerated scalp wound and two severe contusions on the side of the head. Before the Burgeon had attended to him, police- constable Jukes was carried into the house in a state of insensibility, covered with blood. The poor fellow had been struck nearly all over with stones. One missile had fractured two bones of his nose in a frightful manner, and another had caused a largb lacerated wound in the skull. It appears that part of the mob, on being foiled from further injuring their higher victims, commenced stoning, beating, and kicking the policemen; they very soon scattered the specials, every one of whom exhibited marks of the fray, and ft is almost miraculous that Mr Merrifield and his nine regular officers ( all there are in the town) escaped com- paratively unhurt, notwithstanding that they were struck repeatedly on their heads - and bodies with stones. Having pelted the police as long as they pleased, and imagining that Mr Lowe had escaped from Mr Shepherd's by the back way to the Albert Inn, in Bewdley- street, kept by Mr Potter, the mob smashed every window in front of the building. Mr Merrilield, and what few of his men were not yet disabled, made a bold stand against the crowd while they were committing this out- rage, but of course seven or eight persons were powerless against hundreds. The crowd theu defiled into the town, amusing themselves by the way with occasionally smashing windows, in- sulting every well- dressed person they met, and lustily yelling " Boycott forever!" For several hours hundreds of the popu- lace paraded the thoroughfares, shouting and screaming. In order to vary the entertainment, the throng also engaged themselves in pulling down the shutters of establishments kept by unpopular persons, and in bonneting all who dared to remonstrate with them. About twelve o'clock symptoms of a row were manifested by the mob collected in High- street, the preparatory tokens of hostilities being the breakage of windows in the Lion Hotel. At this juncture, however, the clatter of arms and horses' hoofs, announced the ar- rival of a troop of fifty Hussars from Birmingham, which had been telegraphed for shortly after four o'clock, and the fear of cold steel had quickly a quieting effect upon the rioters, Mr Lowe, we are glad to learn, is progressing favourably, and it is hoped will soon be able to got about. On Monday four of the rioters, captured by the police after the Riot Act was read on Saturday night, were brought before the mayor and magistrates at the Town Hall. Their names are John Hayes, John Cook, James Frank, and James Slater. The two former were charged with assaulting the police in the discharge of their duty, and the two latter with refusing to disperse after the Riot Act had been read, Mr Best appeared for the prosecution, and Mr Crowtlier for the defence. The magistrates met at eleven o'clock, aud were in cousultafion for au hour and a half as to the best mode of procedure. Evidence was then taken as to the four accused, and it was stated that one of the policemen injured had had his nose broken, and received other injuries which it was feared weuld end in lock- jaw or erysipelas, and probably death. It appearing that Frank and Slater had not offered any violent re- sistance to the officers, they were ordered to be discharged, the two others being remanded to Friday, by which day it was fully expected that some of the ringleaders woidd be in custody. We take the following description of the brilliant affair under General Outram near Bushire from the Bombay Telegraph of March 5 : — " The Victoria, which arrived from the Gulf on Monday af- ternoon, brought intelligence of a rather smart engagement having been fought between the British aud Persian troops at a place called Kooshab on the 8th ult. Sir James Outram, learn- ing that a large body of Persians, under the command of Soojah- ool- Moolk in person, was hovering around Bushire, resolved at once to bring matters to an issue. The troops, consisting of the 3d Cavalry, the Poonah horse, the 64th Foot, the 2d European Light Infantry, the 78th Highlanders, the Sappers and Miners, the 20th Native Infantry, the 4th Rifles, the 26th Native Iu- fantry, the Beloochees, 3d Troop Horse Artillery, 3d and 5th Light Field Batteries, numbering in all 419 sabres, 2,212 Eu- ropean Infantry, 2,022 Native Infantry, and 18 guns, marched from Bushire on the evening of the 3d of February. They were without tents or extra clothing of any sort; each man carried his greatcoat, blanket, and two days' cooked provisions. After a march of 46 miles in forty- one hours, during which they were exposed to the worst of weather, cold nights, and deluging storms of rain, they reached the enemy's intrenched position on the morning of the 5th, but found it abandoned. The enemy on hearing of our approach, had evacuated their intrench- ments so precipitately that their tents and camp equi- page and ordnance magazine were abandoned; the for- mer were being rapidly carried off by the village plun- derers operating for some hours before we arrived. Every exertion was made to intercept the retreat of some bodies of the enemy's cavalry still in sight, and some little skir- mishing with a few horsemen took place, but eventually they all made off. After occupying for two days the position the enemy had evacuated, and hearing that they had succeeded in getting the guns which they carried away into the difficult pass of Mhak, the troops commenced their return march on the night of the 7th, carrying away the large stores of flour, rice, and grain which the Persian Government had collected for their army, and destroying their magazine, found to contain about 36,000lb of powder, with small- arm ammunition, and a vast quantity of shot and shell, thereby crippling the future opera- tions of their army; some of the guns are supposed to have. been cast into wells, and, as their wheels fell into our hands, cannot again be used. At midnight an attack was made upon the rear- guard by the enemy's horse, and parties threatened the line of march on every side; the troops were halted, and so formed as to protect the baggage aud resist the horsemen in whatever direction they might attempt to charge. Before this was quite completed four of the enemy's guns of heavy metal were opened upon the force, but the darkness of the night prevented any steps being taken to capture them. At break of day the Persian force, amounting to between 5,000 and 6,000 men with five guns, was discovered on our left rear, north- east of our line of march. The cavalry and artillery immediately moved rapidly to the attack, supported by two lines of infantry, a third pro- tecting the baggage. The fire of artillery was most excellent, aud did great execution ; the cavalry also twice charged with great gallantry and success ; indeed, upon these two arms fell the whole brunt of the action, as the enemy moved away too rapidly for the infantry to overtake them. By ten o'clock the defeat of the Persians was complete. Two guns were captured, the gun ammunition, laden upon mules, fell into our hands, and at least 700 men lay dead upon the field. The wounded, the number of whom must have been considerable, had been carried away ; the remainder lied in a disorganised state, generally throwing away their arms, which strewed the field in vast numbers, and nothing but the paucity of our cavalry prevented their total destruction and the capture of the remaining guns. Tho troops bivouacked for the day close to the battlefield, aud at night accomplished a march of twenty miles over a country rendered almost impassable by the heavy rain which fell inces- santly. After a rest of six hours, the greater portion of the infantry continued their march to Bushire, which they reached before midnight on the 9th of February, thus performing another harassing march of forty- four miles under incessant rain, besides fighting and defeating the enemy during its pro- gress within a short period of fifty hours. The cavalry and artillery, with au infantry escort, reached camp on the morning of the 10th ult. The result is most satisfactory, and will, General Outram thinks, have a very beneficial effect on our future ope- rations in Persia. The despatches from General Outram are published, but con- tain nothing of importance, which is not embodied in the above summary. The list of killled and wounded, and of stores cap- tured is as follows:— Total killed: Europeans 3, natives 7. Total wounded: Europeans 31, natives 31. Grand total: Killed 10, wounded62— 72. Died of wounds since the action: Europeans 3, natives 3.— M. STOVELL, superintending surgeon. First Division Persian Expeditionary Field Force. The fol- lowing is the return of ordnance captured on the morning of the 8tli Feb, at Bivouac Khooshab :— One brass gun, Persian in- scription, vent good, 9- pounder, length 6 feet, bore 4.2, of Persian manufacture. One ditto, ditto, spiked, 9- pounder, length 6 feet, bore 4.2, of Persian manufacture. Tliese guns are in good tra- velling order, mounted on travelling field carriages, each limber fitted with a limber box to contain about 30rounds of ammuni- tion. One gun was taken with time horses, harness, & e, complete. The carriages are of block trail constructions ; the cheeks of one require to be replaced. Eighteen rounds of am- munition and some food were in the limber boxes. Besides the above were 262 rounds of gun ammunition, which I destroyed before leaving the bivouac on Sunday evening. The mules, eight in number, which carried it, 1 have brought into camp. I have 350 stand of arms, and I think fully treble that number must have been taken by camp followers and others. One gun was spiked by our horse artillery, as they had to leave it when follow- ing in pursuit. I have since removed the spike.— B. K. FEKKI- MOEE, Captain, Field Commissiary of Ordnance, P. E. F. F. The name of the officer killed is Lieut A. C. Fraukland, of the 2d European Regiment and Acting Brigade Major of Cavalry, Field Force. Among the officers wounded were Captain J. Forbes, 3d Light Cavalry, ball through right thigh severely; Captain R. Mockler, her Majesty's 64th Regiment, contusion of calf of right leg from a round shot ; Lieut J. Greentree, her Majesty's 64th Regiment, seriously, by a rouud shot, which caused loss of left foot; Ensign Woodcock, 2d European Regi- ment Light Infantry, slightly, gun- shot, left shin; and Assistant- Surgeon J. M. Barnett, 26th Native Infantry, slightly, by spent ball, right arm. the sanction of the authorities of Cuba, and encouragement given by citizens of the United States. The inhabitants of Barbadoes and Triuidad are discussing with much interest the plan proposed by Captain Raaslooff for con- necting together the British West Indian islands with the island of St"" " ' - - coast telegraphic jected Atlai: aud Great Britain. Commercial matters at Jamaica were dull. At Demerara trade has been very dull during the fortnight, owing chiefly to the epidemic. Freights were scarce at St Lucia. The weather had been un- favourable for manufacturing purposes, and retarded the ripen- ing of the canes. At Grenada agricultural prospects were bright and promising. The weather was rather wet for sugar making. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MAEEiAi; E.- At Liverpool, on Satur- THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK DIS- CLOSURES. CHINA. RAISING SUNKEN VESSELS AT SEBASTOPOL.— The apparatus now in process of construction in this country to bo used in raising sunken vessels in the Sebastopol harbour is larger and more complete than any heretofore employed for a similar pur- pose. The work will be done from immense caissons of wooden floats supporting eight engines of 40- horse power, each of which drives a double action pump connecting with enormous hy- draulic rams. These rams weigh 54,000lb a- piece, and have a lifting power of 500 tons. They consist of nothing but a cylinder and piston, to the latter of which a chain is attached, which is also fastened to the sunken vessels. When the piston has been driven up to the cylinder head by the presure of the con- densed water the chain is kept at that point, the piston is run out again, and so by successive hitches the work is done. Four rams can be brought to bear on one vessel at a time. Gear work may also be attached to the engines, so as to derive from each of them an additional lifting power of 500 tons. Four engines and the same number of rams operating together will therefore supply an aggregate power of 4,000 tous, which is more than is required to raise the largest ship in the harbour. Of the 107 sunken vessels only 15 are equal in size to the U. S. frigate Penn- sylvania, weighing in water some 3,500 tons, and the rest will average 2,000 tons. The chains now being forged at Pittsville are much larger than those spoken of by the English papers as making for the steam- ships Adriatic and Great Eastern, being 100 yards in length, weighing 3001b to the link, and capable of sustaining a strain of 500 tons. The iron sheathes through which the chains will pass, aud which will be placed on the timber docks, to be sent out from Philadelphia on the 15th inst, will weigh each 26 tons. The submarine operations will be performed by the aid of Gowan's diving bell, a con- trivance never yet exhibited in this country, aud his armour, which was used with success in the raising of the U. S. steamer Missouri, in the recent extrication of a safe from the sunken boat Atlantic in Lake Erie, and on several other occa- sions. Mr Gowan expects to get up at least forty of the vessels whole. The rest he will blow to pieces, the Russian Govern- ment contracting to furnish the powder. As the greatest depth of water is only 60 feet, and the surface is smooth as a mill pond for the greater part of the year, Mr Gowan will be able to prose- cute his labour to great advantage, and hopes to complete the job within two years. He receives for his pay one half of the value of all the ships raised, as appraised by an officer of the Government and himself. The larger vessels cost some 1,100,000 dollars each, aud were only a year old when sunk, so that it will be seen that Mr Gowan has a chance to make a snug little profit on his contract. The expense of the entire outfit is not far from 250,000 dollars. Three vessels will be employed in transporting men, implements, & c, to the scene of action. The first will sail early in May, the second about the middle of the month, and the third at the close of it. Mr Gowan will take out 90 men, consisting of divers, engineers, caulkers, ship and house carpenters, seamen, blacksmiths, and joiners. By request of the Russian Government, he will carry also some specimens of American invention and handicraft, such as steam- engines, cap- stans, and wiudlassos, of the most improved patterns, ploughs, corn- planters, drawings, and models of the U. S. steam frigates Merrimae and Niagara, a fire- engine, & c. Several engineers will leave for Sebastopol at an early day to. make the necossar. v sur- veys, construct the caissons, aud have everything in readiness for the reception and immediate operation of the machinery when it arrives.— New York Journal of Commerce. REVOLTING CASE OF DOG- FIGHTING.— At the Steyning Petty Sessions, on Monday, James Massey, landlord of the Crown Tavern, Cranbourne- passage, London; James Nye, publican, Wick inn, Hove; Eli Elpheek, butcher, Brighton; John Phillips, horse- slaughterer, Brighton; Jas. Hughes, naturalist, Brighton; and Stephen Haslen ( alias Ileseltiue), painter, Brighton, appeared to answer a charge, at the instance of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for aiding and assisting at a dog- fight. From the evidence of Mr Wemyss, the superin- tendent of the society, it appeared that a dog- fight took place in a field belonging to Mr Sharp, in " the parish of Old Shoreham, on the 16th iust, when he saw the whole of the defendants present actively encouraging, aiding, and assisting in the light, There were two dogs fought, and the fight lasted more than two hours, at the end of which one of the poor animals was in a dreadfully mangled condition, not able to lift its head from the ground, aud apparently lifeless. The oilier dog, the winner, was also in a most deplorable condition. The bench sentenced each of the defendants to pay the full penalty allowed by the act— viz, £ 5, and JB2 is 4d expenses, making in all the sum of £ 42 8s, the bench at the same time expressing their utter dis- gust at their conduct. CLERICAL LITIGATION.— We understand that the legal ex- penses incurred in tho prosecution and defence of the Knights- bridge Churches case amount to very little less than £ 5,000. On the 27th ult, died, at Rugby, after a few hours'illness, John Fox. Esq, late of Wiverton Hall, Notts, aged 57. The advices from Hong Hong to February 16 in no way con- firm the rumour communicated by the Admiralty on Saturday, reporting peace with China. A- lum had been captured and brought to Hong Kong, examined, and committed for trial, with nine others in his employment, oue of them being his father. Forty- two other persons were also captured, but were not put on their trial. On Monday, the 2d February, A- lum and his nine fellow- prisoners were arraigned before Chief Justice Hulmo to answer the charge of administering poison with intent to kill and murder James Carroll Dempster, colonial surgeon. The Hon T. Chisholm Anstey, attorney- general, prosecuted for the Crown. The trial extended over five days, and- resulted in a verdict of Not Gtulty, by a majority of five jurors to one. Trade was at a stand; the attention of the European inhabitants of Hong Kong was chiefly directed to means for their protection against the Chinese. Accounts received from the northern ports were more satisfactory. His excellency the admiral returned to Hong Kong on the 13th iust, in the Niger, bringing intelligence of an engagement between the Hornet and two divisions of the Imperial junks, which was successful, without the steamer sus- taining any loss. The affair took place below Powder Island. On Hearing, the junks descended the creek to meet or intercept the steamer. When the latter was within 1,800 yards of the junks she opened fire with lier bow guns, aud steadily advanced to within 800 yards. When in 2£ fathosis water, broadsides of shot and shell were poured into the junks. Tho junks soon tried to escape, and, with one exception ( which blew up), they got away with damage. A second division came down to Fazekee Creek, wlien the Hornet was joined by the small steamer Hong Kong, in commaud of Lieutenant Deut, of the Sybille. These junks speedily retreated, with much loss; the upper division of junks were less fortunate, for the Hornet's guns peppered them till nightfall. The Barracouta was sent by the admiral to support the Hornet, but too late to bo of service. One junk was captured with 13 guns, two of them being English 24- pounders. Three dead Chinamen were found below. Next day scarcely the fragment of ajunk was to be seen. The Hon Company's steamer Auckland had a smart brush with some man- darin junks, on which occasion she was accompanied by the small steamer Eaglet. The engagement took place off Toong- Chung, with four war junks heavily armed. After a smart fire the junks were captured and burnt. The steamer's boats pushed for the shore, where, on lauding, they captured a battery mounting 16 gutis, which they spiked, and set fire to a village near by. The following are extracts from the summaries of the Mail aud Register :— THE EMPEROR'S VIEW OF AFFAIRS AT CANTON.— We under- stand that a paper has been forwarded hither from Canton as well as from the north, purporting to be a decree of the Emperor. It directs the high authorities of the coast provinces to be on the alert, but not to alarm the people; expresses confidence in Yeh's knowledge of tho barbarians, and his consequent capacity to settle this affair with the British, on whom, if their loss in the engagements reported— viz, of 409 men, including the ad- miral, has discouraged them sufficiently to cause a cessation of hostilities on their part. Yeh is not to bo over severe; but they are not to be met half- way, lest a concession i: A the present case lead to a demand for other concessions— that is to say, it must not be supposed that the Government of China is not ready to resist barbarian encroachment; but with rebellion in the land, warlike preparations in the provinces might be turned against it. It has enough otherwise oil hand now to talk of exterminating the barbarian, and doubtless Yeh will be able to settle this quarrel, which is as yet local, and the Emperor desires may con- tinue so. There will, of course, be no sign of yielding, so long as Canton maintains its character as a city not to be taken.— China Mail, Feb 15. ATTEMPT TO BURN THE COMUS.— On Monday night, the 26th of January ( the first night of the China new year, and the favourite period for their desperate but futile efforts), an attempt was made by the Chinese to burn her Majesty's ship Comus by means of fire- rafts. A sharp look out had been kept on board every ship in the river, in anticipation of some such attack, but the extreme darkness of the night prevented any- thing that approached being seen uutil within forty or fifty yards distance. About midnight two large junks, which had been well prepared, crammed with fern, faggots, and all kinds of inflammable materials, well saturated with oil and be- sprinkled with gunpowder, were sailed up Elliot passage towards the Fatshau Creek, a strong breeze and flood tide in their favour. The Comus was here moored head and stern in the main branch of the river, one broadside commanding Elliot Passage, the other Fatshan Creek. The guard- boat, which had just left the ship, observed them, and immediately hailed. Finding no answer, she opened fire, which was quickly followed by the ship, and this warning caused the Chi- nese to fire their juunks instantly, ansl escape. In a few moments they were in a blaze, and, retaining their weigh, camo up heavily with tho Comus, one taking iier astern, the other on the bow. The sternuiost one, fortu- nately, carried away the spanker boom, which accident took her clear of the ship without giving further annoyance; aud the other, which by this time was in a furious blaze, was kept some little distance off the ship by her fire- boom, yet heavily pressed by the strong flood tide. So soon as the stern raft was borne clear, the chain cable forward was slipped, enabling the ship to swing round to the flood, aud avoid the fire- raft, when they suc- ceeded in anchoring. The Coromaudel was very prompt in her assistance, having run down from Macao Fort to tow the Comus out of danger, if necessary. The officers and men of the Comus behaved manfully. The following day the Chinese fleet shifted its moorings well up the Fatshan Creek, having been an- noyed by the Niger's shot, which took a mast clean out of one of the junks ; and since then the Coromaudel and Niger were sent down aud destroyed the village in Elliott Passage, off which the fleet of war- junks had been anchored. Macao Fort has been rendered impregnable to any assault by the Chinese, having eight guns of heavy calibre mounted, besides field pieces, and a strong small- ami party with rifle muskets. A few days ago a shot was thrown from one of the guns in the Macao Fort, at extreme range, into the Shameen Forts, a dis- tance of 3,400 yards. Besides the above particulars supplied by our correspondents, we learn that the Niger and Barracouta have visited Whampoa. Bamboo Town remains untouched.; but New Town, together with all the foreigners' houses, workshops, & c, on shore, have been levelled. The piles of the various docks have been burnt, and every vestige of the immense stock of planks and spars removed. The stonework of the upper portion of thegrauite dock had been dug up by the Chinese; aud as they could not remove the caisson, they had spitefully perforated it with shot- holes. 10,000 dollars will scarcely make good the damage already done to this dock alone.— China Mail, tfeo 15. MR APSLEY PELLATT. On Wednesday Mr Apsley Pellatt underwent an examination in the Court of Bankruptcy, and the proceedings appeared to excite even more curiosity than the examination of E. Esdaile. Air Pellatt said he became connected with the bank through his personal friend Mr M'Gregor. Ho met Mr Menzies two or three times at the board, but he denied he knew he was the secretary. They advertised rather widely— he had heard of Mr Mullens, the solicitor, giving an undertaking to bear all the pre- liminary expenses of forming the bank— his impression was that the oapital was to be £ 100,000. On referring to the advertise- ment ( produced) he found that the capital was to be £ 500,000, to be increased to a million. Tho advertisement produced was inserted in the Bankers' Magazine, with his authority, on the 19th of February, 1849. It held out the bank as one of limited liability. He should not have joined it if he did not think it was one of limited liability. Several of the directors who never attended retired soon after this date. He always understood the capital to be £ 100,000, as discussed among the directors. On the 3d of March, 1849, it appeared by the minutes that Mr Lear- month refused to pay up his deposit, aud requested that his name should be withdrawn from the prospectus. He did not recollect whether after that Mr Learmonth's name was with- drawn from the circular. His name was not withdrawn from the advertisement in the Bankers' Magazine on the 4th of April, He did not recollect seeing the advertisement be- fore, but he had no doubt it was issued with the authority of Mr Cameron. He did not recollect it appearing in other publi- cations. He was not aware that the report ( produced) was issued with the authority of the directors, Mr Menzies never acted as secretary in his presence, Mr Mullens had. He was not present when it was resolved to send Mr Menzies to New- castle. He did not recollect Mr Menzies' letter being read at the meeting of the board on the 30th of April, 1849.— Mr Link- later read the letter, which stated that a gentleman named Coulson had offered to take 200 shares, provided he was appointed secretary in Newcastle of the Royal British Bank, He also read Mr Mullens's answer, which autho- rised Mr Menzies to enter into negotiations with Coulson, Mr Pellatt presumed the letter of Mr Mullens was written with the authority of the board. He did not consider Mr Menzies was acting as secretary when he was in Newcastle. He had heard Mr Menzies had acted as secretary before he joined the board; but afterwards looked on him as a man employed, be- cause he was out of employment. His impression was that Mr Menzies was to have a remuneration for past services.— Mr Linklater read a letter from Mr Menzies, in which he stated that the explanation he had given in his " official capacity" stamped the concern with au importance it would not otherwise have had. He asked for a loan of £ 10, as he was " fast," and could not go on without it, and expressed an opinion they would make a profit of £ 50,000 out of the place ( Newcastle). He then asked whether Mr A. Pellatt still believed that Mr Menzies was not acting as secretary ? Mr Pellatt replied that he never knew that Mr Menzies was then acting as secretary.— Mr Linklater read a minute of the 3d of May, in which it was resolved that a communication from Mr Dickenson having been received, ad- vising that the secretary should proceed thither, Mr Menzies was authorised to proceed there. Mr Pellatt said he did not believe Mr Menzies acted as secretary at that meeting.— Mr Liuklater: Why, did not Mr Mullens advance eleven guineas to enable him to go? Mr Pellatt said ho had no recollection. The Commissioner: In June, 1849, he was in Whitecross- street prison [ loud laughter.] Mr Linklater read a letter from Mr Coulsou, in which he stated the member, Mr Headlam, had the other night in the house aimed a direct blow at the prospectus, alluding to the circulation in several quarters which was calculated to mislead. The letter was directed to Mr Monzies. Mr Pellatt said he had no recol- lection of his attention being drawn to Mr Headlam's attack. Mr Linklater read another letter from Mr Menzies to Mr Mullens, and stated that Kennedy was going down on Saturday week to meet the shareholders iu a friendly couvivial way. Does that refresh your recollection that Mr Menzies was acting as secretary at that time ?— Mr Pellatt said it did not. Could not recollect whether Mr Coulson was instrumental in getting share- holders. The proposition to open a branch at Newcastle fell through. He had no doubt, after reading the minutes of the 20th of July, that the directors refused to establish a branch at Newcastle until the parent bank was fully established. Mr Linklater read a letter from Mullens to Cameron, in which he stated he had had a long interview with Coulson, who had become much " quieter." Most of the shareholders had signed. — Mr Pellatt again denied having seen Mr Menzies acting as secretary at the board. He had no recollection of the board from time to time taking securities for the payment of the first £ 10 deposit. Mr Liuklater refreshed Mr Pellatt's memory with several facts, and he said they enabled him to say that securities were taken for the payment of deposits.— Mr Pellatt said the ad- vertisement ( produced) in June contained the terms on which the business would be conducted. Jofen Menzies, Esq, appeared as secretary. His name was wrongly placed there. He did not see this prospectus before it was sent down. He had never seen Mr Menzies' name as secretary, and if he had done so, he should have objected to it. He signed the petition to the Crown for tho charter. He took no paius to inquire whether the statements in the certificate were true. The secretary explained it. Mr Linklater read the certificate, which stated the proposed capital was to be £ 100,000, and £ 6,800 was paid up and in the Bank of England.— Mr Pellatt said he had no means of ascer- taining at that time whether the statements were true or not; he thought it very likely they were true, he had not heard they were untrue. On the 3d of August he found there was a defi- ciency of 59 shares. Knowing that to be the case, he did not au- thorise an advertisement stating that the whole of the shares had been taken. If it was in the minute he supposed he did. Thero was a deficiency of 59 unapplied for. Mr Linklater : Oh no, you did not say " unapplied for" a mi- nute ago.— Mr Pellatt said he was inattentive. Mr Linklater read the certificate of the directors stating that tho requirements of tho act of 7 th and Vict, had been complied with.— Mr Pellatt said he had no recollection of Mr Cameron taking a number of shares, aud giving his promissory note for the amount. When he signed the certificate he believed it to be correct. He signed it under a wrong impression. He knew before the bank began business part of the preliminary ex- penses had been paid. He objected to the amount (£ 9,253), and Mr Cameron pointed out the large amount of preliminary ex- Eenses incurred in establishing other joint- stock banks. The auk was ready when it was voted on the 16th November, Mr Linklater: What, before you had complied with the terms of the charter ?— Mr Pellatt: I cannot see the distinction. Mr Liuklater: A pretty member of the Legislature you are [ loud laughter].— Mr Pellatt said Mr Cameron was a very active party iu getting up the bank. He was not aware the bank was not one of limited liability until after it stopped. He under- stood, on looking over some of his papers for a particular cause, that there was a limited liability. He always understood a charter gave limited liability. Ho thought by the charter the liability of shareholders was limited to double the amount of the capital. Mr Liuklater: Where, in heaven's name, did you get that DO- tion from [ laughter] ?— Mr Pellatt said from a bill brought in by Mr Phiun, which was not passed. Mr Linklater: I believe you were a very active member in for- warding education [ roars of laughter], and hope to get another seat P— Mr Pellatt: Never mind, we will not indulge in those expectations. Mr Linklater read a minute of the 24th of September, 1849, at which it appeared Mr Pellatt was present:—" That the services of John Menzies, Esq, as secretary, be discontinued." Mr Pellatt said that, notwithstanding that Mr Menzies was secretary, he did not recognise him. Ho said he remembered the dinner. The bank was opened with prayer at the suggestion of Cameron. His toast was, " The Friends and Well- wishers of the Royal British Bank, particularly the conductors of the London and provincial press." He did not know what those favours were. They were going to give the Queen a gold medal. When he left the bank ho did not believe they had lost one- fourth of their capital. His chief reason for leaving tho board was a sum being advanced on the Welch works, to which the board, in fact, objected. He went down to Wales, aud found the mine was a losing con- cern, and he ordered his shares to be sold on the Stock Exchange, as he thought they were entering into a dan- gerous and unbanking speculation [ loud applause]. His re- signation was acknowledged on the 7th of November, 1850. He did not recollect sanctioning a loan of £ 5,000 to Mr Seale. He did not recollect that the security proposed was a charge on the iron- works in AVales. At the time £ 980 was applied to discount a bill of Seale's he did not know he was a debtor for £ 23,000; he understood about £ 3,000, He was also in favour of the resolution to pay the outstanding liabilities of Seale. That was the account that pulled the bank down at last. Mr Liuklater read a letter of Mr. Pellatt's, dated Staines, Oct 30,1850, addressed to Mr M'Gregor, which was very compli- mentary, and in which Mr Pellatt expressed au opinion as to the prosperous state of the bank. Mr Pellatt denied that he knew his shares were bought by the bank. He Sold the shares at 3 per cent discount. He was not a party to inviting persons to take shares at a premium. He was not aware that any new shares were offered. Iu August, 1850, the directors and officers of the bank were indebted to the amount of £ 25,000 or £ 30,000. Ho produced a paper headed " Confidential," in which the directors and officers indebted to the bank were enumerated. Mr Pellatt added, " You will not find my name there" Lapplause]. Mr Linklater: No one accuses you of using the moneys of the Royal British Bank [ cheers].— Mr Pellatt: I would rather aid than injure a bank. 1 seek for the fullest investigation. Mr Pellatt, in further examination, said he was a party to the resolution in September, 1850, for a petition to be presented, praying to be allowed to issue new shares, and the shares to be issued at a premium— twodaysbefore he resigned he was a partyto that petition. Hesaidthathe must now appeal to the commissioner and his friends how far his character was affected. Ho had helped the bank, and had always tried to behave honestly [ cheers]. If he had erred it was unintentionally, and he was very sorry that he had not investigated the accounts more fully. Mr Linklater disclaimed any intention of throwing any odium upon Mr Pellatt, but it was for the public to judge how far Mr Pellatt was to blame iu being a passive, if not an active, party, in keeping up this delusion [ cheers]. His Honour said, as the case stood at present, he could not give any opinion upon the subject. Mr Paddison, the solicitor to the bank, made some observa- tions, and Mr Stadd, a clerk in his employment, was called, and deposed to Mr Menzies being the secretary. Mr Menzies drew up the rough minutes of the meeting of directors, and he copied them. Mr Linklater asked that the court would appoint Wednesday next for the examination of Mr Stapleton, M. P. for Berwick. The examination was thereupon adjourned. 29 years of age, was the daughter ef a late supervisor of Excise, residing at Bromborough, in the county of Chester. At her father s death, in 1853, she went to reside with Mrs Jones, land- lady of the Sportsman's Arms public- house at Bromborough. The defendant was a rope manufacturer, but retired from busi- ness, residing at New Ferry, and being in the habit of calling at the Sportsman's Arms he had been smitten with the charms of the plaintiff, to whom he commenced paying his addresses in March last year, often walking out with her, and. showing her the general attention of a lover, this being approved of by her brother and friends. Affairs proceeded in such a satisfactory manner with the lovers that iu the month of May he bought th'e wedding- ring, aud in the presence of her brother and several friends announced the forthcoming marriage, which was fixed to take place on the 31st of July. The dresses were bought, the marriage license was procured, and a house was examined in order to be repaired as the future abode of the happy couple; the wedding breakfast was ordered, and every preparation made for the auspicious event, when, just at the last moment, the defendant altered his mind. On the evening of the 30th of July, the night before the intended marriage— he sent his solicitor, Mr Conway, to the plaintiff, to inform her that he had changed his mind. The wedding being thus so suddenly and strangely prevented, the brother called upon the defendant to inquire the reasons for such unaccountable conduct, bnt the only answer he could get was that, though he loved his sister Maria very dearly, he had heard that of her character which induced him to break it off, for he was sure they could never be happy after what he had heard. He would not further explain himself, nor give up the authors of his information ; but from this time, said tile learned counsel, he continued to promulgate the most atrocious slanders respect- ing the lady, until, on the 14tli of November last, the plaintiff's attorney sent him a letter, threatening that if he did not retract the calumnies an action would be commenced against him for slander, in addition to the present action for breach of promise. These calumnies were without the slightest foundation what- and he ( Mr James) dared him to come into court and repeat the aspersions ho had cast upon her. The learned counsel concluded his address by an eloquent appeal to the jury to give such ample damages as would, in some measure, com- pensate the plaintiff for the wanton injuries inflicted upon her.— After witnesses had been called who fully bore out the state- ment of the learned counsel, Mr Knowles addressed the jury for the defence. He said, his learned friend had appealed to their feelings with regard to the alleged scandalous reports about the young ladv, but he must remind them that it was not the defendant who brought these slanders into that court — it was the plaintiff's own friends, and it was themselves alone they had to thank for the publicity then given to them. But to dispose of this romancing case as well as he could— who were the parties ? The plaiutiff was filling the very respectable situ- ation of barmaid at the Sportsman's Arms, and although his learned friend had tried to eonceal that fact, ho ( Mr Knowles) did not think that a reproach. The defendant was a retired ropemaker— it would be much better if he never had retired, ap- parently— and feeling lonely in his house at New Ferry had been induced to drop in at Mrs Jones's for the comfort of a glass, and there he had- become charmed with the barmaid, who mixed him his drop of gin- aiid- water, sweetening it with the fascination of her manner, till at last, poor fellow, lie fell in love, and then he began to be under a " breaching" mania— though it would have been well for him never to have talked about " breaches" at all; for it had come to pass in his indi- vidual case. It is really not wonderful that while the handsome barmaid was stirring up his glass he should have become fuddled, and be a little amorous, aud so ho fell into the temptation, though he had better have made a rope for himself [ laughter]. The learned counsel drew attention to the shortness of the courtship— only four mouths— and said he was not so rich a mau as the witness had represented ; and, as lie was not there to deny the breach of the promise given, he could only say that he thought very light damages would be quite sufficient for the loss of four months' courtship.— His lordship, in summing up, said it did appear a very heartless thing to send a lawyer to break off the match, and that, too, almost at the very altar. There was certainly nothing brought forward in the evidenco against the character of the young woman showing sufficient reason for the breaking off of tho marriage in such a wanton manner. It was evident that the marriage not taking place was a great loss to the plaintiff in a pecuniary point of view, besides the injury done to her feelings by the heartless conduct of the defendant. He thought she was justly entitled to their verdict, and it would be for them to say what damages they thought she was entitled to.— The jury, after a few minutes' consideration, returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages— £ 400. CHARACTERS IO SERVANIS.— The Rev Mr Harris, of Chard, Somersetshire, was sued by his late footman, named Ward, at the Exeter Assizes last week, for libel, in giving a bad character of him to Archdeacon Bartholomew. Tha footman, it appeared, had once been intoxicated, had often been extremely impracti- cable, and had sold au old coat which his master states he had only lent him. In answer to Archdeacon Bartholomew's letter, asking if the plaintiff was honest, sober, good- tempered, willing, and understood his work, Mr Harris had stated that he under- stood his work well enough, but was totally deficient in all the other qualities. In summing up the Lord Chief Justice said :— " The defendant had gone a great length in saying he was totally deficient as to sobriety when he had only been drunk once in ! eleven mouths, and that he was totally deficient as to honesty because he had sold that old coat. With regard to his good temper, and williuguess to do his work, the plaintiff certainly had shown that which might justify the master iu not giving him a good character upon those two points. Whether this was a pri- vileged communication would depend upon two points— first, the occasion must be one which the law treated as privileged, and then the party making the statement must make it honestly and bona fide, with a sincere and conscientious belief that what he was stating was the truth. There could be no doubt that in the present case the occasion was privileged, and the question therefore was, whether the defendant had acted bond fide." Verdict for the plaintiff. . Damages—£ 25, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BETTING HOUSE PROSECUTIONS.— At Marlborough- street, on Tuesday, James William Hitchins, Richard Baker, Daniel Caus- dell, George King, and William Coles, were charged with being found in a betting- office, No. 2, Rupert- street.— Mr Lewis ap- peared for the defendants.— The superintendent of the C divi- sion, Mr Hannant, produced his authority from the police com- missioners for entering the house No. 2, Rupert- street. He went there about eight o'clock the previous evening aud an- nounced who he was to the defendant Hitchins, who was stand- ing at the door of an inner room. Witness found in one of the rooms a quantity of betting cards relating to races to come off. The defendants King aud Coles were looking at some cards on a shelf. They aud the cards were taken possession of by the police. The defendant Baker, who was present, said he hoped the police would not take him to the station, as lie could prove he was a respectable tradesman, and did not intend to disguise the purpose he came to the place for. He told the defendants they must go to the station- house, but the defendants remon- strated, and did not acquiesce until told he had no alternative. A tin box was found, which was claimed by Hitchins, who had the key. The contents of the box were letters relating to bets. The shop was fitted up as a house- agent's office. — Mr Lewis said the only charge against all tho defend- ants, except Hitchins, was that they were iu the house.— Mr Beadon said they came within the operation of the act, the shop being, as alleged, a place used for purposes of bet- ting,— Inspector Lester, C division, assisted in taking the de- fendants into custody. Causdell he found behind a desk, so was Hitchins. The others were in the shop, apparently en- gaged in examining some betting lists. OH Hitcnins he found £ 48 in gold aud notes, and two books relating to races.— A witness named Gower said he had been to the shop several times, and had only seen Causdell and Hitchins there. On Friday witness made a bet at the shop on the Chester Cup with Causdell, and Hitchins entered the bet of a crowii in a book, but did not give him any memorandum. He then went to the superintendent of the division, aud gave information of the bet.— Oil cross- examination, witness admitted that he had been on the Medical Staff Corps at Chatham, and had been sen- tenced to ten days' imprisonment for being drunk. Had gone into the house first, believing it was a house agent's, and had not previously communicated with the police.— Mr Lewis con- tended there was no case against any of the parties, as the proof of betting rested on the evidence of a witness unworthy of belief.— Mr Beadon went carefully over the evidence, and con- cluded by discharging Baker, King, and Coles, and fining Caus- dell £ 10, or one month, and Hitchins £ 20, or two months' hard labour.— George Mat kin, John Richards, Mark Kelscy, James Lee, Thomas Cardinal, John Charles Smith, and James Dupreo were charged with being found in a house used for betting pur- poses. The usual authority having been produced, Superin- tendent Hannant said, he went on Monday night to the Horse and Groom public- house, in George- yard, Grosvenor- square, kept by the defendant Matkin, and having ordered the outer door to be secured, he found Matkin and Richards behind the bar, and the rest of the defendants in front of the bar. The de- fendant Matkin, on learning his business, said there was no bet- ting— it was not a betting- office. Witness found a small book on a table in a room behind the bar, which proved to be a betting ledger. The other defendants declared they had come into the house to have something to drink, and not to bet. In the bet- ting ledger the name of Lee was entered. Defendant Matkin said the book belonged to a former landlord. In the book was a card referring to the Derby race of this year. Saw nothing in the shape of money, as if betting had been going on— Inspector Webb produced several books relating to races, which he found in the house; also a book with cards referring to various races, and the odds on the different horses. Found an entry of £ 6 of a bet made by a bettor named Lee. In the possession of Matkin was £ 60 or £ 70.— A witness named Fraser proved that he made a bet with Matkin on a horserace, and saw betting going on at the time; also made a bet on the Metropolitan Stakes, which was entered in one of the books found in the defendant's house. — After Mr Lewis had addressed the court, Mr Beadon fined Matkin £ 30, or three months' hard labour, and discharged tho other defendants. THE WEST INDIA MAILS. La Plata arrived at Southampton, on Wednesday morning, with the West India mails. Her dates are Jamaiea, March 13; Demerara, 11; Trinidad, 11; St Thomas, 18; Vera Cruz, 6 ; Colon, 11. The West India crops give promise of abundance. The sani- tary condition of the West India islands is satisfactory ; and the cholera is abating at Demerara. At Jamaica public meetings continue to be held, to expose the glaring infraction of treaties for the suppression of slavery under THE LATE CAPTAIN THOMPSON, C. B.— The heroism displayed by the late Captain Thompson has already been acknow- ledged and warmly commended in this journal. It is satisfactory to find that bis morits are fully appreciated elsewhere, and we have much pleasure in announcing, on official authority, that his Majesty the Emperor of the French has just forwarded a do- nation of 1,0001' ( 4' 40) towards the Thompson Memorial Fund. This generous act on the part of tho Emperor surely affords a proof— if one were wanting— that France can and does appre- ciate gallantry and heroism among her faithful allies. The pub- lic may also be apprised of the fact that the proceeds of the sub- scription will be appropriated for the benefit of the brother of Captain Thompson, who is said to be a thorough soldier, an ac- complished gentleman, and one who is likely to distinguish him- self in the service. There is reason to believe that the King of Sardinia will shortly follow the noble example of his imperial ally of France. FATAL CAB ACCIDENT.— An inquest was heid on Tuesday, at the Brownlow Arms Tavern, Brownlow- street, Drury- lane, on tho body of Mr Edward Wilson, who was killed on the day of the Finsbury election by tho upsetting of a cab as he was lean- iug with his body out of the wiudow. The deceased, who was a very stout mail, was returning from the polling- booths in a state of exultation at the succcss of Mr Cox, on whose behalf he had been making active exertions. The jury returned the following spccial vcrdict:—" That the deceased was accidentally killed by failing out of a cab; and they further beg to add, that tho de- ceased had left a widow and five children totally unprovided for, and trust this circumstance will be taken into the benevolent consideration of the election committee for Finsbury." MURDER AT DEAL.— On Saturday morning week Ensign M'Carroll, a young officer of the 44th Regiment, the depot of which is at present stationed at W aimer Barracks, was murdered near the Naval yard. It appears that Mr M'Carroll was found at about five o'clock in the morning lying upon the bcacli iu front of the Naval- yard in a dying state, with his skull fractured, a deepgashouthesideof his head, aud one of his fingers much injured. He was immediately attended to by Mr Mason, surgeon, who had him conveyed at once to the Naval Hospital, but, notwithstanding every attention paid to him, he expired at about nine o'clock, bavins been insensible from the time that he was first discovered. In the course of the day a man named Samuel Baker, the landlord of a public- house called the Ship, upon the Naval Esplanade, was apprehended, and charged with the murder. He confessed that the unfortunate deceased went to his house between one and two o'clock iu the morning, and asked for something to drink, which Mrs Baker refused to give him, whereupon he struck her with his cane, and immediately left the house. Mr Baker followed him, and admits that he overtook him and knocked him down. A Coast Guardsman who was on duty in front of Mr Baker's house states that Baker came to him at an early hour in the morning, and asked him if he saw a man leave the house, and in what direction he had gone. On telling him, Baker went into his own house, and returned with some weapon in his hand, with which he followed in the direction the young officer had taken, and on returning shortly afterwards exclaimed, " I have given him something that he won't soon get over." The deceased was only nineteen years of age. Baker has been examined before the magistrates, and committed for trial for wilful murder. SUSPECTED MURDER,-- On Thursday morning week the body of a man was found in the river Don, near the village of Couis- brougb, about four miles from Doncaster. An inquest took place the same day before Mr W. Marratt, coroner, and, from the evidence given, it appeared that the deceased was a married man named Lambert, 49 years old, a collier. He left home on the 3d of January, and had not been heard of since. On that night he was at a public- house at Rotherham, and had a quarrel with two young men there, but it did not appear that they had used any violence towards him. The surgeon who made a post mortem examination of the body, spoke of wounds in various parts, and said that several of the front teeth were missing. Iu his opinion, however, the injuries might have been occasioned by a fall. The public- house iu question is near the river Dou. The evidence as to the cause of death being imperfect, the inquest was adjourned till Wednesday, the 8tli inst. DESTRUCTION OF A FIREWORK FACTORY.— On Wednesday morning a fire broke out on the premises of Mr Darby, manu- facturer of fireworks, 98, Regent- street, Lambeth- walk, which was not extinguished until the house and its contents were ut- terly destioved. Fortunately the gunpowdeivuid other combus- tibles were kept in a magazine away from the house, but tbe stock of machinery and other valuablo property was wholly lost. Mr. Darby was uninsured. flf f •' » • i. k I. MS* :# u •' i § lit' • r. % .1 LONDON,— Frinted and Published at " BELL s LIFB IN LONDON" Office, at 170, Strand, in the parish of St Clement Lanes, in the City and Liberty of Westminster, by WILLIAH CLsaiENX of the same pleac.— SUNDAY, Aran 5,1857.
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