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      rding to the station-house book , " loitered about ion-bridge -with intent to commit suicide , and with ng assisted a woman unknown to drown herself . " Lerick GUI , lamplighter , said : " About twenty mia past three o ' clock this morning , I was turning off Tftslamps on London-bridge , and I saw a girl on the hwark side of the bridge alone . I passed her , and , iout five minutes afterwards , on returning over the re toward 3 the City , I saw the same girl standing [ de on the ledge below the railing , and the prisoner standing on the seat of the recess , holding her by wrist . He said to her , ' Jump in , ' and let go her t , and added , ' Go on , and I'll follow you . ' She jtly jumped from the bridge into the water . He then

      , * My God ! 1 did not think she'd do it . ' He still 1 there , and I went tip to him , and said to him , a vagabond ! you vagabond ! you ought to be med of yourself . You have murdered that girl !' nade no answer . I saw the girl floating along the ir , and heard her cry out , ' Save me—help ! ' I K > ed out as loud as I could , but she sank before the 3 got up to her . There was a man lying in the s , apparently asleep , and lie said that he had seen ccnrrence . When I first saw the girl , she walked she was not sober . The prisoner appeared excited , he had been drinking , but was not intoxicated . I a policeman take him into custody . " This evis having been confirmed by that of other witnesses , irisoner was remanded .

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      EPSOM RACES . i grand annual festival opened on Wednesday . The her varied , being alternately sunshiny and cloudy ; jvery now and then heavy showers descended , and 3 the pleasure-seekers under such shelter as they L extemporize . The attendance , however , was very Prince Albert and Prince Frederick William of iia were present ; and the aristocracy mustered in Likewise , . the democracy , as on all such occa-; and also the " snobs" and the " roughs . " The

      known incidents of the road and the course were wanting ; and if the gay young ' prentices , who on day made their first appearance " outside of a , " derived no great gratification from their equesexperience , but returned to their homes with some ess in their reminiscences , they certainly yielded entertainment to the pitiless wags who looked on , ing . The road , as usual , was crowded , noisy , and ; the race-ground bright and animated , and the sts full of spirit .

      THE RACE FOR THE DERBY . 3 efore the horses were called to the post by Mr . urd ( say the daily papers ) , they mustered at a distance beyond the winning-chair , and , after a pause , they proceeded past the Grand Stand and le way down the straight . The 6 ight was reably interesting . They then cantered back , and walked through the paddock to prepare for the Every movement was watched by the immense aa of spectators with intense anxiety . When the vas first formed , the competitors were thrown into ler by a mounted policeman , who rode directly in of them . At the second attempt the flags were ¦ ed , and the twenty-four horses started in compact

      Che first to show prominently in the front was The lee ; behind him was Aleppo , heading a ruck l comprised Fazzoletto , Vandermeulin , Cannobie , lery , Wentworth , Bird-in-IIand , Aatrologus , Bay n , and Islington , who were clustering well together arly the order named . Half way up the distance , ermeulin tired , and Ellington came out , with Yelack in hot pursuit , and , alter a most exciting race ; at him easily by a length , half a length separating laoad from the third , and a length the third from mrth ; Vandermeulin was fifth , and Aleppo sixth .

      ; worth was forward in the next lot . In the extreme were Cotswold , Newington , Mr . Verdant Green , logus , and the Prince . Artillery was last but one , Vaiulcriiig Willie absolutely last . " e results of the other races we may chronicle still briefly . —The Ei'bom Town Plate ( handicap ) of sovs ., for all ages , was won by Mr . Mollish ' s Weaock ( five years ) . The Bentinck Plate ( handiof fifty bovh ., for all ages , was won by Mr . Sarh Rip Van Winkle ( throe yearn ) . The Ei > bom Cur ohundred sovs ., added to a sweopatakca often sovs . was won by Lord Chesterfield ' s Typeo . The > ANB Stakks , of five sovh . each , with tkirty added ,

      won by Mr . l > awson ' u Bobby 13 . i Thursday , the attendance was but scanty , owing e greater attraction in town . The races were—The m Four Ykah Om > Stakkb , won by Sir C . Monck « Inl ; the Two Yeak < ii . n Stakich , won by Mr . J . > ouglaa \ s Tournament ; Hkk Majkhty ' h Plate , by Mr . B . Way ' s Comedy ; tho ( Jkakd Stand ? B , won by Mr . Barnard's Sirocco ; tho Skllino lkb , won by Mr . Evan ' s Ear-Drop ; and the Coii-Platic ( handicap ) won by Mr . 11 . Lane ' s Hum-

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      HTATK OK TRADE . trade reports front the provincial towns for tho ending last Saturday present no alteration . At hosier , thcro him been a ullfj ht decline in prices ,

      corresponding with the movement in cotton . From Birmingham , the iron markets are stated to be steady , although the orders consequent upon a return to peace have not yet realized expectations . The general occupations of the place are gradually improving . At Nottingham , the extent of operations has been partially checked by the weather ; but a large business has been transacted both in hosiery and lace at full quotations , the foreign demand being extremely good . In the woollen districts , prices are fairly upheld , stocks fceing moderate ; and the Irish linen markets maintain an animated appearance . —Times .

      The Board of Trade Returns for the past month were issued on Tuesday morning , and again present remarkable evidences of the general activity of trade . Compared with the month of April last year , there has been an increase of 1 , 338 , 962 / . in the declared value of our shipments , and the improvement has been spiead over all the principal branches of manufacture . Woollen goods have participated in it to the greatest degree , but those of cotton , linen , and silk , are also on the favourable side . For yarns there has been less demand . The increase in the exportation of metals has been extremely large , and

      also in those articles which are most affected by the state of the Australian and other colonial markets—namely , haberdashery , hardware , and saddlery . With regard to imported commodities there has been a considerable increase in grain and flour . Of coffee , the receipts have been large , but the consumption shows a slight falling off . Tea and sugar show a large decrease both in arrivals and consumption . Of spirits and wines , also , the importation has been limited , but the quantity of the latter taken into use presents an augmentation . Of cocoa , spices , and tobacco the arrivals have been ample . —Idem .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . —The Queen visited the Turkish Ambassador ' s house in Bryanstone-square on Tuesday evening , where , after receiving the members of the corps diplomatique , she damned with his Excellency , Prince Albert taking the hand of Madame Musurus . A guard of honour was stationed in front of the embassy , which was brilliantly illuminated and decorated . Her Majesty departed after staying about two hours and a half . The Queen held a drawing-room on Thursday at St . James ' s Palace ; in commemoration of her birthday and of the conclusion of peace .

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      The Metropolitan Southern Main Drainage Scheme . — The Metropolitan Board of Works , on Monday , arrived at a decision , after a protracted discussion which had lasted five or six days , first in committee with closed doors , and then in open meeting , on the scheme for carrying out the main drainage on the south side of the Thames , recently propounded to them by Mr . Bazalgette , their engineer . The motion of Mr . Carpmael , approving the scheme , was eventually carried on a division by 22 against 7 . Several amendments , having reference to the place of outfall into the Thames , including one of Major Lyon , the object of which was to fix it seven miles further down the river than Plumstead , the point selected by the engineer , were lost en a show of hands .

      Siiaksi-eakiaxa . —An interesting assemblage of books connected with the Shakspcarian literature , forming a small portion of Mr . IlalliwcH ' a collection , and those used for the first five volumes of his folio edition of " Shakspeare , " was disposed of on Friday week by Messrs . Sothcby and Wilkinson , of Wellington-street . There was great competition for the more curious articles . Crystal Palace Flower Snow . —The first of a scries of floral fetes was given at the Crystal Palace last Saturday . It will be within the recollection ot our readers that a similar exhibition a year ago was attended with great success . The show this year was to the full as triumphant a specimen of tho gardener ' s art ; and the attendance was most brilliant . There was also a show of fruitn . The sum of 1000 / . was distributed in rewards to competitors . __ ml __ _ I ho fes

      General Williams at St . Petersburg — - tivities of this week ( says a writer from St . Petersburg on the 17 th instant , who . se letter appears in Le Nord ) were closed by a ball given by the Princess Youasoupoff . The Emperor was prevented by slight indisposition from being present . General Williams was one of the lions of tho night . A valiant and brave Russian soldier like tho English General would no doubt have been well received in England , but it is permitted to question whether the principal ladies of the English aristocracy would , as was done at this ball , have caused the General to be presented to them , and have shown him . such deep interest . General Williams has a fine head , and wears hi * uniform well ; but General N « y was oven more remarked , KuBsian sympathies for Franco being greater than any that England can inspire . The Firht British Merchant Steamer at &t .

      Pkti'khiujug . The finst British merchant steamer that 1 .. IH ascended tho Neva beyond Cronsta . lt ( where it ih usual for such vessel , to discharge the . r cur ^ oeH Into lighters ) is the Spurn , 700 tons bunion , wlne . h has arrived at St . Peter » burK , and Is discharging her eaifco there .

      Ikdia . —There ia almost a complete dearth of news by the last mails firom India . A succession of shocks of earthquake took place over nearly the whole of the Punjaub on the 6 th and 7 th of April . Casual storms are beginning to appear , m anticipation of the soutti-west monsoon . Heavy rain has fallen all over Lower Bengal . The fanatio Moplahs of Malabar ( Mahometans of Arab descent ) have given some trouble , and killed / i few of " the infidels . " With this slight exception , profound peace prevails throughout the whole of India . The King of Oude , at the last advices , had got as far as Benares on his way to England , in quest of redress for his alleged wrongs . Ali Moorad , chief of Khyrpore , was lately at Bombay , also bound for London , to complain of grievances . General Sir James Outram had been suffering so much from indisposition that he was about to start on . a six months' leave of absence to Europe .

      Australia . —The gold shipped up to the 29 th of February—i . e . for the first two months of this yearamounts to 630 , 899 oz . ; value , 2 , 123 , 5967 . Hitherto we have been dealing with the official accounts ; but there is good reason to believe that a considerable quantity of gold finds its way out of the colony without finding its way into the collectors' books . A large seizure of 2000 ounces has just been made , and the way it chanced was this : —It appeared from returns collected by Mr . Kuhle that some 6000 or 7000 ounces had been ,

      exported from Hobart Town , whereas our exports to Hobart Town appeared all the while almost nominal . This put the Custom-house people on the qui vive , and they found the gold concealed in a package of other goods shipped by a Jew house of Melbourne and Hobart Town . The Commissioner of Trade and Customs affects to ignore the existence of smuggling ; but I believe a considerable quantity goes over the border to Sydney , where it is coined into Australian sovereigns . —Times Australian Correspondent .

      America . —Mr . Herbert , member of Congress from California , has shot a waiter at a hotel in Washington , and has been bailed out of custody for the paltry sum of 2000 ? . Great indignation has been expressed at this ; and also at the fact of the Minister of the Netherlands , who was present during the affray , and who has repeatedly and publicly declared the killing to have been a case of deliberate murder , not coming forward to give evidence . Mr . Clayton , in the Washington Senate , has denied the truth of an assertion by Mr . Crampton , contained in the annexed passage , from a letter written by the English Minister : —" Mr . Clayton was informed by Sir Henry Bulwer , before the treaty of 1850 was signed ,

      that Ruatan was dejtire and de facto a British posseasion , and Mr . Clayton has on various occasions since , in conversation with me , stated that he considered Ruatan a British possession as much as Jamaica , or any other British West India island . " A despatch from Washing ton , of the 15 th inst ., states that Secretary Marcy sent for M . Marcoletta , the Minister from Nicaragua , and informed him of the determination of the Administration to receive the Padre Vizil as the Minister from the new Government of Nicaragua . M . Marcoletta entered his solemn protest against the proceeding . Another despatch states that the . President would send a message to Congress on the 16 th , announcing the recognition of the Walker Government , and giving bis reasons for that

      Plumtuee-court , IIolhorn . —Dr . Letheby , the City medical officer , has presented a long report to the Commission of Sewers , calling attention to the filthy and revolting condition of Plumtree-court , extending from . Shoe-lane to within a few yards of Farringdon-street . He concludes by suggesting certain curative measures :- — " As nearly all the houses in Plumtree-court strictly conic within the meaning of the term lodging-houses , I beg leave to recommend that they be at once snbjectcd to the rules and regulations of common lodging-houseo , and that not more than two persons over fourteen years of aL'e , if of different sexes , shall inhabit any one room at the same time . I have further to recommend that all the dwelling-houses throughout the court be put into repair , and ho cleansed and limewashed throughout . These BuggCHtiona wore unanimously ordered to be adopted and acted upon to the fullest extent .

      This Local Duks upon Siiiim'inm Committkk met affBin on Monday , under tho presidency of Mr . Lowe . Several witness were examined , all of whom denounced the . oppressive character of the dues levied by thes town of Liverpool . One of them ( Mr . Livesey ) said he believed these dues were claimed under a grant from Charles I ., and ho thought it would have been ft good thiritf if he Intel never reigned at all . Such a monstrofllty ns this toll ought never to have been granted . The dues were entirely spent on tli « town of Liverpool ; and witness knew they had built seven churches and kept botch " parsons ' in Liverpool out of these town dueu . The committee adjourned till Monday next . Dinner to tiik Jijwihh at the Mansion IIoimb . —

      The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress , on Wednesday evening , entertained Lord Camp bell and tho oth * judges at a banquet "t the Manmon House . In the " rourao <» f I . Ih after-dinner Hpccch , the Lord Mayor comk . 1 I ... «»« m 1 the Lord Chief Justice on tho " «» " * _ £ Uich he had conducted the trial of }' ' ^ ™ £ health of Mr . Dallas , the , American minister ¦( ** o was unavoidably absent ) , wan acknowledged by Mr .. DalL * . junior , vh «) w « h present . Lord Clnel Ji . Hticc Jcrvis , in

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 31, 1856, page 515, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2143/page/11/