The Express. — London, England, 1851-06-13 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, ' 1851 come, of soon gaining support from Brazil; and of 1 poor gym, railway stock in trade will be largely se being able to overthrow Roses, who, as master of mood to the relief of the poor. the mouths of the Plata, is able greatly to control la delivering the judgment in the ease of "Rex v. theTLsosiscrity of its upper provinces. The Bright on R a il way C ompany, " to w hi c h we are median government has not, we have referring, Mr. Justice CoLERIDOE clearly foresaw said, thought it desirable to avail itself of Lord that the parochial assessment principle, which was Paulette/n:l's proffered mediation; but, in de- thereby sanctioned, would give rise to further ques (lining it, that government has neither been lions. " If," said he, " you give Croydon the full actuated by feelings of resentment to an Eng- benefit of all the earnings made by the railway in lisp minister who has so frequently, is what he the pari s h, w h a t i s t o b e d one i n t h e case o f a par ish deemed the interests of his own country, wounded on some branch line, in which the company may the national susceptibilities of Brazil, nor by any work to a loss?" To which inquiry the learned ambitious designs of territorial extension ; still less judge replied —" The answer is, that th at case must by a wish to increase the embarrassments of the be decided, when it arises, between the company and Fats, or to promote or join in any combination that parish, on the same principle precisely as the against General Ros As. Its motives, as we under- present, without reference to Croydon. stand them, are of a different order, and have refer- But, is we understand the l'ilehurst case, the ence entirely to its own position in the original question of an unprofitable branch has arisen in it. question, out of which those greater difficulties have Yet the Court of Queen's Bench there hesitates to arisen, and are still arising, make the answer which Mr. Justice COLERIDGE pro- The mediation was, if we are rightly informed, raised it would make when the case came before it, offered under those provisions of the treaty of 1829, and announces, by its Curse JUSTICE, that the whole which arc applicable to the recurrence of hostilities matter is in such a state of mischievous confusion, between Brasil and Buenos Ayres. But, in the pre- that legislation only can uncut the knot which judi sent case, Brazil has neither . discassion nor quarrel vial attempts to make acts of parliament do what with Buenos Ayres ; nothing, in short, in the opi- they are incapable of doing, have tied. pion of its government, to mediate about. Its com plaint is not against General hoses, but against the authorities of the Banda Oriental, a state perfectly independent of Buenos Ayres, and solely responsible for the acts of its own officers • and in the reclama tion Brazil has made to the Ba nda Oriental,• it has refused to recognise the intervention and interference of Buenos Ayres. Because of that refusal, General BosAs has, indeed, withdrawn his minister from Rio; and Brazil is compelled to be prepared to de fend its territories from all aggression. But Brazil, having no quarrel with Buenos Ayres, disclaims having given RONAN any just cause of offence, sad declines the English mediation, lest, by acceding to It, the pretensions of Buenos Ayres to the protecto rate of the Banda Oriental might be admitted or pro moted. Brazil denies the right of Buenos Ayres to interfere on the northern embouchure of the Plata, and is resolved to tako no step which can lessen the kree of this denial. This, we are assured, is the rule on which Brazil has acted. Nothing, it is to be added, is, however, further from the wish of its government than war ; though, of course, surrounded by such neighbours as the Spaniards of the Plata, the Uruguay, and the Parana, Brazil is obliged to be on its guard, and events are evidently progressing in that quarter. FRANCE. PARIS. THIIIIIIDAT EVSNING. The sentence passed yesterday upon M. Charles Hugo by the Court of Assizes is an event deserving earnest attention. So engrossed is the French public with political questions of an organic or dynastic class that the real object of all government, liberty with morality, is entirely lost sight of. The article of the ErMement, for which M. Charles Hugo has been condemned to a heavy fine and six months' imprisonment, is simply the protest of a refined mind against the immorality of public executions. There is not one word in this article upon which the law can take hold without stopping the most justifiable sort of discussion. M. Charles Hugo complains that the brutality of such exhibitions excites a mischievous compassion for criminals of the worst class. After describing, in terms which are unexceptionable, the revolting incidents of Montcharmont's execu tion, arising from the prisoner's resist ance, he says: "If you will continue to apply a punishment so much at variance with the progress of civilisation, remove at least the scandal, by making , executions inaccessible to the public eye." There is nothing in this article of the Erenement that Mr. Charles Dickens, in the British press, and Mr. hlonckton Milne', in the British parliament, have not said over and over again in much more em phatic ‘anguage. To imprison a writer for the ex pression of such sentiments is a revolting perversion of all law, and a stupid, barbarous violation of the ends for which laws are made. The question is not whether or no the punishment of death be right or wise ; but whether the mouth of an educated man is to be stopped by the hand of law from discussing the wisdom and morality of public executions. It is a glar ing instance of the backward state of France in the most essential conditions of society, this out rageous persecution of free discussion even in matters irrelevant to politics. A few particulars aro given of the first sitting of the committee of revision. Montalembert wanted to bind the members by an oath to secrecy, but his pro powl was rejected. Bare set his face against un locking the archives of the Assembly to peruse the minutes of the committee who framed the consti tution. THE Court of Queen's Bench came, on Saturday last, to a stand-still on the subject of railway rating to the relief of the poor, by Lord Chief Justice CAMPBELL having the courage and common sense to say that the questions sent thither for decision by the quarter sessions, and in other ways, were rather for legislators than judges to settle. So, in the hope of parliament at once 'tying down a simple and equitable rule for assessing railways, be and his learned brethren resolved to defer giving judgment in the case of the Great Western Railway and the inhabitants of Tilthurst, which had been argued be fore them. After this expression of judicial opinion, it will, we suppose, be morally impossible for the legisla ture to delay amending the law on the subject of railway rating ; for the want of legislation will, of course, compel the Queen's Bench to make a further effort to expound the law on what Lord CAMPBELL forcibly characterised as " the improbable and ab surd supposition that any person would take a parti cular portion of a railway as a tenant from year to dear;'' and the more the couitattempts to apply that principle to railways, the greater are the difficulties and embarrassments, the more the disputes and die.' ferences, the appeals and contentions between com panies and parishes; the Tilehurst case alone being the representative of no fewer than 53 appeals against rates, all of whic h might have been sepa rately tried and decided. It was indeed only on the 22nd of February last that the Court of Queen's Bench, in Lord CAMPBELL'S absence (the case having been argued before ho became Chief Justice), revised and, as it were, re settled the principles on which railways had to be rated; but so utterly unsuited are the legal principles then laid down to the actual circumstances of rail ways, and so obvious have the imperfections of the law as then explained on behalf of the court by Mr. Justice COLERIDGE since become, that when Lord CAMPBELL is called on to apply them to the case of a branch line (as in the Tilehurat appeal), he close. his books, and calls on parliament to relieve him from the task ; legislation being its, sot his duty. The difficulty of the question arises mainly from the terms of the Parochial Assessment Act. That statute was enacted in 1838 for the most excellent purpose of producing uniformity of assessment to the relief of the poor; but in 1836, railways were in their infancy ; so young indeed as not to attract legislative attention to the fact that the assumption on which the act was based was wholly inapplicable to them. The mode of estimating the net annual value of the property to be rated adopted therein, though applicable to nine tenths of existing property, is nevertheless purely hypothetical, and unsuited to railway property. It assumes that the hereditament. to be asseseed are kttable ; and on that assumption it laid down cer tain principles of calculation as universally appli cable to the maintenance of property in such a state as to command rent; whereas the growth and de velopment of railways has introduced such new ele ments into the question as cannot be accommodated to the legislative rules in existence, and has proved, that practically they have not a net lettable an nual value, such as the statute presumed all property to have. In the committee on revision to-day M. Berryer made a long speech in explanation of his views as to the changes required in the motion of M. de liroglie, which he declared to want distinctness and latitude. M. Berryer, in restoring to the people their full sovereignty, would nokwithhold from the constituent the right of debating the advantage of returning to monarchy. M. Within Barrot was strongly opposed to mooting this question, which would agitate the country in the extreme. The elections of the new constituent would be quite momentous enough without super adding a responsibility so immense. Hence ho de sired a partial reform of the constitution, in order that the country might go into the elections with its eyes open, and know beforehand what questions were to be ripped up afresh, and what were to be con sidered as settled by the constitution of 1848. He also desired that the most distinct declarations should be made in the report in favour of adhering to the legal revision. M. Base made a vehement onslaught on the imperialist policy of the Elyse!, and opposed revision as a mere scheme for prolonging the powers of the President. M. Jules Fevre declared that it would have been far better not to have meddled at all with the question, which would only serve to agitate and alarm the country to no purpose. The committee then adjourned till Saturday. The committee on the La Plata treaties has post poned its final decision until the government commu nicates official information on the present state of the Argentine republic. The Debats regards the news from La Plata brought by the Teviot as a forgery of the Montevideans to warp the conclusions of the Assembly in the proximate debate on the treaties. Nevertheless the Lega tion of the Oriental Republic has not scrupled to give official authority to the alleged proclamation of Urquiza, and his letter to the Oriental Minister of Foreign Affairs. The official agents of the Monte videan government are in fact printing at this moment a blue book to prove that Brasil is bent on crushing the dictator of the Argentine Republic, and is co-operating with the governments of Entre-Rios and Corrientes for this p urpose. Tho Bulletin de Par i s states the report of M. Culler, published by the Messager, which has made so much noise was never presented to the President of the Republic. Consequently the dismissal of Gen. d'llautpoul and the suppression of the society of the Dix-Decembre had nothing to do with the dictates of the prefect of police. The committee on the Municipal Bill has agreed, after an animtted discussion upon the attributions of the councils-general, that the cross-roads should be classed by the councils upon the simple initiative of a member; a resolution involving an alteration of the law of May 1838, which attributed the initiative to the prefect. It also resolved that the council should be competent to distribute the funds among the classed roads upon the motion of the prefect, in whose hands the distribution lies at present. Thus the decentralising tendencies of the committee receive daily fresh developments. The committee on the Mignon Railway has re jected the proposition of the company Begum for the execution of the line for a fixed sum with the funds of the state. The decisions of the Court of Queen's Bench, whilst Lord DestwAN presided over it, on this sub ject, though they did not lay down the legal prin ciple of a mileage assessment—indeed they expressly avoided any decision on that question—had, prac tically, the effect of forcing it on parishes and com panies. By that principle, the assumed value of the profitable occupation of an entire railway is first ascertained, and then subdivided rateably amongst the parishes through which it passes according to their mileage; and the company is assessed in each accordingly. And this principle is, provided the value of the entire profitable occupation bo fairly reached, no doubt simplest and best for companies ; and, as such, it was recommended for adoption by the Lords' Committee on Parochial Assessment in Session 1850. But though simplest for companies, it is clearly not fairest for parishes; for, as each parish is separately amessed on the values of the profitable occupations of its own properties, parishes are bodies with separate interests; and whilst it is matter of indiffer ence to a company, which is an entire body with an entire interest, how a rate is divided which is assumed to be entire for the whole line; it is on the other hand a matter of great pecuniary injustice that parishes in which notoriously the railway earns the greatest profits and occasions proportionally to its profits small outgoings, should only receive rates in the same proportion as parishes in which the railway earns little or nothing. Hence, so far as parishes were concerned, the two principles of mile age rates and separate parochial esseessesests became of great value; and though a judicial decision had long been avoided, the question cane to bens in the Queen's Bench on the 22nd of Febnemy, 1861, and judgment was pronounced by Mr. luitioe COLE MUDGE. That judgment overruled the exiedsg mileage practice ; for it decided the& the separate parochial assessment was the comma bgal principle; that a railway running t mash parish was to be amessed according i nt mead earnings in that particular parish, and that sash parish was to have the full benefit of all the prate made by the railway is it; subject, of cars% to the proper deductions. This decision is tastameant to a revolullos is the tosser predict of ramp rating. It involves the asesasity d s asseents of the earnings made in sash midi me ; which, though trouble some sal Meek= is the tallessae, is net bcparible: bat it farther involves the sesserity ofeariviag at the mot et lesemotivo power, rep**. a 5 t, &e., to which each pariah is Webb; mod *bleb practice, is found to be next to im i =s. Nee" it is quite apparent, that, if the is, eistrely to the re commended= et the Leeds' Co--"-,te is be maw Wad. the tsgisieists smut lay demesne geleelpies or rube of iegesidea to amble both petite to arrive a tr y .......va150 of the prodtable =den in each otherwise it is Needs diet, enact macaw ilea is =11::: M. Schcelcher's amendment to prohibit slave-sugar was rejected yesterday by 399 votes aguiest 230. The Assembly to-day proceeded to the debate on the third reading , of the National Guard Bill. M. Arnaud de rAnege excited mach clamour by at tempting to revive the disputes on the duty of pas sive obedience in the soldier. Ho maintained that it was the soldier's duty to obey his conscience in preference to the commands of his officer. He was called to order, with inscription on the minutes. He said that if he had been on the Roman expedition he would certainly have resisted the orders of the com mander. M. Ferdinand Barrot presented the report on the government's bill for extending the authority of the police at Lyons. The committee recommends the adoption. The vote on the snanable of the Sugar Bill was adjourned, from the necessity of verifying a doubtful ballot on an amendment. The funds continue to improve sensibly. The Fives closed at 01.95, with a rise of 33c. The Threes ruse 20c., and eloped at 53.23. A FANCY BAZAAR took place yesterday at the Hanciver-p= a 2wams, to aid of the funds of the HA- I imam Although the unfavourable state of the mendimesi a somewhat gloomy prospect of stle• est% the TOMB were attended by • large concourse of =The ream we tastefully decorated with Bowen re Rh% mai seeded an agreeable promenade, at the same time premitiag an opportunity of serving the cha ritable be which the bassi was promoted. Tin MOMS ',HIDER ORDZIS FOR THE CAM.— The 12th Lawn, now en roses Nom lieersool to Wir , chatter, are Or arrive in two divisions at Wirbeer to-day sad to-sserow. A delay will twat ia the araberludisa of the lad Quisew's lababy sate ebb* lalt Owe. alas Ire Omsk lest awitalwel the ra altimy, lad putt beet to fir . It is sow dot is eressisweaeo lir of Ile awe owaralda mature e g l i t la blail holy resolved by to We labeet Peel, so betbar witesaniads will embark after the aperture of tbees rrelsealle. UNITED STATES. Our correspondent write.: NEW YORK, DEA: 31. Since my hat, some few items of interest have attracted my attention, and by the Franklin, a favourite steamer, not quite so fast by two days as the Pacific, I fo rward you my customary despatch. i The first piece of news s from Mexico, by way of New Orleans, with dates to the 3rd ult. I give you the extracts entire : ------- . For some days a good deal of excitement was caused in the city of Mexico by reports that a party of Americans had landed on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and taken forcible possession of ail that section of country. One of the papers the Sinceridad, reported that there had been a fight, and that fifty men had been killed on each side. Another rumour had it that the number of Americans was 4,000 and upwards. These reports originated in the land ing of the Gold Hunter at Ventosa, and the difficulties consequent thereon, en account of all which we have already given in letters from the Isthmus. The cone spondence of the Trait d'Uniow says that the Americans were treated in the most shameful manner by the Mexican authorities. Some persons say that by the terms of the cos cession to Gamy, the Americans had aright to land at Ven ter ; and that although the senate has annulled that grant, its decision is not definitive, and that the question thus be comes a national one. On this subject the Trait d'Ulllo/8 re marks : We will not now treat the subject in this point of view ; but we will say that, if the authorities of Tehuan tepec have acted as they ought, those of (hijack have proceeded with great want of tact and courtesy. This is the result of the evil course which for some time has been pursued by a portion of the Mexican press. In stead of cultivating the friendship of the United States, a neighbouring republic, whose evident interest is to re main on terms of amity with Mexico, the press of which we speak, on the contrary, endeavours to spread injuri ous reports of a nation, which the treaty of Guadalupe im poses on them the necessity of respecting at least. They seek to cherish among the Mexican people a hetred which perhaps may one day be fatal to their nationality." The Treasury department just now seems to be all in confusion. Three or four person. have assumed the portfolio of the Treasury; but none of them could get along with the office. At the last accounts it was held by Senor Vanes. The Mex ican Congress has before it a bill, making illegitimate chi- deco capable of inheriting. The prefect of Ceruitan D. Ni colas Dominguez is accused M. being in league with the nu merous contrahandists of that section. The celebrated Ca .. . . . . menthe chief, Bajo del Sol, has come into Chihuahua with a party, expressing his desire to form a treaty of peace with the Merdean republic. One of the persons accompanying him was Jabepete, who, though 112 years of age, still pre serves command of the tribe. In relation to the treatment of the Americans who landed from the Gold Hunter, I have to say, that I think the Mexican government will make full satis faction, but we shall have our hands full for forget ting one of the stipulations of the treaty of Guadalupe, viz., that of protecting a certain portion of the Mexican frontier against the Indians. We are ourselves suffering from the same inac tivity or want of good faith. Our own people are retreating from the Rio Grande to save their lives. Brownsville, opposite to Blatamoras, but a year since a flourishing town, is now deserted by its inhabitants, in consequence of the inroads of the Indians. The company engaged in making the railway across the isthmus is actively employed and appears to be in earnest. It loses men and expends money, but it goes on. A part of the road is completed, and a locomotive is at work upon it. Further, we have only conjectures. As regards the Tehuantepec route, we learn from Colonel Barnard, the chief of the survey, that it is an easy one, that the two rivers from the Atlantic and Pacific, almost interlacing each other, are easily navigable, and that a connecting railway *may be constructed with easy grades. So we remain un certain by what gate we shall enter the regions of gold. Within a few days past we have had a final ex posure of the Rochester rappers or knockers. The following statement is from a female who is a mo noxide of the Fox rappers, and assisted as a medium. She is tnown to be very trustworthy and respect able, and her deposition settles the whole question. The clique of humbuggers is exposed, and the folly of the followers of Greely is as well established as those of the rabbit women were in England. If I mistake not, the London Spectator at one time was very much inclined to patronise the new revela tion. DEPOSITION OP MRS. NORMAN CULVER, TAKEN AT ARCADIA, N.Y., APRIL 17, 1851. I am, by marriage, a connexion of the Fox girls ; their brother married my husband's sister. The girls hare been a great deal at my house, and for about two years I was a very sincere believer in the rapping' ; but some things which I saw when I was visiting the girls at Rochester made me suspect that they were deceiving.. I resolved to satisfy myself in some way ; and some tame afterwards I made a proposition to Catherine to assist her in producing the manifestation,. I had a cousin visiting me from . _ Michigan, who was going to consult the aping, and I told Catherine that if they intended to go to Detroit it would be a great thing for them to convince him. I also told her that if I could do anything to help her, I would do it cheerfully; that I should probably be able to answer all the questions ho would ask, and I would do it if she would show me how to make the raps. She said that, as Margaretta was absent, she wanted somebody to help her, and that if I would become • medium she would explain it all to me. She said that when my cousin consulted the spirits, I must sit next to her, and touch her arm when the right letter was called. I did so, and was able to answer nearly all the questions correctly. After I had helped her in this way a few times, she revealed to me the secret. The raps arc produced with the toes. All the toes are used. After nearly a week's practice, with Catherine showing me how, I could produce them perfectly myself. At first it was very hard work to do it. Catheriae told me to warm my feet, or put them in warm water, and it would then be easier work to rap ; she said that she had sometimes to warm her feet three or four times in the course of as evening. I found that heating my feet did enable me to rap • great deal easier. I have sometimes pro duced a hundred and fifty raps in BUCCCIMiaII. I can rap with all the toes on both feet ; it is most dillealt to rap with the great toe. Catherine told me hew to manage to answer the questions. She said it was geserally easy enough to answer right if the sae whe asked the ques tions called the alphabet. She said the mason why they asked people to write down several mare an paper, and then point to them till the spirit rapped at the right One was to give them a chance to watch the ewastenaaes and motions of the person, and that in that way they amid nearly always guess right. She also explained hew they held down and moved tables. (Mrs. Culver gave Ili mime illustrations of the tricks.) She told me that all I abashd have to do to make the raps heard on the table would be to put my foot against the bottom of the table when I rapped, and that when I wished to make the raps souad distant en the wall, I must make them louder, and direct nitzt eyes earnestly to the spot where I wished them to be She said if I could put my foot against the bottom of the door, the raps would be heard on the top of the dose, Catherine ' told me that when the committee held their ankles in Rochester, the Dutch servant girl rapped with her knuckles, under the floor, from the cellar. The girl was instructed to rap whenever she heard their voices calling the spirits. Catherine also showed me how they made the sounds of sawing and A7lanieg boards. (The whole trick was explained to us.) When I was at Rochester last January, Margaretta told me that when people insisted on seeing her feet and toes, she mid produce a few raps with her knee and ankle. Elisabeth Fish (Mrs. Fish's daughter), who now lives with bar I father ' was the first one who produced these raps. She me cidentally discovered the way to make them by play* with her toes against the foot-board while in bed. Cathedra told me that the reason why Elisabeth went away weet at Iles with her father, was because she was tee ateashatiser to become a mediuni. The whole secret was revealed to me, with the understanding that I should practise as a medium when the girls were away. Catherine said that whenever I ' practised I had better have my little girl at the table with me, and make folks believe that she was the medium, fur she said they would not suspect so young a child of any trick. After I had obtained the whole secret, I plainly told Catherine that my only object was to find out how these tricks were done, and that I should never go any farther in ' this imposition. She was very much frightened, and said she believed that I meant to tell of it, and expose them ; and if I did, she would swear it was • lie. She was so nervous and excited that I had to sleep with her that night. When she was instructing me how to be • medium, she told me how frightened they need to get in New York for fear somebody would detect them, and gave me the whole history of all the tricks they played upon the people there. She said that once Margaretta spoke aloud, and the whole party believed it was a spirit. Mts. Norman' Cute's. We hereby certify that M. Culver is one of the most mutable and intelligent ladies in the town of Aresdia. We were present when she made the disclosures contained in the above paper; we had heard the same from her before, and we cheerfully bear testimony that there cannot be the slightest doubt of the truth of the whole statement. C. G. Ponzaov, M.D. Ray. D. S. CHAIM. I have in my possession other depositions from persons residing in Rochester, who have been confederates of the Fox girls in the Rapping business, which, in due time and form, will be made public. The reign of these impostors is nearly at an end, and the few editors who have been the means of deceiving the public in relation to their real 4:director, will, I trust, have their reward in the deep in dignation and scorn of those whose credulity has been abused. — Flitsitar& May 20, 1851. H. Bees. We have an arrival in this port with six days later intelligence from Hayti (18th instant). The emperor has declared his intention of adjusting his difficulties with the Dominicans amicably. American produce is in great abundance at this time, and cannot be sold except at ruinous rates. The rainy season has just set in, which causes the roads to be so bad that coffee and logwood cannot be brought from the interior.' The coffee crop is nearly done. Doubloons are worth from 243 dole. to 230 dole. Coffee worth from 96 dole. to 100 dole. per 100 lbs. Logwood, GO dole. per 1,000 lbs. [For markets see last page.] gbe Court. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cobourg Gotha and Duke Ernest of Wurtembcrg, and attended by the Hon. Mary Seymour, General Wemyu, and Colonel Bouverie, arrived at the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations at half-past nine o'clock yesterday morning, to resume their inspection of the Exhibition. The Baroness de Wangcnheim and M. B. de Treskow were in attendance on the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cobourg Gotha. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Birch, also visited the Ex hibition yesterday forenoon. The Queen and Prince Albert, with their royal visitors, left the Exhibition at 20 minutes before eleven o'clock, and returned to Buckingham Palace. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cobourg Gotha and Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg visited and took leave of the Duchess of Kent yesterday morning at Clarence House, St. James's. The Duchess of Saxe Cobourg also visited the Marchioness of Douglas at her residence in St. James's place. The Duke of Cambridge paid a visit yesterday to the Duke of Sate C o b ourg G ot h a at Buckingham Palace, and took leave of his Royal Highness. The Queen, with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, accompanied by the Duchess of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, took a drive in an open carriage and four on Wednesday after noon; General Wemyss and Lord Charles Fitzroy attending on horseback. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cobourg Gotha and Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg took leave of the Queen and Prince Albert yesterday afternoon on their depart u re f o r the Continent. The Baroness de Wangenheim and M. B. do Treskow were In attendance on their 'loyal High nesses. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting and the Master of the House hold, accompanied their illustrious guests to their carriage. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen also took leave of their Royal Highnesses. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cobourg Gotha and Duke Ernest of Wurtcmberg, quitted Buckingham Palace at half-past three o'clock, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Francis Seymour, for the London-bridge Station of the South Eastern Railway, and immediately left for Dover. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured her Majesty's Theatre with their presence last evening. The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Charlemont, the lion. Mary Seymour, the lieu. Matilda Paget, Lord Cassoys, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Colonel Bouverie. The Duchess of Kent, attended by the Baroness de Speth, went to Esher, yesterday morning, and visited the Countess de :Snail!) , and the French royal family. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Prince of Lciningen, and attended by Lady Fanny Howard, Lord James Murray, and Baron "Lippert, honoured the Lyceum Theatre with her presence, last evening. The Westminster-bridge Commission met yesterday at the office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, Whitehall-place. Present : Lord Seymour, the Earl of Lonsdale, Sir U. U. Inglis, Lord Sudeley, and Alderman Humphrey. The Earl of Shaftesbury has returned totown, and yester day presided at the meeting of the G enera l B oar d o f H ea l t h, Whitehall. Major Bisset, Major Rogge, and Mr. Owen had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey, at the Colonial office. Sir Hedworth Williamson had an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey, at the Home-office. Mr. Tremen heere had also an interview with the right hon. baronet. The Chancellor of the Exchequer returned to town on Wednesday night, frogs Hichleton Hall, near Gloucester. Earl and Countess Oreg w returned to town yesterday morning, from Nussbaum MR. TRACICERAY'S LECTURES. Mr. Thaekeray delivered the third of his series of lectures yesterday, to an audience more numerous and dis tinguished than ever. The humorist he dealt with this time was Sir Richard Steele, Addison's friend and fellow labourer in the Spectator." Steele is less known and read now a-days than any of his famous contemporaries. His come dic' are grown as obscure as his predecessor poor Otway's almost—which is saying a good deal. His lustre as an essayist has been outshone by that of Addison. Satin his own style of writing he is unrivalled ; and his peculiar cha racter and his strange history made him a very good subject for Mr. Thackeray's lectures—lectures, be it noted, not so much intended to be literary as social—discourses of social philosophy. Yesterday's one was a kind of sermon, as picturesque as a historical novel—a charitable sermon on a loveable sinner. Ile began by showing us that such • being as a perfect man would be, to us, intolerable, and, as regarded himself, • kind of anomaly. He would have no joy, because no sorrow; no repentance, because incapable of fault. He could not, as perfectly wise, love one person more than another; he would have no higher emotion when on the mountain than on the plain. Our faults were our conditions of existence. From our pain came our pleasure. So much we derived from what we called, for instance, our selfishness! We did not love people for their virtues only; nobody's dearest friends were the greatest and highest people he knew. Why did the father like his little Tommy better than other people's childrm—his lay cleverer school fellows ? This variety of sentiments he referred to what may bo called our selfishness. The deduction he drew from this opening was the propriety of a charitable construction of men's shortcomings. lio asked sympathy with Dick Steele as one of the most kind.hearted of men. So fond was that man of seeing happiness everywhere about him that in his old age, wizen, havingoutlived wife, fortune, fame, and almost everything but his good heart, be was living down in Wales on the remnant of a property, he used to have the people of the village danci n g b e f ore him, and give a gown to the best performer. It was beautiful to think of such • life ending in such • calm, glorious sunset. Ile now reviewed this chequered career. Steele was the son of an Irish gentleman, and was sent an orphan to the Charter-house School. There Addison was his head boy. Perhaps there was nobody of all the great men one met in life that ever inspired one with such wonder and reverence as one's head boy at school; Steele had Addison for hi s head boy for life—loved and reverenced him from first to last. In all probability Dicky Steele at the school was the most good-(or-nothing amiable little fellow there—contract. ing pecuniary liabilities with sellers of lollipops, and borrow ing money from every boy who had any to lend. All this might be presumed from his subsequent proceed ings and also his castigation, perhaps by the very instrument of torture which he (the lecturer) had (as an amateur) some time since inspected. Steele went to Oxford; left it without taking a degree; became a private in the Guards, and got a commission; became Captain Steele, and had places and various great successes. But he laboured under a fatal incapability of taking care of himself or anything. The various scenes in Steele's life Mr. Thackeray left and returned to at intervals, as suited his reflections. He alluded with much humour to the " Christian Hero." Steele used to be laughed at while en gaged on this pious and edifying performance ; and, indeed," said Mr. Thackeray, with his satirical turireti, " a theologian in liquor is not a very respectable object!" Then Dicky was always in debt; he fitted up a house very elegantly for a wife whom he adored, but the Landlord could not get his rent. Having failed in keeping up one establishment, the worthy man and moral teacher opened *still finer one in Bloomsbury-square. There he gave high loyal entertainments; and on one occasion, having been carried home and taken up stairs by the chairmen, insisted on politely accompanying them to the door, after which be at last went to bed. He had of coarse fits of great penitence. But the worst was that besides other duns—Duty and Virtue had to knock at Disk y Steele's door and go away finding it in vain. Mr. Thackeray pa rticularised Steele's letters with em- Most of our epistolary remains, he remarked, frum Cicero's to Walpole's, were written with an obvious eye to posterity. Steele's were clearly genuine private letters, in tended only for the eye of the person to whom they were sent. In his literary capacity Steele was to be considered as the founder of that style of sentimental humour which delighted us in Yorick, in the Cartons and in little Dombey. Mr. Thackeray quoted a delightful passage, in which he de scribes his going into the room where his father's body lay, as a child, and meeting his mother there. And he took occasion to compare him here with Swift and Addison. He showed how when Swift inspired terror and melancholy, and stamped with disdain—when Addison, too, was sad in his different way—Steele's lesson was human love and pity. These were what A. gathered from the contemplation of the mysteries of the grave and the future. Mr. Thackeray drew, in conclusion, a satirical and face tious picture of the manners of fashionable people in that time, founded on Swift's "Polite Conversation," &c. He concluded the lecture—perhaps the most philosophical he has yet delivered—by calling for a sympathetic considera tion of Steele ; a kindly view of one of the kindest-hearted men that ever lived. The lecture was heard with great attention and applause. PADDLE-BOX VERSUS SCREW.—A correspondent says :—" As some tossiderable interest is now felt as to the relative advantages of the paddle-boa and screw steamers, some attention woo paid to the voyage of the Singapore, piddle-box steamer, which left Southampton on the 17th May last with troops and specie for the Cape. Three drys after, the Sir Robert Peel, screw steamer, left Plymouth with the Cape mails; and on the announcement in the Daily New of Monday that the Singapore had reached the Cape an anxiety was felt to know on what day she arrived. It now appears that she arrived on the 24th April, three days before the Sir Robert Peel arrived. She was de tained eight days at Sierra Leone coaling, owing to her calling there not being anticipated. The Sir Robert Peel was detained at Sierra Leone only one day. It is evident there fore that the paddlwbox beat the screw 13 days in a voyage of 6,700 milts It mast be considered, however, that the Sir Robert Peel is inferior to the steamers which it is purposed to run on the Caps line ; and , on the other hand, it mustbe remembered that the Singapore was crammed with troops, which mast have rather impeded her speed. The Singa pore is a altar boat to the Ganges, which has just made each a splendid ran from Alexandria." 'THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AND THE BISHOP OF EXETER. The following correspondence has taken place be tween the Rev. H. E. Head and the Chaplain to the Arch bishop of Canterbury : "Rectory, Feniton, June 10, 1851. "Rev. Sir,—ln pawing sentence against Mr. Gorham, tie Judge of the Court of Arches went oat of his way, and waded out of his depth, by meddling with, misrepresenting, caricaturing, and slandering, the doctrines taught by Luther, Calvin, and the principal Reformers of the sixteenth century. His sentence was based or supported by a false and injuri ous statement of Calvinistic tens ts, and would have ex cluded, if carried into effect, a large class of conscientious clergymen from the ministry of the national church. And now, because the archbishop of the province has not thought tit to surrender his own judgment to be fettered by the theological opinions or prejudices of a judge appointed by one of his predecessors—such defame- , tory statements are circulated against the Archbishop by the Bishop of Exeter, as would fix no small stain upon this diocese, if believed or consented to by silence. I therefore publish your letter which places in a true point of view one, at kast, of those subjects on which the archbishop has been misrepresented and defamed. The Bishop of Exeter is thoroughly aware of the distinction pointed out in your poetcript. But what is to be said of the venni.) , of that prelate, or of th it man, who calmly and deliberately con founds that which is theoretical with that which is practi cal, in order to lead men, less experienced than his lord s hip in litigation, to make false inferences, and to believe that which is contrary to truth. " I remain, rev. sir, " Your very obedient servant, " The Rev. J. Thomas " H. E. HEAD. " Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury." "Lambeth, June 4th 18.51. .• Rev. Sir,—l have received your letter of the 30th May. You speak of ' an idea having been conveyed that when the Judge in the Court of Arches passed sentence against Mr. Gorham, he (the Judge) passed that sentence in the name, with the consent, by the authority, and at the command of the archbishop, and that it was to every intent and purpme the archbishop himself who passed that sentence by the mouth of Sir 11. 'Fenner Fast,' and you request me to afford you a few words in explanation of the real state of the case. Ido not quite understand the meaning of those assertions which you wish me to explain. The decisions of the Judge of the Court of Arches are practically no more the decision of the archbishop than the judgments in any of the Queen's courts are the judg ments of the Queen. Her Ma jesty appoints the judges of the courts, and so does the Archbishop appoint the Judge of the Court of Arches. Sir H. lust was, I think, appointed by the late archbishop. But the archbishop generally exercises no control or superintendence over the judge. Thejudg meats are in practice given as independently of the arch bishop as the judgments of other courts. The judge dues not apply to the archbishop for his advi ce or o pi n i on ; nor i s the archbishop's concurrence asked or required in order to make the judgments binding. Of course I need not say that there was no deviation in the case of Mr. Gorham 's trial from what I have described to be the usual practice of the court. " I am, Rev. Sir, your faithful servant, " The Rev. H. E. Head. " J. THOMAS. - - - - - - ---- " P.S.—Probably the writer to whom you allude was giving some theoretical account of tho Court of Arches. But such oescriptions will not bear application to the prac tical working of the courts—or we might, in cases of appeal, regard the Queen as reversing in one court the judgment which she had delivered in another, and then reversing her second decision after a third trial, and so on." LAY PROTESTS AGAINST THE EXETER SYNOD. EXETER, eitNE 12th. As the time for the bishop's synod approaches, the feeling of the laity becomes more manifested. Meetings have been held in the various parishes of the city of Exeter and in other parts of the country to mark the clisappruba • tion of the laity of a step which they regard a s aggress i ve on their rights. l'he parish of St. Stephens met un Monday, Mr. Churchwarden Bowden in the chair, and adopted the following resolutions:— " Thai this meeting, believing that the proposed synod will result in injury to the established church, and be productive generally of that disunion in other parishes which so unhappily prevails in this; and believing also that an equal spirit of strife against the autho rity of our beloved Queen has prevailed in such an unusual course as the calling a synod by the bishop of the diocese, views the proposed synod with much alarm and' great distrust. First—They feel much alarm from the op premien which may be attempted to be enforced upon the principles and consciences of the laity, and also upon those I of the clergy who do not happen to hold the opinions of the diocesan. Second. They feel great distrust front the well-known views of those who are willing to take part in it; and who are distinguished in their order for their un compromising hostility to all who du not agree with their intolerant and peculiar religious opinions. For these rea sons this meeting is opposed to, and dues protest against, this synod, and most urgently calls u p on a ll mem b ers of the reformed church of England to unite as one man in de fence of our beloved church, and to do their utmost endea vours to prevent the unseemly dictation so prevalent by the enemy within our own walls." The parish of St. Mary Arches met yesterday, Mr. J. J. White in the chair. Mr. J. C. Wilcocka and Mr. Tombs, two of the most influential parishioners, moved and se conded a resolution strongly condemnatory of the bishop's proceedings, and which was carried unanimously. The parish of Holy Trinity met this morning, convened by War den Higgins, when resolutions of a similar spirit were una nimously adopted. The principal speakers were Mr. Mark Kennaway, Mr. E. P. Pridham and Mr. Agassia. A meeting of the inhabitants of the Newton Abbot district was held on Friday last at the Town-hall, for the purpose of protesting against the proposed synod of the Bishop of Exeter. the meeting was not so fully attended as was anticipated. Among those present were G.L. Curtis, Esq. (chairman), W. Creed, Esq., J. Toogood Coward, Esq., Dr. Barham, Leslie, Esq., &c.—M r W. Creed said he had much pleasure in acceding to the request of the chairman, and would submit to the meeting a resolution, or rather a series of resolutions foradoption. Ile did not feel it neeessary to preface these resolutions with any remarks as the subject matter was contained in the requisition, and they were well aware of the purpose for which they were met—it was to protest against the dangerous proceedings on the part of the Bishop of Exeter. He was convinced that this measure would be the putting in of the small end of the wedge, and if they allowed the bishop to proceed, it would be a must dangerous precedent, and ultimately prove dangerous to the civil and religious liberties of the country. (Cheers.) He could not forget that a few months si nce th e y me t t o protest against the aggression of a catholic priest, and the aggression which they were met to protest against that day was of equal moment. (Cheers.) They bad been told by a high authority, the Attorney General, that the proposed synod would not be illegal, because the bishop was going to do nothing; but they knew more of the Bishop of Exeter than the Attorney General did, and all ho (Mr. Creed) could say was, that it would be very unlike Dr. Philpotts to convene his clergy for the purpose of doing nothing. (" Hear, hear," and cheers.) Moreover, they had great cause of jealousy against Dr. Philpotts ; and if his past character was to be an earnest of his future course of pro- ceeding, his procrastinating measures would not be for the benefit of the public. The measures which he had been so long urging in this diocese, supported by such a party as they were, would prove most detrimental to the established religion of the country. They had not forgotten the stir he had made about the surplice question, thereby putting his diocese in a blase, as if the whole of their religion consisted in the wearing of a garment. He should not have alluded to this, but to show that the Bishop of Exeter, regardless of all Scriptural authority, insisted on the adoption of his own dogmas. In his perusal of the Scripture, he could see no more authority fur the black and white garment of the tree tarian, than for the red stockings of Cardinal Wiseman, laid down as a rule ; the views entertained by them were in ac cordance with truth and the canons of their church. (Hear, hear.) This was the law of the land, but the Bishop of Exeter, with a pertinacity peculiar to himself, thought fit to oppose it, and the whole gist of the Synod was to get the clergy to pledge themselves on a question in which ho had been floored in every court in the kingdom. But was the Bishop of Exeter to be taken as the rule to which protestants were to look ? Was the party who backed him to be considered the rule to which they were to look ?—(A voice—" Certainly not.') And did not everything that they did show that they were not un testants, but papists? Did not everything they did show that they were identical; and bow easy it was to slide from one church into another ? (Cheers.) It was very different I from the church which our glorious forefathers procured fur them, and which he hoped they should long live to enjoy. becni.) He catne there that day to proclaim against t e whole party, and hoped the time would come when they should not only have the name of the protestant church, but when they should be protestants in heart. The Chairman then read the resolutions, which were unani mously adopted. In several parishes of the City of Exeter meetings have also been held, and protests adopted. The clergy met :in the deanery of Piymtree yesterday (Thursday) morning, at the house of the Rev. Mr. Webster, Bradwich. The object of the meeting ;was to choose from that deanery delegates to attend the approaching synod. The clergy were not unanimous, and the result was, by a majority of nearly two to one, that no delegates should be sent, on the motion of the Rev. Mr. Heberden, supported by the Rev. H. E. Head, the Rev. E. E. Coleridge, and liev. J. Hurdle. THE STATEMENTS IN A MORNING PAPER, that Lord John Russell's announced bill to improve the administra tion of justice in the Court of Chancery, and the Judicial , Committee of Privy Council, proposes to associate the Vice- Chancellors, Sir J. L. Knight Bruce and Lord Cranworth, as appellate judges with the Lord Chancellor, is not correct. The bill will provide for the appointment of two additional ' Vice Chancellors, who are to take precedence immediately after the Lord Chief Baron. It will be prcposed that the new Viee-Chancellors shall assist the Lord Chancellor in the hearing of appeals, and exercise in his absence a co ordinate equitable jurisdiction. It will also be proposed to confer on them a primary jurisdiction in bankruptcy. In addition to these duties, a proposal will be made to em power the Rouse of Lords to avail themselves of their assistance in the same manner as that of the common law judges is now afforded, but without interfering with the existing power, to require the aid of the latter. The new Vice-Chancellors will also form a portion of the Court of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council In addition to thews leading provisions of the forthcoming measure, there will be others introduced with • view generally to improve the administration of justice in equity.—Olobe. UNWERSITY AtID CLERICAL. OXFORD, JUNE 12.—1 n a convocation holden this morning the nomination of 'rho following gentlemen as masters of the schools for the year ensuing met with rho approbation of the house, vu.: Rev. Henry Iliaskerville Walton M.A., fellow of Merton College; Rev. Henry Hay man, fellow of St. John's College ; Rcv. Thomas Henry Sheppard, M.A., Oriel College. Ina congregation holden immediately afterwards,, being the first day of Trinity Term, the followi ng &grecs were conferred, viz. :—Doctor of Divinity : Rev. Francis Min den Knollis, fellow of Magdalen College. Master of Arts : Rev. John Kitcat, Rev. Augustus Newland, Rev. I,tobert James Simpson, Oriel; Rev. Peter Henderson, Rev. Frederick Darling, New Inn Hall ; Rev. Augustus William Green, Rev. John Shelden, Trinity ' • Rev. William Molyneaux, Chri s t Ch urc h ; Rev. Robert Napier Sharp, George Murray Neville Lawrence, Queen's; Thomas Henry Rodie Shand, Rev. William hart Smith, Rev. Rennell F. W. Molesworth, Charles Luke Parkinson, Rev. Samuel Booth, James John Hornhy, fellow, Isaac Gregory Smith, fellow, Rey. Henry Septimus Pigot, Mosc one; Hon. Charles Wrotteale fellow, All So4l. ; Rev. Joseph Tice Gellibrand, St. J ohn's; Itsv. David Le. is Williams, Jesus ; Rev. Charles Wickham, Wadhant. Bachelor of Arts: John Holmes Dixon Taberdar, Qu. en's ; Charles Gerraud Andrews, Magdalen Hall; Julia lindg sea, Wadham ; Rev. James Matthew Robertson,. Mag dalen Hall ' • Wyndham Hugh Helyar, Trinity 1 Jo seph Howell Salter, John Stedman, scholar, Pembroke ; John Raddam Spencer Stanhve, Thomas Baugh, Frederick Morton Eden, Stewart Nicholson, (Grand Cempouuihr,) Christopher Haggard, Christ Church ; Gibbs Jordan, Isaac Brock, Queen's; John Owen, Ed war d J. Pemberton, Jesus; Fredekck Staunton Tireman, University; George Frede rick Wilittcsa, Exeter; Thoinas Hewitt, St. Edmund !lull; William Wright, St. John's; Henry William Ilaygarth, Magdalen Hall, ST. JOHN'S COLLEOIII.—On Wednesday, Messrs. .T. 11. Thornton, lticc, and 11111, from Merchant Tailors' School, were elected scholars of St. John's. This morning, Mr. IVaiter - 6eo . ;go Wilkinson, scholar of Lincoln College, formerly commoner of Worcester College, waa elected a scholar of the Litter society, on the funniLition of Mrs. Sarah Eaton, open to sons of clergymen requiring assistance to support them at the University. SPORTING. HAMPTON ItACES—Tiintsp.tv. • It the weather operated prejudicially on the attendance at the Exhibition, us Hyde-park, it could scarcely fail to tell against Hampton yesterday, notwithstanding it had the recommendation of being the ' grand day." The rain set in early, and continued, with short intervals, thrtnighout the day, with so decided an effect, that it is calculattsi the numbers on the Hurst must have been eight or ti la thou sand less than last year; the stands were nut half tilled, the police found it a comparatively easy task to keep the course clear, and the whole affair was disheartening in tile ex treme; such a melancholy " grand " day has not been seen for many years. Ilis Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was present, but so small was the show of rank and fashion that we shall not attempt a list. The sport, of which we subjoin a return, was indifferent. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 3 StAll. each, and 25 tulded. One mile and three quarters. (11 subs.) Mr. Payne's Faux PAP. 3 yrs let 714 (carried ;et nib) (Dackesay) Mr. /Lag's f. by Epirus, aim by &Wits, 3 yrs, tit 71 6 iMerweed) It limiest. )by fitemba, out of Earning Star, 3 yrs, fist 40 (Thumeted Betting: 2 to I agst Faux Pas, 3 to 1 agst Odersa geldin 4 to 1 each apt Evening Star filly and Despair, ;mil .1 to 1 agst Denials.. Faux l'as waited on Dutdatt 'and the Evening Star filly to the distance, and won in a canter by a length. Hun in 1 Min. 32 sec. RICHMOND STAEILS of 10 sore. each, h (1, with 30 added ; the winner of the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes to carry 71be extra. Once round and • distance. (7 auks.) tt. narrow'. Atalallah, arcs, tht Ilb (inclutung rib ex's%) Marfa) Mr. cd, Imes nary, 3 yrs:lst Mb (Waked. Id) 2 Mr. 3. S. Dounlss's Irene, 3 yrs, Tst Sib (Abrahams) 3 Mr. Goodwin'. Theorem, 3 yr., lit 12Ib (Grmoh) 4 Mr. Smith's Emma. Sy's. Ist 5113 (0. E. Sher){) 4 Betting: 2 to 1 agst Theorem, 3 to 1 each east Irene, Emma, and Huy, and 7to 2 agst Ahdallah. Irene made running at a bad pace to the top turn, where it was taken up by Abdallah, who carried it on for about a distance, and was then pulled hack, Irene naming her lead, with Hazy in waiting. At the bottom turn hazy showed in advance, but was caught by Abdallah inside the distance, and beaten easily by three lengths. Run in 3 min. 13 'see. Queen's PLATE of 100 guineas; 3-yr olds, ist slb s four, 9st Ilb ; five, get Illb ; six and aged, Idat 21b. Ilcuta , two miles. Mr. Rayner's Presto, 3yn (0. Y.. Sharp) 1 1 Mr. Goeumwee Cheddington, Spa (S. Mario) 2 3 Mr. Prnaby's Flatlet Girl, 4 yin Mr. Goodwin's Theorem, 3 yrs (Crouch) odr Mr. Pitcher's Hay, 3 yes Mr. Ttuaton's cby ttrethy, dbe Illackloek, 3 yes (Desalt!) 0 dr Mr. Johnstone`e Rowena, 3 yea (carried 21b evert (Donna') ells First heat: 7 to 4 agst Cheddington, btu 2 agst Presto, and 4to I apt Ballet Girl. The heat was entirely Iteiween the first two, Presto, after a long struggle, winning by t wo lengths. Second heat: Even on Presto, and 6 to 4 attst Ballet Girl. Won very easy by two lengths; Ballet Girl beaten off. _ SCURRY STAKES (handicap) of 10 SOIL each, h ft. Gentlemen riders. One mile. (6 subs.) Mr. May's Reindeer, aged, lost (Mr. Beville) 1 Mr. Carew'. Era, Syrs, 1 tat 71b (Capt. Little) 3 Mr. Elwan's Steekbe (luck, 4 Ira. Ilst (thonet) 3 Mr. SPCA' S, Provect, seed, tht 710 (Mr. Lind.,..,) 4 RAILWAY PLATE Of 50 sore., given by the South Wt.•stertt Railway, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 suss each, the win ner to be sold for 1501., &c Fire furlongs. (S .übs.) Mr. Blythe's Julia, 3 yrs (W.), 7ot 710 Mr. P. Garner's Aerie; 3 yrs, Rat elb (Rh. pro 44) 2 Kr. T. %%8in..., Dante Tattle, 2 yrs (SM.) ..... (Kendll) 3 BETTING ON THE COURSE. titPUUNVOOD AKER. IS to 1 art Borneo I 20 to 1 apt Maretilatel 25 to Vsmi•yrs 33 to 1 Presto 20 to 1 Wrintt MANCIIESTEIt RACES—WEDNEADAY; THE BIENNIAL STAKE! of 10 sots each and 50 added ; for colts 8 at 7 lb, and fillies 8 st 3 lb ; the second to receive 25 sous out of the stakes. T.Y.C. (11 subs.) Mr. J Osborne'' Merry Bird (J. Osoorne, Jon.) I Mr. Pedley's Transom (Templeman) 2 Mr. W. T. Park's Lucifer (Branwood) 3 THE PRODUCE STAKE. of 10 sots each, It ft, and 100 added, the second to receive 504 out of the stokes; for 3-yr olds ; colts 8 at 7 lb, and fillies 8 at 31b, those by how, or out of mares that never won allowed 3 lbs, both 5 lbs.. Ono mile and three-quarters. (33 subs.) Mr. Hallos'' Prime 411ukter (Marlow) Mr. Crltehley's Rineleader Mr. 8 1114 11 0 Uses Palmer,' Mr. Meiblarn's Constellation . Fi lne :l en"d emanj Mr. Denham's Bela TKE UNION CUP of 200 sowi, added to a handicap of .1 soy, each, the second to receive 20 soy,. One mile and a quarter. (68 subs.) Mr. J. Osborne'' Oxford Blue, 4 yrs, 0 st 2 lb (J. Osborne, jun,) Mr. W. Moseley's Alonso. 4 yrs, 7atlo lb (W. Staapc) 2 Col. An•onls Camellias. S yrs, 7at (CbarltW) 3 The following also started but were not placed -Mr. Wadlow's Elba Middleton, 4 yrs, 7st 4lb (Wheatley) ; Cent. Scott's Administrator, aged, 7st 21b (J. Evans) ; Mr: Wil liams's Chief Justice, 4 yrs, 7st (Arnold); Mr. Ifoldforth's Romance, aged, 6st Glb (Coupe); Mr. Odes's Gaffer Green, aged, Gst 61b:(Knott) ; Mr. Thomas's Aristocrat, 4 yrs, Gst 4lb (Haxby); Mr. E. Jones's Docility, 5 yrs, Ost 411, (Ifuldway); Mr. Pedley's Lady Speedy, 4 yrs, sst 1011. (Dixon) ; Mr. Keegiin's Johnstown, 3 yrs, Est bib (Wynne, jun.) ; Mr. Saxon's Blister, 4 yrs, sst 10Ib (Rickard) ; Mr. King's Birthday, 4 yrs, sst 81b (It. Sher wood) ; Mr. Walker's Mrs. Birch 3 yrs, sst 81b (Carroll) ; Mr. Copeland's Drill, 3 yrs, sst Bib (11d) . • Mr. Smith nil Truth, 3 yrs, sst Glb (Roden); Mr. Beswick nd Madeleine, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b (Haylsoe); Mr. G. Barton's Taly, 4 yrs, Est 61b (Wells). ' Betting.-3 to 1 agst Woolwich, 9to 2 agst Alonzo, 9to 1 agst Chief Justice, 10 to 1 agst Champion, and 10 to 1 agst Oxford Blue. Won cleverly by a length; Alonzo beating Champion a length and a half for second place ; Taly a good fourth, and Chief Justice fifth. The pace was flood• MArcii. 100 11 R. Half • mile. Mr. seete. Toe uw Pas, a In 4 fK 114„Melt) 1 Mr. lAmeeelee True tan, 3 yrs, bet (Ekhurals) 2 BIENNIAL STAKES Of 10 Wm. each, with 60 added : for 3 yr-old colts, fist 71. b; and fillies, list 31b. The second to receive 201. out of the stakes. One mile and a half. (Ten subs.) Mr. Eaeon's The Blank Doctor Mr. 3. Little's Queen Rae (W. filmic) 2 MAIDEN PLATE of 60).: for 3-yr olds, 7st ; four, fist 41h ; five, Bst 91b ; six and aged, Bst 121 b ; mares, &e., allowed 31b. Two miles and a dia. Mr. Pealey's Paquette, 3vs (Charline) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Border Boy. 3 rrs The following also started, but wore not placed!—Mr. Mountford's Young England, 4 yrs (W. Sharpe); Mr. J. Osborne's Brandy Nan, 3 yin (J. Osborne) ; Mr. Meisel tine's The Setter, 3 yin (A. Day) ; Mr. Thomas's e. by Red Deer, out of Sister to Portobello, 3 yin (11nxby); Mr. G. Barton's Lizars, 3yn (G. Oatcs) ; Mr. Pork's Role • Brad. wardine, 4 yrs (13ranwood); Mr. Hockett's Ida, aged ( Feat) ; Mr. Bailey's &rope, 3 yrs (Denman); Mr. Keegan'eJohn• stows, 3 yrs (Keegan). Betting-5 to 2 asst Paquette, and sto 1 each apt Bor der Boy, The Setter, and Fusilier. Won by ltaU• length; Fusilier and Risk well up. tit VILSDAY._ HANDICAP STAKES Of 6 110111. each, and 50 added: Ono mile and a distance. (20 subs.) Ms. Phillips's Le Jail (b a), 3 pa, 6st Sib . Mr. Tbeenes's Aristocrat, 4 yrs, tst 6lb TWO-TPARI-OLD STAKES of 10 sovs. each, and 60 added, for 2- yrs-old mks Stt 61b, and fillies Bst 21b, the second to save his stake. T.Y.C. (16 subs.) , Mr. S. Hawke's Paddy Bird (3 lbs. extra) Y. J. KM g's 111gb Motif MANCHEBTIR TRADIANDN'S CUP of 300 sovs. , , added to a Handicap of 20 says. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if deolared ; the second to receive 50 son. out of the stakes, and the third 26 trove. Two miles and a distance. (65 subs., 35 of whom declared.) Mr. Pedley's Paquette, 3 yrs, Est Mr. escon's Th e Black Dome, :yrs, sst 1310 (Inalodleg 5 lbs estr i zi dkoh M. 's General bale, b yre, Tst 101 b CRICKET. --- - ELEVEN OP ENGLAND V. FOURTEEN OF THE Coulery or Suaaay.—This match was commenced at the Oval (Kennington) yesterday, and at two o'clock, when the rain put a stop to the game, „the Eleven of England, hail soared 37 runs, and lad 6 wickets.