The Express. — London, England, 1851-06-12 00:00:00

ROYAL BOTANIC BOCIETI"S FETE. Yesterday, the second flower show of the Royal listsais Society, which is the sl Ms of the osasaa , wee bid ai the leaaa .kiiii ia e:sla*. It has b•COM flo eocasion, onnornso, to say that etch show is the lasithorn bat ever bee% Mat it most *most be expected the pima is wont eat. and yet we east still Ins it, foe snot was the effects of osoopotitisa that sioilfete presents a Tillibb of the desieniewal arts. When the society was tint ingsWihed it wile saw the (sight of luxury in cultivation led Wm Mlsrii i Ng is the 0 4 Aims Owe wee esesetiont sa is sa lt mallene. the igplauthei et the la among Om hog. ami the puller radio as =sisea a stimalee Me bees give. as is wake it ntetter of emu elm Wing irides*, of it pavement timid mailing their at meek display. n. Was were in three runes tissike three sestess d attraction. Oa the west near the Aseerissa @dilates woe a Wet with stove and ermines, pleats, is whisk were WA remarkable the collections et Mrs. Lawrence. Lady Latrobe, sad Mho Traill. On the north behind die wreeereatory were three togas, I. whir way this ocasetions, the heaths sad the "141111p1611M pelargoniums were in admirable esedighw. mad I'm the subj.-et of just admiration. On the men Me et the Barden IA the fruit tent, in which the predestises WON in Ow finest condition. The pines were well grows, the uapes large, the strawberries of great die and well flavoured, while the tropical fruits showed great regrew. Conspicuous among these were the vanilla and the tyer revoluta. The roses eahihited in this tent had suffered by the late unfavourable weather. . . . . — Boddie the special exhibitions of the day the others at tracted the attention of the visitors. The American exhi bition was in the full flush of bianty. and presented a seen from fairyland. In order to afford better views of the imbibition, Mr. Marnock has constineted a covered prallery, hew which several exquisite vistas are afforded. The ex hibitors, Dieser*. Standish and Noble, Mr. John Waterer, end Mr. Baker, of Bairshot, bad many new plan ' in Rower, sad several exotic curiosities. The Victoria Regia was in tall Rower, and was likewise illustrated by eat leaves and ley wax model. in the museum. The rest conservatory was specially arraaged for the occasion with Large groups of Sewers. _ _ Although the weather was far from agreeable, sad the sadeipated number of riaitnn slid not attend, there was not less than fifteen or sixteen thousand, a larger wisher than over assembled on such an occasion. The musical arrange ments were under the direction of Mears. Totton, Waddell, sad Grattan Cooke, with their three bands, sad gave great satisfaction. The numerous foreign visitors were justly surprised at the extraordinary culture of the plants, hut more particularly at a reunion of fashion, wealth, and beauty which no other country can present, and which on few other occasions h►s been surpassed. The total number of tickets sold to the present time is 31,000. LIAT OF POMO: Extra Gold Medal.—To Mr. May, lo KM. Low team, Ealing Park, for 30 store and greenhouse Om% ; lir. Mylum, gardener to S. Rucker, Esq., Wiairirortly for 25 erotic orchids. Largo Gold Medal.—To Mr. Cole, guano, to H. Cam Y R ., Dartford, Kent, fur JO stove and greenhouse plants ; lbws. Veit& and Son, nurserymen, Exeter, for 22 pitcher Saab. Medium Gold Medal.—To Messrs. Teiteb and Son, Amter, for 20 czotie orchids ; Mr. Green, gardener to Sir Antivirus, Cheam, fur 20 stove and greenhouse plants ; Sir. Williams, gardener to C. B. Warner, Esq., Hoddesdon, Herta. for 2.5 orchids; Mr. It. Franklin, gardener to Mrs. Xuvrrenee, Ealing Park, for 2.5 orchid s ; Mr. Blake, gar• diner to H. Schroder, Eq., Stratford-greet, Rutz, (or 1 5 eirskids ; Mr. Smith,ardener to J, Quintet, Dal., Norwo o d, /gamy, 15 Cape hes t Gold Medal.—To Mr. Taylor, gardener to S. Caster, Esq., Etreetham, for 20 stove anc greenhouse plants ; Mews. Fraser, nunerymen, Lea-bridge-road, Essex, for 20 stove Cole, • - enhotesi tinansiMr. girdener 'to AlL — Colyer, Dartford, Ment etellCape heaths ; Meson. Rollie/ion, Inereerymen, UM& 111Cepe heaths ; Mr. Cock, Chi.- wick, for 12 pelargonium ; Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nursery, rough, for 11 plorneainrei ; Memo. Lane and Son, Xlerkhampstead. Raft, for 12 roses • Mr. Barnes, gar dener to R. 'Leathery, Esq., Poles, Ware, for 10 exotic orchids. AT VIE CONSECRATION OF TUE RIGHT Rev. nit. .VATOH•II, AT NINAGR, on Sunday last, the Rev. Dr. Leahy said: " If our riders be insane enough totry open per seeution again, then with 01.111 . 11 blessing we are strong enough to vanquish it again. We are not afraid. Are you afraid, my beds ? (addressing the bishops present.) You who worthily fill the places of those men who, though it cost some of Them their lives hare handed down to you without a stain ' Ate mitres which you now wear upon your heads. Are you afraid. Ars you afraid, my reverend brethren; you who are of the seed of those men by whom salvation was wrought in Israel ? You, the successors of the courage with the office of those intrepid men who in their day fought the good fight, and bit the faith. Arc you afraid—are you my brethren, the thildreu of the faith, whose fathers forfeitt;dproperty and lift twit, rather than forsake the faith—you, in whose veins blood flows, are yo afraid ? No ! you are, none of yon, afraid of this contest, if forced upon you : though you all desire peace." ATA MEETING or TIM SOCTRAIIPTON ClLtYltElt Or COMMllitr, on Tuesday, it was stated that a deputation *one that body were to have an interview with the diem toss of the Cape of Good Hope Screw Mail Packet Com pany to induce them to remove the Cape packet station dam Plymouth to Southampton. A correspondent says: s.Thia matter is considered to be of great Importance now in consequence of the parliamentary . Australian steam na vigation committee having decided in favour of the Cape route for the Australian mails. It was mentioned also, as showing the advantageous position of Southampton in connexion with the metropolis. that an immense number of persons who purpose visiting the Great Exhibition from the west of England intend to come by steamer from Plymouth to Southampton, and reach London by the South Western Railway, and that goods for London which arrive at Liverpool in the Levant screw-steamers reach the mctropo lis, by way of Southampton, through being forwarded to the latter place in the steamers which run between Liver-' pool and Havre. The passenger trifle between Southamp ton and Havre, owing evidently to the Great Exhibition, continually increasing, notwithstanding the steamers he tween these two ports run daily. The Ilame steamers this week have each landed above one hundred paesengers. The steam communication recently established between South ampton and Morlaix is likely to be remunerative. An immense quantity of butter, poultry, eggs, and vegetables, is landed every week at Southampton for the London market from the rich province of Brittany, in Prance, by means of this communication. A number of homed cattle and horses arc also landed. The cattle are the true Brit tany breed, and the horses am a strong wiry rase, admirably adapted for cabmen. So was the appearance of a /team vessel at Marlin: that about 10,000 persons visited the Grand Turk steamer on her first arrival there. The Booth Western Steam Navigation Company are about to memorialise the French government to establish a mail communication with the western coast of France by means of the Merlin: and Southampton pocket." . TIIAL OF EXCIIFEt AT CilNtro.—An • , iltperintent, for the purpose of tombs the rebels* pewees swan swim used on the nortbsso dirties' et is. larbta sal Nortlowassent &Laney, and lbs large mks. goal is ths sooltent division at the IMO Oak took pima on Friday task ea the iodic bawls. dew sail Nobly. The point ja b 1 ti seidad en wits wbstior ans. 4 do blip pooh en- Cbefooging to the southern divides eras bitter able to Nibs%hoary goods train than two of se lesderate-sised lesolia No northern division, the paw of the two Reba about slug to the e lar a ir÷ b ibe Nolan were to los opabst dm. bad, and Malt. Us trial was witossasti a tt s hogo maker sminstils M. Two of the smalls, a ibll asatiora evils were int tested separately, Si. took bad Ths Int was NNW at a E.,,,,... took bad up thaw* in te =hones. ssesol wee Of a alter 1, mod tusk bar bad up in short rpm of 111 Ningbo. Thsy were alhowards Obey look ti ttiml ll7b NA Wadd . T A ''',.kick n ="C: was tam bushel 41111 to the ono bal. gni /sr ma boor sot Musa solnalss le behri is. isolletavoysl S the two ma maim la 36 Ningbo. The .Frio mall* eiglass was as Nallly amierwislasil lirigi n was elsorty dermorbeseiL Bones tie teed the mart maw guise expectations wen entertained browny that is largo engine would Lave boon victurlona—Wer Currat SUSPECTED MIMES AT HALTWIIISTLE—Mr. !Stephen Reed, the coroner for ass& Northumberland, held an adjouraod Impask 1* _haw imam adjournment, on ee body of nom. iseethis, • fretar. at Haltwhistle, on lliasdaye lea win athsentel be anew the remains of a tangs of - Mrs. Teesdaes to be exhumed. It hoe lean lineled beanies eleven and twelve years. The bate of this nysterions eon are these : Tearlato was a mull yosnen living at a hamlet called Rise, sear to Nth.- I *see Code. Do bad been a w_ _idower a bet serial Yaw Teesdale enestbes a ft er bar int bratheare denh. Toni& sad his wits bed hd an atheist, Ilistinkles, mad le had ellen Netyietheil to kis relatives at the at hie wife's ,Ineper and An she bed threaten* le pan se stab his.. linethis bed bees poorly daring the nialar, bat wee takes ewleeif cal , with all the riming= of having taken • poison, in the lattir part of April. Mr. SW*. Haltebieth, ausein Me, aid came to tin lead anted bin Me it. Daring his Meese 'erodes was ebbed by hie Mathes and the virtu it the poi* whies be of Os pear new et be &- thin and efunes beet elk naldoltked rem- Ilse mos fe l talelbth_ Mithdite nee, and .ha th ew up bee i then esplereet .door. Thu eels niehr Om& =Moist end Imo hie wife rd the Ind Mae be bah be Mem net principally !n. Seen_ of the t velniled XL Smith proeurs4 and bureilest le Dr. Cleelles. Neareale ; bat let gesitheen bare eel of ban It woe sot sent to Dr. Gann In tee se then Tyler _red Wee the D of that enllnnen's inigele Ealtetle, Dienals use load. Dr. dieser deigned 11811aie in the ranked adDr. • pad awn* sunbathe of the belly of Tents was made, and the at.. math mil its ce set to Dr. Glover. Tin Sane gan as nseit ai lt ge ss ase by ll= hariera li to kle Weed ides Elre;se. Toned* dlyaseed is a collected Men at NW. Ii meth lb Wth, a termiza . a dal* abenbl is te . is a ammiderabb —mg 7r sad with 1 ~ . •fi,- - erra..* the Ped dle dealt et Mee Torriebes lunar bsebse• elm woe a Fthath Wes NM herl eel to dim et hi lavish- Lanlaws• n ibs sionall t ai was me ummoir e el Mama misi.di MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF Yesterday, the distribution of pess amongst the he the males 11110411, ghee la the Heard ltestit the Beephei. The dm Ir was Wm M S o'dedt by lir L M. Isom, Bust, M.P.; awl Awe were else present t e hiliwintgartleawn--The H. Capt. Mande, R.N., Mr. Maviland Blinn Hawes, the Pre sident of the Royal Canes, af- ileaperra, Mr. William I:relowle4 War Wiw i Sam, Mr. Michael mg the Mia. Admiral Pony. Mat a list isissavaftsi address from the Chairman, and a ennerrbet leas mar diem Dr. Tenersos, The prim were declared la the fallowing order : Medians', awarded by Dr. Crawlbrd and Dr. Thompson, ad anaesnssd by Dr. Combat: Prise, Mr. William: Mary Rasa, Plymentk ; ontifiente, Mr. Daniel Balding, Parkway, Herts.--lhorgery, awarded by Mr. Shaw, and easeesami by /Sr. De Xerpa: pine, Mr. Edw. R a wson &aim Ldarstar Mr. Wm. Henry Rean, Ply mona—Phyrielegy awarded and annermeed by Mr. De Morgan: prise, Me. ' Edward Venom, London; certificates, Mr. Henry Ras , Canterb ; Mr. James C. Copland, Loads.; lfr . Ileums Dime, Bedford.—Anatomy , awarded and essermei by Xr. Memo : prise, Mr. Henry Jukes Hairy, True ,• eerallernes, Mr. Edwin Stephen Collins Shirborse; Mr. Leonard H. J. Bayne, London.—Practical Anatomy, awarded by Mr. Nunn, and announced by Mr. De Morgan : first prize, Mr. Edwin Stephen. Collins, Sherborne ; second prize, Mr. Win. Saville, Wakefield— Chemistry, awarded by Mr. Taylor and Mr. Heisch, and an nounced by Mr. Taylor : prize, Mr. W. Lacy, London , requ.; Mr. Henry Rose, Canterbury, nap. • certificate , Mr. Edwin Stephen' Collins, Bherborne.— Mi dwifery, awarded and announced by Dr. Freer : prise, Mr. William A. G. James, Kirkby Lonadale ; certificates, Mr. Anthony Si. Imaceon, lloozby Hants ; Mr. Daniel Balding, Barkway, Harts; Mr. E dward Rawson Denton ' Leicester.—Meteria Medics, awarded by Dr. Stewart, and announced by Dr. Crawford: prime, Mr. William Henry Rears, Plymouth ; certificate, Mr.H. J. Entry, Tram; Mr. Edward Rawson Denton, Leicester.—Forenne Medicine, awarded and announced by DT. Goodfellow: prize, Mr. Augustin Davies, Ruthin, Denbighshire; certificate, Mr. A. C. Shout, Hampstead.— Botany, awarded sad announced by Mr. B entley : prize, Mr. William Henry Rean, Plymouth; certificate, Mr. H. J. Eller, Truro. Clinical prize in medicine, to Mr. Sep- Minus William Sibley, London, a microscope, awarded and announced by Dr. Hawkins. Clinical prize in sur gery, to Mr. Edward Rawson Denton, Leicester, a case of surgical instruments, awarded and announced by Mr. Moore. Prizes given by the visiting apothecaries to the hospital, consisting of books, announced by Mr. Clayton : lot prize, Mr. William Henry Dean, Plymouth; tad prize, Mr. IL J. Ellery, Truro. reasurer's prize, a microscope, to Mr. William Henry Rein, Plymouth, announced DMr. W. 'fooke, treasurer. General certificates: Messrs. niel Balding, Edwin Stephens Collins, James C. Cop- land, Walter Crisp, Augustus Davies, Robert John Denip ster, Edward ltawsoa Denton, Thomas Dixon, H. J. Ellery, Nathaniel James Grant, James Iladaway, Leonard H.. 1. Mayne, Anthony Matthew lawmen, William A. G. James, William Lucy, Henry Frederick Marley, David Mathias, William Henry Rean, Henry Rose, William Saville, A. C. Shout, Edward Vernon. The CHAIRMAN then presented the prizes to the students in succession, accompanying the presentation with appropriate remarks, and especially congratulating Mr. William Henry Kean, of Plymouth, as the successful rum ' petitor in so many branches of study. He also expressed ' great pleasure at the report which had been made of the good conduct of the students generally. 5 Before the distribution was quite terminated, the hon. baronet was compelled to retire from the room, and on ' doing so was succeeded by Mr. W. Tooaa, by whom the distribution was completed. A vote of thanks was pa.sed to Sir H. Inglis. and the • company separated with feelings of cordial satisfaction. In the evening the annual festival took place at the Free masons' Tavern. The chair was taken by the Hon. Capt. MAL DI, R.N., who was supported by the following, amongst other gentlemen :—Capt. Holland, Capt. Darley, Mr. De Morgan, Mr. Henry, Mr. W. Hese., Mr. Tooke, Mr. Smith, Mr. Berke, Drs. Hawkins, Crawford, Thomp son, and Yrere, Mr. Shaw, and Mr. Moore. After the customary loyal and national toasts, the Chair man proposed " Prosperity to the Hospital," which was received with much cordiality and enthusiasm, as was the health of the Chairman, proposed by Dr. Thompson ; and the company dispersed at an early hour. A SINOULAB INSTANCE OF REVELATION OF A LONU-CONCEALID MlllOll.ll is related as follows in the lii/Aenwy Moderator: About • fortnight since • woman named Mary Fleming, residing at Kilkeasy, went to mashie Read, of the lima.lns-town station, and stab d her wish to disclose to him • secret which had long disquieted her mind. She went on to say that one night, Fame time between the 25th December, 1817, and Ist January, 1818, she chanced to pa.is the dour of John Walsh, at Castlegannon, and turned fur the pur pose of going in, but drew back in terror upon beholding the body of Walsh's brother-in-law, Thomas Hall, a cow jobber, lying dead and covered with blood on the floor, and Walsh and his daughter making ready to remove it by the back door. She contrived to get away without being observed, and upon reaching home, informed her husband of what she had beheld. He strictly enjoined her never to divulge the circumstances, and dur ing his life she kept the pledge. On inquiry the constable found many circumstances to corroborate this strange story, for Ball had been suddenly mimed from the locality at the period indicated, and when ho was known to have had with him a large sum of money. It had, however, been supposed that he went privately to America. Walsh and his daughter were arrested, and committed for further examination; and a search having been made at the house at Castlegannon, a skeleton was actually discovered, buried at a few yards dis tance from the back dour. There is but slender room left for doubt that this was the body of Ball, who had been murdered foe the sake of the money ho was known to have in his possession. An inquest was hold on the remains, on Monday last, when the following verdict (on which Walsh was ful emanated for trial on the charge of murder) was retuned—" That the said deceased was discovered dead in an old yard, late is the occupation of John Walsh, on the lands of Kneeksnoylaa, on Tuesday last; that said de ceased's skull was extensively fractured on both temples, with • blunt or some such vn.spon, feloniously awl of =Klieg aforethought, by sm..: John Walsh, ate of Castlegannon, aided and assisted therein bye person or per sons unknown; and that the said murder appears to have been perpetrated on or about the close of the year 1847. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—Yesterday evening the sittings of the British Association were formally opened in the New Corn Exchange, Ipswich, when Pro fessor Airy, the Astronomer Royal, and president for the year, delivered his inaugural address. To-day all the sections; seven in number, will commence their sittings, sad in the evening there will be a grand full dress soirée at the Corn Exchange, at which it is hoped the Prince Con sort will be present, coming from Shrubland Park on pur pose. On Friday morning the sections again meet, and in the evening Professor Owen will deliver a discourse at the Corn Exchange, upon some etiological subje t. Saturday will be &voted to azearaions to Felixstow, Sutton, and Orford. On Mondey the sections meet, and in the evening • &warn by Pithier" Airy will be given at the Corn Balimp ea the feetteeeseiai total eclipse. Oa Tuesday the seelbees eseembie /se dee last time; in the afternoon the grand thaws e ho the thoideed will be given ; and in the I evening there will be aosibew hII demo mirk, or prom node, at the Coen Bzeireage. On Wednesday a general miming of tas mambos vEI be Wl.* select the place of sal lo then a pithiest re the ensuing year ; and the will teruthato with a grand public ball in the nig the Cora Mishima TIIE DECISION OF THE GALWAY PACKET STA TION QOlll/1021 would seem to be near at hand. The Free aireeloese that letters have been received in Dublin an wremeing that the North America, a United States steamer, at ETNA power and speed, has been chartered to sail on the 17th What from New York to Galway, with re, and that she may be expected o ff the wed meat P orr n rand about the 2.5t15. It was previously eadmetesi that this ex periments' trip wee intended, but it now that there is no longer any doubt about it, and that =WI are resolved to settle a pointwhich has been se keg a subject of rather anxious discussion. The DelhaChamber of Com merce has presented a memorial to government in favour of Galway, or at least one the prayer of which is understood to be anon applicable to Galway than to any other Irish port. It states, that in the opinion of this chamber the port selected should, as far as practicable, be • central ma with b railway extending from it to Dublin, so that the time sad expense of travellers having business to trammel um be eared es ninth u possible. Memorialists ase reepea Mete thin oar manufactures are different fide tide a smelting of linen goods, which, by Wising menegemeat. may be still greatly increased, and whist ems be sudkely pentured in Ireland, and of sewed audine sodden Widely flermerly made on the continent, eml the deft met of rehab is princyrilly labour. That these meaufmeteens have, of We Besse, increased with greet rapi dity, employing • large of our labouring population ; and that, ember to this userede, Ireland consumes • vast quantity et Inglish saanufbeturee and productions, together with neoldie mid% dr lades on which, in the majority of inellenines seeped to layjmnd. Memorialists, therefore, stabseit. that the issue ow arraufaetures art extended and =dllll a Ideled ellidgedier, our connexion Isecomes of Impertimmitedrest Britain. Memorialists further ebteree that the red kik of our exported manufactures eint sent le North ai d Sends America and to the West India colonies; end so kaiak bum its geographical position, Sy lies in the Ikea between these count:rim and Great Brits* that merehants should, tannin., in justice, have Ma ity of landing on thew shores, making their puniness here, and . ing hence to Ragland, instead of WWI. el at possat, to the bauble, expense, risk end less et IMO elinletdde ea deft thence and going bask whit the melt et whisk eneogement is that sly a flaw eillima Alit Belfast at all, thereby retard ing ear periseedly, andeellig our efforts, and placing our M••• 11••••• •• a nag unequal and d is advantageous &env: Om the done of the station to Holyhead, or RAY Mee park will not lessen the evils under which Mr likpleillt, unjustly labours. Memorialists , may eh* (tat they conceive that the passing of this Niessar• 111 extending the commerce, promoting the nmanfacturei of Ireland, putting to practical use bar water power, now valueless, and employing her supetabundant population, will materially benefit the agricultural interests et tW emus . , width, at present, are in a greatly de proud THE EXPRESS, THURSDArY UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL ClzroaD, Jima 11.—The following are the masse[ those gentlemen who have been awarded classes in " Lbw* Humenioribna," and published this evening:—Clam I. Alfred Bailey, Christ Church; Joseph G. Chitty, Baled I Robert 8. Falcon, Queen's; Henry Furnemut Christi; Samuel R. Gardiner, Christ Church; 8. Les, Wad ham; George Ridding, Balliol' Beifiris Rogers, Wadhara ; Charles W. Sandford, Christ Climb ' Albert Watson, Wedhani. Class 2. Charles M. Bull, Uni ' varsity ; John G. Caldieott, Jesus; Alfred J. Chumh, Lincoln ; Edward C. Cure, Bullied ; Starling G. Day, Wad ham; George A. Firth, Christ Church; Francis H. Jere, Christ Church; Cholmeley A. Leigh, Trinity; Ed win Pope, University Daniel Trinder, Exeter ; George G. Tyler, Christ C hurch; William E. Welby, Christ Church; John R. Wood, Christ Church. Class 3. Coker Adams, New; David H. Alexander, Brass nose ; Henry B. Arnaud, Christ Church; John C. Bengough, Oriel ; Arthur T. Bonner, Lincoln ; John But tanahaw, Corpus Christi ; Thomas H. Campbell, Bt. John's; Charles J. Clay, University ; Charles H. Collier, Oriel; John H. Dangerileld, Sc. Mary Hall; David Edwards, Christ Church ; Henry A. Feilden, St. Alban Hall ; Hud son O. Heaven, Trinity; Richard lichens, Exeter; Thomas B. Hill, Wadhan, ; Alexander M. Kennedy, Exeter; Henry Maenamara, Lincoln; Charles H. Mills, Christ Church; Charles 11. Nutt, Magdalen; John Price, Jesus; Thomas Rennison, Queen's ; Henry Itoweliffe, St. John's ; Ar thur P. Whately, Christ Church ; George F. Wilgress, Exe ter; William Wood, Trinity; Lionel M. Woodward, Oriel. Clam 4. William S. Browne, Pembroke; Charles H. Cholincley, Magdalen; Jonathan 0. N. Darby, Christ Church; John 11. Dixon, Queen's; Thomas Ilamber, Oriel; John Hayden, Trinity; John C. Kemp, Balliol; Samuel Lodge, Lincoln ; Richard W. Marriott, Lincoln; Joseph It. Monkhouse, St. Alban Hall; Charles B. Mus grave, Christ Church; Henry H. Parry, Balliol; James Ridgway, Lincoln ; Alexander H. Ross, Christ Church ; John Stedman, Pembroke; Waite H. Stirling, Exeter; James R. Walker, Christ Church; William Wright, St. John's.—Henry B. Wilson, William Linwood, Benjamin Jowett, George Butler, Examiners. MERTON COLLEGE. This evening Messrs. William Henry Kerslake, 8.A., and Charles &vile Currcr, 8.A., of Balliol, were elected Fellows on the Open Foundation at Merton College ; the former gentleman obtained a First and Served Clan and the latter a First Class. CAMBRIDGE, JCSE 11.—At a congregation holden thisday, the following degrees were conferred :—D.D.: Mat thew Wilkinson, Clare Hall. B.D. : Rowland Williams, King's College ; James Rickards, Sidney College. L.L.8.: C. 11. Wood, Christ's College. M.B. : Septimua Gibbon, Clare Hall ; Robert Martin, Caius College. Licentiate in Medicine: Edward Burd, Caius College. 8.A.: Edward Swete Curtuninson, Christ's College. 13arnaby Lecturer, : The undermentioned gentlemen were appointed :—Mathe matics, Mr. R. Luard, Trinity College. Philosophy, J. T. Perowrw, Corpus College. Rhetoric, C. S. Drake, Jeans College. Logic, J. P. Birkett, Jesus College. At the same Congregation it was agreed to allow Mr. George West Piggott, of St. Peter's College, to proceed to a degree in medicine, ho having inadvertently omitted to give the usual notice to graduate in that faculty. COLLEGE EXAMMATIONE. Candidates for Mathematical Honoun.—Senior Sopbs : Clark, Holden, Tulk. Junior Sophs : Tearle, prize ; Wes ton, Morris, Salsbury. Candidates for ordinary degree : Turner, Lawrence, Vale, Wynne, Bowers and Skipper, ab sent. Freshmen.—Lent and Easter Term EIA111111.1ti01:1 4 1 : Stephen, Ist prize ; Collett, 2nd prize ; Intatre, Franks, Marston, Maitland, Gibbons, Headley. Easter Term Exa mination only.—Faweett, Ridley, ; Inge, Orpen, &neer. Proceeding in Law.—Third Year : Cowie, Farmer, Maud, Laseelles, Pereeval, Wittrington. Second Year : Conham, Carthew, Sanders, Sewell, Starkie. ST, JOHN'S COLLIGI. First Year—First Class: Bates,Burbury, Sampson, Fosley, Bailey, 11. R., Day H., Home, Falkncr and Jessop, /Eq. ; Weightman and WOod, M., /Eq. ; Capel, Lathgow, Roberts, Grabham, Hare, Furness, Atlay, Leake, Kingsford, Twed dle and Vernon, .Eq. ; Johnson and Wood, J., ; Tonge, Jones, J. IL, French, H., White, F. 0., 'Thompson, Drew, Franey, Lewin, Hindle, Holt ; Forster, Pearson and Walker, W. IL, dEq. ; Hind, J. ' Williams, W. A., and Wilkinson, J. F., ; Patch ; Chor ley, Luckock, and Rimington, Second Year—First Class : Sprague, Lunn, Newbery, Brit tan, Bewley, Bebb and Powell, XI. ; Charters, Autridgc, Sweeting, Keppell, Smallpiece, face, Calvert, A., Elton, I Kirby and Roby, -Eq. ; Hanland, Moorhousc Bradley, Blackader, Molesworth ; Beasley, (recoinmended for prize.) Third Year—First Class: Godfrey, Woodward, Hudson, C. White, T., Chambers, Mathews, Harbord, Duckworth, Caltiell, Le Sueur, Ellis; Hudson, C. T. recommended for a prise. Prisemen—Verses : Langley, third year; Story, RC. mad year. Themes: Chambers, third year; Roby and Molesworth, second year; Fozlcy and Wood, M., first year. Declamations : Ilickie, Roby. Reading in Chapel: Allen, W., Wright, A. CEILIBT'S COLLEGE. Robert Fowler, R. O. T. Thorpe, Theodore Francis, W. Molesworth, John Vicars, E. 8. J. Sowndes, S. B. Burnaby, 8. B. Westboro, J. IL Abrahall, A. Craaton. Voluntary Classical Examination—Third Year: Brown, prise. Second Year: Parton (first prise), Metcalfe (second prise), Berry, Foggo. Residence for Michaelmas Term commences October 13; lecture*. October 20. Subjects for Lectures—Senior Sophs: A. Optics and Hydrostatics, B. Optics and Newton, C. Me chanics. Composition: Tacitus, B. I. Junior Sophs.: A. Mechanics and Conics (tualytical), B. Mechanics and Conics, C. Elementary Mechanics. Composition : Li,y, B. I. The examination at this college is not yet concluded. TIIE QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM.—The Rev. Dr. S. W. Warucford has presented to his trustees, the Rev. Chancellor J. T. Law, the Rev. Vaughan Thomas, 8.D., and W. Sands Co,,ALS., the sum of 5001. towards the completion of the nisi wingof the quadrangle. He has also augmented to 4,4001. his endowment for the Professor ship of Pastoral Theology, in addition to his former endow ments of 4,0001. for the wardenship, the chaplaincy, and the chaplaincy of the Queen's Hospital ; and 3,0001. for the endowment of medical scholarships, medical prizes, and a resident medical tutor. The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., has contributed 201. towards the same object. Rev. C. Badham, to the head martenhip of Louth Gram mar-school, Lincolnshire. Rev. Bummed, to Glodwkk P.C., Lancashire, vale. 150 .; pat. the Crown and Bishop of Manchester alt. F. Fuller, M.A., to the Professorship of Mathematics, King's College, Aberdeen. Rev. T. L. Hanson, to Frankfort C., Ireland. Rev. H. R. Lloyd, to be chaplain to the Marquis of Ailsa. I. P. Wright, to be secretary of the Church of England Young Men's Society for Aiding Missions at Home and Abroad. YACAWCI. Rzerourns.—Drumachose, Londonderry, dio. Derry; pat. Bishop of Derry; Rev. J. Olpherts, dec. Ormside, Westmoreland, dio. Carlisle, •alue 1651. with residence; pat. Bishop of Carlisle; Rev. R. Whitehead, dee. r ERPETVAL CURACllll.—ellerael, GlLMOrfallibire. Llandaff, value 601. ; pat. Prebendary of Cairo ; Rev. C. Enwraon, dee. Ifonsingham, Cumberland, dio. Chester, value 126!. with residence; pat. Earl of Lonadale; Rev. R. White head, dec. Tunstead, Lancashire, dio. Manchester, value 351.; pat. Trustees ; Rev. W. Singleton, resigned. Cu A PLAINCY.—To lier Majesty's Dock-yard, Chatham; Rev. R. Whitehead, dcc. ' REMOVAL OF SMITHFIELD MARKET. —The follow ing is a summary of the provisions of the bill the preamble of which was recently adopted by a select committee of the House of Commons, and entitled " A Bill for Providing a Metropolitan Cattle-market and Conveniences connected therewith in lieu of the Cattle-market at Smithfield : "—The power of appointing five commissioners is vested in the crown—three of such commierionen to be a sufficient nom- ber to exercise any or all of the duties of the said seraule. non. The commissioners me to be • corporate al*, Ind le have a common seal. and to them will be refereed lir ditty of selecting a site Illf the new cattle-market, sub*. 410 the approval of the Secretary of State, and of ecu slaughter-houses, meat-market, cattle-pens, lairsre: r w ei g, proper and convenient approaches, and provided with. suffi cient water supply and drainage. The commiesioners will regulate the bylaws of the market, fixing or altering the market-days and the hours for commencing and closing the I market sales, and preventingcruelty and nuisances, with the power of indicting a penalty not exceeding 61. for a breach of any of their regulations. They are empowered to let out and rent any of the slaughter-houses, shops, stalls, and pens for a term not exceeding a year, and they will fix S i table of tolls and market dues to be collected. As soon u the new market shall be completed, notice will be given in the Gazette, and from the time so notified Smithfield will I erase to be a market for the sale of cattle and horses, and no new market for the sale of cattle and horses will be per mitted in London, Westminster, or Southwark, or at any place less than five miles in a straight line from St. Paul's thedrul. Cattle or meat unlit for food may be seised and destroyed, with the concurrence of the magistrate of the district, and persons offering any such for sale are liable to a penalty of 201. for every offence. The commissioners will regulate the route, and hours for driving cattle to and from the market, and this regulation will be enforced by the police—all offenders against it being liable to a penalty of 6!. The commissioners are empowered to raise the sum of 200,000!. by mortgage on the market tolls, and the Commis sioners of Public Works may make advances to the market commimioners on the security of the tolls. The accounts of the market, and an annual report of the proceedings of the commireilaers, are to be present,d to the Secretary of State, and all the purchases made ey the commissioners over 100!. aro to be sanctioned by the Treasury. The most important clause is the 30th, which provides tint from and after the let day of December, in the year next following that in which the slaughter-houses are opened by the commission ers, no other place within the metropolitan police district shall be used es a slaughter-house without a license from the quarter sowions watt ; such licenses to be obtained without rani and the Plegleiefter or occupier of an unlicteued slough tse-house is as bialed to a penalty of 51. Various other po• whim are imposed he refusal to pay tolls, &c. It is ewer- Zathat the new market will be on dunorthern side of metropolis, bet the precise spot cannot, of mune, be Lid at present. The semmittee to which the • bill orsorofswod sob* to stun the preamble of the Lliigtoa Ca tite do•emiiihei /R. leaving the whole mattes it the hands el cainkeiesem 4VENIN,O, JUN 12 1861. SPORTING. HAMPTON RACES. - - Commencement of the Manchester races on the ISM slay, by drawing away several parties—either owners enteirese or members of the ring —townie extent prejudiced the ptheriug yesterday on Moulsey Hunt; it happened kettrately, however, that alter two wretchedly cold wet dry the weather proved extremely favourable; this, and an lenesally good list—the result of an improved and more liberal neanagement—attracted • largo company, the at tendants., although it evidently lackedeomettung us fashion, boiag k number fully up to what we have usually seen on the lest day. In the absence of Mr. Hiliburd from con- Hanel indisposition, the duties of clerk of the course, oteetsw, &c., were entrusted to Mr. E. llibburd and Mr. Wiftp. Mr. Clark, of Newmarket, filling the more respon sible Mot of judge. Each acquitted himself satisfactorily ; in het, there was nothing to cavil at in the management :IVthe orderin which the races were arranged, a match, came to nothing, being first on the card, and the heats between the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes and Clara , meat, instead of being last. This error of judgment would have been avoided had the order of running been left to the , stewards. The sport was ample, was got through with • com mendable attention to time, and with no other drawbacks than tho cohlretenspi in the race for the Claremont Stakes, and three or four rows in the enclosure amongst the "out aide" betting fraternity, who, we take for granted, would not have been admitt e d, h a d it been possible to identify them ; one or two narrowly escaped ducking. Oar list of the titled and fashionable will be short ; it embraces only the Marquis of Drogheda, Lord Clifden Lord Strathmore, Lord Lurg a n, L or d R o b er t Clinton, Lord Stan hope, Sir W. W. IVynne, the lion. Major Needham, lion. Major Pitt, lion. Capt. lions, lion. Fr e d e ri c k Villiers, Capt.'. Foster, Dixon, Dorsey, Little, Pokes, Blair, Bastard, Higgins, and Pettat ; Messrs. Payne, Standish, S. Graham, G. Start, Magennie, Arcbdall, Gregory, Newton, Martyu, Crunmelin, Seymour, Ra ms b o tt om , Berkeley, & c. etc. The racing does not call for a very lengthy report. MATCH ' 60, catch weights. 2 miles. Mr. wader's latti..Quara Mr. Hwy/66'61:01y Ass STAND PLAT. of 601. added to • sweepstakes of 6 son. each for 3-yr-olds and upwards; the winner to be sold for &c. Once round and a dis. (5 subs.) Mr. Goodman`, bee Llhecklingtor..7 yes, 7.t 710 (b. Moon) 1 Mr. J. A. Demean's Irene. 3 yrs, 74 rib . .......(Abrablims) 2 Mr. Unites's* by beetby d by Y. Warble*, 3 yrs, 7st 713 (111oneld) 3 Eaton Itotheebila's f by Kmallts out et Evening bur, S yrs 764 710 Mr. J. titintou'r b g by Slane out of Wen; 3 yrs, 7ot 41b (Hashent) 3 Betting : 2 to 1 art Irene, 2 to I sgst Kremlin filly, and 3to 1 each agst the others. Irene and the Odesaa gelding made play alternately to the turn where the running wao taken up by the latter, followed by Cheddington ; this pair held the front to the distance, where Clieddington took the lead, and ran borne o, clever winner by a length, Irene, who came at the last, obtaining the second place. Run in 3 min. 10 sec. _ Contx9XIAS STAKES Of 10 sore. each, 5 It, and 25 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; gentleman riden; the winner to be sold for 2001., &c. Onto round and a di.. (5 subs.) Mr. threw'. Balavneretor, 4 yre, Int 10th leapt. Little) 1 Mr. Berkeley sel Prato, I In., 95t Lb (M r . tterketiry) 2 Mr. Uwe*.* 14.4. bridge buck. 4 yrs, 104 7115 (leeeri 3 2 to 1 on Itemunerator, who made nearly all the running, and won by a length. Run in 3 min. 12 sec. Sontair AND MIDDLISILL Sr.tass (Handicap) of 20 son. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 50 added by the proprietor of the course; the second to sans hi. stake. Two miles. (45 subs., 31 of whom declared.) Mr. It. Narrow s Abdsllsll, 4 yrs. 6st Lb (O. E. Sharp) 1 Mayor Pin's Vonpyre, aged, het 71s Mr. Donne ad Dot Pedro, 3 yrs, 74 7lb (Portian) Mr. C. Forestry's Ballet (Mn,l 4 yrs. ea bib (Et. Sherwood) 4 ML (brew's Eva. 3 yr., 7st . - ............. (Doekerey) IS Mr. A. a.Or.b•drat link. 3 yea set alb (A ).1) Mr P.yne's Chaerdenea, Syr.. Betting: 2 to 1 agst AWallah, 4 to 1 agst Vampyre, and 5 to 1 apt Eva. Guardsman went away with a strong lead, which, evidently against the will of his rider, be held to the back of the course, the running being then taken up by Vampyre, who went on a couple of lengths first to the bot tom of the course; two or three of the light weights then showed in advance, but were beaten as soon as they got into the straight running. From the distance post the race was between Vampyre and A.bdallah, the latter getting his livid first half-way up, and winning by half a length, Don Pedro a moderate third. Run in 3 min. 42 sees. INN a aaPaita' PLATS Of 30 eon, added to a sweepstakes of 3 sons each, for 3-yrs-old 7•1 71b, four fist 7, five 84 1.115, six and aged 94 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31bs ; the winner to be)old for 150 L, &c. Heats. Three-quarters of a mile. (16 subs.) Mr. Payne'. Fauz-pas, Ipi (601 ), Gut 61b . (T. Smithi 0 1 1 Mr. P. P. Saes Preslaw, 4 yr. (514), 74 Mr. Sarimpton's Arleta, 4 Ire (SAN.), 64 111 k (Bunt 0 It 2 Mr. West'. llargide d Csayagtant, aged, (601), 74610 (6. M 44) 0 0 I Mr. C. Fonnby's b by Illane oat of Gissinen'e dela, 4 yrs (5.4), 54 1110 (5. Inierwood) 0 0 0 Mr. Striath's hum; 3 yrs (101 ), 34 111 t ifiredell) 1 0 dr Mr. Batley'. Leon&y-Mald, aged (sol.), 74 I.lb . - . rns y, 0 dr Mr. eldpworth's Obnarste, 4 yo (300, ( O st 1 ID. (W. Langhaen) 0 dr Mr. TOilllt'a temolo, 4 yrs (SOL), 7st sib (Lowe) 0 dr Mr. *MAW. Promo, aged (361.), 7st "lb .. (0 Devon) dr Lord Strathmore's Lansloar,SyrA3 A) 744 elb Xrinech) dr Mr. J. Morrie's Ensty, 3 yrs (ItrOt. ) , bet Illb (arcane) dr Mr.J. P.rreo's Permeate. 4 yrs (sot.), 7st llb (Holey) dr First Heat won by four lengths; Second Heat won by a length ; Third Heat won by two lengths. CLAREMONT STARES Of 10 NOVI each, 5 ft, and 50 added, for 2-yrs-old colts Bst 71b, Allies Bst 31b; the winner of the New Stakes at Ascot Ms, and other trim:ors 3lbs extra. Half mile. (11 subs.) Major Martya's lardy label ..... (W. Abdale) 1 Captain Lawtkee'a Barbara NU (Rogers) I Mr. Ihnolses alit Giddy (Abrahams) $ Me. Scotia's Crbanity (Patel 4 Mr. Joba Amity, nr.'s eh c by d by Jack -in-tbe-Creen(BaJohin A PLATO of M. given by the South Western 'Lai way, added too sweepstakes of 10 son. each ' • h ft, if declared, &e. 1 mile. (16 subs, Bof whom declared, &c.) Mr. J. 6. lLatelo's Laybsone, 3 yrs. As. (Uarnotond) 1 Maier Martyn's The Moor, a yrs, On sib ... (W. Abd de) I 4tol on the Moor. Won by a length. Run in 2 min. 8 aces. BETTING ON THE COURSE. GOODWOOD hI'AICF.O. 14 to I apt Parma 23 to 1 apt Nudism 20 to I Ktolt.up-th•-Dast 23 to 1 Harplettord 20 to 1 Vampyre 33 to 1 Pttaord 20 to I patios GOODWOOD CUP. 8101 sett Y.4oollorhis (t) $l. LEGER. 30 to 1 apt Umber (t) RACES -WEDNESDAT. iB7 Electric TcliscripA) BIENNIAL STAKES, fur Eir old colts fist 71b, and fillies Bst 31b, of 10 eon. each, and 301. added ; the second to re ceive 251. T.Y.C. (11 subs.) Mr. J. Osbornt's b f Merry Bird .... 1 Mr. Ilialey's b or br f bowers Mr. W. T. Park?. Lucifer PRODOCE STAKES, of 10 ■ovs. each, h ft, with 100 added ; for 3-7 r old colts, Bst 7lb ; and fillies, Bst 31b ; the second to receive 501. out of the stakes. One mile and three quarters. (33 subs.) Mr. 11,11?..d's . 3..rirse . IMpliter (snowed Sib) Mr. Crheelers RineWader 2 UWlux CUP of 200 son., added to a handicap of 6 son. each; the second to receive 20 son. out of the stakes. One mile and a quarter. (68 subs.) Mr. J. Osherne's p e The Oxford Mar, 4 yrs, GA 1 Mr. W. Meselers Alcamo, 4 yrs, Tat ...... ....--- ....... Twenty ran. BIENNIAL STALES Of 10 son. each, and 50 added, for 3- yr old colts, 13vt 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b ; the winner of this stake is 1860 to carry Sib extra ; the second to receive 25 son. out of the stakes. One mile and a half. (10 subs.) Mr. baron's The Black Doctor Mr. J. Lite's Queen Bee MATCH, 100, h ft. Ilalf-a-mfle. Kr. ficotes Old Poi, 5 yrs, 74 412. 1 Yr. Leenoek's True Lore, 3 yrs, Set • CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND c. FOURTEEN OF THE MABYLHBOYR CLUB. -- This twitch, whkdt was commenced at Lord's on Monday, was played up to last evening, half-past 7 o'clock, when the I stamps were drawn, Ragland having just rubbed the score of fax the less of Ave wickets. The match is a drawn one. Uwe : 1W lanlngs. Mammon' Om Ind bolos& piebralwa, TA., b Clerks ...... 0 lllEyw J. do• • Hafew .30 . Mode; b Winne lO T. 141.ott, b 11111yer A. ll.ntarth, Eno., Ib •b EL' aka 40 b Clarke 4 0. t brattarton, wan wat J. °toady, b !Lily's ... B. Wilms. Sag., b Mier 6 e lla, b Outs B. Neseeti, leg.. bOarte 0 b HUiy T. llowell.• Ina, b Haim li C. Mann nt., eaM b =ow .. 14 b 3. D 104 b IdUlytr T. W. WON" Esq„ net eft H. IL rano a Tilc, b MAI 3 b Corks Sir It Balsam, b Clarke 0 1,106,w1 0 ab3 , -..- ..- Total let Isabel. Eramtm. Ind laralap. :11. W. re Ceiren.lraq o , Croft 11 13 RA oat lla, rota cat b Wises O. P tr. OAS 41‘ b Dean V. WM, b Mims W. Nattlal43l, b 01 9897 3 T. Dm b firmly J. Wlniku. °Greed .. y, b nits ... a« b Bathurst. 9 I.ous, nut out A Myue, Eaq . • Mar" b Dart W. K llrsr. b Drs.... . . ... ...... - 0 bW. Clartr, &thong 1 1101,1b30 tlll lf 83,11§3,91 Taal ln . . .... IN EXTRAORDINARY EiCAPL—On Wednesday even ing as a train wee proceeding between Nuneaton and Ather stone, the engine -driver observed an elderly man crow, the line within a distance of a few yards from the engine. The train, which was running at a rapid speed, almost instantly passed over him, and proetwiltd a dutance of 400 yards before it conid be stopped. The engine-driver, fearing the man was cut in pieces, immediately ran back to the spot, where he was seen lying between the rails, but before he reached the place the man rose from the ground sad walked into an adjoining field. On being questioned, he said he was a farmer's labourer, and was returning from work, and that thinking ho could cross the line before the train arrived, he attempted, to do so. It appears, however, that he owes his wonderful serape to the fact of his feet catching the miter mil, which threw him between the two rail; end altboitgh a bundle of sticks be was carrying was broken to pleat, he did net again the slightest inpui. FINE ARTS. SCULPTURE AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM. As far as outward appearances enable one to judge, the sculpture department of the British Museum is, for the ninety-ninth time, undergoing a process of complete re-organisation. As lung as the said process consisted in shifting rubbishy old marbles from one place to another, it might have been con sidered a simple method of diversion enjoyed by the trustees at the public expense, but some unpleasant additions lately made to this task call seriously for energetic remonstrance. For seine months past may have been observed in progress a singularly infelici tous scheme of bedizening the ceiling of the princi pal halls, which is fondly considered a revival of the old Oreek polychromatic scale of colouring; the sunk panels between the beams were emblazoned with golden stars and other incongruous ornaments. One might have remained satisfied had the bedizening been confined to the recently erected portions of the build ing. The Elgin room, unfortunately, has also been operated upon, and that with evidently such dama ging effect on the Phidian sculptures, that the miser able expedient has been resorted to of erecting a wooden frame in the shape of a pediment, and covered over with grey paper to bring out the relief of the sculptures, which the ceiling had anni hilated. Such utter want of forethought is al most incredible ; but the Vandalism does not stop here: in the process of decking its surface with an eruption of distorted honeysuckle ornaments, and painting the wall with a most violent red—in doing this, we say, the sculpture was sullied with the off scouring, of these bright ornamentista ; and yester day the public were admitted to view the perfect stoicism with which this injury to the richest heirlooms of the Greeks to posterity were submitted to the scrubbing-brush propensities of the men in authority. The Turks are stigmatised for their bar barism in making the Parthenon a temporary pow der magazine, and Morosini for having tired the' ' bomb which made of the whole a wreck. Yet it may be questioned whether the Elgin marbles have' not been more seriously damaged by the work of the last few days. When first brought to England, we believe it was Canova who remarked that these sculptures were marked with weather stains, and other seemingly indelible spots; those who re collect them before they received their renovation fondly imagined that these had by withdrawal from atmospheric influence partially, if not entirely, dis appeared; but they are once more brought out, which was the thing most to be avoided. The Pentelie marble, of which the Elgin collection is entirely composed, is a striated and gritty substance; the very look of its crummy sur face should, one would think, be enough to' deter any one with a particle of reverence for these precious relic from profaning them with the unsophisticated handling of the common labourer. The uncharitable will be apt to attribute more ques tionable motives for this reckless waste of ornament and its accompaniments. They will be rather inclined to fancy that Sir Iticluird Westma cott, dissatisfied with the look of his over-laden sculptured pediment, representing the " Progress of Civilisation," has made the sculpture of Phidias victim of his mania for colouring and gilding. It is evident, however, from the direction, or rather want of it, conspicuous in the whole management of sculp ture of the British Museum, that speedily some rya' medy is required. Much in the same way as the monks formerly pierced a doorway, conveniently right in the centre of Leonardo da Vinci's " Last Supper" at Milan, a breach has just been made in the series of the Panlithenaic frieze; and though in nowise damaging the extracted pieces of sculpture, yet seriously detracting from the continuous interest of the whole. It becomes every day clearer that some elimi nation of the sculptures, which first formed the nuelena of the gallery, is becoming more and more imperative. There are numberless fragmentary blocks of marble of very questionable origin, and yet more questionable merit, which never yet gave a single ray of pleasure to any one; so much so, that it is with more than usual interest that one looks at the probable methods of filling up the niches so elaborately decorated by Messrs. Cullman and Davis. If the intention is to turn to account the crazy stone jars, the stoutest statuettes and rococo heads, it will only be another proof of our extravagance and want of taste. This will be a revival of the absurdities of the British Museum before the old shell of Montage. House was cast off—when the smiling landscapes of Lame were relieved by the gigantic forms of the stuffed camelopards; and the only perceivable dif ference will be, that the Assyrian bull and lion flank the gates formerly tenanted by the hippopotamus and rhinoceros. NEW BILL TO EXEMPT VETERINARY SURGEONS.— Lord Beaumont has laid on the table of the House of Lords a bill, which has just been printed, to exempt veterinary surgeons, and professors and teachers of veterinary colleges or schools, from serving on juries and other offices. It seems that under the letters patent granted to the college veterinary surgeons are compelled to serve on juries and to discharge county and parochial duties, and it is de clared that such service is " highly detrimental to the in terest of their profession and very injurious to the pro prietors a! horsni, cattle, and other domesticated animals." Therefore: c is proposed that they, the professors of the veterinary art, should be exempted from all such duties by the passing of the present measure. - SINGULAR CHARGE. AGAINST A UNIVERSITY STU DENT.—On Saturday last, before the Cambridge County Bench, Mr. Denny, a Hyman, charged William Henry Tarte, student of Magdalen College, with stealing a horse and Clarence. Mr. Denny said that on Wednesday evening a gentleman of the University hired his horse and dormice to go to Harston, and employed his servant, William Clark, to drive him. On arriving at Huston, the gentleman called out " halt," and at the same moment Mr. Tarte sprang on the box, gave Clark 6s. and a note, saying, " This is my property, hop of ." Clark replied, " I shall stick to the reins, whereupon Mr. Tarte kicked hint com pletely off the box into the road. Clark hurried back and informed his master, and they both took a pony gig and commenced a pursuit. At Ware they discovered that the horse and clarence bad been sent to London by rail ; but Mr. Tarte was secured by the superintendent of the Herts rural police. The defence was, that Mr. Tarte lodged with Mr. Denny, sen., and wishing to do young Denny a favour, had bought a horse and clarence for the purpose of letting, but finding there was no probability of getting the value of them, Mr. Tarte had adopt Al this novel scheme of possess. ing himself of hi. .an operty. Case dismissed.—Bury Pest. lalsu BRET-ROOT Advorate has the following reference to the prospects of the newly-established company for the manufacture of beet-root sugar in. Ireland : The above-named company has now obtained its charter of incorporation, the project appearing to the Board of Trade to be such that ay !Ty facility was afforded to the pro meters of the company in carrying out their objects. Pre view to the allotineut of shares the number of applications was about three times the number to be disposed of, and among the applicants were some of the moat eminent com mercial men of the great metropolis. The crops of beet are progressing favourably in the district selected by the com pany as the scene of their operations during the ensuing winter; and we learn that the necessary arrangements are in progress for the construction of machinery to be em ployed in the manufacture. By the beginning of November, therefore, the friends of pmgress will see this new branch of industry at full work in Ireland; and, having carefully examined the calculations of the promoters of it, we do not hesitate to predict the most triumphant succew of the movement. DEATH OF ONE OP TUE GUARDS 0 - nt --m. OLEoIa WHILE AT Sr. HELENA.—CIE Sunday last an old retired soldier, named Charles (saskell, died in Salford. lie was an Englishman, but in 1806 he enlisted in Cork, and his regiment was shortly afterwards sent on board three transports, for conveyance to Portsmouth, previous to being sent for service on the Continent. When the transport on board which Gaskell was had sighted the Needles, a vessel hove in ai ht, which was generally believed by those on board the transport to be a French privateer ; but the captain of the transport had a different opinion, and allowed the French boarders to leap on his deck without having made an attempt to escape or a preparation for re sistance. ()oaken, with the other soldiers, was first lodged in a prison in Breit, and afterwards removed into the in terior of the country. Ile suffered many hardships, coast quest upon several forced marches when the prisoners were suddenly removed, and remained a prisoner until the general peace in 1814, when Napoleon had taken Bight to Elba. ll:turning to England, Haskell was next shipped with his regiment to Bermuda. The vessel was recalled in consequence of the Emperor's sudden reappearance in the field, but arrived too late for the troops to take any share in the victory at Waterloo, al thouuh intended to have been instantly despatched to join the Duke of Wellington. Meanwhile Napoleon had placed himself under British protection on board the Bellerophon, Captain Maitland, had been brought to England, and afterwards transferred at Torbay to the Northumberland for transportation to St. Helena. Daskell was one of those selected to go out in the Northumberland, as the guard under Col. Lowe, and he has often narrated inci dents which occurred while he was on duty at Longwood, the residence of the Emperor, and boasted that after eight years' imprisonment in France, he suddenly found himself occasionally the sole guardian of the man who had ruled the country in which he was so long incarcerated.— Manchester Guardian. THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS. NORTH ESSEX. TO TIM EDITOR OP TIER DAILY NEW!. ' Sta,—There arc few districts more interesting to , the farmers than that part of Essex which lies east lof the river Chelmer and extends by Witham to Col cheater and along the Stour and the Colnc to liars 'with. Much of this land consists of chalky clay, strong loam, with beds of gravel, with alluvial and 'dilueml strata. Near the rivers Chelmer, Stour, Comae, and Blackwater there are some very fine reacts of land, frequently consisting of a tender loam on a brick earth subsoil, which grows remarkably fine grain, root and seed crops. Indeed, an important part of the business of many of the farmers who occupy good land in this district is the growing seed/ of various sorts for the London seedamen . The usual plan is for the secdsman to supply the necessary quantity of seed, and to contract to purchase the crop from the farmer at a certain price per bushel) In this day the seed-dealer avoids the risk of cultic vation, and, offering a good price for the seed hd requires, secures the greatest attention to its culture on the part of the . grower ; and by contracting with different farmers in various localities, he not only secures a more certain supply than he could year by year obtain by cultivating a seed-farm himself, but gets his varieties of seeds grown in the sorts of soil best adapted for each variety. On the higher parts of this district there are great and very abrupt varieties of soil, as, fur instance, at Tiptree—a place now made somewhat re l e bi a t e d as the theatre of Mr. Mechi's farming operations- —Dan bury, Baddon, and other places, where strong clay gravel, sand loam, and pebbly beds, lie in alternato beds successively in the same field. Much of this dis trict is encumbered with hedgerow-timber, growing to large size, and as the enclosures are usually small, one of the most essential preliminaries to improvement here consists in letting the light and air into the land by the removal of trees and hedges. This has been largely done by the best fanners, and when the owners deal like rational men of business with their tenants, but to a very much larger extent, tenants, though farming tolerably well, hav e n u t undertaken any spirited improvements, while the landowners are by no means forward to assist in re moval of such hindrances to good farmiqg, even where, as is frequently the case, they have not ob stinately persisted in their retention. Nothing can be more beautiful than this part of Essex, consisting as it does of an undulating country, varying much in the nature of the soil and the character of its tiinbet, within short distances, the greater part being fertile., and, in common parlance, well cultivated. The air, too, is very salubrious, the imputations of ague-and fever-producing miasma, to which portions of it were once liable, having been now entirely removed by drainage. On the immediate banks of the rivers there are many rich meadows ; but some farmers, who deem a considerable quantity of meadriw land essential to good cultivation, say that too much of tho richer land has been converted into arable land. On the whole this district must be said to be well farmed, and upon many farms the cultivation is et a very superior character. Bare fellows are less used than formerly, and green crops and turnips are now grown where some years ago nothing of the ' sort was attempted. Nearly all this district requires artificial drainage, for though luaus, sands, and gravels, over prevail rather extensively, they uro almost invariably so mixed up with strata or beds of clay, or other impervious subsoil, that the Will in its natural state would be extremely wet. Drainage has, however, been habitually practised in Essex tor at least two centuries, and 'probably from a much earlier period, for the old Essex plan of draining is precisely the same as that described by' the old Roman writers ou agriculture., Columella and Varro. Thatsystem was one of shallow drains, seldom deeper than 18 or 20 inches, but the drains being usually laid from 12 to 18 feet apart, the land, though not effectively drained as modern drainers understand effective drainage, was greatly improved. And it is remarkable that here, where the benefits to be de rived from draining wet lands have been longer ap preciated than in any other part of England, tho only effectual and permanent system, that of deep draining, makes way more slowly, and meets with more decided opposition from men who are in the main intelligent and successful fanners, than in dis ' tricts where until lately the practice of draining was almost unknown. This proves how difficult it is for agriculturists to unlearn anything; they have been accustomed to shallow drainage in Essex, and into the practice of really deep draining they come slowly end reluctantly. I find, however, considerable advances of opinion and practice have been mado upon this question within the last three or four years. The advocates of shallow draining would now confine it to strong clay soils, admitting that where the wet is retained in loamy, sandy, or gravelly soils by bands of clay and other impenetrable substances, the deep est drains arc the most effectual. But they assert that on uniform clays four or five feet drains will not lay the surface soil dry while 30 inch or three feet drains will do so; and ' I had numerous special cases cited to prove the truth of such assertions. As I had not the opportunity of inspecting the alleged instances of the failure of deep drains, it would of course be presumptuous to offer an opinion thereon, but I can safely say I have never yet seen a clay soil in which, provided an outfall can be obtained, deep drains have not dried the land more effectually than shallower drainage. The mistake which has occasionally been made in draining clay land is to place the draius too wide apart. It has been as sumed that because deep drains laid 12 or 14 yards asunder have dried wet land where it largely con sisted of sand or gravel, deep drains at the same distance would also dry uniform clays ; but that is a mistake. A really stiff clay requires drains to bo laid at seven or eight yards apart, whether the depth f the drains be three or four feet; the difference being that the four-foot drain is greatly more effec tive in its operation. I was glad, however, to find that scarcely any agriculturist of note in Essex now contends for drains of less depth than three feet, even on strong clay, and though the cost of deep draini n g is undoubtedly great, especially when the drains are laid so close as eight yards, I have no doubt that the Essex agriculturists, under the stimulus of low prices, will soon find out that the larger outlay, in the first instance, is the soundest economy. I have reason to believe that much of the pertinacity with which a few professional drainers still adhere to shallow draining arises from their having committed them selves, and their employers, to large outlays upon an imperfect system. The ordinary course of cropping adopted in this district may be called an eight year shift, (1) turnips, (2) barley, (3) clover, (4) wheat, (5) manguld-wurzel or swedes, (6) oats) or barley, (1) peas or beans, . (8) wheat. From 20 to 30 bushels of wheat per acre is about the ordinary growth, though the beet farmers obtain much better returns. My own impression is that too much of the land is injured by treading it with sheep in the winter, for let the land be ever so well drained it consists for the most part of strong soils, with which liberties should not be taken in wet weather. More house feeding, whether of sheep, beasts, or pigs, and less winter treading their land, will, I am convinced, be an alteration soon generally made in their system by the farmers of this part of Essex. On this sub ject, Mr. Baker, in his "Essay on Essex Farming," after stating that few farmers who have not been bred from their youth in Essex succeed there—an absurd prejudice ny no means confined to this county —says, " And so it is as regards winter fatting upon the clay and retentive soils it is very true that fine crops of turnips can be very frequently pro duced, but this is always at the expense of a large quantity of manure; and the injury done to the land by carting off or by treading heavily with sheep during the winter months, and more especially by suffering crops of turnips, rape, cabbages, or other food of like nature, to remain late upon the land, for the use of early lambing ewes and other stock, does deteriorate it to such an extent as nearly to exhaust the manure for the next crop, which is exemplified sometimes by a portion of the field remaining in fallow and producing crops 20 per cent. better than that from which the green crops have been taken." Now, I have no doubt that the drawing off turnips in the winter from heavy land, or treading it with sheep to consume the roots, &c., will do productive powers of the land, with leas manure would produoe who*. That is not a point in eigtiajposs Essex fatmere.' ihion to the practioo I o so mach to injure the , that a Bummer fallow duos a better crop in favour of 4 117.' I contend, but , 7" • f.._l; ioo a feeding • '''''' ni... di" • CIF,' 6 v .) " it I 0 1'