The Press. — London, England, 1853-05-28 00:00:00

WT. . 1 MAY 28, 1853. LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH are empowered to open burial-grounds by a bill which Lord Shaftesbury has introduced in die House of Lords. By the pro visions of the Public Health Act, burial-grounds Odd be closed, but no power was given to the local bOirdt to profile new places for interment. dittlin itteiligenct. Eiscrlos Comtrrrtica.—The following new com mittees have been appointed during the week : BWWI Si. EDNUttl's. Mr. Spencer Walpole (Chairman;' 44 1 1111 4 1110 .b t.L10hn Martin, Mr. Anthony OTlaherty , od Slloltotost.—Mr. Her Selmer (Chairman), Mr. Philip. (alstedlordwest), Mr. bhatto, Mr. J. Hans Hamilton, and Mr. G rattast (City.)—Mr. Brunton (Chairman), Colonel Caulteild, Hon. W. S. Knox, Mr. George Duncan, and Mr. Vance. ..,Lsvgnyool...—Mr. Ingham (Chairman), Mr. Freshtield, Mr. Williams, Hon. J. P. Maxwell, end Mr. J. Ball. CSASE.—Mr. Mlles (Chairmaa), Mr. M. Milnes, Mr. W. E. Mr. Warner, and Colonel North. Lltto.—Mr. Divett (Chairman), Mr. C. Hlndle, Sir E. Fil. mer, Hon. Mr. Portman, and Mr. W. J. Evelyn. TRH EYE ELECTION terminated on Saturday after noon, when the poll closed, showing 218 votes for Mr. Mackinnon and 187 for Mr. Pomfret : majority, 31. AT the last general elections the fees and expenses charged on the candi .ates amounted to 48,0771. 16s. 11d., of which sum 46,029/. 15s. ld. aas paid by the candidates. Tit FISNMONOERS' COMPANY celebrated their Winne dinner with its customary splendours and hospitalities, in their hall, on Wednesday. The chair was occupied by the Prime Warden, Mr. B. Ker, supported by Lord Hardinge and Admiral Sir C. Napier. Mr. Hayter represented the Ministers ; and the Bank of England, the Court of Aldermen, the East India Company, and other public or commercial bodies, contributed distinguished guests to the feast. In returning thanks for the " Army and Navy," Lord HARDINOE claimed for both professions the credit of having never failed in doing their duty both in their military and their civil character It was the army and the navy that enabled this great counter• chal country to carry on its vast transactions in security. Even In Australia our soldiers did not go to the diggiuge, but remained at their post; the navy, also, did their duty trhunpliantly on every occasion and on every see. The army, moreover, not antistied with valour where valour was needed, took pride at home in yielding Subordination to the civil authority, and in doing their duty, not only as soldiers, but as citizens. Sir C. NAPIER responded on behalf of the sailors with the greater pleasure, because now, he was happy to say, we had at last got a navy, thanks to the late Government, to whom lie would give due praise and credit for it:— They had come forth and told the Parliament of this country that rho navy wee in an unsatisfactory state, and that the country was not safe. Thereupon Parliament, almost by accla mation, voted a larger force for the protection of the country, which would very soon. ho hoped and believed. arrive at the state which it ought to acquire. The present Onvernment, to their credit, had, as far as they could, carried out the plium %int oned and commenced by their predecessors, and by a committee anted under the late Administration to report upon tile muses e falling nut' of the British navy. They had improved the position of the sailor; they had laid the foundation of a prim)• tient navy. just in the same way as we had a permanent arniv and a permanent artillery; and die encouragement they had thus given to the service would, he trustssl and hoped, bring forth good fruits, and render sailors melons, itedead of tiniv Ming, to join the navy. A variety of subsequent. toasts and speeches kept the company together until a late hour. tffitttings. THE lOTA', AGRICULTURAL Socri:ry elected Mr. P. Pueey their president at the general meeting on Monday last. At the same meeting the annual re port. was read, which stated, among other satisfactory results of their operations—. 'Cltttt the great practical °Meets, for the development of which the sitelety was originally founded, 44.101110 v to receive apnwerfill Impulse through the communications in its Oltenia; the trial mail exhibition of implements, show of live Meek, and assemblage of farmers, at its country meetings; the praethitil discussant's at its weekly councils; and the per-iieutl co-openstion of its members distramted throughout the kingdom. The two clauses of direct investigations itmituted by the society: 1. Fur the purpose of rlisPoreting new modes and conditions of ehemiral action in refre shes to animal, vegetable, and mineral matter; and Fur ob taining morn exact acquaintance with the origin, nature, and treatment of diseases prevalent from time to time among Ow live stock of farmers; have heti' with %loom liy the pro fessor; of the society, and have Arend' , led to important re,n t its, and much Valuable experience. The Gloneeater meeting will be Judd in the middle of July next. The entries of implements NW more numerous than in former years. the area oritzatfed fur their exhibition amounting to 10,401 'aware fees, and the shedding remtired being nearly a mile in length. The entries fur live stick will not close mail the Ist of June. lint Guise already made Milli eats flue probability of a very large show in that department. it creased preparations had also been made Minn. doe trial of the implements rongtetiuti tier the prizes of the 'society, and for the exhibition of thrashing-machines to he kept In motion during the show. for the public display of their construction a s.d powers. The Waned have decided that the city of Lincoln still be the place for the country meeting of the society next year. A MEETING of the IiORTICELTURAL SOCIETY AILS held at the society's rooms, Regent-street, on Tuesday, the principal articles on exhibition being collections of vegetable produce. The first prize for vegetables was awarded to the. gardener of THE PRESS. Lord Stanhope. who sent in varied and ex • cellent collections of vegetables. Mr. Solmnon, of Covent-garden. sent a magnitieent sidal from France. the lettuees being remarkably large and tine, and received for it one of the society's prizes. Among a beautiful collection of flowers sent by Messrs. Lucombe and Pince, of Exeter, was a striking novelty in the shape of a very graceful evergreen. with bunches of drooping white flowers. It was called "Andromeda Formosa." The plant had stood out the whole of the whole winter, and there appears reason for believing that it will form a most v Amble addition to our present somewhat scanty collection of flowering shrubs and evergreens. 'this resection obtained a prize. sporting. IV TUE Flint/It ok " THE PKESs.. Mi Sir, —Although. as I told you in a former vonitmt nication.l do not ley claim to the gift of prophecy, your readers will, 1 hope. do me the justice to admit that my observations of last week with regard to the pro bable result of the Derby have proved tolerably correct. West Attstrtdian and Sittinghottrne repeated over Epson Downs their performance in the Two Thou sand Guineas Stakes at Newmarket ; and as there were then, so will there also in all probability now be, differences of opinion as to the ease with e Inch this second victory was achieved. For my own part, lam inclined to believe that the neck which placed a fourth Derby to the credit of 11 r. Bowes's account might have been considerably elongated if circum- stances had required I must make in apologies to Cineas for having spoken somewhat disparagingly of his merits. lie ran very fast in the race. and, had he not met with a slight disappointment round the turn, would not int• probably have seemed the second honours. Honeytesail was sufficiently fore ard to prove that he was not the rank impostor wine!' many supposed him to he; but. thcmgh net the samarium horremism inforate that his enemies deseribed, his cull' imeea and weak ankles at once proelaimed the impossibility of his contending mnecessfully with a slipper taer the severe ground on the Surrey hills ; and I believe his trainer hits shunt admitted that he hind entirely mis calculated the form of the horses that were in the front rank at the end of the race. After all I had heard I was much disappointed at the appearance of ()reties. Enthusiastically sup ported by the gold of the City, mai backed by all the tribe of Israel till he reached 4 to 1, he cat a wretched figure in the paddock. :end n still worse figure in the race. As I watched him before saddling, covered with nosebands and reins of all descriptions, his head and tail in the air, and his hotly bearing testimony to his master's liberal allowance of forage. 1 almost fancied myself in Nevinlily, instead of Epsom Downs, and expected every moment. to !tee, instead of Charl ton, those faultless boots and breeches which we all know so well bestriding the stabile. while a graceful form cantered the animal down the straw-heil, and a dulcet voice assured us in melodious accents that ;Ma would be a low figure inr so &pila/Ombra and remarkable a park how. The less we say el' marse the better. I told you week he was a pearark ; hut, great as lists been for many years my respect ha. the consummate ability of his trainer. I confess I did not give him credit for having been able to itertonule his too confiding em ployers Hull the pnblie at large that such an affluent as that which he presented 10 our notice 4111 Wednes day could he worth leaking at 11 141 1 for a great race ! We may. in all probability, soon bear of the purchase of anotlwr farm ! We were net favoured with a sight of Jerry Kest I Ai. us hope. however, that his venerable trainer saved wane portion of the large stun which he publicly laid oat upon him. The redoubt o& Peggy did not distinguish herself in the Derby. and her owner saved us all further trouble of speculation as to her merit , . by scratching her for the l lakes. The said 4 tales was the most uninteresting 1 ever remember. Catherine Hayes unit easily, but !hire is a moderate mare; and Lord I tlasgow's filly had only been in strong work during the last month. The owner of Mishits• must have made a sail mistake when he tried her to be better than Ratty/an. The other races at Epsom drew one attention to a niceish two-years-orb' of Lord I )(Illy's, a curious deri• shin ea to Mr. Sykes weight in the Carew Stakes, and a very strong pair of arms on Calut in the Ex• hibition !'late. PHILIPPI S. I.; FINER weatherj gayer crowds, or better sport have never signalised Derby Day than thoa.• which have rendered memorable the penultimate Wednesday 01 May, 1a5:1. The road down ►ivalled in its throngs and its dust the glorious times 01 old, before the !ft* of iron had set . iu; and let the rails were shouting out multitudes upon the course at the rate of twenty thousand per hour, from early dawn until the bell rung for saddling. When that awftd minute arrived, the gathering was something portentous, the of pilot nmstering in numbers which even Epsom Downs have seldom if ever seen before ; while the grand stand and other select retreats literally over flowed with distinguished occupants—professional and unprofessional. Business in the ring continued lively to the last. - darting the supremacy of the *crock," who never for a moment experienced one retrograde movement, the event of the day was deemed singularly dark. All the mysteries and mystitications that had attended the Honeywood and linens movements during so many weeks were still itmloveloped ; and the Orestea party, relying upon his two-year-ohl ietory, succeeded in establishing him in the position of second favourite. Than the race itself nothing ()mild be titter. A capital start was effected without a single failure; and, after the due amount of shutting up and tailing off among the ruck, the two whom l'utt,teers, in last week's distinctly indicated tor first and second, drew away from the rest, and the race, which had begun with twenty-eight, ended in an exciting neck and-neck match between the pair. As to the result. the prognostic of last week may stand as the record of this. Sittingbourne was good, but West Australian better. Fuller details of this and other events will be found in the following diary of the race week : EPSOII RAC ES.—'f anal . 'the (Amin: STANI:ia of 10 taws, each, with Mt a da t ql. Mr. Aliltier's limpet:llot Mr. Thompson'a Weimar Mr .1. M. Stanley's Corybantra The tollowing also ran :—Harhingrr, Adine, Joe Miller, Dionwilia, Incognita, llothorpe. and The Don. (letting: 8 to I each against Adine and Harbinger. 7 In ugeinat tinkowar, A to I against Orspeohot, and 0 to I against The 1 hot. A tine race between the fint two, tirapeahot winning by halt ii length. The Wooto ow Sr tht:s of 10 soma. each, with ilk) added, for two-year•olds. 3.! solos. Mr. It. Cooper's c. EiliPrel 4 ll ( Charlton ) I Mr. I telamere's Sine•qiiietion Mt. M'alitole's The Premitlent The following also run :--Putichlaix, Suomi, c. by Ephva —Empress. Jotoitlian Martha, Alas, Cnuibottnie, t:haithire, Marquis, Nei I, and Sir George. Betting: 7 to 4 agninat Sine-qua-non, 100 to 30 against Alas (even ou mot, b to 1 against Naomi, 11 to 1 again/it Preahlent, 7 to I against Cranboitrne, 10 to 1 against l'unehbox. \%t,n cleverly he tlirrelitartsra of a length. A neck scowl soil third. %Noll. I'4..vii. of MO peva. (Handicap.) Mr. Saxon's ealot (Clement) I Lord tilasrw's 4 'militia!' Mr. Payne a 4 llenloci, %volt h it Reek. The iimenix s r %I:Es of ."1 sues. Park with .tilesded. Mr. Mr 111,4104 Antonin, (lls) I Mr. M4+14441164 Saville so .., Mr. Artasatrone:t4 Sabra The II F.‘rovirrr. PLAT,: of 50 stivs, 111.. llowitrd's fat'sl's4W (Carroll) I Mr. howell'a Anise Page 2 'I'11•• 6,lkming also rim :- Forester, Thornhill, Heroine, Alskillali, .lattiloi, Arlene, William I:afita, t'. lay the Libel— Warl.li.r. l'aielt I'lwomoll, In. 10) Coollowllor—Mica Lucy, Apploon. /'ohm. 11. sting : il 1/1 '! 1 . ;i1 . 110 a. 44 1 . 1.1 . 4 . Pite1 : a n d 4 '41;14 Paw. 5 tai I ng.4l At,,,. l'itizr. i In I 'too Heroism, 14 to I apt COCk Phew-100. 10 lii I wx4l..lvitlellils. i ~, , , . , 4 1 Mee. ‘‘,.o hy 14 114'1141. Alllllll4lll. 11 . 11411 . 1111111, and [ 1 . 111111,4 . 11411' 1111111 . 1A4.11. sir alias. 111141'1114'1' at 111 e 111111111 the judge initial not 41,•••sole whirl' wie4 tloril. The I 1.1 1% S•ll'%Kt oil s. riu L, with (Ito a dded. Id subs. Mr. K. H. clerk's NI r. !.;ket, ( I °strum; I I Lord linden's Nightshade Mr. thilliver'm Cillnrl 14e04 A1r,,0 I,N neck ; u hrud only IN•terru the: third. The• I ir.loAv Sr %i •••itt iu vlc.. each, It ft ; fur tlirre•year• obi , . 'f o. nailer of the• second horse tit reetiVe Wit ttIIVS. 11111 1.1 . the Stakrl4. IWO huh*. NIE. \l'e•.t Au.troliali (F. Under) I I hike of itedfoll SittillgtOlounse I'owne't• . t4 'Owns :1 NI I. MIN f u lt u ailig rho inn : I tretitem, Incur of Hull, Stolle Hover, Mr. tike••. Filbert, lonic. I tubriel, Ninnylosnoner, l h Ads,. Prune. Leopold, Itrucket, Tel' fount, t 'How'', I{uneyw(N►d, Flow. /RR Cool, Ituttic, 'imonlAtrlititil StAthetonon, Iturhatut4, Vithilerdeekeo. Betting at *turfing: ti to 1 itgAt. West Australian, to toil rtg,t (ireste%, 11 to I sgst Iloneywood, 14 to I ag't Sitting /Hotline. •:11 to 1 ag•t I;tootortel,•40 to I ago l'hants (offered P. 6'► to I sot Num) hwutnnr, :10 to I agst (loess, No to I HW"t Peggy. :Al to I rad, not 4:11.41111w, Itarhatutil, and Hat• aplan, and le.) to I agst 'lsnoilourlanol Stuthesuion. An excellent start. West, Anstralian and Sittingbounte singled thenr.elvem out at the olistimeeloost, and a tier)• exciting race hum" ended in favour of 'West Australian by a neck. Handl - Inn finished about half a length behind the third. lioneywoood and Rattle were the next two. Run in •: minutes r.O) seounds. ABIVIAIIt, of stakes,