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L AW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS 414ITTEE OF PRIVILEGES.—BERKELEY PEERAGE. S everal documents were put in in this case, and further consideration adjourned till next session. • LORD FINGAL'S CLAIM. 11 1 e further consideration of this claim was ad -4411d till Friday next, in consequence of a defect tne evidence. LORD JERSEY'S CLAIM. After several documents were put in and wit let" examined, proving the connection of the 11 with the Grandison family and its lineal ant, the further consideration of the claim was eurned t o F r id a y, at half-past three o'clock, in per to afford time for the printing of the evidence. COURT OF CHANCERY. Th e LORD CHANCELLOR did not sit in Lincoln's fl ' ll llll , to-day, in consequence of having to attend Co mmittee of Privileges in the House of Lords. ll VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. " HONOUR was occupied the whole of the , ai n ing with ause Petitions, none of which pos "I any public interest. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. I ° thing occurred in this Court, this morning, I n interest, except to the parties concerned. OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. td • ton Marten Van Butehell, surgeon, aged 50, '. Charged, on the Coroner's Inqu isition, with the '' s laughter o f M r . Willi am A rc h er . The b e nch Via. trowd e d with gentlemen of the medical pro :1", amongst whom we noticed Sir Astley ti'ler, and several other physicians and surgeons ' l l ,e first em i nenc e. 1. 41 % 'Baron HULLOCK entered the Court at a 401.ter before eleven o'cloCk, when the prisoner, I lk had been admitted to bail, surrendered to take g irls! ; he was e dressed in a new suit of black 4, r es, and accompanied by several friends, who A hands with him, on his being placed at !.,I?'i. 'he indictment having been read, the poisoner tied N ot G u il ty . 1 0 , 41. • ADOLPHUS stated .the facts of the case to the 7, and th e n proceeded to call the following wit .es . .• -DRODERICK and Mr. CARRINGTON appeared Counsel for the pri-,oner. 4 ,"• E. Archer examined—l am a silk manufac ; the deceased was my brother; he had for a g 4 lime been complaining of ill health. On the 0 , May he said he was better than he had been tid a lon g t i me . O n t h a t d a y h e went out, t asked me the way to Golden-square ; returned in about three hours, and when -, e 4 "`r him he was lying on the sofa in ' rri t t pain, and much agitated. I persuaded • I tt - ,. t ° go to bed. He was all this time gradually ''ag worse, and about five o'clock I went for Dr. 1 0 e, who came about eight o'clock. I was not at any conversation that day. On the Sun following my brother died. He felt all along fa der that he could not live : whilst labouring I ,, d er this impression, he used frequently to say he i i i hs reeeived that injury it would be impossible for to recover. Y Mr. BRODERICK—Mr. Lloyd had attended my °thee. about two months before his death. When 1: 414 he was better on the 10th of May than he been for a length of time, I meant he was wiwetter in spirits. My brother's wife died of a com iteationof diseases; I do not know that it was ula which was the inimediate cause. I attended Coroner's inquest ; Mr. .Van Bytchell was not %ent • the verdict was returned without his being l eht i f or; he was taken into custody the same even- Vt• There was an application on the part of Mr. : a.l3utchell to see the body, but it could not be t a,plied w ith, as my brother was buried. tr uY Mr. Baron HmocK—My brother walked part i Lhe way on his return home from Golden-square. •,, L u lr• Lloyd, surgeon, examined—l live in Frede -s"s-plaee, Old Jewry, and knew 'the deceased. 1 , 11 the 10th of May I visited him, he appeared in Feat pain of mind and body, and told witness that * aad rec e i ve d that internal injury that he should lever recover. I told him I certainly thought that L' l _,aa 'in danger, he died on the sixth day after- C "Il • had several conversations with him before ' i t ', death, and tried to encourage him, but his firm e „. lle f was that he must die. After his death, I ex ,,,:galed the body, the general appearance of the % - ' ee rct was that of recent inflammation. On my ; Ikt nilling the rectum, I also found it much inflamed. 'The witness here went into a minute technical ,knation of the general appearance of the de ased'sbody, and the nature of the injury he had Zeived.),-He was decidedly of opinion that his a th Was caused by violence. A straight instru i,!at,tix inches long, might have caused a similar 4 , 4 '1- I should think death ,ensued by the use of ''''histrument like , tbe,one I now hold in my hand. b Mr. Bnonuni,o.r:--Tbis instrument was once , t 'd by a nurse, and the person died. An inquest 4 ' held on the body, but the Jury did not return a t, til tdiet .of mans l aug ht er . I bled the deceased, but • th!'llot say what quantity of blood I toek.away. I e ' ‘ l ll k; On the first occasion, about, 10. yr,,4.ounces. e 'tfiess is decidedly of opinion ~that it was ex y tteraely dangerous, in any case of stricture of the g i h et am, to use a straight metallic bougie of six 0,. m e tes in length. Had had great experience in this tt i3 O ` 4 eatie ! und never (except they were pliable) knew a (. 11 1fies of six inches long used. The rectum cer gi I, l ''Y is not 10 inches long; it varies in different 11 °Hs; but in no case, in his opinion, did it exceed a l t)4l six to seven inches. He was examined before o• • ' e enroner, but did not suggest to him the pro itt - 'PI th Yof sending for another professional man before er...4ury returned their verdict. kk klite witness here underwent a very long cross - Qtaination, entirely of an anatomical nature.) q ,Cruss-examination continued.—Operations are r 1 unsuccessful when pet formed by skilful per- Q 4. I remember an operation which I performed ,I 1 Person named Ann Kent, which was not suer € 4l l, the patient died. 1 sin a Member of the A °4 ege of Surgeons. Mr. Smith, the gentleman 1, 0 was ca ll e d in to attend the deceased with me, believe is not a member of that body . . No other 4 4 °4 was called in. I think the prisoner is not a teit e raher, A p erson with such an injury us the de ed received, in my opinion, would be able to , 1 ' for some distance. 1 444 Y Mr. Anowius—l consider death ensued by ctu rarnatiou, caused from the injury done to the h e ld -Smith, a surgeon, was then called ; but before sworn, t„rtr- Baron HULLOCK, addressing Mr, Adolphus, ti , ..ie thoug ht there WAS no ca , e against the pri tcivr• It would be most dreadful if an operation t o ;'d, that it was to be considered sufficient ground th e u charge el manslaughter, for it may happen to floost skilful surgeon. i t , • Ir. BRODERICK—I consider it my duty to state, 4 0 Jastic e to Mr. Van Butchell, that I have between o l 'lad 60 mos t espectable witnesses in attendance, ' /\ ‘‘, l .'hom h e h a s operated with the greatest success. by 4 , r ! APoultus—After the intimation expressed 4 1 e ben c h, I s h a ll retire from the prosecution. le: 41 '• Baron HULLOCK charged the Jury at great t il! t h . • His Lordship said it was his opinion the eb had proceeded far enough. The indictment lo t it rf r ged the prisoner with manslaughter, in having th t ° rifled an operation that ended in death. Now , v7as not the least evidence to show that that to h , - ,aion was unskilfully performed. He was not se,,i te of any principle of law that would sanction 14 1 a species of prosecution as the present. th e ,, was of opinion it did not signify - titi o the operator was or was not a regular prac - Peo he ! , if the operation was a proper one, and pro - PeifOrmed; and it would Le most dangerous 4 W as 110 t so, kir if, death ensued, it was ° N a charge of manslaughter, many parts of the 9°' ; ~_ ~. - 4 IC tO to I ce ibe i )11° 0 rie 4ief erg e ot s ces 109 tea itb country must go altogether without advice. If a man adopted a cffl,r-e of rroceed;zg contrary to com mon sense, in such a ca -, e the would infer ma lice, and he ‘v,add he considered t fuilty of a felony, at least Otrit was his opinion, lOC it was a most singular fact, that with all the encou ragement that had been given to medical science, up to the present time, there had not been a decision on this point., His Lordship then quoted the opinions of Lord Coke and Lord Hale, who had stated, it was necessary to prove malice before a charge of felony could be supported; and that if a person performed any act as a surgeon, without being duly licensed, if the act was a proper one, he only made himself responsible for the penalties under the Act, to be recovered by civil process, and said his Lordship, it would be unjust and most injurious were it othet wise. If a person who has not passed a cer tain place in this town, and one who has, are both unsuccessful in an operation, which there is no proof was an improper one, is it for a moment to be said the one is guilty of a felony, and the other has committed no offence at all ? He would say, in his opinion, this difference did not in the least alter the nature of the charge. In the present case there was no evidence to show what kind of instrument was used in the operation ;—it might have been a very proper one. The operation itself, for any thing that appears to the contrary, might also have been very proper, and yet turn out unsuccessful ; surely, then, it would be highly dangerous for an opinion to get abroad, that, whether a man was regularly li censed by the College of Surgeons, or whether he was not licensed, that if he fails in an operation, he is liable to a charge of felony, and be was deci dedly of opinion there was not the least ground to support the charge against the gentleman at the bar. The Jury immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty. When Mr. Van Butchell left the dock he was surrounded by his friends, who congratulated him on the result of the proceedings. Mr. Sheriff Booth shook him heartily by the hand. Mr. ADommus, in opening the case, said he was aware the prisoner was the son of a regularly edu cated surgeon, but he believed he was not himself, although he did not. know on that account but what he might be able to perform an operation succ;ss fully ; for as far back as the time of King Henry the Eighth, after that Monarch's son had been un der the care of all the most eminent physicians and surgeons of the country without obtaining relief, he was given over to an old woman, who effected a cure.—(Laughter.) MIDDLESEX SESSION S-(THIS DAY.) The Court has been occupied nearly all this morning in trying cases of stealing from children in the streets, an of fence which has become very prevalent, particularly in the neighbourhood of Shoreditch, where there are numerous gangs of juvenile depredators. William Moore was convicted of stealing a cap from a lad named George Plumber. In this case the prisoner had several companions, to one of whom he threw the cap, after taking it from the boy's head, and the whole gang escaped, except the prisoner. He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, and to be whipped. Thomas Davis was convicted of stealing some butter from another boy. In this case the prisoner had several companions. Lie was also sentenced to three months' hard labour. _ . John Johnson teas indicted for stealing a handkerchief from a person unknown. The Court sentenced him to ono month's imprisonment. Several person• who had appeared to prefer bills of in dictment applied for their expences, the bills having been ignored. The CuAIRMAN refused to g►ant expences to any per sons, unless proof were given of their being actually entitled. EAST INDIA-HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) A Ilalf-yearly General CAntrt of the Proprietors of East India Stock was held this morning at the Company's House, for the purpose of declaring a dividend on the capital stock for the half year ending at AndfitlMlller. JOHN Loca, D.q. in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN informed the Court that the Court of Directors had agreed to a dividend on the capital stock of the Company of 54 per cent., for the half year ending sth July. Was it the opinion of the Court that that di vidend should be agreed to ?—The dividend was agreed to. The Committee of Bye Laws for the nest year was then appointed. Mr. Ward, M.P. was added to the Committee. TRANSFERS OF STOCK'. Mr. Dtxorr asked how long the books of the Company were to be shut previous to the General Election. It was of great inconvenience to Proprietors to be debarred for so lone a period from making transfers. . _ The CHAIRMAN said the books were shut about five or six weeks. The worthy Proprietor, however, must be aware that transfers of stock could be made at any time on application to the Board of Directors, which in no instance would be exposed. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of this week are small, but plenty of Corn of all descriptions remains on the market for sale. The Wheat trade is very heavy at Monday's reduction, and likely to be lower for middling and ordinary qualities. There having been some rain in several parts of the coun try, the trade for Barley, Beans, Pease, and Oats, is this morning slack, at Monday's prices. There is very little doing this week in Flour. An absurd report is attempt ing to be circulated, that the exportation of Wheat is likely to be stopt from Dantzic. ARRIVALS. Wheat. WO qrs. English Irish Foreign 1 1,800 Barley. 1 Oats. Flour. 650 qrs. 350 qrs.! 2,300 sacks. 3,050 - brls. FlRE.—Between twelve and one o'clock this morning, a fire broke out in the George public-house, kept by Mr. MosEs, in George-street, Blackfriars-road, and burnt with amazing fury, -which was much encreased by breaking out in the lower part of the house, and com municating inAtantly to large quantities of spirits it , the bar. Mr. MosEs and family had retired to rest before the fire broke out, but they escaped unhurt in their night clothes. The maid servant, however, Was in great dan ger for some time, having appeared at the second floor windows after the first floor was on fire, and no aid could be rendered to her from without ; she however gained the top of the house, and with peat presence of mind cause down in her night clothes, with little injury, by the leaden pipe which conveys the water from the top of the house. The valuable premises of Messrs. ELLWOOD and TREBAY, the grocers, :and the house of Mr. llmosr, the tallow chandler, escaped with little damage, owing to the strong party walls, and the exertions of the firemen. The public bou,e is completely gutted, and no part of the property saved ; but we understand Mr. Mosas was insured. PEDESTRIANISM.—On Monday afternoon, Mom As Wm., the celebrated pedestrian, undertook for a wager of five sovereigns, to walk six miles within the hour backwards. The announcement of this match caused u numerous assemblage of sporting characters to muster in the Vauxhall-road, where the match was to take place. A half-mile piece of ground was measured from the Artillery Arms, Rochester-row, Vauxhall-road, to decide the match. The betting at starting was about five to three against the performance. WEsT commenced his task about six o'clock, and accomplished his undertaking as follows see. Ist Mi!e 9 0 2d ditto 7 45 3d ditto 8 45 4th ditto 9 15 sth ditto 6th ditto l2 0 55 45 WEST won his wager with ease, having four minutes and fifteen seconds to spare ; he did not appear to be at all dis tressed, and it was evident he could have done the last mile in much less time. Nest Monday WEST is backed for 50 sovereigns to walk 54 miles per day for ten succes sive days, one half of the distance to be walked backwards, and not to wa►k more than-I2 hours in the day. He will start from the Artillery Arm,. A sturgeon was taken last week by some of the bankers at work at Sutton Wash, weighing between 60 and 70 pounds, and measuring upwards of six feet. It was purehaed by Mr. GROUNDS, druggist, of W,s bech, who leas added it to hie ninsettra,—.BMon Gazetto. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION. CAIBAIDCIE. 'JUNE 16. There is no ceremony of nomination in the Uni versity. The Vice-Chancellor uttered the Senate.' house at eight o'claek, and after taking the nand oaths the polling commenced. At twelve &clod( the poll was adjoitr!.- d for one hour, the numbers being— For Mr. Cavendish 97 Mr. Bankes Majority for Mr. Cavendish... 5 At one o'clock the polling recommenced. It pro ceeded with little spirit for some time, and at half past one the numbers were as follows : Mr. Bankes Mr. Cavendish . 112 . 9S Majority for Mr. Bankes l4 At three Mr. Bankes was about 14 a-head of his opponent, and After that time both parties made strenuous efforts for an hour, Mr. Cavendish having between the hours of three and four polled uo less than 70, and Mr. Bankes 55, the gross numbers being as under, at four:— Mr. Cavendish l9O Mr. Bankes lB5 Majority fir Mr. Cavendish 5 The fact is, that Mr. Cavendish's friends are de sirous of just keeping the lead of his opponent during the first day, and they tender their votes so as merely to top Mr. Bankes by five or ten. At the closing of the day's poll, at five o'clock, the numbers were— Mr. Cavendish 234 Mr. Rinkes 225 Majority for Mr. Cavendish... 9 TO THE EDITOR. Strand Hotel, Tuesday Evening, nine o'clock: SIR, ••••! have this moment arrived from Cambridge, and am happy that it is in my power to refute the absurd assertions which appear in a paper of this evening. The clergy are not all to a man in favour of Bankes ; neither is the contest between Whig and Tory. The Clergy have too much sense to vote against the wearer of laurels which they themselves in their younger days have or would have worn. They feel no diffidence, no distrust in voting for the man who has but now left their schools, imbued with ail their dogmas, and enthusiastically attached to those in stitutions which they delight to konour. Who would ever suspect Dr. Wordsworth, the Master of Trinity, of being a Whig? Yet he votes for Cavendish : 80 does Dr. Mill, the President of the College at Calcutta ; so does the Master of Corpus, Dr. Lamb; so does Dr. Butler, of Shrewsbury ; so do the Professors of Arabic (Musgrave), Mineralogy, Astronomy ; so do one half of St. John's, and the whole of Corpus, and considerable numbers from the other colleges ; and yet we are told in the same breath, that it is • a question between Whig and Tory, not be tween talent and ignorance, nor between science and Corfe Castle ; also that the whole of the Clergy to a man are Bankites! " The Whigs" did not, as asserted, bring two voters from Connaught. That one did come is certain, and that his name is Sir Francis Bloss, is as certain ; but that the committee brought him, in the sense made use of by the paper in question, is not true. Sir Francis came to show the high estimation in which be holds the conquest of aris tocracy over science and literature. Mr. Cavendish has redeemed, by his own merits, the degradation which once attached to the gold and tassel and the embroidered gown. Sir Francis hastens to pay the debt of admiration which is due to genius and high birth, the two brightest jewels, when combined ; and yet the paper to which I have alluded a.kes whether the clergy of England will allow such men to decide who shall he Member for Cambridge ? Let it bear in mind that the electors are not the clergy of Eng land, but the members of the Senate of the University of Cambridge, whoever or of whatever nation they may be. Up to twelve o'clock, at which time I left the Senate house, the voting appeared •to be very even. There was no anxiety, nor pushing, but every thing went off in an intelligible and orderly manner. One vote for Mr. Ca vendish was disputed by the Rev. T. Chevallier en behalf of Mr. Bankes. The hopes of the Cavendish party have been much in creased during the last two days, and they are determined to persevere to the end. I am, Sir, yours obediently, e. (FROM A MORNING PAPER.) TUESDAY, JUNE 16.—The election commenced = this morning, at the early hour of eight o'clock, without a single speech from either the electors or the candidates without, in fact, the candidates being proposed, and with• out, of course, their being seconded. These facts being premised, it may be easily imagined that a Cambridge University election is a very dull affair; but what is wanted in vivacity, it is fair to presume, is made up in dignity and decerum ; and truly this is the case. The Vice-Chancellor takes his seat at a table placed at the upper end of the Senate-house ; upon the said table there are two boxes, somewhat resembling a shopkeeper's till. After the precept is read the poll immediately commences, the manner of which being as follows :—Each elector, or member of the Senate, is furnished with a slip of paper, upon which is printed a notification in Latin to the effect that he votes for Mr. C. or Mr. B. ; upon this slip of paper he writes his name, and thereupon walks up to the Vic e _ Chancellor, and presents him with the aforesaid paper, who, after satisfying himself that the presenter is entitled to vote, drops it into one of the above-mentioned boxes or tills ; and there, for the time, the business ends.-- Such is the course of proceeding at the present election ; but I am informed that at former elections the bribery and other oaths have been occasionally administered.-- Speeches also have been let off—hootings have taken place—and the windows of the Senate-house have been broken. These doings are attributed to the Under graduates, who are now, for the most part, at home. As for the candidates, Messrs. Cavendish and Bankes, I may observe that Mr. C. is evidently the favourite with the majority, though Mr. Bankes's friends profess to be confident of his return. Mr. Cavendish is not more than twenty-two years of age, and be appears much younger. He is, however, a very intelligent, unassum ing looking man, and bears an excellent character. He is said to be very studious and industrious, and, during his residence at the University was never known to be guilty of any one of those indiscretions for which young Noblemen are too celebrated. He was walking about the Senate-Louse the greater part of the morning in a plain dress, occasionally talking to his friends, but appa rently took no part in the election. So much for Mr. Cavendish. As for Mr. Bankes, he being before the public, it is not necessary for me to dilate upon him. It is said by his opponents that he has been put forward by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for the purpose of feel ing the pulse of the electors with regard to a general elec• tion. 'f he voting proceeded very languidly during the early part of the morning. At twelve o'clock, when the election was adjourned till one, the state of the poll was as follows : For Mr. Cavendish For Mr. Bankes Mr. Cavendish is said to have the great majority of the lawyers with him, and Mr. Bankes the great majority of the clergy. The result is generally looked upon as very doubtful. The venerable Baron Graham was in the Senate-house this morning. He took his Bachelor's degree in 1766, and is therefore one of the oldest, if not the oldest, mem ber of the University. He votes for Mr. Cavendish. There are two other Judges down here who intend to vote tier Mr. C. One of these is Mr. Justice Littledale. Walking past All Saints' Church, I found a crowd of about 200 persons assembled around the porch. On in quiry, I learnt that a marriage was about to be celebrated, and that the individuals then and there gathered together wished to get a sight of the matrimonial party. Now about the Senate-house there were not more than ten per sons collected, and I therefore conclude, that the good people of Cambridge take twenty times more interest in a marriage than they do in the election of Members of Par liament for their learned University. At the close of the day's poll the numbers were as follow : For Mr. Cavendish 234 Mr. Bankes 225 Several families are leaving Loughborough to emigrate to North America. A labouring man named SWA LL OW, who lived at Lincoln , lately hanged himself. Ile was found in the course of Friday se'nnight lying dead on the kitchen floor, with a thin cord al tight round his neck as to be a im tta b e e i d ie d d ed to i . t: at :I: b e :I: fi e : 1) which h.,, I:: eo , nore a e nd over his head • a .;--' -.. evidently broken d cwo e i e rtd p h ly ( gar his weight. The ev; , . Jr. S. TRoTTEP some time past, induced the juryl g ot i a y : n setn b s e rtn f a o ta r e e yo t e h fr de mindiCc torfnif,e2 gaAi t y . —liotels 004,-etie, FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. muyALs. - The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, from Hatfield ; the ! Duke of Rutland, from Derbyshire ; the Duke of Manchester, from Brighton ; I ord Wallscourt, at the Ilritish Hotel, Jermyn street, from a tour; Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne and family, . yesterday, from their villa at Richmond ; the Right Hon. J. Addington, Minister at Flatil.fort, at Crawley's Hotel (late Cook's), Albemarle-strevt, fro,:l Frankfort; Capt. Ham mond and Major Thompson, io Cpnduit-street, from Malta; Mrs. and Miss Beavor, in Hertford-street, from Paris ; Captain Ogle, in Pall-mall, from Paris; Major Maxwell, in Jerrnyn street, from the lonian Islands; Mr. and Mrs. Carter, in Brook. street, from the Netherlands ; Major Hackwood, in Sackville. street, from Naples; J. C. Porter, Esq. at the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Cheltenham ; Mr. Gooch and Mrs. Gooch and family, at Crawley's Hotel (late Cook's), from Rome ; Mr. Meningliam, at ditto, from Rome ; Mrs. Carter and family, at ditto, from Eton; Mr. and Mrs. Walbank Childers, at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from their seat, Cantley, Yorkshire; Mrs. and the Misses Jones, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies-streets, from the Con tinent; Captain and Mrs. Stevenson and •family, at ditto, from Cheltenham ; Madame Money (Nee de Bourbel), at ditto, from Oxford; Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins and family, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Paris ; R. Norris, Esq. at ditto, from Hampshire, DEPARTURES. The Duke of Devonshire, for Brighton; the Marquis and Marchioness of Cleveland, for their villa, Egham ; the Countess of Gosford, and the Ladies Acheson, for Brampton Park, Hun tingdonshire; Lord Dundas, for his seat, Mask Hall, Yorkshire; Mrs. Bennett, for her seat, Beauchamp Cottage, Isle of Wight ; the Earl and Countess of Sefton and the Ladies Molyneux, for their seat, Stoke Farm, Berks ; Sir John and Lady Owen, from Mivart's Hotel, for their seat in Pembrokeshire; Viscount and Viscountess De Vesci, from ditto, for Kent ; Colonel and Mrs. Brown and family, from ditto, for Hants; Mr. and Mrs. Arbuth not and Miss Horrocks, from Fenton's Hotel, for Berks ; Mr. and Mrs. Ackers, from ditto. LINES TO A YOUNG LADY, ON HER MARRIAGE. (From the Casket.) They tell me, gentle lady, that they deck thee for a bride, That the wreath is woven for thy hair, the bridegroom by thy side ; And I think I hear thy father's sigh, thy mother's calmer tone, As they give thee to another's arms—their beautiful—their own. I never saw a bridal but my eyelid bath been wet, And it always seemed to me as though a joyous crowd were met To see the saddest sight of all, a gay and girlish thing Lay aside her maiden gladness—for a name—and fur a ring. And other cares will claim thy thoughts, and other hearts . _ thy love, And gayer friends may be around, and bluer skies above ; Yet thou, when I behold thee next, may'st wear upon thy brow, Perchance, a mother's look of care, for that which decks it flow. And when I think how often I have seen thee, with thy mild And lovely look, and step of air, and bearing like a child, Oh ! how mournfully, how mournfully the thought comes o'er my brain, When I think thou ne'er may'st he that free and girlish thing again. I would that as my heart dictates, just such might be my lay, And my voice should be a voice of mirth, a music like the May; But it may not be !—within my breast all frozen are the springs, The murmur dies upon the lip—the music on the strings. But a voice is floating round me, and it tells me in my rest, That sunshine shall illume thy path, that joy shall be thy guest, That thy life shall he a summer's day, whose ev'ning shall go down, Like the evening in the eastern clime, that never knows a frown. When thy foot is at the altar, when the ring hath 'premed thy hand, When those thou lov'st, and those that love thee, weeping round thee stand, Oh ! may the rhyme that friendship weaves, like a spirit of the air, Be o'er thee at that moment—for a blessing and a prayer ! E. FITZGERALD. WINDSOR, JUNE 16.—Yesterday the follow ing distinguished personages arrived at the Royal Lodge, and had the honour of taking an airing, dining, and passing the evening with his MAJESTY :—The Duke of LEEDS, Duke of DORSET, Earl of SCARBOROUGH, Lord Monerru, Earl of FIFE, and Lord and Lady CHARLEMONT. This day additional company are expected to arrive, by invita tion. Yesterday afternoon the KING, accompanied by his distinguished party, took an airing in the pony phaetons and open carriages to Sandpit-gate and Virginia Water, and returned to the Royal Lodge at seven o'clock. His MAJESTY is in the full enjoyment of excellent health, and will this day, it is expected, honour Ascot Heath meeting with his presence, and in his usual style of state. The Duke of CUMBERLAND honoured the Archbishop of ARMAGH with his company to dinner on Monday, at his residence in Charles-street, St. James's. Among the company to meet his Royal Highness were several Bishops. - - - The Duchess of KENT entertained Prince LEopoLD and a select party to dinner, yesterday, at her residence in the King's Palace, at Kensington. The Duke of CUMBERLAND left town yester day morning for the Royal Lodge in Windsor Park, on a visit to his 111AJIIESTY, with whom it is expected his Royal Highness will remain during the week. The Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER honoured Lord and Lady WILLOUGHBY with their com pany to dinner on Monday. There was a select party to meet their Royal Highnesses. Mr. Secretary PEEL has left town for Hert ford Bridge, in order to attend the Ascot Heath laces. Mr. VESET FITZGERALD also left town yesterday after noon, to attend the races. The Right Hon. Gentleman has gone to the seat of Sir GEORGE WARRENDER, in Clifden Park. - - The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER left town yesterday for Cambridge. MALVERN WELLS.— Amongst the recent arrivals at this delightful spot may be noticed the following at ESSINGTON'S Hotel:—The Earl and Countess CASTLE STUART, Sir FREDERICK LAMB, Lady C. Cowerta, Cap tain, Mrs., and Miss HUNT, &C. &C. Madame CARADORI has been playing at Edinburgh with great success in English opera. The Caledonian _Mercury says, " On Saturday night Madame CARADORI performed the character of Polly Peachurn, being her fast appearance in English Opera ; ,and we yen ertee i t y o s p u ro cce no ss u f n u c l, e t t her i p y e a rf d o i r n i i rr a z le e . was ‘v n h o e t t only her plw c e om re- - re gard it as a coup d'essai, or abstractedly and without re firence to that degree of indulgence to which it was fairly entitled, we cannot sufficiently express our idea of its excellence." CLARE ELECTION.--There is at this mo ment an ascertained majority in favour of Mr. O'CoNNELL s ufficient to defeat the 50/. or 20/. freeholders, and the hostile 10/. votes yet registered, including all the 50/. and 201. freeholders who voted at the last election. Four baronies are yet to be disposed of, in which Mr. O'Cox- NELL will register five to one. The declaration of that excellent Irishman, Major MACNAMARA, and his patriotic brother, in favour of Mr. O'CoNNET.I., which was only this day communicated, puts all doubt of the Learned Gentleman's success out of the question. He will arrive in Dublin on Thursday next.--DW Ho Evening Post of Saturday. His Majesty's Royal Letters Patent has been granted to Air. S. JONES, of the Light-house, in the Strand, for a new mode of producing instant light. It simply consists of a piece of paper twisted spirally, the thickest end of which, on being compressed with the bot tom of the box or any hard substance, will produce bril liant and instant flame, which will continue to burn up wards of two minutes, eufficient time to seal a letter with out the aid of a candle. The advantage of these (Prome thians, lie cAlIe them) over all other Are-boxes ever in. vented are, they are more simple, econoiniial, durable, and so portable, that the cigar %policy may parry 40 or b 0 his waistco at-P""e t2being Perf" lt lY free f ",...n danger; neither time, climate or t traveller should -' r ,.nti, This is without has been ri e l n o nccgaasnewaoalfruetceetdasuales tni naot An Association of licentiate Apothecaries is formed in the County of Tipperary, to support the privi leges of the Apothecaries' Company of Ireland, and to ex clude unqualified person. from practice.—Corlow Morn ing Past. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ASCOT HEATH RACES. Tbe assemblage on the Heath was very fashionable, nor ' was the :ouster of the middling classes out of keeping. It cannot be denied, that the popularity of these races arises more from the sanction r.frorded them by his Ma jesty, than from the mere running. Horses may be seen every day, but Kings are scarce ; and the sight of one is something to talk of, and is some recompence for an im mensity of fatigue and expetice. Of the thousands con gregated yesterday, at least three out of every five came to see the King; and it is a fortunate circumstance for his admiring subjects, that the Royal person is sufficiently bulky not to be tni , taken for that of any less dignified per sonage. It is what it ought to be, grande ; and, wherever his Majesty takes his station, he must be seen. Between twelve and one, the Heath had assumed a lively appear ance, and equipages were to be seen approaching by the many roads leading to it.—The stands began to fill about this time; and, by one o'clock, all was bustleand expectancy. The punctuality with which the King keeps appoint inents is proverbial ; precisely at one o'clock the Royal rortege arrived on the race ground, being composed of five carriages and four, and three phaetons, with the custom ary yeomen prickers, outriders, &c. As it proceeded up the strait ground to the Stand the cheers were deafening ; the reception given his Majesty was enthusiastic ; the ac clamations of the spectators continuing till some minutes alter the King had pre,enn d himself at the window. His Majesty was evidently highly gratified by the cordial wel come given him, and repeatedly bowed to the crowd oppo site the Stand. At intervals during tie running, several members of the Nobility had the honour of being pre sented. His Majesty's attention, however, to the races was uninterrupted. The match between his favourite mare Maria and Souvenir appeared to interest his Majesty greatly, and the result was received with unqualified de light. His Majesty remained on the course till after this race, when he left with the same retinue, amidst loud cheers. The Royal Suite was composed of their Graces the Dukes of Leeds and Dorset, Lord Harcourt, Lord Fife, Lord Ashley, Lord Strathaven, Lord Mountcharles, Lord Chesterfield, Lord Scarborough, and Sir Andrew Barnard. The Ladies who accompanied his Majesty were —the Princess Lieven, Marchioness of Conyngham, Lady Maria Conyngham, Lady Strathaven, Lady Scarborough, and Lady Harcourt. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland was also present, and remained in the royal stand till the King left. The attendance of the Nobility included the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, Duke of Grafton, Duke of Port land, Marquess and Marchioness of Exeter, Marquess and Marchioness of Cleveland, Marquess of Titchfield, Mar quess of Worcester, Marquess of Graham, Lord Jersey, Lord Verulam, Lord and Lady Sefton and family, Lord Lowther, Lerd J. Fitzroy, Lord A. Conynghana, Lord G. Bentinck, Lord H. Bentinck, Lord G. H. Cavendish, Lord Anson, Lord Southampton, Lord Clarendon, Lord W. Lenox, Lord Clifton, Lord Stradbroke, Lord illarybo rough, Lord Wilton, Sir J. Shelly, Sir Mark Wood, Sir W. Abdy, General Grosvenor, Col. Udney, Col. Russell, Lord C. Somerset, Mr. Greville, Mr. Irby, Mr. J. Duncombe, Mr. Rush, &c. besides a phalanx of female fashionables. The weather was exceedingly favourable, a few showers in the morning having laid the dust, which would other wise have been intolerable. The turf was hard, and anything but favourable for the horses ; a little more rain is greatly to be desired. The sport was plentiful, and, in spite of the regularity with which things are managed here, did not terminate till about six o'clock. The following is a correct statement of the running, betting, riders, &c., beginning with the Oatlands, which this year takes precedence of the King's Plate : The Oatlands Stakes of SO sous. each. Two miles and a half. Mr. Chifney's Zinganee, 4 yrs 1 Mr. Sadler's Conrad, 5 yrs Lord Cavendish's Rapid Rhone, 5 yrs Lord Mountcharles's Rasselas, 4 yrs ...... .......... 4 Two paid 20 sovs. and four paid 10 sous. ft. Betting-6 to 4on Zinganee, 7t02 on Conrad, sto 1 aget Rasselas, and 6 to 1 agst Rapid. • Rasselas and Conrad went off in front, but Conrad im mediately after fell back, Rapid Rhone taking his place ; these two went a good pace, Chifney banging back in his old way. When they got to the last turn Rasselas failed, and the others immediately got together, snaking a pretty race for an instant ; Chifney, however, soon gave them the go-by, and won very easy by a length, although carry ing only a pound less than Rapid Rhone, who is a year older. Nothing in the race had a chance with him. Conrad, who was rode by John Day, cried off when they got to the hill ; and Rapid Rhone, rode by Arnull, was a very bad third. The race created very great interest, Zinganee being in the Cnp. Sweepstakes of )00 sous. each, h. ft. New Mile. Mr. Payne's Pauline (allowed 31b.) 1 Lord Jersey's Will-o'-the- Wisp 2 Duke of Richmond's Scimetar (31b) 3 Lord Egremont's Camel colt. ' . Betting-7 to 4 agst Scimetar, sto 2 aget Pauline, 4 , a) 1 agst Wisp, and 7to 1 agst Camel. A very bad race of very bad horses. They cantered off abreast, and took it leisurely till they were about 50 yards from home. Pau line then contrived to raise a bit of a gallop, and win, be cause the others would not even do that. It was a very so-so affair altogether. Conolly rode Pauline, Robinson Will-o f -the-Wisp, Pavis the Duke's, and Arnull the Camel colt. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, b. ft. The winner of the Derby, Riddleswortb, or 2000 Guinea Stakes, to carry 7113. extra. The Swinley Course. Lord Exeter's Patron (71b. extra) Mr. Greville's c. by Moses—Sycorax 2 Lord Lowther's Verderer 3 Lord Verulam's Laurestinus The odds were '7 to 4 on Patron, who, with '7lb. extra . _ . . fur winning, contrived to nuke a pretty example of his op ponents. Verderer made all the running till they got to the distance, when all four got together and made a push. Patron at once got a .head, and won very easy by three lengths, rode by Dockery, who had less trouble with him than he had for the Derby, and brought him home in his Newmarket form ; Goodison rode Sycorax, Wheatley Vet derer, and Conolly Laurestinus, who was regularly tailed off. His Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for all ages. Four miles. Lord Cavendish's Rapid Rhone, 5 yrs Mr. Burgess's Scipio, 4 yrs Mr. D. Radclittb's Dervise, 6 yrs Lord Mountcharles's Coronet, 4 yrs Betting-5 to 4 agst Rapid Rhone, who led all the way. Scipio kept second to him, the other two occasionally changing places with each other; so they went till within the distance, the second time round, when they got abreast ; the Rhone, however, kept a-head, and won very cleverly by a length, rode by Arnull, Scipio by Norman, Dervise by Robinson, and Coronet by John Day. Match for 500 sous. h. ft. Old mile. His Majesty's Maria, 5 yrs Lord Sefton's Souvenir 5 yrs 5 to 2on the winner. Souvenir made all the play, leading at a smart pace till within the distance, where Maria challenged, and beat her off hand by two honest lengths, amidst the acclamations of the spectators ; Robin son rode her, and H. Edwards the other. It was ti9nable policy to run Souvenir with such a W" : .ght upon her back. Match for 300 soya. Ohl mile. Mr. Payne's Privateer, 4 yrs 1 Mr. Thornhill's Merchant, 4 yes „ 5 to 2 on Privateer, who having, like Maria, a very liberal allowance of weight, won in a vanter by three lengths, rode by Goodison, Aferebara by Conolly. Match for 200 boys.. New mile. Mr. Young's Lazarus 1 Mr. Gully's Baltic . The winner was the favourite, and won easy, rmle by Robinson, Baltic by Wheatley. The Match between Falconbridge and Miss Foote is oft BETTING ON TIIE Cur.-2 to 1 aget Zinganee, 7to 2 aget Mameluke, 4 to 1 agst The Colonel, and 10 to 1 agst any other. The Colonel will be rode by H. Edwards. Amongst the visitors on the Heath was the eccentric Dr. Bowles, of Cambridge, well known to all Turf peop!e. CURRAGLI JUNE MEETING. MONDAY, JUNE S.-Kirwan stakes of 'AA ;OM h. ft. Post on the fiat. Second hors:4 saved his stake. Mr. Watt's Mounteagle, 3 yrs ------ Speculation, 5 y'rs AIL Caldwell's Nayarit), I yrs Three others not placed. Sweeptakcs of 10 soya. h. ft. with 20 khled, T.Y.C. Second horse saved his stake. • • - Mr. Battersby's Paddy What:l:, - yrs 1 Mr. Watt's Urganda, 4 yrs Mr. Hunter's Pa'.mer, 4 yrs Sweepstakes of 10 801, 11. ft. with 22 adcled, fur three- Yeav-old°, 000 mile and a quarter uu the Peel course. Horse saved his stak6. Mr. Ituthven's Mont Lord Miltown's c. by Waxy • Mr. Caldwell's ch. c. by Dandy . Four others not placed, • Match for 200 guineas, Bst. 71h. •:•hoil. Four miles. Mr. Blake's Paledour . ..... -.1 IVIr. Savage's Mc.nnt Lams 2 TUESDAY, JUNE 9.—The King's Plate of 100 guineas ; for four-yr-old'. Heats, two miles. , Mr. Caldwell's Navarin Mr. Kirwan's Milo ... . Mr. R'att'y Urgandg 2 0 two other 4 vQlplacei SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We trust that Parliament will have virtue — nay, .humanity— enoug h t o t h row out - t h e Bill for giving Sir Thomas Wilson a right to annihii , late Hampstead- heath ; that is, to do as has been clone with so many oth er pl aces o f h ea l t hf u l re creation for the smoke-dried inhabitants of Lon don—surround or cover it with rows of brick built houses. When some cold-blooded projec tor first recommended 'a variety of what= he called improvements" in St. James's-park, we fore told distinctly what would happen—namely, that in exchange for a few clumps of shrubs, a long line of iron railing, and a curved instead of a square-ended piece of water, the space through which free air circulated would be abridged, and more town raised on the groaning earth, to en close, obstruct, and stifle us. What then fol lowed ? As matters now stand, we see a sort of street or " terrace" of mansions, as high as the Tower of Babel, occupying that ground " where once a garden smiled"— the gar-. den of Carlton Palace. That sheet of open space, over which the breezes rushed out upon the Park, or from it, is now bunged up by a mass of stuccoed and decorated walls, as thick and impassible as the skull that.planned them. We have got the privilege of crawling by the sides of that old puddle, the St. James's canal. We have incurred the necessity of lift- ing up our eyes. at an angle of 80 degrees or so, to meditate those lofty pens of the aristo cracy which border the northern flank of 'the mall, as we walk along it. We have pilasters and palaces, and raw materials of • soot and stag nation, beyond all example—for these things the people of London did not want ; but that which alone they did want viz., more air, and an:.ex tension instead of a contraction of unbuilt sur. face,—that, let the Grandees talk big if they like, they have taken from us. The whole of the gardens of Carlton-house are swept away, but the tenant of Marlborough-house had better taste : he refused to immolate the small pleasure grounds of that historical habitation, and the stucco-fiend has been compelled to spare them. The same game, nay, a worse as it would seem, . • is about to be tried with Hampstead-heath,— that spot so elevated,—so animating,-4to acces sible to the crowd,—so refreshing to the impri- soiled population of those narrow districts of the metropolis " where" (for six days out of seven) " the pale artist plies the sickly trade,"—so sa lubrious for all who have no other doctor than a weekly plunge into the aerial current of that half-mountain region. It is frightful to think of Hampstead-heath becoming the sub ject of a Bill of Enclosure. Nor is this outrage upon the public comfort, nor can it be, the perpetration of any individual. It cannot be the work of a sordid or griping • landlord, for the thing is to be done by Act of Parliament ; and if the landlord could effect it by virtue of any right, or privilege, or usage, in herent in himself, appertaining to his title, en joyed by him as of the nature of property, or as incidental to it, he might have wrought this paramount mischief without requiring the pro tectors of the people to be his participes gr,nyi i ,„:„„„ nis—without coming for a new law to :o.4wpm 3scf~ ac - nate the ancient and immemorial enjoyotOnt* 05 E , 97 every class of Englishmen in both east and west, of London. The Regent's-park—no longer a ..„ 0 „,.5 park, but an irregular polygon of buildings, with grass and water in the midst of it—has been devoured by the brick and plaster mania. Nothing remains but Hyde-park and Kensing ton-gardens, since the Green-park has become a sort of side court-yard to that frivolous but laboured chaos which some people would per suade us is to be a favourite abode of Princes, deep buried in the swamp of Pimlico. How long, indeed, we may boast of either Kensing ton-garden, or of Hyde-park, it is not safe tr., surmise. Some Hottentot once proposed to build upon them ! aty.the.r, appearanceh a a d s t t h h e e f p u r tn o hb : was withdrawn to be resumed at a more conve nient season. If so, we trust that all England a ° l bs l o ai : n ib " 1- 1 is 9 il w l m ith u i t H iny am at ps t t h ea e d n . rian scheme; but in the mean time our business Bill for its enclosure.—Times. The French Ministry, about a year ago, from sympathy with the cry of commercial distress which resounded through the land, or from a belief that a more accurate knowledge of the sources of the public suffering might lead to some practical remedies, appointed (like ourselves in similar cases) two Commissions of Inquiry, the result of whose labours, it was expected, might enlighten the Government, and either furnish it with the means of effecting reforms, or an excuse for not attempting them. These Commissions, consisting of intelligent merchants, manufactu rers, and deputies, addressed themselves with considerable zeal to the duties imposed upon them, and collected a great body of evidence not less curious than useful. One of them examius l , the state of the iron -trade, and the poliev en couraging founderies in France; aw 3 • of , the other the manufacture of sugar and th- .nterests of the colonies. The object "' certain whether it mir ot h cases was to as nt not be advantageous for French intere: prohibitive, • to reduce the duties, almost on both commodities, so as to ad mit the importation of foreign supplies in ti':ese articles, in order to pay for the wine or other produce of the French soil and industry which had suffered a ruinous depreciation in value from the want of a market. The practical result is of little importance,--be cause the inquiry was pursued under too strong a bias to resist improvements, however beneficial in their ultimate effect, if required to be purchased by any present sacrifice either to the Exchequer or to partial interests,—but the facts collected, especially on the sugar question, are extremely curious and unexpected. Who. for instance, would have imagined, when the itu, genuity of the French chymists vied with what we thought the madness of the Imperial Go vernment to produce sugar from beet-root, that such a plant would be cultivated, and such. a manufacture continued, when the sugar-cane wo:, again accessible, and the French colonies re stored ? Who could have imagined the beet-root-grower could compete N% it% th e West India planter, either in the or the price of the article, while the fo.l.sater at - first could only bring his produce to viarket at three or four shillings a pound ? Then many good. jokes were made about tb.e profit of making Eu ropean sugar, and O N . probability of discovering the philbs'ophees stone! Now the project is so far fin - it.bsktig thought chimerical, that new ca tsital is daily embarked in its. success. Planta tions and factories are extending, in a manner that would appear incredible to the people of this country, unless the facts m a d been stated in such a manner as to leave no doubt of the truth before the commission to which we have alluded. It appears from its rgport (which now lies before. us), that since the Restoration the price of beet root-sugar has been reduced about three q uarters Wow its original prise,--that the number