The Sun. — London, England, 1869-02-15 00:00:00

MERCHAIVTS' COMPANY. iff. Richard Stuart Lane, Mr. Horace Edward Chapman, ►nd Mr. Frederick Jbhn Helbert Helbert, directors of the kterchants' Company (Limited), appeared before tho Lord Mayor, at tho Justice room of the Mansion-house, m Saturday morning, to undergo a further examination, on two summonses, taken out by Mr. Somerville, commission tgent, Glasgow, charging them, first, with having con spired together, by divers subtle means and devices, to de salve and defraud the public by inducing them to become shareholders of the company ; and (secondly), with having published a prospectus knowing the same to be false in divers naterial particulars. The case has been adjourned in order o afford time for an investigation of the books ; and it was sow further adjourned by agreement, without taking any ►dditional evidence, till Monday week. The defendants gore again released on bail. THE CONVE.IT CASE. On Saturday, the tenth day of the great convent case, mblic interest appeared to be visibly abating. The neighbourhood of the court was much less crowded than m previous days, and the court itself was less crowded than before ; but the number increased towards the latter cart of the day. Mrs. Starr's cross-examination was resumed by the Solicitor-General :--I told the sisters to use moderate lan page in their depositions for the bishop, and not to write anything of which they were doubtful. The Solicitor-General : And the rule you laid down for ;he sisters you prescribed for yourself ? Defendant (hesitatingly) : I wished to do it. She con cealed a book in her cell. There are no locks in the cells. The superior can go to them at any time and take out what she pleases. When I say hidden there, the cell is not the proper place to keep books. I found it, however, under her clothes in a cabinet. I found it on the shelf of an unlocked cupboard, between her clothes. I went there Purposely to look for it, from what the sister to whom I had riven it told me. The Lord Chief Justice : Tell us what you found. " Concealed " is for the jury to consider. Defendant : It was not on the top of the clothes ; it might have been amongst or under them. It was about the size of a small prayer-book, and called "Devotions to Jesus." I don't know if there was another copy in the convent. I had given it to Mrs. M`Owne in Miss Sainin's presence about a week or ten days before I found it in the ca. Previous to giving it to Mrs. M`Owne I had used the book. Mrs. M`Owne told me she bad lost the book, and said she could not help thinking Miss Saurin had got .t. When I accused her of taking it she at first evaded the question. The Lord Chief Justice : Was her name in it as a pre sentation by you, or as the owner of the book ? Defendant : As a presentation. I told her she knew it was not mine, as she was present when I gave it to Sister Mary Agnes. She admitted it was a fault against poverty —that she had done wrong. The book is not here, but can be produced. The Solicitor• General: I should like the book to be sent For, because I am told you are wrong about the inscrip tion ; and what you have described is what you consider concealment. Defendant : The redistribution of clothes in 1862 was made for the general benefit of the community, but not with any intention of limiting her particularly, although I said in my depositions it was made in consequence of her having too much clothes, and an unaccountable accu mulation of things, such as bobbins and trifling things of that kind. The Solicitor-General : Do you think an "unaccount able accumulation of things " conveyed to the episcopal mind bobbins and such like ? (Laughter.) Defendant : I really don't know. This statement to the bishop was not an exaggeration, but a statement of fact. When I say she cut up her clothes and made them up anew, I found that in the case of a petticoat she had cut up one petticoat, and made the other thicker, in some parts six thicknesses. It should only have had two thick nesses. I cannot speak to it positively. I felt it was heavier. I won't undertake to say she bad cut out the bad parts and made them good. This was done after I had altered the number of the clothing. I also stated in my deposition that the destruction of her apparel was most unaccountable, and that had reference to her tearing her veil and other articles I have already described. Some nuns honestly wear out their clothes quicker than others. My impression was that Miss Saurin did it dishonestly. I described her as "a clever woman, who always had excuses that satisfied me " for the time being. I never made inquiries whether her excuses were true in fact, but on reflection I considered them not to he. I did not consider an inquiry necessary. I found it out partly from my own observation and partly from inquiry—perhaps both. (The defendant was cross-examined on this point for considerable time, and, in answer to a question, said 11.. did not understand what the learned counsel was question. ing her about.) Mr. Mellish : You have gone on long enough to puzzle any one. The Lord Chief Justice : I quite agree with that. Cross-examination continued : I by no means meant to make any charge whatever against her moral character when I wrote " she was in a state of excitement when the priest was present." I felt very uncomfortable about her. What I meant by the statement, "I caught her kneeling by he side of the priest, putting things into his hand and sug gesting she should go with him," turned upon the rule of dleness, "that she shall always and in all places preserve in her deportment a gravity becoming a religious person," and I am quite sure neither the bishop nor tho commission thought it a reflection on her moral character. My reference to a gross scandal was not to be considered in any gross sense whatever. My statement of "my fear of a coming scandal," which I mentioned to Canon Motley, bad reference entirely and solely to her pilfering the children's dinners. I believed the plaintiff to be ver' insincere, and " perpetually telling falsehoods." Mrs. Kennedy, the co-defendant, was also called on Saturday, and confirmed in many respects the evidence given by Miss Starr. She charged Aliss Saurin with breaking the rules of silence and poverty, and with taking things from the other sisters. The witness was examined in contradiction of certain statements of the plaintiff as to ill-treatment. As to the alleged deprivation of bedclothes, she said it arose from a little pressure in the house, and there was a struggle among the sisters who should give it up, and Miss Saurin was among those who offered. Sh e denied the alleged rudeness on the occasion of Miss Saurin's removal from Clifford to Hull, and positively swore that she never pushed Miss Saurin downstairs. The court was again adjourned. The fortune which the Princess Bacciochi has left to the Prince Imperial amounts, report says, to 7,000,000 f. THE FRENCH INSTITUTE. —Professor Max Muller, who in 1858 had been elected a corresponding member of the French Institute (Acad4mie des Inscriptions et Belles- Lettres), has just been elected one of the eight foreign Associates of that Academy. The following characteristic advertisement ap pears in a New York paper :—" If the party who took a fancy to my overcoat was influenced by the inclemency of the weather, all right ; but if by commercial considerations, I am ready to negotiate for its return.—John Brougham, No. 325, West Fourteenth-street." SINKING OF A CONVICT HULK.—The Journal Officiel of the French Empire publishes the following : " We learn that the floating hulk, Cacique, moored in the roadstead at Cayenne, suddenly sank on the 26th of December, and several convicts perished, notwithstanding that prompt assistance was afforded. The Minister of Marine has ordered an inquiry to ascertain the cause of this disaster." A conference of thesepresentatives of a large num ber of the poor-law unions in the counties of Stafford, War wick, Chester, and Salop has been held at Stafford, under the presidency of the Earl of Lichfield. The chairman said that the large increase of vagrancy in the midland counties called urgently for some repressive measures. In January, 1867, the number of vagrants relieved in 46 unions was 8,419 ; in January, 1868, it was 11,000 ; whilst last month the number was 14,439. Several suggestions were made, and the operation of Mr. Baker's ticket system was explained and criticised. Mr. Baker himself said that his system had not reduced the number of vagrants who went into workhouses, but it bad reduced the number of tramps in a remarkable degree. Some resolutions were ' passed, in which the necessity of adopting a uniform system was strongly insisted upon. COUNTY FINANCIAL BOARDS.—At a meeting of the Cirencester Chamber of Agriculture, the Rev. T. Maurice read a paper on County Financial Boards. He defined a county financial board as a body elected by the ratepayers to raise and disburse the funds applicable for ' the public expenses of the county. Taxation and representation have to be considered in dealing with this question, so that they who supply the money should have a voice in the control of it. It is difficult to decide whether or not it is desirable to apply this principle to county finance. The principle of repre sentation has advantages of its Own, and experience has falsified the predictions of those who consi dered that it would produce an inferior Parlia ment. If it were only desirable to have the most talented men in the House of Commons the Queen in Council might select them, but that would not constitute a representative assembly. Probably more able men might be nominated for a public board'than could be selected by popular suffrage ; hut then the principle of representation would be sacrificed. The compensating advantages of an elected board would be many, and the elevating effect_ OD the constituency itself would be considerable, 17 ALLIN NOTES. (From a Cm-respondent.) The present invasion of Italy by the Anglo-Saxons will long be remembered by the hotel-keepers of Rome and Naples. The tide of travel has flowed steadily towards the Italian peninsula since the commencement of the winter, and has led to an unprecedented gathering of English and American visitors. During the two precious seasons Garibaldi and the cholera have kept many 'persons from Rome, and these dangers having subsided, travellers are now making up for lost time, and the res - ult is a rather inconvenient degree of overcrowding at all the hotels and pensions. With the view of avoiding any difficulty in getting accommodation, I engaged rooms before reaching Rome, but our train being two hours late it was thought that we had not arrived, and when we reached the hotel the rooms we had engaged were let to other visitors. We therefore quickly learned how crowded Rome was by driving from one hotel to another, and receiving always the same answer. At last, some time after midnight, we found a hotel where we could be received, and while hesitating whether to accept the accommodation another party arrived, and on hearing their inquiry, " Can you give us five bedrooms ?" we rushed upstairs without further parley, glad to get in where we could. Beyond the inconvenience of hotels unusually crowded, visitors are not likely to be disappointed. Rome is quite as disagreeable and dangerous as it is represented to be, and it certainly is quite as interesting and wonderful. Each visitor will find in Rome precisely what he expects ! to find these. If he wishes to see the most magnificent development of Ritualism which has Lcen displayed since the days of Solomon's Temple there he will find it. If he desires to realise the grandeur and the barbarism of heathen times, he cannot fail to feel both pleasure and pain as he studies the relics of the Forum and contemplates the ruins of the Coliseum. The most earnest Puritan must be interested as he explores the mazes of the Catacombs and discovers unmistakeable evidence of " the patience of the saints " who contended against the powers of darkness and of paganism. The most zealous Catholic must be delighted as he witnesses high mass at St. Peter's, or listens to the earnest eloquence of Arch bishop Manning. The artist finds his home in Rome, and mrst not, therefore, be spoken of as a traveller in a place, where for a longer or shorter period of his life he must be a sojourner. The politician, who finds interest everywhere, discovers a double interest in Italy, where on the same soil the oldest power in Europe is passing through a crisis in its history, and the youngest European kingdom is struggling in the perils of infancy. Surrounded by all these elements of interest, it is not surprising that travellers, who quickly learn to adapt themselves to circumstances, soon discover the essential difference between the atmosphere of Rome and that of other places. The latest arrival from Nice is surprised to find that the colour of a dress or the shape of a bcnnet is no longer a matter of supreme importance' and that to hold your own in Rome it is necessary to see, and to think, and to know. One of the most pleasant circumstances connected with life here is the number of intel ligent and agreeable fellow travellers which you constantly meet. Having arrived at Rome just before Christmas Day, the first subject which engaged our attention was the high mass which is then held at St. Peter's. There is no other building in the world to equal St. Peter's for giving affect to any spectacle of an extensive character. Whenever anything of the kind is attempted elsewhere two elements are wanting— space and experience—and the result is, that crowding and confusion are sure to prevail more or less. In St. Peter's the five acres of marble floor afford ample space, and the constant repetition of these ceremoniesgives the experience which is necessary to avoid mistakes. Although a larger number of dignitaries are present than are usually found on more rare occasions of state ceremonies, there is ample space for all, and the complicated pro gramme is carried through, not only without confusion, but with the most absolute precision. On this oceacion about forty-five cardinals and a very large number of Monsignors took part in the celebra tion (each cardinal brings a servant to attend to his robes and vestments). The corps diplomatique, with all the deco rations they could muster, and a few " distinguished visitors," were present. The floor of the large building is kept by soldiers in magnificent uniforms, the line of soldiers in the chancel being formed of the 'noble guard. The spectacle is witnessed by a large concourse of persons, a considerable proportion of whom are visitors to Rome. Ladies are expected to appear in veils, and gentlemen in evening dress ; otherwise they are not allowed to pass beyond the nave of the church. The portion of the ser vice read by the Pope was pronounced in a voice remark ably clear and sonlrons, and the mode in which he conducted the whole service sbewed no sign of falling strength. At the elevation of the Host all kneel, the soldiers dropping on one knee with military precision. At Candlemas, or the Purification of the Virgin Mary, li:gh mass is again celebrated at St. Peter's, and on this occasion the Pope blesses a large lumber of candles, which are prcocnted to the cardinals and other dignitarirs of the Church,also to' he members of the diplomatic corps. This ceremony is carried out with great state. Each candle passes through the hands of five or six Church dignitaries before it reaches the Pope, who holds it in a horizontal position with both hands. The recipient approaches, kneels, kisses each hand of the Pope, and his foot, and then reverently takes the candle. The whole is done with the most perfect order and without the slightest appearance of haste, and yet so rapidly that towards the conclusion of the ceremony as many as seven candles were blessed and presented in one minute. When the presenta tion of candles was completed the procession was re-formed, and the Pope was raised in his chair and carried round the church, each recipient bearing the candle which had been presented. It is a remarkable sight to see the members of the corps diplomatique, including the representatives of nearly all the Great Powers on earth, receiving from the Pope a blessed candle. After this it can scarcely be said that the age in which we live is utilitarian. After Christmas Day we were at liberty to devote our selves to the investigation of the multitudinous objects of interest in and about Rome ; and let ro one suppose that he can do justice to these in a brief visit. No traveller should arrange to give less than two months to Rome, and at the end of that time I venture to say that he will leave it with regret, and with a distinct consciousness that he has left many things undone. Visitors are never tired of contemplating the Forum, with its varied r uins ; or the Palace of the Caesars, the site of which has been purchased by Napoleon 111., under whose energetic authority excavations continually lead ing to interesting discoveries are now going on. The Coliseum will require repeated visits, and any amount of time and thought may be devoted to the con templation of its material vastness and the moral depravity which its hi s t ory discloses. You see the arena where the Christians and other Roman captives were torn to pieces by wild beasts, and the benches still remain on which the ladies of the capital were seated to enjoy the spectacle. Slavesw buildings, eilvidigonrksed to d ea th i n th e erect i on o f these stu pendous, and then they were tortured and slain to gratify the fiendish propensities of the heathen multi tude. Y ou thi n k of all this, and you thank heaven that the have C d el o i n se e u s el om ie et i h e i re ng ie t e o ruins, and that Christianity and freedom dition of manki n d. ameliorate the character and con- A visit to the Catacombs enables you to realise all that places nl i a s d t c o e r ys thef for r e m a to ch hde e e p s un az r; t oh o si ec t s h h s o ft s h u e ff y e ra concealment,vnagi s l e o d f th themselvesre e e l i a g l r o y u h s wo f r o i sr thesetsibai n p s , and burial. The discoveries recently made in the Cata combs superintendence the of St. C a li xtus, under the of Father S m ith , h ave added much to interest o t o, which has al ways attached to this subject. With visit it is impossible to realise their adaptability of the Catacombs to the purposes for which they are used. The material in which they are excavated is a soft, but ten a wcihcouish is sufficiently sand, which c firm n b r m t o e cut retaininto wtite shape ago arenow hper f perfect o f t , e t h a s e e , and seen exca vation. The tool-marks madel,soo years h just as they were made, and th e sand is so dry that the paintings and inscriptions on th e wa ll s are in. many cases nearly perfect. The chapels i n w hi c h the altarsofthe early Christians were erected, and th e ga l leries in which their dead were interred, are as perfect as when they were first excavated. The various ramifications of the galleries were well adapted for the purposes of concealment, and the horror of the pagans at the thought of a dead body added to the security which the Christians felt in their hiding-places. After the necessity for concealment ceased the mode of interment was continued, until seven millions of persons have found their final retting-place in the cata combs immediately around Rome. A large number of American artists are residing there. The Americans are always extensive purchasers of works cf art, and just now many of the studios are occupied with subjects commemorative of the great struggle through which they have just passed. I could not avoid an expres sion of regret that pains and expense should be incurred in perpetuating remembrances which might be forgotten with advantage. Amongst the heathen it was considered an accursed thing to keep a trophy in repair ; amongst Christians it would be as well if trophies were not erected. Mr. Childs, the proprietor of the Philadelphia Ledger, is now in Rome, and has distinguished his visit by a series of banquets on a most liberal scale, in which he entertains his numerous friends. At a dinner given a few days since, at the Hotel de l'Europe, when Longfellow was the chief guest of the evening, the magnificence of the entertain ment was such that it attracted universal attention. The hotel, from the basement to the third floor, was illumi nated with flowers, and the dining-room was one blaze of floral beauty. Flowers are very cheap in Rome, and for half a franc 3 7 011 can purchase a magnificent nosegay; but Mr. Child was not satisfied until he had spent 1,300 francs on the floral decorations for this entertainment. During my visit to Rome a remarkable circumstance occurred, - which is somewhat suggestive as to the extraordinary character of the locality. An artillery officer hired a horse for a ride on the Campagna. For some purpose he dis mounted, when to his horror he found that the ground under his horse's hind feet was suddenly giving way. The horse fell backwards, and after a brief struggle dis appeared from his sight, and could be heard falling and falling as if descending an unfathomable depth. The poor animal had fallen into an old and covered well. The frightened officer walked home and reported his loss ; his story was scarcely credited, but on visiting the spot and descending the well, the horse was found at a depth of 150 feet from the surface. According to Roman law the hirer had to pay the value of the animal. The Protestant visitors to Rome can attend public worship at the English, American, or Presbyterian chapels, which are situated close to each other and just outside the Popolo gate. The English chapel will afford accommoda tion for 600 or 700 persons, and is constantly crowded. The American chapel is rather smaller, and the Presbyterian much less, but both are well filled. The service and sermons in each are remarkably characteristic of the nationalities they represent. The English is strictly correct, the American eminently practical, and the Scotch decidedly philosophical. All are supported by voluntary contributions, and they certainly should be well supported, judging by the apparent wealth of the congregations. The wide streets in which the chapels are situated are crowded at each service with the carriages of the visitors, and amongst them are the best equipages which appear on the Pincian Hill. The Pope receives a large number of English and American visitors, who are generally presented on Sunday. After the presentation he addresses a few practical observations to his audience, which are usually founded on the Scripture lessons for the day. The short sermon to which I listened has already appeared in your columns. It was pleasant to think that the same subject was occupying the attention of so large a portion of Christendom, both Catholic and Protestant, at the same time. I am bound to admit that the Pope's unassuming kindness of manner and sound Christian teaching contrasted very favourably with a lecture on " Protestant Missions in Italy" which I attended shortly after hearing the sermon at the Vatican. In this lecture the Pope was denounced in the usual terms as the " man of sin," and the "son of of perdition," language which, if used outside of a chapel, would be very properly designated as profane swearing. What should we think of a man who in England applied such terms to the Archbishop of Canterbury? Archbishop Manning, who is now in - Rome, is preaching a series of controversial sermons in defence of the claims and doctrines of his Church. These sermons are largely attended, and, as might be expected, the congregation consists in a great degree of the English and American visitors. The archbishop, with unusual force, repeats the oft-used argument that as truth is one, there can be but one true Church. His sermons appear to me like a beautiful chain of argument with one link missing. It would be as just to contend that truth is perfection, and that as it is manifest that there is no perfect Church, therefore there is no true Church. It is useless to require absolute truth or perfection where any human element is introduced, and at present we cannot have Churches without human elements. One of the sights which no visitor to Rome should fail to see is the drawing of the lottery tickets, which takes place at the office of the Minister of Finance every Saturday precisely at noon. In almost every street in Rome there are offices where lottery tickets are sold, and where any purchaser who can command twopence-half penny may take his chance of losing orincreasing his fortune. The Government, of course, makes a handsome percentage of profit on all subscriptions. The mode of conducting the lottery is as follows :—ln a balcony in front of the Finance Minister's office is placed a glass barrel. At a few minutes before noon the proper officer places in this barrel a series of numbers from 1 to 89, each number being put into a small cardboard box about as large as a man's finger. The number as it is put in is called out in a loud voice, which is heard by the ciowdbelow. Precisely at 12o'clock a cardinal appears upon the scene, the ninetieth number is handed to him, and he solemnly places it in the glass barrel. A flourish of trumpets is then sounded, during which the barrel is turned rapidly round in one direc tion—the music changes, and the barrel goes round in the opposite direction. The barrel is then stopped; a boy standing behind it takes off his hat, makes the sign of the cross, and thrusting his hand into the barrel through a doorway at the side, he draw s ou t one o f th e roun d cases. This is handed to the cardinal, who opens it, hands the paper it contains to the official, who reads it aloud, and then throws down the paper to the crowd. Five numbers are drawn in this way, and the business is concluded. If you wish to speculate in the lottery you may do so in several ways, three of which are as follows :--You may name a number, and, if it comes up in either of the live draw ings, you receive about fifteen times the sum which you drawn, a sum equa l t o about 2.7,0 tina's the stake is la id , if three numbers are named, and all are drawn, the prize is about 3,000 times the stake. It will be seen that under these arrangements the average profit to the Government cannot be less than 50 per cent., and the average loss to the speculators must be in like propor tion. The infallibility of the Pap a l G overnmen t i s a great misfortun e ; it makes a difficulty in the way of acknow ledging errors and reforming them. But for this circum stance the objectionable mode of raising a revenue by means of a lottery would doubtless have been abandoned long since. Everything in Rome is carried on under the sanction and authority of the Government. The Carnival is taken under its special protection, and all amusements are allowed or prohibited at the pleasure of the authorities. This year the Carnival was formally opened on the 30th January. A body of mounted guards rode down the Corso, dropping one of their number at each of the streets that lead into it, for the purpose of stopping all traffic. A grand procession then made its appearance, consisting, of the governor of Rome and various officials connected with the municipality, in carriages, and members of the fire brigade following the carriages on foot. The street was then cleared for the races by a body of the mounted guard, who rode slowly clown the Corso and galloped back. Seven horses, without riders, were started for the races, with goads dangling from their sides, which prick them as they run, and coloured papers flying from their manes and tails. The, horses being sufficiently frightened and hurt, gallop as fast as circumstances permit ; but the street being pitched with stones which are exceedingly hard and slipp ery , i t is difficult for the ho rses t o keep their feet. One horse, not being able to guide himself, dashed into the crowd, and the result was a child severely injured, with arm and ribs broken. Another horse fell about the middle of the Corso, and rolled over. He lay stunned for a minute, and then got up and galloped on, much to the astonishment of the crowd, which had closed in behind the foremost horses, and were not expecting a second edition of danger. Horse-racing without riders might do very well on turf, and with proper arrangements; but in a street it is simply an absurdity. The horse which is most frightened is likely to be the first, and the race is won, not by the strongest sinews, but by the weakest nerves. At the Carnival, universal liberty is allowed for pelting with chalk sugar-plums. Walking on stilts has been forbidden, for last year the aspiring gem who towered on stilts peered into the upper windows and alarmed several elderly ladies by the unexpected apparition. At Florence the Carnival is conducted much more sensibly. There it consists in parading the streets in carriages, and throwing nosegays and real sweetmeats at your friends. Masks and costumes are allowed, but I saw no roughness or vulgarity. A committee, consisting of Governor Claflin, General Francis A. Osborn, Gardner Brewer and Charles 0. Whittemore, has been organized for the purpose of put ting in marble and presenting to the State of Massachusetts, to be deposited in the State-house, Martin Millmore's fine briA of OLai les permanent memorial of his great services to the nation during the three terms of his Senatorship. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. I ADvEßTiszmENT..l—Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— With these remedies within reach persons suffering from disorders arising from atmospheric inclemencies are with out excuse, if disorder did eventuate in disease. High and low, rich and poor, old and young, have availed them selves of Holloway's treatment, and have in gratitude tes tified to the success which has followed their employment. Few maladies can befal mankind which do not admit of alleviation, relief, or cure by these healing, soothing, and purifying preparationa. The action of the Ointment and Pills is wholesome in the highest degree, and never can can be harmful in either external or internal ailments. 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He attributes fall in quality to other causes altogether, and there fore regards the resolutions in question as mere restrictions. lle first advocates greater care in the selection of stock for breeding, thinking that a great deal has been lost through inferior parentage. lle then goes on to say : " The great misfortune to the Turf is owing to that barbarous system of racing from February to the end of November, which ought to be forbidden by Act of Par liament." Discussing the motions to be made at the Jockey Club, he finds all of them unsa ti s f ac t ory . Still he readily admits that something might be altered with respect to the early working. "It has been calculated that the early running o f two-year olds, is the least expensive system of t ra i n i ng ; it either pays the bills by winning stakes, or it opens the eyes of the owner to the demerits of the animal which he hastens to get rid of. In a commercial point of view it is the quick return that pr , ys—ilie world is governed by s. d,, and mcing men arc unfortunately not exempted from this human frailty." SICK BISHOPS. In addition to the three bishops mentioned on a former occasion, who, we said, were hopelessly dis abled—the Bishops of Exeter and Bath and Wells from infirmity, and the Bishop of Winchester from paralysis—we regret to have to place the Bishop of Salisbury in the same list. It has been stated within the last day or two that Dr. Hamilton is some what better, but later accounts say that there is little chance of the bishop ever again resuming his episcopal duties. The Bishop of Carlisle is also among the disabled, and has had to follow his brother of Salisbury's example by coming to London for medical advice. Dr. I'Valdegrave is comparatively a young man, being but 52 years old. The Bishop of Rochester is still suffering from bronchitis ; the Bishop of Chichester is considerably over 80. WORK FOR CONVOCATION. Convocation, which has hitherto successfully re sisted all attempts to bring about intercommunion between Nonconformists and the English Church, is to be called upon by the Archdeacon of Nottingham to appoint a commission for considering the position of the Abyssinian Church. The archbishops and bishops have no objection to dining with the minis ters of all denominations at Fishmongers' Hall, but when it conies to spiritual communion they appe , r to prefer a semi-civilised Abuna of Abyssinia to Mr. Binney. It does not appear that the Archdeacon. has any intention of enforcing a reductio ad absurdum. Another matter which Convocation is to consider is the exchange of livings. THE QUEEN. The reports respecting the Queen are very various. While a London weekly Conservative paper declares that the real reason why her Majesty will not break her retirement is that she will not herself utter the words which the Ministers will probably put in her mouth respecting the Irish Church, a provincial Conservative weekly paper assigns the absence of her Majesty from the opening of Parliament to ill healtht and gives a very alarming account of the sovereign. According to this paper, "it is a well known fact in medical circles that the Queen will never more make any public appearance which demands her opening her mouth, and she is enjoined to great quietude on all occasions. Heart disease has manifested itself in growing strength in the Queen, the form being, so far as medical science can discover, that of fatty degeneration , and this accounts for the frequent fits of languidness and the tendency to occasional faintness. The first occasion that gave rise to any alarm was when her Majesty received information of the attack on the life of the Duke of Edinburgh, and the alarming symptoms w'iich then manifested themselves have opened the eyes of the medical men to the character of the disease." The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian says that even now it is under deliberation if the Queen will not attend in morning dress, without reading the speech. The Echo denies the statement that political reasons have anything to do with the Queen's absence, and affirms that the state of her health is the sole cause. Quot homines, tot sententice. THE MINISTRY AND THE OPPOSITION. The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian says that " the general impression created by Mr. Gladstone's speech at Fishmongers' Hall is certainly not one of excessive confidence in the unanimity of the Cabinet." The same writer states that " the Conservatives mean to take up the cause of the clerks and workmen who are about to b e reduced in the various departments. They threaten, moreover, to have a field night upon the creation of a third Lord of the Treasury, and the ; raising of Mr. Stansfeld's salary from £l,OOO to £2,000 a year." It is also said that the GOvernment contemplate employing two commissioners to inquire into the working of charities and poor relief abroad. TIIE MINISTERIAL BANQUET. Poor Mr. Bright always seems to be in bad favour with the Press. The papers, Liberal and Conserva tive, have always some fault to find with him. He is indiscreet, he is flattering, he has the manner of a demagogue, he does not understand the responsibility upon his shoulders, &c., &c. His speech at the " Fishmongers" is no exception to the rule. It might be expected that the Tory journals would have their " little joke" over the injury done to his family by reason of his love of politics; it would only be a matter of course that writers on the side of the Opposition would find a great deal of nonsense in what he had intended for sense ; but it is not the llera'd only, for the Telegraph and even the Spectator find occasion for criticism in the oratory to which the President of the Board of Trade gave utterance on Thursday night last. The Post does not doubt Mr. Bright's good inten tions. "Ile is no doubt a very plain and honest man," but for our aristocratic contemporary he is rather too earnest. Earnest men might be modest, and Mr. Bright need not have said—as according to the Post he did in effect say—" I thank Thee, 0 Lord, that I am not as these bishops are, with from £5,000 to £15,000 a year, full of humour and merry. I have given my life, I have sacrificed the interests of my family to the interests of my country." Like the Post, the Spectator wants to know why Mr. Bright made an attack on the bench of bishops. " On this occasion Mr. Bright wounded his audience by feeble, acrimonious attacks on an order of men absolutely unconnected with his subject. The Spectator notes that he sat down without a cheer__ after making a hind of apology for his mistake. The Telegraph has other faults to find with this singularly unfortunate speech. Mr. Bright com plained that his advice was not taken by the Cabinet. This complaint our contemporary thinks was made in the wrong place altogether. It is his business to work with hiscolleagues, not against them? If he accepts office, he is not free to stand, as it were, outside, and denounce official shortcomings with a free tongu e , proper enough in " Such a s peech is its proper place, but that place is the Cabinet Coun cil, not the Fishmongers' ; and Mr. Bright is woefully mistaken if he thinks that by denouncing his colleagues out of doors he can relieve himself from his own share of Ministerial responsibility. The Conservative papers see in Mr. Gladstone's statement that the policy of binding together the three countries could not be carried out in one measure —an admission that the Irish Church scheme must take a long time to pass Parliament. The Daily News corrects this criticism by pointing out that the Prime Minister spoke not of any specific measure or mcns-,:res, but of the moral effect of wise and just leg - sl.ition. Tho 11 - era.'crs criticism of Mr. Gladstone is not altogether happy. Its complaint is that Mr. Gladstone " vaunts the favour of the Queen." .Mr. Gladstone simply s2oke of the constitutional chip racter of her Majesty. He did not, as another Premier has done, make hims e lf ou t t o b e th e spec i a l favourite of IZoyalty. THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL. What has become of the Marquis of llartington ? Ile was not at the last Cabinet Council, being the only member absent, and he has not issued any address to the electors of the Rad nor b oroug h s . Th e eldest son of the Cavendishes is generally supposed to look upon work as rather a bore. We suppose, how ever, that he has made up hi s m i n d as w h e th er h e will continue in office or not. The day is close at hand for the issue of the new writs. ENERGY AT THE POOR-LAW BOARD. It may be that " a new broom sweaps clean," but there is ce rtainly anenergy in the Government departments which s altogether unparalleled. A Minister's life is no longer one of armchairs; he now makes inquiries which are no t prompte d b y some opponent in the llouse of Commons. Mr. Goschen, for instance, has been finding out how things g o on in workhouses without the aid of th e i n t erme di ate inspector. Late o n Wednesday night, we are told, he paid a visit to St. INlarylebone Workhouse, and spent a couple of hours, in company with M r . Douglas, the master, in inspecti ng th e casua l war d s and a portion of each department of the workhouse. This house a t present cont a i ns nearly 2,000 poor, a larger number than that of any ot h er similar esta blishment in London. A FORTU NATE YOUNG PATRICIAN. Lord Ronald Leveson Gower i s a l uc k y young gentleman. 1\ of only is a member of long standing compelled to make y for h im , so th a t h e may h ave a seat in the Legislature as soon as he has left school, but he has not eve n to incur any of the heavy formal expenses which other members found so burden some. His election cost him only £37 ls. 3d. Clearly, the Duke of Sutherland knows how to keep down sheriffs and lawyers. MR. DISRAFLI AND TU BISHOP OF CAPETOWN. The John Bull lati!,lishes an ex t rac t f rom a l e tt er written by the Bishop of Capetown to the Archdeacon of Natal, in which the bishop describes his interview with the then Premier. Ile says : " I sought an interview with Mr. Disraeli, though only on the day before I left London, and formally complained to him of the conduct of the Duke of Buckingham. Nothing could be more frank or courteous than the way in which he received my complaint, regretting only that I had not appealed to him sooner. He said that the matter was not before the Cabinet; that he would make no secret of his general sympathy with me and my proceedings; that it would be impossible, at that late moment f, , an ^-a-LL--e. u,rvi 0 1. "mu ullit I, In a clay or two an answer should be sent to any one whom I could name to act for me." AN AL.4.DMING INTIMATION. The Daily .Neer announces a terrible piece of ne ws for the benefit o f E ng li s h ladies. Continental salon./ and ball-rooms are rapidly being closed against them, not on account of diplomatic difficulties or political entanglements. English ladies dress so shabbily English people are no longer to be invit e d t o continental recepti ons . This startling piece of intelli gence comes somewhat strangely at a time when the extravagance of otr ladies in taste and toilett e i s a constant theme of li sco urse. English tourists, how ever, aro perhaps tao much in the habit of thinking that anything will do for abroad, and having worn their clothes out in the London season, they think they can wear them again when they cross the Channel, as if they were fresh from the millner's. But a great deal may be said on the other site. The Russian and American circles, who are the chief malcontents, emulate the barbarian in his love of paint and feathers. "With them a stairese is not a staircase unless it be covered with velve' pile inches deep ; wine is not wins unless pearl; melted in it would scarcely make it more precous ; suppers are not suppers at all if they do notoutstrip the boasted banquets of Lucullus. It is eas: to be shabby amidst more than Oriental magnificene, and to spoil a room where no expense is spared. The Daily News is apprehensive that our ladies wi be enticed too far on the dangerous path, an , remembering that a Parisian bride's po3ket-hankerchiefs the other day cost i:3,000, we mu s t admit that the prospect of compe tition is somewhat atrming. EARLY TRAINING ND OVERWORKING OF RACE HORSES. There has been a peat cry about th deterioration of our racers. Nearr all writers on the subject have attributed this detd.oration to the overworkiig of the young horses. " two-year-olds," it was said, were worn out in a fw months by the extraordinary amount of running tid training which they had to dia—soma, rail autior. are_now under thesunswlPr NAVAL AND MILITARY NEWS. The Broad Arrow has to itself the important news that the Assistant Controller-in-Chief at the War Office has resigned. General Balfour, having been unable to induce Mr. Cardwell to concur in his views, has very properly thrown up his post. Sir Henry Storks will now be master of the situation. Mr. Cardwell has had frequent conferences with Earl De Grey respecting the War Office reforms. From the same paper we learn that a great alteration is to be made in the organisation of the Engineer branch of the War Department, that Captain Ducane, ME., will probably succeed Colonel Henderson as inspector of convict prisons, and that an Appeal Committee has been appointed by the Admiralty to consider any complaints from clerks who consider they have any grounds of com plaint on being discharged. A somewhat hard case is mentioned. A clerk who had completed all but one month of the 20 years which would have entitled him to an annuity, has been one of the first clerks selected for discharge. AN EXPERUMTAL INDULGENCE. Mr. Redgrave, Inspector of Factories has gazetted •an important modification of the Factory and Workshops Regulation A.ct." By this change it will be legal to substitute another clay than Saturday on which the weekly half-holiday may be granted, in all factories and workshops connected with a retail business in which articles of wearing apparel are made, or which may be situated in towns where the market-day is Saturday. The motive for the alteration is praiseworthy enough; the masters will probably find it much to their conve nience. The only objection to it is that it will be so much easier for the law to be disobeyed. While there was uniformity of time, a departure from the law was comparatively easy to observe. Will it be easy to detect under this new regulation? FOREIGN NOTES. PROBABLE RUPTURE BETWEEN TURKEY AND PERSIA. The difficulty between Turkey and Persia threatens to become serious. The Shah is said to be preparing to pro ceed with a military force in the direction of Bagdad, near the south-western frontier of his dominions. The Turks, on their side, have despatched reinforcements to the same quarter THE EASTERN DIFFICULTY. The Liberte has received later intelligence from Athens, and is enabled to give the assurance that the difficulty in Greece has been got over, and that general quiet has succedcd the agitation of the last few weeks. As the Liberia' has been the most warlike of journals throughout this crisis, it is to be presumed that it would not make this pacific announcement without good reason. The semi official papers also contain tidings of peace, and it, is note worthy, as indicative of the ill-feeling which has again sprung up between France and Prussia, that the Etendard declares the acceptance of the protocol by Greece to be displeasing to Count Bismarck, who hoped to stir up a general embroglio. Nothing c• uld be more im probable; the initiative in the Conference scheme was taken first of all by Prussia. • BUSSIA, A letter from Constantinople says that Prince Gorts schakoff has addressed to all the Russian representatives abroad a circular in which the blame of the present diffi cul yin the East is laid entirely upon Turkey. Prince Gortschakoff implicitly justifies the conduct of Greece towards Turkey. 'This circular has caused much excite ment in the Ottoman capital. The Czar'fiForeign Minister "implicitly justifies" the conduct of Greece because it is to the profit of Russia, and the circular need not, there fore, cause either excitement or surprise. Justification on any other ground is impossible. SPAIN. All the deputies and spectators assembled at the open ing of the Cortes rose on the entrance of the members of the Provisional Government, except the Republican frac tion, which preserved a hostile demeanour to the last, and is still determined, it is said, to attempt to realise its ideal form of government. But it is clear that a minority of 70 out of 350 can effect nothing without amalga mation, and so far the Republicans have refused all compromise. The Cortes will have no great choice of candidates, for the range of selection becomes narrower. but speculation as to the issue is as vague as ever. The Libel* thinks a Republic or Iluutpensier is the alterna tive ; and in that case, the choice resolves itself into one of the traditional Hobson type. The Constitutionnel, however, believes in Don Fernando, who once snore appears on the scene. He is thought to to be the " dark horse ".of the Government. AMERICA. A ' claim set up by the Ingraham family to the town of Leeds may perhaps have fallen entirely out of public memory. It appears, however, that the affair has not wholly dropped, nor has another will-o'-the-wisp pursuit of the same kind. The heirs of ono Nicholas Albertson lay claim to the city of Amsterdam. Both ate nice properties, Leeds being valued at twenty millions sterling, Amsterdam about twelve. A meeting of the Albertson heirs has been held, and an agent selected to look after the property. Two thousand dollars were raised, with the promise of more, to defray his expenses—all to be ready by the first of February. Nicholas Albertson landed in America in 1730, and the family trace their origin to him. It is pretty certain that in England the statute of limi tations will exclude all such claims, and it may be taken for granted that the canny Dutch will make possession more than nine points of the law. The Times correspondent says it is decided that the Forty-first Congress shall assemble on March 4, i mam ,. diately after President Grant's inauguration, and that all the important financial questions about which there has been so much difference of opinion in the present Congress shall be allowed to go over to the next one for settlement. The battle between gold and. greenbacks has yet to be fought. The resumption of specie payments is a question respecting which endless difference of opinions prevail. Everybody believes it desirable, but many think it at pre sent impracticable. The Indian war is at an end, and it is now expected that the hostile tribes will withdraw to their reservations in peace. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. The great variety of opinions expressed respecting the treaty for the settlement of the Alabama claims is in itself a proof of the dangerous vagueness of the document. The Spectutor says the Senate will do well to accept the con vention, which, on the other hlnd, does not mak e the concession which Lord Russell refused t o make. It does not refer our recognition of the South to arbitration. The only thing which the convention empowers the Commissioners either to discuss themselves or to refer to an umpire, is a claim for specific damages, and that all the arguments going to support such a claim must he considered by the Commissioners or their umpire in the lump, without power to decide on the vali dity of this or that special argument, but only on the vali dity of the claim, supported by all the arguments of any kind which may have been submitted. " All tribunals listsajp the _ most si4iculous subsidiary arguments, if IC milt' urge — a elll36nairof a sumantrm vim , wnen, nrit that claim depended only on such arguments, it would be dismissed at once without a moment's hesitation. This is not satisfactory reasoning. The Spectator forgets that very many claims will be, and can be, founded only uppn the presumed illegality of our recognition of the South, and that an umpire may have to decide a vast issue solely on this one argument. Thus the recognition will come in, not as a subsidiary, but as a primary plea, and in that case Lord Stanley's concession will not differ substantially from that which Lord Russell refused to make. There ought certainly to be a clearer definition on this point. The Saturday Review thinks there is little reason to regret the probable failure of the convention. It was but the result of a series of mortifying concessions, and all its provisions were certainly too vague. The nature of the claims to be preferred ought to have been specified. The Anglo•Americart Times argues that if the arbitration included all that the Americans desire, it would lay open a boundless field of litigation. England could claim as much, or more, from Ameriel, as America could claim from England. METROPOLITAN GOSSlP.—Saturday. There is still a faint hope in some circles that the Queen may open Parliament after all, though there does not seem to be much ground for it, the less so as it is pretty generally believed that her Majesty read with little favour the first draft of the Speech which was presented to her. Since then her Majesty has summoned the Bishop of Peterborough to Osborne—a fact somewhat noticeable, inasmuch as the junior bishops are very rarely the guests of the sovereign. Bishop Magee has long been a favourite with Royalty, and considerable confidence is placed in his opinions on the Irish Church question. The first meeting of the conference of bishops at Lambeth Palace was very thinly attended, only the four archbishops and seven other bishops out of the whole English and Irish Episcopate being present. But the second meeting was much more numerous, although the number of absentees from illness was very remarkable. The Bishops of Win chester, Salisbury, Chichester, Bath and W ells, Exeter, Rochester, and Carlisle are all on the list of sick or per manently infirm. The Bishop of Worcester, and one other English bishop whose name I have not been able to learn, were the only English absentees on Thursday who could have attended. The first-mentioned pre late always absents himself from gatherings of this kind, and also from Convocation. It cannot be said that he lost very much this week, for the bishops have, as is their wont, decided little except to wait for the course of event?. The Bishop of London performed yesterday his first episcopal act in his new diocese--the consecration of a new church in the once notorious parish of St. George's-in-the- East. The incumbent is a Low Churchman ; yet lie has not hesitated to adopt the very ritual which brought Mr. Bryan King into such trouble. There was a procession of surpliced priests and choristers, who chanted the 24th Psalm, and even a banner was carried in the procession. The Archbishop of Can terbury preached, in order to comply with a promise which he had made. But he did not stay to the lunch, having just lost his nephew, Captain Wildman. At the lunch the Bishop made a speech, in which he highly praised his predecessor, and especially commended his making use of lay agency and the institu tion of his fund, which he (Bishop Jackson) wished should be called Bishop Tait's, though the Archbishop had not consented. The Bishop went on to speak of the surprise which he felt when the news of his appointment to the See of London reached him, and he asked that his new diocese would deal with him tenderly, because he had none of the abilities of his pre decessor. It was interesting to notice among the company men of such different views as Mr. Lowder, Mr. Bardsley, Mr. Rowsell, and Mr. Ayrton. To-day the bishop re-opens St. Giles's Church, Cripp!e gate. This is one of the richest livings in London, and yet for some time it has been without a resi t dent incumbent. Mr. Denton, the rector of the adjoining parish, has, I learn, complained of this. This afternoon a deputation has waited upon the Presi dent of the Council, in order to make the final arrange ments for the East-end Museum. It will be remembered that some time ago the Government promised to grant the old Brompton " boilers " to an institution which should ' be to the eastern district of London on a small scale what the South Kensington Museum is to Western London on a large scale. Mainly through the exertions of Mr. Antonio Brady and the Rev. Septimus Hansard, the necessary funds have been raised, and to-day the transfer of the site was made over formally to the Earl of Kimberley, who represented the Department of Science and Art. The selection of Dover instead of Portsmouth for the Volunteer Review has been made, not from any preference on the part of the committee, but in great measure on account of the obstacles raised by the railway companies which have lines running to Portsmouth. The South-Western, lam told, wanted 28. 6d. for each Volunteer instead of is. 6d., which was the sum paid last year. I am glad to state that Captain Robert Scott has been appointed superintendent of gun carriages for the Royal Navy at Woolwich. For many years Captain Scott persevered against official opposition, especially that of the Ordnance Select Committee, until he obtained a fair trial for his inventions in guns and gun carriages. The last has proved a great success, and by the adoption of his patent a heavy gun can be worked with half the men that used to be required. The present Board of Admi. ralty, being less open to the representations of influential men, and more open to the claims of merit than its prede cessors, has now fitly rewarded signal service. It is stated that a very notorious woman in London, whose portrait is to be seen in all photograph shop windows, and whose marriage with a young nobleman was stopped in church at the last moment, has succeeded in landing a husband belonging to an aristocratic family in the North of England, the head of which was for many years in Parliament. The Hen. Henry S. Walbridge was killed at the Bergen Tunnel Jan. 27. He had gone out on a New Jer • se y train, and is supposed to have crossed over to take a train on the Morris and Essex Road.. When avoiding one train, another belonging to the Erie Road came upon him from an opposite direction, and dashed him against the cars of the Morris and Essex Road, causing injuries of so serious a nature that he died in a few hours. The accident was not seen by those on the Erie cars, but ho was picked up by the men on the Morris and Essex train, and by them carried to Iloboken. Several thousand dollars were found on his I erson. Mr. Wallbridgo was a Representative in Congress from New York from 1851 to 1853. Francis W. Pickens, son of Andrew J. Pickens, Governor of South Carolina, and grandson of Andrew J. Pickens, who distinguished himself in the revolutionary war, died on the 25th Jan, at Edgefield, South Carolina, of which State he was once Governor. Ho was born, says the Tribune, in Togadoo, S. C., April 7, 1807, and after receiving his education at the South Carolina College, Columbia, was admitted to the bar in 1829. Three years after he commenced his political career in the State Legis lature, of which he was elected a member during the memorable nullification excitement. He ranged himself on the side of the nullifiers, and proving an excellent debater, he took a prominent place among the advocates of the extreme States Rights doctrine. In 1834, he was Alscted to Congress, in which he remained a member for ten years. _Declining a re-election in 1844, he retired into private life. Reappearing on the political stage in 1850, he was elected a delegate to the Nashville Southern Convention, which met in 1850-51 to consider the course to be pursued by the South under the alleged aggressions of the North. His services were 'next called into requisition in 1851, when he was chosen to preside over the South Carolina State Convention for the election of delegates to the General Democratic Convention ; and in 1856 he went to Cincinnati as delegate to that Conven tion. In 1857 President Buchanan appointed him Minister to Russia, in which country ho remained about three years ; and en his return home, toward the end of 1860, he was elected Governor of his native State. This was on the eve of the Rebellion ; and in those over -memorable events which marked the outbreak of hostilities between the North and the South the deceased ex-Governor took a prominent peat. The name of Governor Pickens is in separably associated with the story of Fort Sumter, and with the overt acts which precipitated the war; but, unfortunately for his memory, the association is not one which impartial history will record to his honour. Governor Pickens was one of the most active promoters of secession. No sooner had he been inaugurated as Go vernor than he boldly declared for the disruption of the Union even at the risk of war; and immediately after the Charleston Convention had passed the Ordinance of Secession, lie issued his proclamation, declaring the with drawal of South Carolina from the Union an accomplished fact, taking steps at the same time for organising an in dependent Government. He .then demanded of Major Anderson the surrender of Fort Sumter, and up 'n the refusal of the'sturdy patriot to comply with the demand, ordered that fire should be opened upon the Fort. Upon the capture of Stouter, ho addressed the people of Charles • ton, calling God to witness, in the course of his speech, that so long as he remained their Chief Magistrate, no power on earth should ever lower from the fortress tho flags that had been raised in place of the National ensign, unless they were lowered and trailed in a sea of blood. While he continued as Chief Magistrate of the State, Governor Pickens did all in his power to support the Confederate Government in its prosecution of the war; but in 1862 he was succeeded in that office by Governor Bonham, and after the close of the war he sank into com parative obscurity, in which ho remained to the period of death. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACING FIXTURES.: FEBRUARY. 24 I Lincoln l6, 17 Nottingham Spring... 2 a , „ 6 Harrow lB, 19 Chelmsford.... ......... 25, ~, Mansfield 18 1 Derby Spriug ~.......25, P Pontefract lB, 19 j Liverpool Spring 2, 5;4 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Downpatrick 9 Warwick 9, 10, 11 Hendon l2, 13 West Somerset 15, 16 Northampton 16, 17 :CH. West Drayton la, 199 Baldoyle First Spring 18 7 A Margate ..................... Beverley ..................... 30 Durham 29, Epsom 30 1 31 Abergavenny l, 2 Bromley 1, 2 Aldershot l, 2 Catteriek Bridge... l, 2 Thirsk 6 7 Ilungerford 6, 7 Lichfield Cambridge 7 8 Croxton _Park .. 8 S i . tiathaiii B, 9 ZIL. Newmarket Craven... l2, i Knight0n............. l3, ' 1;5, 1. 6 Ludlow 19 Eastbourne ................. . Lewes 20 0 2 ! Curragh Croydon... 221" Newmarket Ist Spring `tc. Chester 4, 5,6, 7 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 Yorl - 11, 12 Baldoylo 2nd Spring 11, 12 St. Albans 13, 14 Salisbury l3, 14 AY. I Doncaster 0, 15 'vast Drayton ...... 1 11, 0 Bath 181 21 Manchester l9, 2 v , 1 Croydon 19 2 , „ I Harpenden ................. 10 , I Epsom. Sumner .. ...` 2s ' - Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 1G Windsor 15, 16 Hampton l7, 18 Curragh 22, 23, 24 NE. 1 Newcastle 22, 2 2 1 Oldham ......... 2 8 Bibury Club ............. .26 Stockbridge 24, 2°' $0 Chelmsford Sutton Park Worcester l, 2 Newmarket July 6, ctc. Carlisle 6 7 Pontefract Hendon ..... l2, 13 Nottingham 13, 14 LY. I Southampton l3, 14 6 15 Reading 20' 21 I Huntingdon Stamford ........... 1 Goodwood 27, 28, 29s AUG' Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Egham lO, 11 Wolverhampton lO, I 1 Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans l7, 18 Stockton lB, 19, 20 SEPT] Warwick 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 9 1, 22 Lichfield J ST. Oxford ............ York 24, 2 6 , 21 Plymouth ............... 31 Scarborough ......... Derby Summer 31, Der I Weymouth - 31 SeP , 1 Canterbury Der OCT , Bedford 5, 6 Ediuburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7, 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Chelmsford l9 20 Kelso 19 20 N OVI Worcester 2,3, 4 Harrow 2 3 Liverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 M.BER. 21 Hampton , 22 23 Western /4 Hendon ............. Monmouth... ........... Newmarket Ist 0ct....25, `"3O Lanark... ................ 20, 113 Ch E e R li 19' _2 Cheltenham ........... /1 0 Curragh l9, 20 , 0 West Drayton ......... 21, 2 .3 Hereford ............... 21, 24 Monmouth ............... 23,m. Newmarki.t Ifton STEEPLECHIM FEBR ....... Morton-in-Marsh _ is Harrow lB, 19 Pontefract 18, 19 Boston Liverpool 3 Shrewsbury ..... 5, 6 Malton Rugby (Grand Mil.) 8, 9 Kingsbury 12, 13 AP Aldershot 1, 2 B/ "de' l,. 2 • p Shrewsbury ............. p Leamington Hunt ••••23' , E FIXTURES. JARY . - 4 Windsor .................. ‘,s!, St. A1ban5.............. Jo. Derby ..... . ...... . Basehurch ..... .......... . West Somerset........ ~1 C C Y h r o o e r s p k v ...... ......... 109- MA: tTL. Streatham .............. .... Woolwicl,rl4 Jroin 1 ey 1, ~ I Royal Artily., ,13 , '6 Abergavenny . 1, 2 I Knighton Lichfield ..6, 7 1 Ludlow .................. Southdown Hunt ..7 Tenbury... ... ............... Cambridge 7 8 Croydon ........ • ~ 2 8 Cheltenham 7, 8 Co. Louth & Ardeen -31 AY. 1 3 Limerick Hunt 4 I St. Albans .. ....... ••• .. . Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 I West Drayton...... ,0 ' JULY. . 9 .... - .......................... ,4 Kingsbury AUGUST. St. Albans ......................................................... OCTOBER. ql, ° , Bromley 7 I West Drayton ......... NOVEMBER. . 4 1 ..' lt Harrow Worcester 3, 4 Liverpool ...... . 1 0 , St. Albans 5, 6 Shrewsbury ........ COURSING FIXTURES. MARCH. Ashdown Park, Hefts .......................................... Fourth S. Lancashire (Champion) .................. 1 8, e, County Louth (Champion), Ireland .................... Scottish National Open, Lanark' ....................... 00TOBEIZ. 6. .. a V' Ancastor and Willoughby, Li nco l ns hi re ............. Ormesby ......... `;/, ............................................ A Iluutingdou Club.. ..................................... . ... NOVEMBER. Sundorne, Salop Cothan and Estop , . WATERLOO ME: (Overl Patron-Right Hon The Waterloo Cup, value XI, of £25 each ; 61 subs; the the second £2OO. 1. Mr C. F. Allison 33. Mr J. I n gleby 2. Mr J. F. Armistead 34. M r R. Jardin ° 3. Mr J. Bake 8 3 6 5 . . 31 Mr r J. Johns ton Job 4. Mr W. J. Barden 5. Mr F. Bartholomew 37. Mr H. B. Jo n° ~ 6. Lord Binning 38. M r W. J. .-', egli t „- r 7. Mr J. Blackstock 39. Mr S. C. Li s i 8. Mr J. S. Bland 40. M r J. Lonsds=e 9. Mr G. Blanshard 41. Lord Lurgnu , 10. Mr W. G. Borron 42. M r S. Mallabej et 11. Mr T. Brocklebank' 43. Mr C. E. 1v,,,P,' - s e ° i 12. Mr J. Brundrit ' 44. Mr W. a 0 . 1 -, "-,, 13. Mr R. B. Carruthers 45. Si r C. Molget;pell -14. Mr C. J. Chesshyre 46. Hon. C. o.ld -15. Mr W. 11. Clark 47. Mr T. N'evi' g,, '' 16. Mr E. Croft 48. Mr R. Paters on 17. Mr J. Cunningham 49. Mr T. L. Be: 18. Mr W. D. Deighton 50. Dr Richards" - 19. Mr James Dunlop 51. Mr J. Sav s g ° 20. Mr J. Evans 52. Mr N. Saxton 21. Lord Garlies 22. Mr J. Gibson 5 5 5 4 3 . .. L x[ M o r r r J d T . !g e i l3 ft n i l l o 23. Mr W. M. Gilmour 5 24. Col. Goodlake 56. Lord Stair , e uer 25. Mr A. Graham 57. Mr E. W. Sl ° rne 26. Mr T. Green 58. Mr S. swin'too p 27. Mr C. A. 'Talley 59. Mr G. A. Tr 28. Capt. 'fathom 60. Mr It. Todd : der 29. Mr J. Haywood 61. Mr B. W-2 1 , 1 e t 30. Mr J. Hodson 62. Mr R. C. v,J,:iiialw 31. Mr J. Hole 63. Mr R. H. n4O J 32. Mr J. Hyslop 64. Capt. WYnu: o s ee: s The Waterloo Plate for the 16 dogs beaten in t i deci ' ties for the Cup, amounting to £100; to be ' under: - :ETING FEB. 17. ilicar.) . the Earl of Sefton. .00 ,600 in speci e , by subSc7ol4 Winner to receive Xs°vl 1. Winner to receive ... ... 1. Second ditto ••• ••• 2. Dogs to receive £7 lOs each 4. Ditto ditto 5 ditto ... • • 16 "' 20 •'' O v o/0 1 • the Irf The Waterloo Purse, for th e 32 d ogs b ea ten 112 6 0, course for the Waterloo Cup, amounting, to divided as under:- 1. Winner to receive ... 1. Second ditto . 2. Dogs to receive .£l5 each.., 4. Ditto ditto 10 d tto.., 8. Ditto ditto 5 ditto.. 0 0 5 °, sq ... 40 ••• 4 0 X2 Ov A / 16 r.)s ea The Great Waterloo Cup, G 4 subscribers, at A' the money £l,6oo—to be divided as under :-- 00 - 1. Winner to receive ." 200 1. Second ditto ... ••• 1 00 2. Dogs to receive .£5O each... ... ••• 0 4. Ditto ditto 30 ditto... ". 16 0 8. Ditto 20 ditto... ... ." 160 16. Ditto 10 ditto... ' 32 1,1 3 60 The Waterloo Purse and Waterloo Plat e X 1 . 6 0 (1 : 1 ib t ; The Waterlos Plate, value £lOO in specie, take , ' ir t i e s Cup Stakes, for the 16 beaten dogs in the fi rst the Waterloo Cup. frov i to r The Waterloo Purse, value £ 260, in specie, taken ..01; Cup Stake, for the 32 beaten dogs in the firs t Ivo the Cup; the winner to receive £lOO. Births. ill L col ir HENEAGE—On the 12th inst., at Hainton ID ll ' - ,40 shire, Lady Eleanor Heneage, of a daughter• we rP SCOTT — On the 7th inst., at 223, Bom ton-road, ' . 0 0 0 ' cott, of a son. WEEK—On S tho 7th inst., at Victoria-road, 0151)11$1° mon, Mrs. G. Webb, of a daughter. fe ttf Marriages. • t o t i C l '' ' d i° ° ,44' COOPER--ADDERLEY —On the 11th inst., at Cblps Lancaster-gate, Captain E. W. Cooper, 2 4 „Waif' Regt., to Agnes Julia, youngest daughter of w..'- 0% derley, Esq., Inverness-terrace, Hyde-par k, Geolov: JONES —BEAUMONT—On the 9th inst, at St - i v° 00' I Hanover-square, Henry Jones, Esq., of Be i g l t i e 4 " sions, Grosvenor-gardens, to Sophia Louisa, - daughter of the late Gee. D. B. Beaumont, 854. Deaths. l3' BUCILANAN—On the 12th inst. , at Fulham, Ed gard 04 Buchanan, C.E., aged 37. th GATES-0a the 6th inst., at Croydon, George thit'e ie', aged 54. E SOP MANGLES—On the 10th i ns t., a t B r i g hton, Fr ed. Esq., aged 75. WRlGRinst., at South End, 13°13i°°' T—On the 11th ,rhos'b(lg. Wright, sen. ,aged 61. 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