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

.TUE ;lERCH.J.NTS' COMPANY. lir. Richard Stuart Lane, Mr. Horace Edward Chapman, Ind Mr. Frederick John Helbert Helbert, directors of the Verchants' Company (Limited), appeared before the cord Mayor, at the Justice room of the Mansion-hou4 nit Saturday morning, to undergo a further examination, on ;Ivo summonses, taken out by Mr. Somerville, commission !gent, Glasgow, charging them, first, with having con spired together, by divers . subtle means and devices, to de !sive and defraud the public by inducing them to become haroholders of the company ; and (secondly), with having aublished a prospectus knowing the Eame to be false in divers naterial particulars. The case has been adjourned in order .o afford timo for an investigation of the hooks ; and it was low further adjourned by agreement, without taking any additional evidence, till Moniay week. The defendants were again released on bail. THE CONVENT CASE. On Saturday, the tenth day of the great convent case, )üblic interest appeared to be visibly abating. The ieighbourhood of the court was much less crowded than )n previous days, and the court itself was less crowded :han before ; but the number increased towards the latter fart of the day. Mrs. Starr's cross-examination was resumed by the Solicitor-General :--I told the sisters to use moderate lan. ;cage in their depositions for the bishop, and not to write %nything 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 :ealed 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 the pleases. When I say hidden there, the cell is not the proper place to keep books. I found it, however, under tier 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 viven 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 Swain's presence about a week ur ten days before I found it in the cell. Previous to giving it to Mrs. M`Owne I had used the book. Mrs. M`Owne told me she had lost the book, incl 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 :tan 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 rums 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 be. 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 sn. 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 the 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, had 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 Miss 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. She 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 (Acadgmie 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 Officid 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 the representatives 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 thstt tho 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 tramp s in a remarkable degree. Some resolutions were passed, iu which the necessity of adopting a uniform system 'as 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. fie 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 Lonnty. 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 ; but then the principle of representation would be sacrificed. The compensating advantages of an elected board would be many, and the elevating effect ou the constituency itself would be considerable, - " TFIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 169. I 1 ALIAN 'TES. (Fionz a 6;r 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 bas led to an unprecedented gathering of English and American visitors. During the two previous 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 result 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 cculd he 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 there. If he wishes to see the most magnificent 1 development of Ritualism which has been 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, be 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 must 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 bonnet 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 occasion 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 sonorous, and the mode in which he conducted the whole service showed no sign of failing 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, liTgh mass is again celebrated at St. Peter's, and on this occasion the Pope blesses a large number of candles, which are presented to the cardinals and other dign itari,sof the Church,also to the 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 history 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. Slaves were worked to death in the erection of these stu pendous buildings, and then they were tortured and slain . to gratify the fiendish propensities of the heathen multi tude. You think of all this, and you thank heaven that the Coliseum is in ruins, and that Christianity and freedom have done something to ameliorate the character and con dition of mankind. A visit to the Catacombs enables you to realise all that history teaches as to the sufferings of the early Christians and the mode in which they availed themselves of these places for the purposes of concealment, religious worship, and burial. The discoveries recently made in the Cata combs of St. Calixtus, under the superintendence of Father Smith, have added much to the interest visitwlt e which h a s is l m w p a o y s s s b attached ore realise s e this their subject. adaptability ll7 i t h o o rt he Catacombs to the purposes for which they are used. The material in which they are excavated is a soft, but tena cious sand, which can be cut into with perfect ease, and which is sufficiently firm to retain the shape of the exa vation. The tool-marks ma d e 1 , 5 00 years ago are now seenc just as they were made, and th e san d i s so dry that the paintings and inscriptions on the walls are in many cases nearly perfect. The chapels in which the altars of the early Christians were erected, and the galleries 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 resting-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 of art, and just now many o the studios are occupied with subjects commemorative of the great struggle thniugh 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 we .1 if trophies were not erected. Mr. Childs, the propriek r of the Philadelphia Ledger, is now in Rome, and has dis.inguished his visit by a eerics 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 .vou can purchase a magnificent nosegay ; but Mr. Child was not satisfied until he had spent 1,300 francs on the floral decorations for this entertainmelit. 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 bad 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 or increasing 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 et owd below. 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 draws out one of the round 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 five' draw ings, you receive about fifteen times the sum which you have staked ; you may name two numbers, and if both are drawn, a sum equal to about 250 times the stake is raid; 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 Papal Government is a ()Teat misfortune ; it makes a difficulty in the way of acknow ott e r y oud mode of ledgin g errors an d reforming them. But for this circum stance the objectionableraising have been abandoned means doubtless 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 clown 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, consisti ng o f t h e 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 c i rcumstances permit ; but the street being pitched with stones which are exceedingly hard and slippery, it is difficult for the horses to 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 a n a b sur dit y . Th e h orse which is most frightened islikely 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 vulgarity. costumes is conducted much more sensibly. There it consists in parading the streets in carriages, and throw ing nosegays sweetmeats Isaw n at your oh friends. rougnessor Masksvul ar are and al reall oNv e d but A committee, consisting of Governor Claflin, General Francis A. Osborn, Gardner Brewer and Charles 0. 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Admiral Bons, writing to the Times, gives an entirely different view of the subject. He attributes fall in quality to other causes altogether, and there fore regards the resolutions in question as mere restrictions. He first advocates greater care in the selection of stock for breeding, thinking that a great deal has been lost through inferior parentage. He 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 unsatisfactory. Still he readily admits that something might be altered with respect to the early working. "It has been calculated that the early running- of two-year olds, is the least expensive system of training ; 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 pays—the world is governed by R. s. d., and racing men are unfortunately not exempted from this human frailty." 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 l 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 hoinines, 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' flail 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 be 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. THE MINISTERIAL BANQUET. Poor Mr. Bright away:3 acorns 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 Ilera.'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. "He 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 sneech. 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 tongue. ." Such a speech is proper enough in its proper place, but that place is the Cabinet Coun cil, not the Fishmongers' Hall ; 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 .LVews corrects this criticism by pointing out that the Prime Minister spoke not of any specific measure or measures, but of the moral effect of wise and just legslation. The .Tierakrs criticism of Mr. Gladstone is not altogether happy. Its complaint is that Mr. GI :Astone ‘4 vaunts the favour of the Queen." 111 r. Gladstone s imply spoke of the constitutional character of her Majesty. Ile did not, as another Premier has done, make himself out to be the special favourite of Royalty. Tun POSTMASTER-GENERAL. What has be - come of the Marquis of Hartington ? He was not at the last Cabinet Council, being the only member absent, and he has not issued any address to the electors of the Radnor boroughs. The 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 his mind as whether he will continue in office or not. The day is close at hand for the issue of the new writs. ENERGY AT TUE POOR-LAW BOARD. It may be that " a new broom sweaps clean," but there is certainly an energy in the Government departments w h ic h is altog e th er unparalleled. A Minister's life is no longer one of armchairs; he now makes inquiries which are not prompted by some opponent in the House of Commons. M r . G osc h en , for instance, has been finding out how thing s go on in workhouses without, the aid of the intermediate inspector. Late on Wednesday night, we are told, he paid a visit to St. Marylebone Workhouse, and spent a 'couple of .hours, in company with Mr. Douglas, the master, in inspecting the casual wards and a portion of each department of the wor kh ouse . This house at prese nt co ntains nearly 2,000 poor, a larger number than that of any other simil ar esta blishment in London. A FORTUNATE YOUNG PATRICIAN. Lord Ronald Leveson Gower i s a l uc k y young gentleman. :Not only is a member of long standing compelled to make way for hi m, so that he may have a seat in the Legislature as soon as he has left school, but he has not even to ,incur any of the heavy formal expenses which other memb ers f oun d so burden some. His election cost him only ls. 3d. Clearly, the Duke of Sutherland knows how to keep down sheriffs and lawyers. MIL DISRAELI AND THE BISHOP OF CAPETOWN. The John Bull pLeMishes a n ex t ract from a l etter written by the Bishop of Capetown t o th e A rc hd eaco n of Natal, in which the. bishop d escr ib es hi s i n t erv i ew with the then Premier. He says : " I sou ght 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, to do anything before I left, but that in a day or two an answer should be sent to any one whom I could name to act for me.' AN ALARMING The Daily .21 7 ews announces a terrible piece of news for the benefit of English ladies. Continental saioni and ball-rooms are rapidly being closed against them, not on accou n t o f di p l oma tic difficulties or politi ca l entanglements. English ladies dress so shabbily English people are no longer to be invited to continental receptions. This startling piece of intelli gence comes somewhat strangely at a time when the extravagance of our ladies in taste and toilette is a constant theme of discourse. English tourists, how ever, are perhaps too 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 milliner's. But a great deal may be said on the other side. The Russian and American circles, who are the chief malcontents, emulate the barbarian in his love of paint and feathers. With them a staircase is not a staircase unless it be co-: erect with velvet pile inches deep ; wine is not IVIII3 unless pearls melted in it would scarcely make it more precious ; suppers are not suppers if they do not Atstr:p the boasted banquets of Lucullus. it is easy to be shabby amidst more than Oriental magnificence, and to spoil a room where no expense is spared. The Daily News is apprehensive that our ladies will be enticed too far on the dangerous path, and remembering that a Parisian bride's pocket-handkerchiefs the other day cost £l,OOO, we must admit that the prospect of compe tition is some w h a t alarming. EARLY TRAINING AND OVERWORKING OF RACE HORSES. There has been a great cry about the deterioration of our racers. Nearly all writers on the subject have attributed this deterioration to the overworking of the young horses. The " two-year-olds," it was said, were worn out in a few months by the extraordinary amount of running and training which they had to .1 Rrn-ina v•Liarilutinna are now under the considera. 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. Waldegrave is comparatively a young man, being but 5 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 comes 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. 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, RE., 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 EXPE=CIVTAL 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 day than Saturday on w:lich 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 succeded the agitation of the last few weeks. As the Liberty 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 cuuld be more im probable; the initiative in the Conference scheme was taken first of all by Prussia. RUSSIA. 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 y'n 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's Foreign 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 Liberte thinks a Republic or Moutpensier 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 more 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 p er h aps have fallen entirely ou t o f 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 one Nicholas Albertson lay claim to the city of Amsterdam. Both are 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, imme 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 Spectator says the Senate will do well to accept the con vention, which, on the other hand, does not make the concession which Lord Russell refused to 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 be 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 listen to the most ridiculous subsidiary arguments, if IC, - --cfiffilited - 6nlOduitra a suostantmi cratm, 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 upon 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 thii 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• American 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 America, 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 elk, 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 evente. 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 he 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 bad 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 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 2s. 6d. for each Volunteer instead of ls. 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 be 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 noblemanmas 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 lion. Henry S. Walbridge was killed at the Bergen Tunnel Jan. 27. He had gone out on a New Jer • sey 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 iu a few hours. The accident was not seen by those on the Erie cars, but he was picked up by the men on the Morris and Essex train, and by them carried to Hoboken. Several thousand dollars were found on his Jerson. Mr. Wallbridge was a Representative in Congress from New York from 1851 to 1853. Francis W. Pickens, son of Andiew 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 elected to Congress, in which he remained a member for ton years. .declining a re-election in 1811, 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 he remained about three years; and on 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 ever-memorable events which marked the outbreak of hostilities between the North and the South the deceased ex-Governor took a prominent part. 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 ono 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, he issued his proclamation, declaring the with drawal of South Carolina from the Union an accomplished fact, taking steps at the same time for organising as in dependent Government. lie 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 Sumter, he 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 the 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 corn parative obscurity, in which he remained to the period of his death. PORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACING FIXTURES. FEBRUARY. Lincoln l6, 17 I Nottingham 5pring... 23,4 2 Harrow Mansfield 18 1 Derby Spring ......... 25, 26 Pontefract lB, 19 i Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6 Downpatrick 9 Warwick 9, 10, 11 Hendon l2, 13 West. Somerset 15, 16 Northampton 16, 17 :NCH. 18, 19 West Drayton Baldoyle First Spring 18, 20 Margate ........ . .............. Beverley Durham SO: a l I Epsom Abergavenny f, Bromley 1 2 Aldershot l, 2 Catterlck Bridge... l, 2 Thirsk ... 6 7 Hungerford 6, 7 Lichfield 6, 7 Cambridge 7 8 Crostou Park Slreatham 8, 9 'JUL. Newmarket Craven... l2, L. Ic . , Knighton... • 13, 13 I , 6 , Ludlow 15, 1 Eastbourne ................. .; Lewes 2O 21 Cnrragh fo 21, 0 2 , 2 •• ' 2l, '- Croydon . I Newmarket Ist Spring 26, '!‘e' Chester 4, 5,6, 7 Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 Winchester ll, 12 York 11, 12 Baldoylo 2nd Spring 11, 12 St. Albans 13, 14 Salisbury l3, 14 Y. Doncaster a 1413 West Drayton 9 Bath 18, Manchester Croydon lla rpenden Epsom Summer ...25, 2} 3 Newcastle ..... 22 Oldham . Bibury Club ................. .26 Stockbridge 24, 25 / ao Chelmsford Sutton Park Croydon 2,3, 4 Newton 2,3, 4 Ascot ....8, 9, 10, 11 Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Windsor 15, 16 Hampton ...17, 18 Curragh 22, 23, 24 Worcester 1, 2 Newmarket July 6, &c. Carlisle ,. 6, 7 Pontefract 9, 10 Hendon ..... 12, 13 Nottingham 13, 14 I Southam 10, 14 Southampton . ..... .>••.. 10, Reading ...... , .... 15, 16 I Huntingdon .2 0, ‘ ,, 1 I Stamford ........ Z. 4 ,1 I Goodwood . ** ZiB; 29, 3" Brighton 3, 4 Brighton Club 5 Lewes 6, 7 Egham lO, 11 Wolverhan•pton lO, 11 Windsor 12, 13 St. Albans 17, 18 Stockton 18,19,20 J ST. . 10 0 Oxford York ‘,l4, , 1 P, 2 Plymouth 3O al Scarborough ........ -.• 1 Derby Summer —.31, Sept Weymouth 31, Sri' Canterbury ....31, SW' SEPT] Warwick... 7, 8 Curragh (Royal) 7,8, 9 Abingdon 9, 10 Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 Richmond 21, 22 Lichfield MBER. 21 /1 Hampton Western (Ayr).... ..• 2 2' 2 4 Hendon ............ 4 Monmouth .......... 2 3, b . Newmarket ' st 0ct.... 28 ' 30 Lanark... ................ OCT Bedford 5, 6 Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Leicester 7 8 Bromley 7 8 Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, Chelmsford l9 20 Kelso 19 20 N OVI Worcester 2,3, 4 Harrow 2, 3 Liverpool 9, 10, 11, 12 'BER. 20 Cheltenham ''l9. g Curragh • *******'lo, West Drayton ''''' ' ' 21!; *; Hereford '' 21, -4 ,1 Monmouth ******** '' ****** ***** Newmark. BER. MI I Shrewsbury ....... 13 Leamington STEEPLECHA ,E FIXTURES. FEB UA RI 2 g 3 2 , Morton-in-Marsh lB Windsor .................. .2.1 Harrow Pontefract lB, 19 St. Al bans ............................... 18, 19 Derby Boston 1 6 Liverpool ................................................. .................. Shrewsbury ... • 5, 8 3' I 9 96 31: C O VYV h r oI l e e e r t r kt t S e . Melton Rugby (Grand Mil.) Kingsbury 12, 13 I A 9 Aldershot 1, 2 Streatham .................. s Bromley 1, I 2 Royal Artily Woolwiq . 'll Knighton...... I:3 r ' 16 Ludlow ................... Tenburv... ........... .•••03 Oroydo; . ... •. •• '2 3 Co. Louth & A r deeu 2‘, - , Abergavenny . ll 2 I Lichfield ..6, 7 Southdown Hunt 7 8 7 Cambridge Cheltenham 7, 8 M AY. 4 I St. Alban, 13, Limerick Hunt u 9........ . ..... Eglinton Hunt 6, 7 I West Drayton.-- .. JULY. Kingsbury .......... AUGUST. St. Albans OCTOBER. .7; Bromley 7 I West Drayton ..... NOVEMBER. 6, 1 Harrow 2,linton Hunt ...... .. 11 Worcester 3, 4 I Liverpool ..... 75 , St. Albans 5, 6 Shrewsbury ... COURSING FIXTURES. MARCH. 2. P _ __ Ashdown Park, gods ....................................... g: Fourth S. Lancashir e (Champion) .....................i Ja c County Louth (Champ ion ), I re l an d .................... Scottish National Open, L anar k - .................. ...... OCTOBER. G. Ancaster and Willoughby, Lin--' te, ,ughby, Lincolnshiro ............•• .. S.; Orrnesby ..................................................... •.. j6:l l ' Huntingdon Club.. ••••• NOVEMBER. Sun dorno, Salop .... Cothan and Eston WATERLOO M] (Over . Patron-Right Hon Tho Waterloo Cup, value .£l, of £25 each ; 64 subs; the the second £2OO. 1. Mr C. F. Allison 33. Mr J. Ingleby 2. Mr J. F. Armistead 34. Mr R. Jardine 3. Mr J. Bake 35. Mr F. Johnston 4. Mr. W. J. Barden 36. Mr J. Johnston 5. Mr F. Bartholomew 37. Mr H. B. Jones 6. Lord Bi nn i ng 38. Mr W. J. Le. eti 7. Mr J. Blackstock 39. Mr S. C. List er 8. Mr J. S. Bland 40. M 9. Mr G. Bl ans h ar d 41. Lordr 3 . 1 . L u o r n g p a d n e 1 e 10. Mr W. G. Borron . 42. Mr S. Mallabei t 11. Mr T. Brocklebank • 43. Mr C. E. itte . , g rd se i 12. Mr J. Br u nd r it 44. M r W. IL ~g 13. Mr R. B. C arru th ers 45 . Si r C . Melfn„ en' 14. Mr C. J. Ch ess hy re 46. don. C. C. aiolYo 15. Mr W. H. Clark 47. Mr T. Neville 16. Mr E. Croft 48. Mr R. Paterson 17. Mr J. Cunningham 49. Mr T. L. Ree d 18. Mr W. D. Deighton 50: Dr Richardson 19. Mr James Dunlop 51. Mr J. Savage 20. Mr J. Evans 52. Mr N. Saxton 21. Lord Garlies 53. Lord Sefton 22. Mr J. Gibson 54. Mr T. Smith 23. Mr W. M. Gilmour 55. Mr J. Spin° 24. Col. Goodlake 56. Lord Stair ue r 25. Mr A. Graham 57. Mr E. W. St ec e urn 26. Mr T. Green 58. Mr 8. swinb ps oo 27. Mr C. A. Halley 59. Mr G. A. The ° 28. Capt. Hathorn 60. Mr R. Tod d „ fic ier 29. Mr J. Haywood 61. Mr B. W. 11.: r 30. Mr J. Hodson • 62. Mr R. C. Vr i ii t oo 31. Mr J. Hole 63. Mr R. H. NY l ` O O a 32. Mr J. Hyslop E 4. Capt. Wynall second The Waterloo Plate for the 16 dogs beaten in t h , ° i j e cl l '" 4 ties for the Cup, amounting to £lOO, to be d iv under: - 1. Winner to receive ... ... 1. Second ditto .. ... 2. Dogs to receive £7 10s each 4. Ditto ditto 5 ditto . G—FEB.I7. —FEB. I.ltcar.) . the Earl of Sefton. 0 ,600 in speci e , by subscrw:j winner to receive .£soolfr .• 16 8 iio o iir s t • the The Waterloo Purse, for the 82 dogs beaten 111 4 60, to De course for the Wate r l oo C up, amount i ng to divided as under:- 1. Winner to receive ... 1. Second ditto . 2. Dogs to rece i ve £l5 each... 4. Ditto ditto 10 d tto... 8. Ditto ditto 5 ditto... ....41 3O . 4 0 •" X 26 hi ° 16 The Great Waterloo Cup, G 4 subscribers, at so e` iC the money £l,6oo—to be divided as under 1. Winner to receive "' 20 0 1. Second ditto "' 10 0 2. Dogs to receive £5O each... ... "' 12 0 4. Ditto ditto 30 ditto... ... " 16 0 8. Ditto 20 ditto... ... '" 16 0 16. Ditto 10 ditto... 1, 2 '1 The Waterloo P urse an d W a terloo Plate / 86- £2, 600 0 03 t 13° Pe The Waterloo Pl a t e , va l ue £lOO i n s 'o, taken rt-ieg fpl Cup Stakes, for th o 16 b ea t en d o s in the ar st the Waterloo C u p. g from tine The Waterloo Purse, value £260, in specie, takea fv- Cup Stake, for the 32 beaten dogs in the first ro il the Cup; tho winner to receive .£100• Births. Lin col n. HENEAGE—On the 12th inst., at Hainton 114111 lie shire, Lady Eleanor Heneage, of a daug hter. be if of SCOTT—On the 7th inst at 223, Brompton-road, t C. W. Scott, of a ;On. uO. WEEll— . 2n the 7th inst., at Victoria-road, ClaPhara mon, Mrs. G. Webb, of a daughter. Marriages. Cb urc s COOP ER—ADDERLEY-011 the 11th inst., at Cl lrigt t I°d d' Laneaster-gat, Captain E. W. Cooper, ~W f p e , :rY Regt., to Agnes Julia, youngest daughter of 1 ,7 d derley, Esq., Invernes . -terrace, Tdye- park , r i f yt i • JOXES —BEAumosT—Ou the 9th inst , 3 ',10 0 Hanover-square, Henry Jones, Esc][. 01 13 ' 4 ' he sinus, Grosvenor-gardens, to Sophia' Louisa , t daughter of the late Geo. D. B. Beaunaout, •VE"I. Deaths. v(I lira 13. BUCHANAN—On the 12th inst., at Fulham/ scl . ' Buchanan, C.E., aged 37. n a teS, GATES—On the 6th iast. , a t Croydon, Georg e "• p, B + aged o l og i '' ' aged 54. Fre d. MANGLES - On the 10th inst., at Brighton, 00 0 ' Esq., aged 75. , ns top, WRIGHT—On the 11th inst., at South En d, '— Wright, see., aged 61. T O PP ',ondou : Print e d an d P i bli s h e d by ViThr-"--- Ag of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 'ran SUN otti" Strand, in the Precinct of the Seven in the Middineex...Xonday, February Is, MP. 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