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I 1 0 ,t4ei tki :•. LITERATURE. ADRIAN; or, the Clouds of the Mind. By G. P. R. .!, James and Maunsell 13. Field. Boone. Independent of any claim that this book has tcl public favour from the intrinsic merit of its composi tion, it has that of novelty. We learn from the pre face that the authors, while enjoying a summer tour ' in New England, were struck with the idea of writ ing a prose work of fiction, in emulation of Beaumont and Fletcher. The authors state that— " Each has contributed as nearly as possible an equal portion with the other to the- work, and that there is not a chapter, ' not a page in the whole work on which each ha nil and each mind has not laboured. If, as possibly wil/ be the case, the curiosity of some individuals may be at mutated to inquire which portions are to be attri buted to the one author, which to the other, wo fear wo Pan afford them no further indication than that which their own knowledge of either of the men or their habits f thought may supply. And yet we will v enture to add _ that this clue may very frequently lead the wrong, us it is more than probable that the sentunctijrtsibdatn, attributed opinions of the one may, in many instances, be i by the reader to the other." This is an error into which one would be very likely to fall ; for, without being previously aware of the double auchcrship, the reader would, in all probability, believe the work to have emanated from one pen. Thus far great praise is due to Messrs. James and Field, but as regards their joint production we •• , cannot but regret that they should have been at the • , pains which they evidently have to produce a work of fiction inferior to one which either might have singly • produced. Undoubtably there are passages of decided merit and well-written descriptions to be found, but we cannot overlook the uncalled for introduction of " incidents and persons in no way connected with the thread of the story, and the no less extraordinary way in which they are disposed of. The plot is re . markably simple. Adrian is a young man of good family, possessed of great abilities, but who likewise entertains some very vague notion with regard to the difference between man and the brute creation, and conceives that mankind differ from another in in tellect and understanding according to the length of • their pedigree and the pureness of the blood of their ancestors ; he never th e l ess fal l s i n l ove w ith the daughter of a fisherma n , whilst he is engaged in the unpleasant o ccupat i on of dredging for the dead body of a friend who has been drowned. Time wears on, and wbile the youth is wavering between love and pride, the father of his beloved is killed in a piratical brawl, in which the hero of the tale is in some way implicated, and over the dead body of the • father Adrian makes a proposal of marriage to the maid, to whom he has never before even hinted his admiration. She eagerly accepts him, but discovering, a short time after marriage, that although he tenderly loves her, he is ashamed of the fisherman's daughter as a wife, she writes a touching farewell and leaves him ; but discovering, soon afterwards, that she is ' Sprung from some ancient family, she returns to her husband to find that he has overcome his pride, and would rather have received her back as the fisher man's daughter than as a princess. Such is the tale • Of " Adrian," which, be its success what it may, at least disproves an old proverb as far as works of fiction are concerned, viz., that "Two heads are better than one." CLARET AND OLIVES. By Angus B. Reach. Bogue. As we expected from the title, Mr. Reach gives us an account of the countries in which grapes and olives abound ; in fact, just a sketch of his rambles through the south of France and the Pyrenees. In the very c ommencement the author gives us the following Pleasing intelligence : Alt sensible readers will be gratified when I state that I have not the remotest intention of deseribing the atnkwology of Bordeaux or any other town whatever. Whosoever wants to know the height of a steeple, the length of an aisle, or the number of arches in a bridge, roust betake themselves to Murray and his compeers. I will trY and sketch livin, and now and then historical l'rance—o move gossipp g ingly along in the byeways rather than the highways—always more prone to give a good legend of a grey old castle than the correct mea surement of the height of the towers, and always seeking to bring up as well as I can a varying, shifting picture, well thronged with humanity before the reader's eye." And in this he keeps his word ; the book throughout i 4 diversified with anecdotes and legends of every k ind, with light sketches of the country, and the I nanners, customs and superstitions of the inhabitants of the var i ous districts through which he passed. There is an amusing history of the grape and the Vintage, and scenes in which the author was both an e Ye-witness and an actor. Of his first initiation into the Plucking of the grapes he gives the following amusing account : " There are no idle spectators at a vintage; all the World must work, and so I speedily found myself with a lige pair of scissors in my hand cutting off the bunches 'n the midst of an uproarious troop of young men, young vo reen, and children. At first I was dainty in my selec tion of the grapes to be chosen, eschewing the under laPe and the over-ripe. A damsel beside me observed rie- From her woolly hair and very dark but merry Ace, I imagined h er to h a v e a t ouc h of Guadaloupe or a tiniqup blood. Cut away,' she said. every grape r a ti l'ea Yes, but the caterpillars." They give tt k • " °(I Y-' Yes, but the snails 0, save the snails for me, said a little girl, holding cut her apron full of Painted shells. What do you want with them?' I in quired. Boil them and eat them,' said my juvenile f V e nd• I lo o k e d askance. You can't think how nice they are wi t h v i ta gar ,' sa id th e mu l a tt o g i r l. I remem bered'" onr own appetite for periwinkles, and said nothing, but added my mite of snail flesh to the collection." ,!"he surpri se o f th e au th or a t th e a ppearance of the .!..andes shepherd on stilts, and the Boy of Arcachon • is well depicted —together with the superstitions and legend s of the Landes, their primitive mode of living, and the pertinacity with which they adhere to the wages of t h e i r f ore f at h ers. I t i s b u t lately that they 'lave been induced to milk their cows, being under the belief that Landes cows never gave milk, nor were t hey persuaded even when the cow was milked before their eyes, saying— " Yes that one may have a little, but Landes cows .give no milk. " One of the principal objects of Mr. Beach's stopping at Agen was to visit Jasmin, the pleasant poet of Pro vence and Languedoc—the "Last of the Troubadours." 'Tannin's songs and rural epics are written in the patois of the country, and that patois is the still almost un altered Langue Or—the tongue of the chivalric Minstrelsy of yore. But Jasmin is a Troubadour in another sense than availing himself of the tongue of menest re l s , h e i s a T rou b a d our i n rea li ty, f or although h e publishes his songs, and is such a favourite with the people that he might live in affluence, yet he :will not touch a farthing of the money ao obtained, but distributes it in public charities, preferring to gain his livelihood in the humble condition of a coiffeur and barber ; nevertheless, his self-esteem is great, he is of opinion that God only made four Frenchmen poets,. viz., Corneille, Lafontaine, Beranger, and Jas rnll. Iha man, i After narrating the peculiarities of this extra ordinarythe author remarks : might harvcel3;ndknow when my interview with Jasmin tire of talking, and vi fo r he seemed by no means likely to not to be lisunf.d is talk was too good, and too curious us for a to with inters at; but his sister, who bad left rnaostnent, coming back with the intel ligence that there the shop. I hastily t ( (l o t to a gathering of customers in my hand like a vi ce , and i y leave, the po e t squeez ing into all that appertai ns to unctim9iately thereafter da s hin g and lather with just as rnue Tng iro ns , sc i ssors, razors, rapparent energy and en thusiasm as ho flung into his ppetry and language. hapaodical discourse on FRANK FORE STER'S ING OF THE UNIT STATES. AND FISTi . „Henry William H erbert . STATEs. By In this interesting work the angler will and complete description of all the those which afford sport and require skill fish in their capture) of North America. rand2iddress who some time ago published "Field p —l o ' r bi'' ts earbfeurlti, United States," has been very particular as int the th e correctness of this volume, and has cited some ofo the first piscatoral naturalists to support his opinions. The work is embellished with u p wards of fort y hiB hi nished illustrations, and conclu des with some excel _ lent advice, not only as regards th e ca p ture of the but the all-important one of cooking him. This book, although it may afford amuse ment to the casual reader, is more particularly intended for the sports.. ' ll an, to whom, whether at home or abroad, we trust it may be of service. 14 SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH BETWEEN ENGLAND AND IRE LAND.—There are now three projects in the field for this purpose, two of them being in connexion with the Electroic, elegraph Company, who have a choice of routes, one and about 61 miles between Holyhead and Kingstown, _ andther of 'A.' miles between Portpatrick on the coast of Scotland and Donagh.adee. The latter will require .44 miles l ess of wire than any other route, and will consequently be carried out at half the. time and cost, and be completed, it IS ' expected, before June. DEATH BY DROWNING.—About a quarter past ten o'clock on Monday night, a holiday visitor to Woolwich, t caed Josiah Cooper, of 5. Ernest-street, Whit e h orse -lane,rante dtl 'neY, when attempting to go on board the Essex, Noah •• •i, oolwich railway steamer, lying alongside Hoff's Pier, tell • Into the river Thames, and was drowned, and the body has n ot been f oun d. The deceased was a young man a b ou t twenty-t wo years of age, having brown hair, and dressed in 41ack shooting coat and vest, with cord trowsers and Bin. Cher boots.' His brot'aer was so grieved and excited when li`he accident took place that it was with great difficulty e could be restrained from jumping into the water, w h en ,101 la would have been drowned, owing to the darkness of • . 5" " A correspondent informs us that the Elder Brethren i f the T r i nity House, under d ate o f the 6th i nstant, have produced shallto St ms ued an ord er th a t ever y pilot cutter under their di rect i on sh all have a l og- b oo k, w hi c h shall be regularly , an he su b - commissioners at the outports periodically , ate the following particulars:—The date of year, month, 11 4 " day; the position of pi!ot cutter at noon and at mid- Ight ; the name of vessel boarded or spoken with ; her rig ; port belonging to; name of the master ; where from ; wh ere , ° ?und ; position o f t h e vessel b oar d e d o r spoken with ; th e I nd, and its force; name of the pilot by whom boarded or PIK I / 4 n ; ,and remar k s. We consider th i s or d er both impor . necessary, g p ecessary, and us e f u l i n sun d ry res pects; igfe, it will tend to b r i ng forward the youn and, further ilots to be a 4 1 er-informed class of men than those now retiring from U gghtsiDit tciptrititity sad filimii4 uolicTo ...ui THE SUN I HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE It is many years since Rossini's Italiana in Algeri had been heard in this house, so that its revival last evening is nearly the same as the pro-, duction of a novelty. It was produced at the Covent'' garden establishm-nt in its opening s eason of 1847 ; when the cast included ct Salvi, Marini, - "Mi Rovere. The opera of L'itullana was one of Rossini's early compositions, and contains some of his very sweetest and most gracefully piquant strains. Per haps, indeed, none of the master's works, with the exception of the 13arbiere, are more thoroughly cha racteristic, more full of that easy flowing melody, more lightly and delicately instrumented than the opera under question. Charming, however, as the partition is, the work has never maintained a perma nent footing upon our stage. Now and then it has been played, admired, and, as a whole, forgotten. One reason for this state of things is, perhapa, the difficulty of always, or often, finding a contralto possessed of vocal and histrionic powers sufficient to enable her to carry off the entire weight of the female interest. The great and fatal objection, however, to the opera is the utter silliness and no meaning of the fable. Still, however, the lightness of the scoring, yet its full effec tiveness —the flow of sportive fancy and the freaks ()thigh anirnalspirits, so wonderfully interpreted by the compo sition—are in themselves sufficient to render the work musically, if not dramatically, immortal. The reader will perhaps recollect that the story of L'ltal ana consists in the setting forth of the style in which a clever Italian damsel, taken prisoner by the Alge nines, manages to get on the weak side of the Bey, who has quarrelled with his principal wife, and who is bamboozled by the fair captive and her friends into undergoing a number of absurd rites of reception into some jocular Italian order or character, and finally set to eating Maccaroni, which he applies himself to with such total absorption that he does not perceive the escape of his bewitcber and all her Italian friends, who jump on board a vessel, at which the Bey can take only the futile vengeance of throwing his wig. All this puerile absurdity is conveyed in a series of charmingly light and vivid musical compositions. Madlle. Angri made her re-appearance last night, and was warmly received. She sung admirably, giving the sportive scenes with a subdued but very agreeable feeling of raillery, and introducing florid bravura passages with the greatest effect and off-hand bril liancy of execution. The possession of so excellent a contralto is a most valuable acquisition to this house. Signor Belletti was warmly greeted upon his appear ance as Mustapha. He made up and looked the Orien tal magnifico to perfection, and was always full of in telligence and quiet character in his expressive little bits of by-play. His extreme facility of vocal execu tion qualifies him perfectly for the florid music of the part, and his excellent style and severe justice of into nation made his performance a real treat. There is no more zealous and conscientious singer than Belletti. He is never imperfect, and, if he seldom raises what is termed " enthusiasm," he as seldom fails to satisfy the public. Such artists are rare; and the warmth of reception and frequency of applause bestowed last night upon his impersonation of the character of Mustapha, many parts of which we have never heard sung so effectively, showed that the audi ence fully appreciated his value. Signor Calzolari was the Lindore, and was heard to great advantage, being peculiarly adapted to this style of music. He was warmly applauded in the air " Languir per una bells," and in the buffo duet " Se inclinassi a prender moglie." Signor Ferranti bustled energetically through the broad comic part of Taddeo. The small part of Haly was efficiently filled by Signor Mercu riali ; and Mademoiselle Feller, who played Elvira (Mustapha's wife), deserves especial mention for the competent manner in which she executed a promi nent soprano part in the finale to Act 1. The or chestra, under Mr. Balfe, was excellent. The over ture and the trio " Pappatacr were encored ; and the accompaniments throughout were deserving of praise. The opera was well received from first to last, and would have been still more heartily enjoyed but for the interpolation of a ballet divertissement between the first and second act, which suspended the interest for a lengthened period. Mademoiselle Angri, Signor Belletti, and Signor Calzolari were recalled at the end, and more than once in the course of the perform ance. The rentrie of Mademoiselle Sofie Cruvelli, in her great part of Norma, with Lablache as Oroveso, and Gardoni as Pollio, is announced for Saturday. The Queen's box was occupied by the Marchioness of Downshire, Lady Mary Hood, Miss Poole, Major Cot ton, Colonel Hood, Colonel and Mrs. Scott and party. Amongt the fashionable company also present in the theatre on this occasion we remarked the following:— His Excellency the Russian Minister, Baroness Brun now, and Mdlle. de Brunnow, the Countess of Flahault and Mdlie. de Flahault, the Countess of Harrington and Lady Jane Seymour Stanhope, Admiral and Mrs. Hatton and the Misses Hatton, the Right Hon. the Fo reign Secretary and the Countess of Malmesbury, the Countess of Bradford, his Grace the Duke of Leeds, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence Lord Sandys, Lord Saltoun, Sir Thomas Barrett Leonard, Bart., Lady Paulet So merset, Lady Leonard and party, Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart., Lady Woodford, and Miss Woodford, Sir John Bayley, Bsrt., Lady Bayley, and party, Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P., Lady Howard, and Miss Howard, Captain Smith, Mr. J. Golswortby, Miss Caroline Bellew, Mr. George Iludson, M.l'., Mrs. Hudson, and Miss Hudson„ - General the Hon. H. Cavendish, Mr. Trelawny, M.P•ea and Mrs. Trelawny, Mr. F. Coates, Mr. Storer, Mr. W, Detafield, Mr. Richards, M,P., Mr. Stephens, Mr. Mar tyn, Lady Flower, Colonel Lockyer Freestun, M P., and Mrs. Lockyer Freestun, the Hon. Misses Somerset, Mr. Montague Gore, M P., Mr. Barton, Mr. Brandt, Mr. Thomas, Mr. laglefield, Mr. Curtis, Miss Gould, Sac. .HUNGERFORD HALL, STRAND. This establishment, which commenced under the special direction of French managers, has had its success in some degree impeded by their not knowing how to cater properly for the palate of a British pub lic, and although the locale is perhaps one of the best situations in London for a bazaar (upwards of twelve millions of persons annually passing to and fro through the market), yet the display of goods on the various counters was of a description too trifling for the solid taste of English people, however well calculated it might have been for the Paris Boulevards. The Diorama of Chevalier Bunton, advertised in our co lumns of this day, is, nevertheless, a splendid ex ception to this criticism on our part. We understand that a complete alteration is about to take place. Foreign influence will no longer exist—Hungerford Hall is about to become a purely English concern, under the sole direction of a sound English adminis tration, calculated in every way to inspire public confidence, and deserve, we doubt not, the support it will eventually receive. Possession of the theatre is already contested for by various candidates for public patronage. It is admirably adapted for representa tions and performances, inasmuch as, from its pecu liar construction, every person, without exception, can see and hear distinctly. That pleasing and popu lar singer Henry Smith commenced his entertain ments there on Monday evening, and will continue them throughout the week, this evening excepted. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Cooper, whose admirable and scientific lectures on the " Rise and Progress of Popular Music in England" have already been pro nounced by several of our contemporaries as extremely interesting and instructive, will shortly give at Hungerford Hall Theatre a new musical entertain ment, entitled " The Excursion Train," of which much is most favourably augured. As Englishmen, we most cordially wish the greatest success to the new administration. RETIRING PENSIONS TO COUNTY COURT JUDGES. — The following new provision appears in the amended County Courts Further Extension Bill, which has just been printed. The Bill has passed the Lords, and the provision was added in Committee by the Commons—" That it shall be lawful lA. the Lord Chancellor, by any order or orders to be made by t him from time to time, on a petition presented to him for ,se ution of that purpose , to order that there shall be paid quarterly out osucthe Consolidated Fund of Great Britain and Ireland to term withe__ h e o , o f . n 1 e the permanentjudges of i the nfi C n o n u i t n y t ,y disabling CourtsC ourts as himshall from the due THE., ...,Go7:‘ Suchhis presentingexceedingCountt_judge shall be entitled to as a judge of a 'CITY --In the'dT or GERRARD'S-HALL BASING•LA.NE,' , Gerrard's-h 11 days of Stowe it a was used a pole in the war formerl y the habitation of a giant, who whose skull being founsd4o feet long and 15 inches round, and thigh bone was six feet lo would hold fi ve pec k s, an d t h a t hi s t e n pounds Troy. Re spec n a; and one of his teeth weighed the parish may-pole, Stowe sg„ this staff, which was probably lane is one great house e e 01 1 8 i -i" On the south side of this. vaults, and with arched gate of .me, builded upon arched The same is Normandy. a tone hrou h now a „ mmon g t from Cane, in travellers, • commonly and corruptly Cal ? e ste (. rY, for receit of of a giant said to have dwelled there. ir t.ierrard'sshall. hall of this house sometime shod a larg e fi u 'e bigh-roofed thereof, And by som e Sa . r e Pole, whi c h reached to the roof Gerrard in id 1..0 be 'used by Gerrard in the wanes, n one of the staves same length, stood also a ladder of the 0,, the . 11 ,,,,(:s they said ) served to ascend to the top .t,staffs." In Great Fire ancient ' ostery," except the of 1666 destroyed all the of the wall at thecrypt, part and about eight or nin e feetnext the front was built soon after th e stable-yard. The Basing -lane f ea t ur e, except the effi gy fire, and presented no remarkable e which until the last few days was of Gerrard, the giant, This figure may be stationed in a niche above the entrance. , the work of the same artist Who carved (sore 0 and Magog, in Guildhall. — The Builder. STATE BALL.—The new Lord C-hem-- beriaiti (t he to Marquis of Exeter) has received her Majes t y 's comtnand isaw. issue invitations for the first grand state ball a t Bucking Palace, on Wednesday, the sth of the ensuing month.. The first fete dansante of the season will be given on the usual scale of magnificence. The commercial accounts from India are more en couraging than for some time past. There has been consi derable transactions at Bombay, although further arrivals had checked any advances in prices, and at Calcutta the de mand was active with a prospect of continued improvement. The Chinese markets were steady, without alteration. NEANDER'S LIBRARY.—The library of the late eminent Dr. Augustus Neander, celebrated throughout Ger many for its completeness in theological works, has just been purchased on behalf of the senate of the University -:Of Ro chester, in the state of New York. .1 (.4, + .-' ZU LONDON,' -1- EASTER AMUSEMENTS. We resume our notice of the Easter Amusements, ,having been maable to give all of them, in our paper of yeeterday. CosMoßAMA.—This old-established exhibition, which -now — forms part of the Prince of Wales's Bazgar - in Regent-street, has been re-opened for the Easter. holidays. The views are the same as they have hitherto been, consisting of Mont Blanc, Grand Cairo, Edinburgh, Mount St. Bernard, the interior of St. Peter's, &c., which, in some cases, are accom panied with illusive atmospheric effects. This ex hibition is the, oldest in the metropolis, but the inge nuity with which nature is portrayed, by means of optical contrivance and dioramic artifice, always aniusegi however much the process itself has lost the charm of novelty. • POLYTECHNIC INSTITITTION.—The popular fame of this old-established haunt was proved by the at tendance on Monday, which, though not quite so great as usual, was still very considerable. The features of the place are of the same character as they have hitherto been, that is as to utility. But no thing, on the other hand, can be more interesting and diversified. The galleries are filled to overflowing with numerous works of curious invention, in which vile mechanical genius of the age is amply exempl fied ; while the products of art are not wanting to give grace to the developments of tnechanisna and in genuity. We need not remark that the great topics of the day, if they refer to anything admitting of public exposition, are here invariably the subjects of popular elucidation. Thus we have periodical lectures by Mr. Crispe on fire-arms, more particularly with a view to the rifle, and the dif ferent locks suggested by modern contrivance. Mr. Pepper and Dr. Bachhoffner are also to be met with daily, and the talents of these two gentlemen as public instructors are well known. Few men in the same sphere of action have evinced a greater skill than themselves in accommodating their strictures to the homely and uneducated intelligence of the lower classes ; and to individuals in these ranks of life— thanks to theirco-operation—the Polytechnic Insti tution must have been of vast and immeasurable be nefit. The miscellaneous branches of the establish ment are replete with pleasant and entertaining varie ties. The dissolving views, of which an entirely new set has been painted, are the best of their kind. Then there is the cbromatrope, besides other optical toys. In the lower hall the diving• bell, which seems to be co-existent with the institution itself, is an unfailing source of delight, as it has been for years past ; and an individual whom we have not yet heard, one Krausz de Fehor, is announced as the possessor of four octaves of" voice, and the singer of thirty-six dialects! The Easter attractions at the Polytechnic Institution are therefore as multiform as they can well be, and we may be sure they will not be overlooked by the holiday-maker. CATLIN'S AMERICAN GALLERY.—In the north-east corner of Waterloo-place Mr. Catlin's; gallery of In dian life, and the prairie scenery of North America, invites inspection. Few collections, having a direct and specific purpose, have been so popular as this. It consists, we need hardly observe, of a profusion of portriitures of the aboriginal inhabitants of the vast wilderness of North America, taken during Mr. Cat lin's residence in those districts in which he volunta rily spent a considerable number of his early years. The paintings are executed with spirit, truth, and freedom. But a most valuable and characteristic fea ture is that of the costumes brought over by Mr. Cat lin. These, hung upon figures the size of life, are placed about the room, which it seems to people with striking fidelity of nature. Mr. Catlin is generally in attendance arid delivers occasional lectures on the habits of the " red man," assisted by individuals clothed for the ptirpose, who illustrate the war-whoop and various curious customs, no doubt to the life. CUMMING'S AFRICAN INiUSETJAI.—ihe gallery of Mr. Gordon Cumming at Hyde-park-corner, like that of Mr. Catlin's, is both curious and informing. The collection of a courageous and enthusiastic sportsman in the interior of Southern Africa, it has a peculiarity of its own, The arms, costumes, and domestic implements of several of the Kafir tribes are here brought together ; besides the skins of a variety of wild animals slain or captured by Mr. Cumming. An hour or two may, therefore, be well spent in this singular exhibition, which is one of those assemblages of objects that could only result from a peculiar love of adventure, great personal hardihood, and indomitable perseverance. SPRINGTHORPE'S WAXWORK. This cheap gal lery of waxwork has lately received several additions ; and to those whose funds are not very profuse it may reasonably be recommended. The collection, which bears some resemblance to that of Madame Tussaud's, is by no means small. The various agremens of establishments of this kind are provided. There is a band of music ; and there are also moving pictures, musical toy, a rock harinonicon, and the like. Mum mies, murderers, and monsters are exhibited in sepa rate chambers ; in fact, the taste of the populace in its widest and lowest sense, has been considered to the utmost. SALLE ROBlN.—After a short tour in the provinces, M. Robin, whose magical dexterity has already se cured for him a considerable share of public patronage, made his appearance on Monday withevening a new and enlarged • programme of mechanical and optical illusions. It would be vain to attempt to enumerate the various inexplicable sleight-of-hand tricks which this accomplished wizard enacts, to the infinite de light of the juvenile portion of his audience, and which, in times gone by, would have earned a very different treatment for the performer than the deserved approbation which now greets him. It is sufficient to say that the Soiries Parisiennes furnish to children one of the most entertaining amusements in the me tropolis, and are therefore peculiarly worthy of a visit during these holiday times. SAVII;LE HOUSE.—The German gymnasts, under the superintendence of Professor Krosso, continue to go through their feats of strength and dexterity at Saville House, Leicester-square, where they have been located for a considerable period. These ex positions of bodily power, and expertness in the art of balancing, have probably never been surpassed. The entertainments are varied by an act of " Poses Plastiques." CHICKENS AND FLEAS.—Mr. Cantelo's apparatus for hatching chickens upon the old Egyptian principle will, no doubt, command its visitors during the holi day time, The process is most effectively illustrated at the _rooms of this gentleman in Leicester -square, where broods of chickens are daily brought into life by the hot-water stoves, so judiciously adjusted as to temperature as to represent practically the precise incubatory heat of the parent bird.—ln the same house the spectator may also " assist" at the performances of the Russian Fleas, which are wise in their genera tion, and go through divers feats after the manner of other fleas who have escaped " cracking," and been taught'polite accomplishments. PRIVATE PICTURE GALLERIES.—Grosvenor, -Upper Grosvenorstreet ; Bridgewater, Green-park; Staf ford House, St. James s-park ; Ashburton, Picca dilly; Sir R. Peel's, Whitehall-gardens; Samuel Rogers's, 12, St. James's-place; Hope's, Duchess street, Portland-place; Bevan's, 4, Hamilton•place, Hyde- park-corner ; Bridel's, Eaton-square; Gibbon's, Hamilton-terrace, Regent's-park ; Meeld's, Grosve nor-street ; Sheepshanks's, Rutland-gate, Knights bridge. Tickets may be had on application to the proprietors. PUBLIC BUII.DINGS, &c.—St. Paul's Cathedral (ten till dusk); Tower of London (ten to four) ; Monument (nine to dusk) ; Westminster Abbey (nine to dusk); Westminster Hall ; Greenwich Hos pital (nine to dusk); Guildhall (ten to three) ; Custom-house (nine to three); Mansion-house (eleven to three) ; Duke of York's Column (twelve to three); Mint (eleven to three) ; Woolwich Arsenal and Dockyard (nine to eleven, and one to four) ; Deptford Dockyard (ten to three); Chelsea Hospital and Royal Military Asylum (orders for the Botanic Gardens to be obtained at Apothecaries' Hall) ; Christ's Hospital, Newgate-street (tickets on appli cation); Windsor Castle (Mondays, Tuesdays, Thurs days; and Fridays, ten to four ; tickets from principal printsellers). , , FaeiExEntiiiitoers, &c.—The British Museum, - open the--whole of Easter week, except Saturday, from ten till fuur. The East India House Museum, on Saturday only, from eleven to three. The Na tional Gallery, in Trafalgar-square, the whole of Easter week, except Saturday, from ten to five. The Vernon Gallery, Marlborough-house, open under the same rules as the National Gallery. The United Service Museiiin, it Middle Scotland-yard, every day by orders from members. The Society of Arts, Adelphi, every day, except Wednesday. College of Surgeonsi in Lincoln's Inn-fields, on Monday, Wed nesday, and Friday, by orders from members. Mu seum of Economic Geology, Jermyn- street, every day, from, ten till four. The Sone Museum, Lin cola's. Inn-fields, every Thursday and Friday, from ten -to five, in the months of. April, May, and June. street, daily , Vinnrean :Museum, Soho-square, on Wednesday and Gas's orders from members. Medical Museum, ';'4Hospital, daily. Saull's Museum of Geology, Al teestreet, Thursdays, at eleven. Museum of London Antiquities, Liverpool-street, Bishopsgate eleven to four . Entomological Merteum of the Asiatic Society, Grafton street, Tue-sd. Wednesdsys, and Thursdays, from Tuesday, from Museum, Old Bond street,ten to dusk r . Y theoy al ront twelve to four. Museum of Institution,Missionary Albemarle-street, daily from ticket obtainable from the ? Museum, Blomfield•street, .00logical Museum, Leices ter•square, daily, from ten to five. tddeaaniillyyt:ffreooxunicre.pt Friday,. Dulwich Gallery, daily, Pri n y ts r . ! l ay, e'er by Hampton i- cl from te Court Palace every dab except -- P:rk b odn to four. Botanic Gar dens, Itegent'S illy r era from members. , , , —l3azaar, Soho-square Pantheon, cs .uoursGes., -,, _ • ..,x-and and ford- stree . ~. Arcade,Strand. t LoWther lizati, P.antechnicob, ,Pllclai ice. Burlington Arcade,p" melt , dilly. liing-dreetl3o4Ar, Portman-aquare. RAker- WEDNESDAY EVENING, street Bazaar. Prince of Wales's "Bazaar, Regent street. Western Exchange, Old Bond•street. Ba zaar, Langharn-place. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY. The additions to the royal dinner party yesterday were her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, his Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, the Lady in waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Baron Knesebeck, and Lord William Paulet. The band of the ColdstreamGuards was in attendance during dinner, and performed the following pieces : Overture, " Sicilian Bride" W a lt z , "La Magicienne" Selection, " Die Zauberflote" Polka Koenig. Irish Melody, "As a beam o'er her face" Moore. Pas Redouble, "I Martyri" • ••• Donizotti. The Queen's private band afterwards attended in the Castle and played the following selections : Overture, " Le Pniltre" Selection, " Marguerite d'Anjou" ..• •• Meyerbecr. Choeur et Danse d'Armide Gluck. Finale, " Marth a " His Royal Highness Prince by his Royal Hi g h ness the Duke of Cam b r id ge , an d Albert, accompanied Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, rode out on horse back this mo rn i ng, attended by Colonel F. H. Seymour. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and younger membe rs o f the Royal Family, and pony exercise. t oo k walking The Earl and Countess of Derby left town yester day afternoon on a visit to the Duke of Richmond, apt his seat, Goodwood, Sussex. The Judges, Queen's Counsel, &c., will not assem ble at the residence of th e Lord Chancellor to mor row (Thursday), the first day of Easter Term: The Judges will take their seats in their respective Courts at Westminster at the usual hour. The Bishop of Manchester had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole, yesterday, at the Home Office. Dispatches from the Governors of Hong Kong and Ceylon, and also from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. PROPOSED NEW PENAL SETTLEMENT. Sir James Matheson, M.P., proprietor of the Island of North Hone, has offered it as a gift to Government for a new penal settlement. Thi s i s l an d i s s it u ated in the Atlantic, in latitude 59 deg. 7 min. 15.48 sec., and longitude 4 deg. 4 . 8 min. 50.45 sec . wes t. It forms part of the Lewis property. It lies 38 miles N.E. of the Butt of Lewes, f orm i ng a nearly equila teral triangle with it and Cape 'Wrath. Its highest point is 360 feet above the level of the sea. On a clear day Cape Wrath and th e L ewes an d H arr i s Hills can be seen without glasses. The island re sembles a long-necked decanter, with its neck towards the north. Its greatest length is nearly a mile, and its greatest breadth the same. At it s nor th en d a b ou t half a mile of its length varies in breadth fr o m 10 to 20 chains. Half of this portion is stratified rock, without a particle of vegetation. The eastern shore of this part slopes gently to the sea ; the western, though rugged and broken, is but 90 feet in height. The southern portion of the island is broader and more elevated, averaging three quarters of a mile broad, and the two hills not less than 350 feet high. The seaward bases of th ese hill s f orm pre cipitous cliffs, inaccessible in many places. The rocks round Rona are few and small. Gouldig Beag and Gouldig Mohr are the only rocks, ni t re than two chains from the shore. Another is danger o u s r o ck, seen a t low water, near the S.W. point, dang e r ous t o navi gators anchoring in the neighbourhood. The soil of Rona is good, and the pasture, though not luxuriant, is beautifully green. Except about 50 acres the whole island is arable, interspersed with a few small rocks. A small part of the south side had been culti vated, and produced excellent barley. It is now rented as a sheep farm. There are five or si x r u i nous huts upon it. The smallest is said to have been a church. There is also a grayeyard, in w hi c h i s a rude cross without any inscription. There are neither rats nor mice, and but very few birds in the island. There is no peat moss, and not much sea-weed. There is sufficient spring water on the south shore. Seals are numerous, but not easily killed, and cod-fi s h ar e abundant. The tides rise from five to ten feet, and the south wind prevails. The best landing places are Foul Houtham on the south, Skildiga on the west, and Gevah Sthu on the east. So well sheltered is Gevah Sthu, that three vessels anchored at its mouth six years ago, and remained one night. But such a thing had not occurred before, and has not been repeated since. The island con tains 270 acres, three-fourths of which are arable. Some years since it was inhabited by several families, who lived by fishing, and on the produce of the soil ; but in attempting to land on a stormy day, all the men war lost by the upsetting of their boat. Should Government accept Sir 'Limes Matheson's offer of this island as a convict prison and penal settle ment, it will combine the advantages of Portland prison and a penal colony in New South Wales, being near enough to be controlled by the home , authorities through directors of prisons for Scotland, or through a separate board of commis. sioners ; and fr om th e small s i ze o f t h e i s l an d, and its loneliness, it would have all the terrors and none of the attractions, of t ransportat i on t o A us tralia. The cost of maintainin g a convict aboard is 401. a year. The cost of maintaining a convict in Rona would not exceed 15/. a year, and this on 1,000 convicts for four years would save 100,000/. The climate and soil being favou ra bl e, the arable parts o f R ona might be cultivated by th e conv i cts as a gar d en f arm . This would be . a good t ra i n i ng for such conv i c t s as might afterwards emigrate, and it would considerably diminish the expense of the establishment. All other kinds of labour usual in prisons, could of course be done at Rona. A s a pr i son made o f ga l van i ze d iron may easily be re move d from one place to ano th er , a great difficulty i s o b v i ated as regards t h e expense o f buildings, which, after serving their purpose in one locality, became use l ess, as now the trans f er f rom one locality to another is provided for.—Observer. THE DERBY CABINET AND CHURCH PATRONAGE. It will be remembered, that we alluded to certain cir cumstances two weeks ago, which we stated would afford a decisive test by which the ecclesiastical leanings of the Derby Government might be ascertained. We men tioned that two days previous to the appearance of our article, a clergyman had died , who held a living in Col chester, worth 5001. a year, and that within three hours after his death — almost before the breath could well be said to be out of his body —The Tractarian clergy of the town and neighbourhood met together, and drew up and signed a most urgent memorial to the Lord Chan cellor, in whose gift the living was, praying him to ap point one of the most rampant Puseyites in the county, to the vacant church. That memorial was presented, and its prayer supported by the semi-Romanist, Lord John Manners, to Lord St. Leonards, and the latter Noble and Learned Lord has acceded to the application. The ultra-Tractarian has received the appointment, and is now the rector of the church in question. This fact sets the matter fully and finally at rest, as regards the wa y in which the Church patronage of the present Ministry will be dispensed. The Lord Chancellor can not plead ignorance of the Puseyisra of the party whom he has appointed to the vacant living. He has made the appointment with a full knowledge of all the circum stances. No wonder that the Tractarians hailed the advent of the Derby Ministry to office with unmeasured exultation. The matter is one of great gravity to the Church, and bodes serious ill to the Protestantism of the country.—Advertiser. p resen tPresenedient servant, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The paragraph in y our paper o f t h e 12th inst. in respect to the , Cardiganshire Boroughs is incorrect, as the Powell f amily - have always supported Church and State, and the t c G o u o v n e t r y oont Member is A CARDIGANSHIRE FREEHOLDER. Bromp t on , April 13, 1852. a staunch supporter youorf obedient s t i l os ti r r eg tt ar r d ou s ~.., COMPLETION OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH TO intelligence from the Bristol Channel, THE BjusTOL CHANIIEL.—The Electric Telegraph Corn range of wire, 118 through h he immediate trans miles, from London to n addition to the advan tages communication not only with the completion polfetsiohnipopfinthge communication places the commercial t p a a g ny e s h a a v v a e il j a u b s l t e community of Bristol, and .. the adjacent west of England London, but by means of the cross-country stretch of tele graph, already in existence between Bristol and Gloucester, cothmeprelebtilye,dri and Birmingham and Derby, connects the west of England with those towns, as well as with Liverpool, Manchester. the districts, in direct telegraphic north of Scotland, and the whole of England. Several hun dred men are now employed upon the link remaining to be completed between Bristol and Exeter, of about seventy three miles, and which it is ex pected will b e fi n i s h e d by June, and so complete , with the_ exception o f m i nor commu nities, the telegraphic network of the country-. THE MEMBERS OF THE BAR AND THE NEW PARLIAMENT.—It is ascertained that about, one hundred members of the bar are already , fairly in the field, as candi dates for a seat in the coming I arliament, and it is deemed probable that thirty or forty more may st art before the ad vent of the general election. 1t is not i mprobable that one half of these " learned friends ' may be returned,—in which case about seventy l a wyers will be members of the new legislature. The prospect is not augur well a.‘ for 11 very pl easant one for the reporters; nor does it straightforward manner of transacting the business of the country. It is not unlikely that some steps maY benund necessary to restrain the otherwise interminable volubility of these learned gen tlemen. It may be found expedient to limit the length of speeches in Parliament. In tthe French Chamber, when they had liberty of discussion .here, they resorted to a par ticular form of procedure , which, when had recourse to three times, brought the debate at once to a final termina tion.—Advertiser. Mr. He a thcoat, M.P., the colleague of Lord Palmerston in the representation of Tiverton, and the emi nent silk manufacturer of that town, has had a severe attack of indisposition, from which, however, the H__. vil Creatlemau • US "dentOOd to be :10171Y recovering. APRIL 14, 1852. BETTING UP: Vi ONE O'CLOCK. - - COLUMN STAKES. • 2 to 1 on Lspidist. Mountain De;:t arrived this Lwirtling• NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE SPRING MEETING. The Ilunters'4Btakes of 10 sous, each, p p, the second to save his stake; 12. st each; thorough-bred horses 10lb extra. Once round and a dis. (9 Subs.) Mr. E Johnson's Jack of Aconab (h b) (Mr. Gregson) 1 Mr. B.ker's Killerhy (h b) (Owner) 2 Mr. Fife's Nancy 'Banks (h b);.. (Owner) 3 Bob Acres (h b). (Mr. C. R ee d ), Chanticleer, (b. b) (Mr.Featherstonhaugh), and Tanny (h b), (Mr. Purcell), also ran., Bettio,g—t to 4 apt 'Jack. Won cleverly by nearly a length. The Ladies' Plate of 10 som, added to a Sweepstakes of 2 soya, each, for all horses, 12st each,-&c. Heats, TY C. (8 Subs.) Mr. Johnson Da Child cf" tlie Mist, 4 yrs (Ankle) . 1 1 Mr. Ruddock's Gilley, aged ( s T _Simpson). "0 2 Mr. Smith's SeArlet Runner, 4 yrs '(sle. 0. Reed) 0 3 Mr, Bl ac k er ' s Th eory, 6 yrs Nark Nobl e ) 0 0` Mr. Laing's Wor Helen, aged (Mr. Dunlop) 0 0 Mr. Davy'a Gay. Lad, s.(li.c.r: Featherstonhaugh) 2 dr Mr. Brown na Tha Swinger, 6 yrs (J. Pattison) 0 dr Won easy by two lengths. The Welter. Stakes of 3 8092. each, and 15 added, for foisr yrs old and upwards, the second to save his stake. Two miles. (8 Subs.) Captain WeOrl na Miss West, aged (Owner) 1 Mr. Gregion's Count Borawlaski, 5 yrs (Owner) 2 Mr. Graham's Mystiele 6- yrs (Mr. R. Graham) 3 Mr. Larepl ug h' s The 'Liver, aged (Owner) 4 sto 4 agst Miss West. Won cleverly-by u length. The Lark Stakes of 1 soy. each, and 5 added, for two yrs old and upwards, T. Y. C. (15 Subs.), were won cleverly by a length and a half , by Mr. Currie's Annie Laurie, 2 yrs (W. Grieveson), beating Axwell, 2 yra, (G. Prince), and 12 others, after a. very fine race. MORE . GOLD. Accounts from . Australia have, been reeeivedby the Overland mail, mil Ceylon. , They, reach to the 10th January, being three weeks later than the previous advises. As far as the richness of the mines is con cerned the details continue of a striking character, but a total failure of water at Mount Alexander, in the colony of Victoria, and too much water at the Turon and other localities of the New South. Wales mines, had seriously checked, operations. Up to the exhaustion of the water at Mount Alexander,. which seems to have occurred rather suddenly, the returns obtained by all parties realised the most sanguine expectations, and the corresponde n t o f th e S y d ne y Herald at that place states, that after full and re peated inquiries he was unable to meet with a single person who had been unsuccessful. With the dry weather, however, the earth bad become so hard that it could only be broken with a pickaxe, and a general desertion was therefore taking place. Four months would most probably elapse before work could be recommenced. This compulsory retirement, however, would be likely to lead to new explorations. The accounts of the conduct of the population at Melbourne are not favourable. Scenes cf violence and deprayity had been !common, and they are alleged to have been i nc r e a se d by the influx of the convict population of Van Diemen's Land, which is within thirty hours' steaming distance, the deck fare from Launceston being 21s. With regard to the New South Wales, or Sydney mines, it appears that all the indications on the Turon continued to promise great results after the subsidence of the floods. Meanwhile new deposits had been di scovered in what is called the Maneroo district an d a b out the Snow be lieved would prove of a remarkable River, which it was ar tkbable Victoria character. mines t Thear are Sydney writ ers contend that not richer than th e i r own, and t e hat the duce is solely owi ng t o t h e larger numb employed. "This, ho wever , does not e number of agree re with er P personsther o fact that disappointments are frequently spoken of at Sydney, while none had occurred at Mount Alexander. The report made to the Government by Mr. Hargrave, upon his return from his exploratory expedition, had not yet been allowed to transpire, and it was consequently rumoured that it was too exciting to he published until after the harvest had been got in. The proprietor of the gold field in Frede rick's-valley bad proposed to make over his title to that spot, consisting of 1,033 acres, to a comp any to ,be called the Wentworth old-field Com pany, with a capital of 30,0001., in 3,000 shares of 101. each, of which 25,000/. was to be paid to himself, the remaining 5,0001. forming the work ing funds. The price of gold at Sydney had fallen to 60s. per ounce, and the miners in consequence held back their earnings. Nevertheless, on the 9th January, the ship Kate sailed for London with 49,274 ounces of dust, valued at 3/. ss. per ounce, and amounting to 160,1411. From Adelaide, South Australia, the latest dates received at Sydney were to the 24th December, and it is probable that the next arrival would bring news of equal wealth in that colony. A reward of 1,0001. having been offered by the Government for the discovery of any gold fields that should yield 10,0001. within two months, a Mr. Stephen, a barrister, had announced his knowledge of two very extensive districts, and a day had been ap pointed fur him to proceed to point them out. There were, also, rumours of discoveries in many other localities in the neighbourhood of Adelaide. Ex pectations were likewise entertained of the confirma tion of similar statements from Van Diemen's Land. A fine specimen of quartz gold had been shown by a man, who asserted that be had found it at Hobart Town, and that it existed there in abundance; and there were other less questionable stories of deposits between Launceston and George Town. As respects general intelligence, there is nothing by this arrival of importance. A meeting had been held of the Sydney Railway Company, at which a report was read an nouncing that Earl Grey had sanctioned the proposal of the local Government to grant a guarantee of five per cent. on the first 100,0001. capital subscribed, payable either in London or Sydney. The prepara tory works of the line were proceeding slowly, the number of persons employed being only 73, and, as an engineer was expected from London in the course of a few weeks, it was proposed to defer any more active steps until his arrival. The news of the plan of the home Government for a two-monthly line of screw-steamers had just arrived, and had been re ceived with the anticipated derision. Great difficulty was still felt by the shipping for want of crews, it being found impossible to check desertion, although in every possible instance the authorities enforced the law to the fullest extent. Among other cases the master of a brig named the Julia Percy had been sentenced to a fine of 501., or three months' imprison ment for enticing two seamen from the ship Scotia. IMPORTANT TO RAILWAY TRAVELLERS. A case of some importance to railway travellers was tried at the Doncaster County Court on Monday. An action was brought by Mr. Fairfax Fearnley, of Bishop field, near Bawtry, against the Great Northern Riilway Company, to recover the sum of 581. 18s., the value of a dreseingcase, containing various articles of jewellery, &c., which was lost under the following circumstances: — On the 20th of December last the plaintiff purc hased at the booking-offic e a t th e W a k e fi e ld station of th e Lanca shire and Yorkshire Rdlway two first-class tickets for himself and wife, intending to proceed to Bawtry, but, as the train (the Great Northern Express) did not stop at Bawtry, they were booked only 116 far as Doncaster. On arriving at Doncaster at a quarter past 5 eat, and finding that there would ber no train to Bawtry until 9 P.DI, the plaintiff s ought a safe pla ce f ur his luggage in the interim . One of th 0 porters showed an hour or two at the vicarage. him a private room, and on his assurance as the sa f ety spend an shortly . before nine o'clock, of the place, plaintiff was induced to leave the dressing. case and ,other _articles thene, whilst he and M rs , the from -. the F o e n a r r n e t f u e y r n w i n e g n went o to t h s e p vas ri t B o t l33 e iss b i o n ikin I they found that turned out that another porter had removed room where ISir.Fearnley had office, where luggage wt , s generally g" the dressing_leearste deposited, and whence, no doubt, it had been stolen. Mr. Blanchard, barrister, contended on behalf of the defendants, conveying plaintiff the . p f rom Wakefield to Bawtry by two separato tr, h Ley bad entered . 'contracts with him, b oth of which into two special They bad conveyed him and his they had fulfilled. to Doncaster in safety, and t luggage from Wakefield to Bawtry in safety ; and thea afterwards from Doncaster for the loss that had occ company were not liable the journeys. The urred in the interval between though bound to take porter was a bailee without hire, and the plaintiff in his such care of the property left by yet he was n o t re- possession as he would o f hi s own , responsible for its loss, except gros s and culpable negligencev could be proved agai nst hi m . Hi s Honour the Judge of the (Mr. W. Walker) de c id e d i n f avour defendants, AGONIZING SCENE AT A FIRE. _ Yesterday morn i ng, at a f ew minutes before four o'clock, the inhabitants of Nassau. street, Middlesex Hospital, were most painfully excited. It appears that as a police-constable was passing along the above-named street ho perceived dense bodies of smoke pouring forth from the basement floor of the premises No. 15, in that thoroughfare, occupied by Mr. Charles Lansfield, a car penter. Ho succeeded in arousing the inmates, con sisting of not fewer than nineteen persons. Thuse who were in the lower portion of the premises, upon opening their doors, found smoke pouring up the stairs go furi oasly that if they remained another minute they treques tionably would have perished. Thirteen persent., now aver, succeeded, at great risk, in gaining the street, hut six who were in the second floor, on reaching the stilirs, vv re driven back by the hot sm')ke. again entered their apartment, they made their appearance at the front windows, and besought the spectators to ftach a ladder and rescue them. They were informed by the police that the escapes of the Royal Society had been sent for, and that they would arrive in a few seconds; at tho same rune they wore urged to remain where they were until they arrived. aim dense smoke, however, began to pour int%) their room in such bodies that suffocation aPP" , , r ` w " ceriain. One woman then got to the sill of . the tviancltoof with an infant in her arms, and was just the were jumping out with the child (four other . n th :Eayal So screaming at the same window), ciety's fire-escape reached the hou7se l . 'e- T bo i n front of the conductor (Weaver) having placed the tu acbtr i i n o g the lives of six house, mounted and succeeded in Lon don Brigade and persona. The engines of the f i remen found i parish were soon on the opt, ' ~; ~stisi Y.>t~3t tha t the flames were raging in the workshop in the lower part of the premises. The engines having been set to work, the firemen auveneded in extinguishing the fir'. Unfortunately the sufferers were not insured. The cause of the fire is unknown. TREATMENT OF THE DEAD IN TOWNS The annual mortality of London is about 56,000, or 154 per day, and all this enormous mass of dead , and putrifyieg flesh, with slight exception, is deposited— we cannot say buried—in the very midst of the sur vivors. Nevertheless, the sacred feelings and affections mixed up with even the empty shells or tabernacles once inhabited by those nearest and dearest to us, blind the mind to the abominations and the horrors of these intramural deposits. Were half the number of the bodies of dead horses,„or ,double the number of vaults themth those of dead cats such as then t7ol catsand I°4':zn,t9oepdtio rotamongst tan graveyards now contain of not less rotting, not less and pestiferous abomination, we:: believe there would be little difficulty in` arousing r periodical resolution to get lid of such an evil, could it have ever exiAted. As it is, the most salutary mode of procedure We ears think of is, reitcratedly to disabuse the pu6lie mind from the notion that their dead are treated in their intramural deposits one whit more decently or reverently than if they had been so many dead dogs or horses. Cholera, typhus fever, consumptions, apoplexies, sudden deaths, measles, scarlet fevers, small pox, and last, though most important of all, perhaps, that slower poisoning which lowers the vitality and impairs the stamina of the entire nation—such are the fruits reaped from sowing in corruption such as this. That the plague in Egypt uniformly arises first in the close vicinity of the graieyards of the towns, has been fully established And can we wonder that disease and pestilence are engendered, and life destroyed by noxious emanations, such as these ? "We mate for ourselves the poison which we breathe: in our perverse blindness, we sow decay, and we reap death." Nay, to complete the circle of iniquity, we sow death and reap decay—we infuse a leaven of mortality in the midst of the mortal mass, and leaven the mass of mortals, slowly but surely thereby into masses of mortality.— The Builder. NOTICE TO MARINERS. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR GULF ST. VINCENT. After making Kangaroo Island steer E *N., through Investigator's Straits, between that island and Althorpe Island. Should the wind be from the eastward, you will find no difficulty in beating through the straits, nor anything in the way more than is pointed out in Fria der's chart. If bound up Gulf St. Vincent great care is requisite to avoid Troubridge Shoal, situated on the cs w th e aa s i nr t sg S ep ide aosfostafhgteehe moon,s e e t n s t s r t a r o o c n e g , , a directlypsst r h ut e pi flood counl arl theyt i d eo ehn shoal; t h a Ih r ;G o u t ght full B e el faoscrnk ed coming fro m th e westward, the coarse should not be altered until Point Marsden bears S.W. by W.IW., when you will be about ten miles from the high land in side Cape Jervis, named in Flinders's chart N.W. Bluff when you may . shape your course for the light vessel N.N.E., 40 wiles distant. For about six leagues up the gulf the land is high and bold; but above that the shore becomes very low, with hummocks of sand upon it; and the same description of coast prevails to the head of the gulf. After passing the high coast land, the water shoals far out, and in some places (when within the distance of ten miles from the light) five fathoms will be found at a dis tance of four miles from the beach. Be careful of your soundings, particularly at night; and in running up to the light, keep as nearly as you can in between five and six fathoms water—not approaching inside five, as within that depth the water shoals suddenly; and if you keep outside six fathoms, you may pass to the west ward of the light and not see it. In these soundings yon will make the light ahead, which may be seen twelve miles from the deck of a ship. The shoal—called the Bar—at the entrance to the port, bears N.E. one mile from the light vessel. When you are are within a proper distance, a boat will be sent to you from the light vessel with a pilot, and to receive all mails and letters. Should you sight the light in the early part of the night, you may anchor anywhere to the southward of it in six fathoms • or keep under weigh until daylight, taking care to be to the southward of the light, and as near it as possible in the morning, as the tide answers early. Where the light vessel is moored, in lat. 34 deg. 44 min. S., the anchorage is safe; but a good full scope of chain is required, never less than 50 fathoms; and if it blow a full chain. Never let go the second anchor if you can avoid it ; rather give more chain, as your vessel will ride much easier with ose anchor down than two. When boned down the gulf steer from the light vessel S.S.W. which will keep you in sight of the land on the east side of the gulf, and out of the influence of the tide through Backstairs Passage, until you are to the southward of Troubridge Shoal ; but on no account shape a course t h at you may fancy will enable you to weather the shoal (thereby laying the ship's broadside exposed to a rapid tide running directly upon it) until you are sufficiently to the southward to shape your course down the strait. In beating down the gulf, never exceed a distance of ten miles from the larboard shore (as the opposite side is shoal), and be careful, when standing in, to have a cast of the leak as it is shoal a considerable distance off, until you get down to the high land. In some places to the northward of Holdfast Bay, there are not more than five fathoms at a distance of within' four miles from the beach, and the water shoals very quickly that depth; but where the high land fronts the sea, the shore is steep, except a reef that lies a mile off, about three miles to the southward of Holdtast Bay. The flag-staff at Eloldfast Bay is in latitude 34 deg. 58 min. 28 sec. S. In moderate weather endeavour to bo as close to the land as possible by sunset, when you will be certain of the wind off the land, which will lead you down the coast. Do nut allow yourself to be thrown off until you are well down with Cape Jervis, and to the southward of Troubridge Shoal, which is an extensive flat, and only in the middle shows a patch of about 200 yards at high water. Ships bound down Investigator's Straits, meeting • strong westerly wind, and wishing to anchor, will find good holding ground close in on the east side of Point Marsden, in six fathoms water. When beating care must be taken not to stretch too far inside Nepean Bay (Kangaroo Island), as about twe miles inside Point Marsden a long sand spit, dry at low water, extends a distance of seven miles, N.W. and S.F. This danger should be guarded against by timely soundings. Vessels coming from the eastward through Backstairs Passage, and bound up the gull; should night be ap proaching, must keep on the north side of the Passage, and haul round Cape .I!l.vis—all that coast being quite When the gulf is open, shape a course N. by B. rE ld : for the light vessel. THOMAS LIPSON, R.N., Navel Officer end Harbour Master of the Province of Suuth Australia. Port Adelaide, August 12, 1851. SA ILING DIRECTIONS FO it PORT WAKEFIELD AT T HE HEAD OF GULF ST. VINC ENT. Harbour Master's-office, Port Adelaide, S-pt. 2 1851. o n l e aving the light-chip steer N. W. j W., until within lnYrioull then b e i n a f a i r way between c'ek will s i x or seven miles of the western s h ore, when the west bluff • at the h ea d o f the gulf, wil l h oar Sandy and Mangrove P o i nts, and may shape a course nor therly, toward s t h e head of the gulf. From Sandy Point a spit projects o ff t h ree and a half miles. A flat a o b f ou th t e N. 11u also runs one a n d a h alf cr two miles from Mangrove Point; therefore, great care must be had in the use of the lead. Opposite Sandy Point the soundings will be five and four and a half fathoms. Having cleared the spit, run for the flagstaff at the entrance of the river, which will bear N. by E. E., or N.N.E. Bring np whenever the water may suit, as the bottom shoals gra dually, and is composed of soft well-holding clay. When beating up or down, above Port Adelaide, the lead must be attended to, Si a bank extends the whole line of the eastern shore. At a dis,ance of 20 miles above Port Adelaide light this fiat extends as far off as ten mils from the land, which lies so low as to be barely discernible. On the west side of the gulf a shoal exists, from let. 35 deg. 11 min. to 35 deg. 20 min., which causes tho water to shoal suddenly from eight to three fath oms. Tuos. LirsoN, Harbour Master. AN ENCOUNTER WITH A Boa. — Mr. Mason, in hie recently published work, " Pictures in Mexico," relates the following circumstance, which occurred to him while loiter ing along a shady path in a forest:— " I stepped aside for a moment to admire a rich tuft of large purple flowers, my mule having plodded on about eight or ten yards ahead, when, as I turned from the flowers towards the path, a sensation as of a flash of lightning struck my sight, and I saw a brilliant and powerful snake winding its coils round the head and body of the poor mule. It was a large and magnificent boa, of a black and yellow colour, and it had en wined the poor beast so firmly in its folds, that ere he had.time to utter more than one feeble cry, he was crashed and dead. The perspiration broke out on my forehead as I thought of my own narrow escape; and only remaining a moment to view the movements of the monster as he began to uncoil himself, I rushed through the brushwood, and did not consider myself safe until I was entirely free of the forest." ------ SEVERN NAVIGATION.—There bas just been printed by order of the House of Commons, in a Parliamentary paper, a report of Mr. James W a lker, the engineermto the Admiralty, on the navigation of the River Severn. . oiated request of the Admiralty Mr. Walker made his re 1:t p ad d i t ional the Ist of September last, and he also furnished an r ___ :red t 0 report in the following month. Mr. Walker ro e eq"` report in what manner, and to what extenti cb improvementa gation of the Severn might be improved bet ty and the town of Worcester; whether seu9, and, if so, what might be carried out in independent sf eentitdhael shnooavtis would be the several stages, embankments and the their respective costs; whether e b the w ade to cover part of the reclamation of land might no . t in improvements of the navigation the importance of outlay ; and whether, if tdheotfit, ,__ public benefit would be of the Severn were earrite, the the expense incurred. Captain fully commensurate iv' 1 . , of the river. The rep or t s de the orderttott their execution, an d the expected, and their great public benefit. Mr, alterations exP ee s ubject is one of • ' to that the great magnitude. Walker states s.,,itrssenjlentioned, ' -ha nded opinion, than the re sj3cereibeehdeYthheadsenNtel apol 0 which he was expected and i.:;lr,iiinlo'firsTg:t°i t:-elircrt'L.llTelrliEali(o.4.S_Ea I,:e s i i , l' t N il . head -"l) u of r to commit himself. has b ee n an immense influx of Germans intoi t. n h g e m t h o e udlti week la there Liverpool re sult of a deliberate consideration 1 s hipment of 1,200. establishment, has himself superintended the This immense number was received and left gua h e e l- e p d or i t a inhi3 establishment ' M fields and Vulean streetmainder for th within two du, destined for in oor . willhave States.—L i verpool Orleans, a few for Canada, ai differentNew-.:s,unvdesbseyistofo-draAymtehreicaw;haobieout l 0 o al and the' re. Telegraph, of e Journ . BAD NEWS FOR BREAD EATERS.—The Do. L •er last week, contains a strongly - worded article in favour o f a duty on corn. Imme di a tely precedi ng t h e effusion, the e dit or assures the reader that his whitings Sq . a 4 _ ' tulder the patronage of the Queen." SPORTING - NOTES. -- .. No. CCIV. THE FIELDS FOR TO-MORROW'S RACES-AT NEWMARKET, &c. TO TAE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—ln my anticipations of the Newmarket Handicap, I find I was, like all my contemporaries of the sporting press, on the wrong scent; I, however, take the credit to myself of being the only one who iniagined that the winner had a chance of catching lir. Clark's eye - firsG' Io my remarks of Monday last I-observed, that Father Thames would run well and might win, but at'the same time entertained some doubts of the accomplishment of such a performance.. The race with • respect to the fa was a most. ridi cu l ous a ff a i r, vourites, bar r i ng Officious, not one of them showing in front after .they had .tra versed a moiety of the distance. Maria and .Bardolpla were in difficulties early, and .Poodle had some trouble to struggle home fourth. Father Thamea, some half dczen pounds better than any of his ahtagoniats of his own age in the race, went away with Officious some dis tance and a half f rom h ome , s toutly contested every inch of ground, and won, by 'good jockeysbip on' the part of Cowley, in the last few strides by a head; Teildington, with all his weight, finishing a respectable third. The Riddlesworth was won, as I predicted it would be, by The Nabob, who passed the chair a very easy winner from Weathergago by a length, the atick-leggtd Magnes being a bad third. In the 501: Handicap Plate, Cariboo, giving stones away to everything in the rate, had it all his own way, and wo❑ in a common canter. The 501. Plate for Two Years Old produced a pretty race between the Estelle filly and Gossip, the former winning, not without considerable difficulty, by a head. The list for tomorrow consists of eight stakes and a match; of these five have yet to close and name. The fields for those that have closed are as follow: 100 Soya. Stakes; Ditch mile—Lord Orford's Alcoran, Bst 71b; Duke of Bedford's Hesperus, Bst lib; Lord Exeter's Stockwell, Bst 41b. Mr. Payne's Glenluce and Mr. T. Parr's Weathergage, Bst 4lb each, are dubious runners. 50 Soya. Stakes; Ditch mile—Mr. Parkinson's Odessus, Bst llb , walks over. , Claret Stakes; Ditch in—Mr. Greville's Ariosto (Nat), Mr. Howard's Grecian (A. Day), Lord Exeter's Phlegra (Norman), doubtful, Mr. Osbaldeston's Moun tan Deer (Robinson, I believe). Match, 100 25 ft; Ditch mile—Mr. E. Batson's Ben Nevis receives forfeit, I believe; at any rate he will win, as Mr. Goddard's colt by Auckland is not " the thing" at present. My opinion on the 100 Says. and Claret Stakes re mains unaltered. ALCORAN and GLENLIICE (if the lat; ter runs) to be first' and second, with Hesperus and Stockwell third and fourth for the former; and ARIOSTO the winner of the latter. The betting in several particulars has undergone some alterations since yesterday morning. The following are the latest quotations: —Claret Stakes-5 to 4on Ariosto, evens taken freely; 2 to 1 each agst Grecian and Moun tain Deer; 5 to, 1 agst Phlegm. 100 Sovs. D.M.-6 to 4 each agst Alcoran and Glenluce ; 3to 1 each agst Stockwell and Hesperus; 10 to 1 each agst Magnes and Weathergage. Port Stakes-5 to 4on Midas; 2to 1 each spit Lamartine and The Minister. 100 Soya. D.M. (Friday)-6 to 4on Nabob. 50 Sovs. P.M. (Friday)-2 to lon Sophistry, by Theon. 2,000 Guineas -4 to 1 each agst Homebiewed and Lapidist. I am, Sir, yours , &c.,' THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. April 14, 1852. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. CLOSE OF THE BETTING ON MONDAY NIGHT. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Bardolph IBto 1 agst Maria (t) 7 to.l apt The Old Lad I Bto 1 agat Officious TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 4to 1 ag3t Homebrewed I sto 1 agst Lapidist CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 eget High Sheriff (t) 125 to 1 agat Merry Bird DERBY. 6to 1 agat Hobbie Noble 30 to 1 agst Aleoran 13 to 1 agst Claverhouse J 30 to 1 agat Chief Baron 17 to 1 sgst Lapidist Nicholson 25 to 1 agst Augur (t) 1000 to agst Phantom (t) 30 to 1 agat Kingston (t) 40 to agat Kg. Trumps 950 to 150 was laid five times agst Hobbie Noble, and 5,000 to 200, besides several other bets at the same figure, against Augur, whose decline is attributable to an unfavourable trial with Voltigeur and Radulphus. Claverhouse, Alcoran, and Phantom, were very firm in the market. TUESDAY'S RACES. Handicap Plate of 501., for three yrs old and upwards. Cambridgeshire Course. Mr. G renille's Cariboo, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b ...... (Flatman) 1 Captain Lowther's Chopkins, 3 yrs, sst 71b(Steggles) 2 Mr. Stephenson's Solyman, 3 yrs, 6st 51b...(Toovey) 3 Mr. Walker's Patriot, aged, bat 10lb (T. Perry) 0 Mr. Rayner's Gaylass, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b ...(llammond) 0 Mr. Wentworth's The Scourge, 3 yrs, 6st 51b(Cowley) 0 Mr. Wigram's Peacock, 3 yrs, sst (Carroll) . 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst Cariboo, and 3to 1 agst Chopkins. Patriot and Chopkins got away in front, and jointly made play until near the Duke's Stand. Cariboo then took up the running, carried it on to the end, and won, hard held, by half a length. Solyman a bad third, and the others beaten off. Gaylass and Peacock lost start. Run in 2 min. 6 sees. Plate of 501, for two yrs old; colts, Bat 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. First half of Ab. M. Duke of Richmond's Estelle bf, Bst 41b...(Flatman) 1 Duke of Bedford's Gossip, Bst 710 .(F. Butler) 2 lir. Mare's Brenstgirth c, 71b . . (Simpson) 3 Lord W. Powlett's Guava, Bst 4lb (Rogers) 0 Lord Glasgow's Sister to Caracara, Bst 41b (Charlton) 0 Mr. Rayner's Mrs. Bull f (W. Drayton) 0 Lord Clitden's Altitude, Bst 41h (Pearl) 0 Mr. J. Perren's br c by Tne Libel, out of Almeria, Bst 71b (J. Arnull) 0 Betting-6 _to 5 agat Gossip, 3 to 1 asst Guava and Estelle filly. The Estelle filly made the running throughout, and after a firm race up the cords, won by half a length, Gossip beating Breastgirth colt by a neck. This race was not timed. The Tuesday's Riddlesworth Stakes of 200 soya, each, h ft, for three years old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. 31b and slb allowed, &‘c. D.M. (5 Subs.) Lord Ribblesdale's The Nabob, Bst 71b ...(Flatman) 1 Mr. T. Parr's Weathergage, Bst 41b (Charlton) 2 Lord Clifden's Megnes, Bst 7lb (Robinson) 3 Betting-5 to 4on Nabob, who waited on Weather gage into the cords, and won very easily by a length. Run in 1 min. 23 sees. The Newmarket Handicap of 25 soya, each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 200 aovs, added, the second to receive 100 soya. out of the stakes. Clermont Course. (53 Subs, 23 of whom declared.) Sir R. Pigot's Father Thames, 3 yrs, sst 91b(Cowley) 1 Duke of Richmond's Officious, ist 81b...(Flatman) 2 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Teddington, 4 yrs, 9st (Butler) 3 Mr. J. Osborne's The Proctor, 7st slb (J. Osborne) 0 Mr. Baton's Abderhatnan, 4 yrs, Est 81b (G. Mann) 0 Lord Exeter's Tophana, aged, 6st 81b...( W. Harlock) 0 Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Agnes, 3 yrs, Est 21b (Garvey) 0 Mr. Parkinson's Odessus, 3 yrs, sst 121b...(Harding) 0 Lord Clifden's Poodle, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Toovey ) 0 Mr. Magennis's logratitude,4yrs,sst 81b(Uatherton) 0 Mr. Rogers's The Old Lad, 3 yrs, sst 81b (Hero) 0 Mr. Mare's c by Faugh-a-ballagh, sst 71b...(Pau1) 0 Mr. C. Robson's Bardolph, 3 yrs, sst 61b ( Wells) 0 Lord Glasgow's Caracara, 3 yrs, sst 61b (T. Smith) 0 Mr. G. White's Pluck, 3 yrs, 431 121 b (Steggles) 0 Mr. William's Maria, 3 yrs, 4st 161 b (Carroll) 0 Betting-3 to 1 agst Bardolph, 4to 1 agst Poodle, 6 to 1 agst Teddington, 8 to 1 agst Maria, 8 to 1 agst Old Lad, 8 to 1 agst Officious, 100 to 6 agst Pluck, 100 to 6 agst Lady Agnes, 20 to 1 agst Father Thames. Odessus took the lead at starting, closely attended by Pluck, Maria, Poodle, and Caracara, Officious well up, and Teddington in the rear. They ran in a body at a good pace to the turn, where Caracara, Father Thames, and Bardolph showed in front, Officious lying fourth. Half way between the turn and the chair Father Thames and Officious singled themselves out and raced home, the young one winning a splendid race by a head, Tedding ton a very good third, and Poodle a bad fourth; the rest tailed off. Run in 3 min. 11 sees. The departure of the last train shortly after this race was decided prevents our giving it so fully in detail as we could have wished. The attendance this afternoon included the Duke of Rutland, Earl March, Lord C. Manners, Duke of Bed ford. Lord Glasgow, Lord Ribblesdale, Lord Maidstone, Lord Clifden, Lord Sidney Osborne, Lord Enfield, Count Battbyany, Sir Robert and Lady Pigot, the Hon. General and Mrs. Anson, lion. Captain Lowther, lion. Francis Villiers, Hon. Agar Ellison, Hon. Henry Forester, Hon. Major Pitt, Hon. Captain Rous, Colonel Peel, Colonel Newton, Colonel Aogerstein, Mr. Gre ville, Mr. Batson, Mr. S. H. Batson, Mr. Payne , M r. Gratwicko. Mr. ortman, Mr. S. Graham, Mr. Drink ald, Mr. S. Crawfurd, Mr. G. Fitzroy, Mr. J. M. Stan ley, Mr. E. W. Hughes, Mr. Crommelin. BETTING AT FIVE O'C.LOCS. TWO THOUSAND GUINEA STAKES. 9to 2 agst Homebrewed I sto 1 agst Lspidist CHESTER CIIP. 9to 1 agst Stilton (t) 25 to 1 agstilesseHomß badrg 14 to 1 agst Scarecrow (t) 25 to 1 a g st Merry ir 20 to 1 eget Hothorpo 40 to 1 agstlndian Warrior 18,000 to 600 was laid apt Poodle this morning in one bet. ---- DEBBY. 6to 1 aglst Hobbio Noble 20 to lap t Orelio 13 to 1 agst Claverhouse 20 to 1 agst AlcoranAugur 16 ro 1 agst Lapidist 33 to 1 agst There are only three races for tomorrow, viz. Column Stakes, a Selling Plate, and the T.Y.C.i.C, yi_lk the e Minus walks over for the g au dicap Plate. . NEWMARKET, 'T UE SDAY NIGUT. ENTBIES lON WEDNESDAY. Snbscriplion Plate of 501; T.Y.C. Sanits, 3 yrs—Guy Itaneering, 4 Yrs—c by v , out of Glee, 3 yrs—Diuket, 4 yrs—Divide,; 11 3 unison, Little savage, 3 yrs—Grecian, 4 yrs. ' yrs Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, winurT t o b e sold for 150/. Sc. Harrier, 3 yrs—Vanguard, 6 yrs—Necklace, 5 yrs. handicap P luto o f 50 /. Ninus. 5 yrs, walks ov , i , — LATES T BETTING ON TUESDAY (B Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH .) NIG HT. COLUN STA RES. M 2 to ca l E ( s , n TE L R aP C i u d p* "t• 8 to I agst S tilton (t) i 20 to 1 agst Hotborpe 15 to 1 apt Scarecrow GO to 1 _., 4 P. FLYING DUTcum a ... .., S HANDICAP'. Sophistry (t) 2 to 1 agar Voltigeur DERB Y , 16 to 1 agst L ittle harry 13Q 1 apt Alcoran. 18 to 1 art Augur to - I 1 6 I D' D; ,d DS 21