The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-05 00:00:00

Tho yearly comparison of the weekly imports is as under:— Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Galva& Figs. 1851 4'lo .. 1,547 232 -. 29 1850 1849.... 0 59 604 - 19; 1848.. . 52'5 • • 777 •• • : : . The imports of foreign stock into the Unit-d limg dom during the first two months of 1850, 1851, and 1852, were thus:— 1850. 1851. 1852. Oxen Cows Calves Sheep Lambs ll Pigs The general condition of the stock imported this year has not exhibited any signs of improvement; but we un• deratand that numbers of very superior Beasts, Sheep, and Calves will be forwarded from Holland within the next three or four months. The heavy losses sustained by the Pigs hitherto shipped to this market will, no doubt, tend to check shipments in future. Our market, to-day, exhibited but moderate supplies of foreign stock, in, for the most part, middling condition. From our own grazing districts, the receipts of Boasts fresh up this morning were much smaller than those reported on Monday last; nevertheless, they were extensive, the time of year considered, and in full average condition. The attendance of both town and country butchers being small, and New.l gate and Leadenhall extensively supplied, the Beef trade was in a very inactive state, at last week's decline in the quotations. The extreme value of the best Scots was 3s 4d per Sibs, and a total clearance was not effected. The Bullock arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, amounted to 2,160 Short-hcrns and Scots; from other parts of England 700 IL refirds, Runts, Devuns, &c., and from Scotland 500 horned and polled Scott, mostly per railway. Notwithstanding that the numbers of Sheep were on the decrease, the demand for that description of stock was inactive, though some what firmer than on this day se'uni,.,e-ht. In file curren cies of each breed no change took - place; but we must observe that the.top figure for Dawes in the wool was 4s 2d, out of the wool 33 Gd per Sibs. At least two thirds of the Sheep were shorn. From the Isle of Wight 80 Lambs came to hand, and which sold at from 4i 8d to 5s per Bibs, Prime Down qualities realized from 53 Gd to 6i per Bibs, with a moderato inquiry. Prime small Calves sold at late rates. All other kinds of Veal were very slow in sale, yet we cannot call them lower. The Pork trade was very dull, at prices barely equal to those of Monday last. • Per /sibs, to siuktha offal. P. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d Diferior Beasts.... 2 2 2 4 trferlor Sheep •• • 2 6 2 8 Second quality 2 6 210 Second qual. Sheep 210 3 4 Prime large Oxen.. 3 0 3 2 Coarse-woolled ditte3 6 3 8 Prime Soots •••• •• 3 2 3 4 Southdown Wether 310 4 2 Large Coarse Calves 3 0 3 8 Dittooutoftho wool 0 0 0 0 Primesniall ditto .. 310 4 2 Large Frogs .. 2 6 3 6 Suckling Calves ..19 0 25 0 Small Porkerd .... 3 8 310 Lambs .......... 4 8 6 0 Quarter old Pigs ..1G 0 19 0 TOTAL WI•PLY AT MAAKET. Beasts. Sheep. I Calves. 1 Pigs. I 3, , ,68 22,631 1 178 I 410 . b'OttEIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. sheep. I Calves. P vs. ' an I - 740 141 I 14 A Statement and Comparison of the Supplies and Prices of Fat Stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday,, April 7, 1851, and this day, Monday, Aptil 5, 1852. Per Blbs., to sink the dials. April 7, 1851.' Apr. 5,1852. a. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior Beasts ... ... 2 6to 2 8 2 2to 2 4 Second quality ditto ... 210 3 0 2 6 210 Prime large Oxen .. ... 3 2 3 C 3 0 3 2 Prime Sc ots, •... 3 6 3 8 3 2 3 4 Coarse and inferior Sheep... ... 3 6 3 8 2 6 2 8 Second quality ditto 310 4 2'2 10 3 4 Prime coarse-woolled ditto 4 4 4 6:3 6 3 8 Prime Southdown ditto ... 4 6 4 83 10 4 2 Lambs... 5 0 6 0 4 8 6 0 Large coarse Calves ... 3 4 3 8 3 0 3 8 Prime small ditto ... 310 4 03 10 4 2 Large Hogs 3 0 3 6 2 6 3 6 Small Porkers 3 8 4 0 3 8 310 Beasts ... 4,110 3,368 Sheep and Lambs .. 23,110 22,630 Calves ... 130 178 • Pigs ..• . 460 410 SUPPLIES ON SALE, ARIL 8, 1850.—Beasts, 3,795 ; Sheep and Lambs, 23,950 ; Calves, 111 ; Pigs, 250. APRIL 9, 1849 . —Beasts, 2,728 ; Sheep and Lambs,lB,39o ; Calves, 103; Figs, 200. NEUTGATEI AND 2.118DED7311.2.1., The supplies of each kind of Moat on sale in these markets being unusually large for the time of year, and in excellent condition, the general demand is heavy, on the following terms.— At per stone by the Carcase. s . d. to s. d. i Beef; inferior."... 1 10 2 2 Mutton, Inferior .. ••--- Middling .. •. 2 4 2 6 -- middling.. S. d. to I. ci 2 4- 2 6 28 3 0 primelargo .. 2 6 2 8 Primo •:•• 3 2 3 4 prim° small .• 210 3 (1 Pork, large•• •• •• •• 2 4 210 3 0 4 0 --- small .• ...... 3 0 a 8 Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 6d. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. During last week very large supplies of Potatoes came fresh to hand, coastwise and by railway, in excellent condition. The imports were 66 tons from Nantes, and a few barrels from Ireland. The demand continues heavy, and late rates are with difficulty supported. Per Ton. Per Ton. Yorksh. Regents. GOs to 80s Kentish Red Kid. —s to s Ditto Shaws to s Canibridge Lincoln. and Nis- Kent Ree - ents 6os to 759 ' beach Scotch Regents 6os to 70s Essex Shaws —sto —a Perth Cups Forfarshire ditto. 55s to 60s Kent & Essx. Mid. —s to —s Common Whites. —s to —s French sos to 55s Neweastle & Ber- 'Dutch Whites .., —s to —s wick Regent B.. —s to —s Chats BOROUGH HOP DICABILET. There is a moderate business doing in the best quali ties of new Hops at fully last w ee k' s prise s . I n all other kind s very little is passing. Since our last report 6 bales have arrived from Dunkirk. Sussex Pockets, 51 12s to Cl 6s per cwt; Weald of Kents, 616 s to . n; Mid and East 'Cent, 6/ 10i to 124 Yearlings, 31 lOs to 5/ 10s; Old olds, 112 s to 2/ 10s. 'WOOL. No ch ange can be noticed in the general features con nected with this market. The supplies of Wool are *Mall. yet the demand is heavy, at late rates. Last Week's i mports were 128 bales from Seville, 51 from Wino, 2 from Leghorn, 38 from Llamburgh, 11 from the Cape, 49 from Madras, and 54 from Canstantinople. TALL OW. Notwithstandin g. th at the delivery last week was "1t1,198 casks, and that, consequently, only a limited busitiess is doing, prices are fully suppurted. To-day, 11 : 1 ".9. on the spot is quoted at 35s 6d to 35s To 9d " rt., For forward d e li ver y next to not hi ng i s passing. v 44 Tallow, 35s per Cwt. net cash; rough fat, 2s Per 8168 . 1849. Reck Mils day . Price of Y. e. • • • Delivery last week Litt() from June 1 .... Arrivals last week Ditto frord June I ... Price of Tows .. • • 1848. 6,865 52s Oct I to 52s 6d 1,161 90,795 1,378 88,181 54501 1850. 28,049 j 30,558 39s 6,1 368 ud to 080 d 03780,1 1.93 1 1,623 87,716 83,180 1,470 73 108,182 88,267 41561 i 381 Od 1851. G,281 40s Od to Os Ni 1,296 84,063 1,2 9, 91,1 . ; 41s 61 42,582 35s 6d I to 35s 9,1 1 1,198 94,724 276 , 101,072 38s Od RIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. The April sessions of the Central Criminal Court i , , were open e d t hi s morning by the Right ion. the Lord "'M i er. Mr. Alderman Moon, the Recorder, the Sheri& and Under. Sheriffs, and other civic functionaries. Th e eelend The . ar contains a list of 145 prisoners for trial. said, as ititco ßDE • . . the i a, in his address to the grand jury, sent sessions hitilealsll between the last and the pre fer trial Were rather longer than usual, the prisoners appy to excess of the ordinary number; but he Was h calendar were numero::Y, that though the casesaes in the f:trid would occupy nsider able time in investiga t i„ there was not one charge of murder, and that of the orhvegyrez niizsass of th e cases were comp a ratively, ttaracter. There were only ,two cases to which he slit it necessary to make special reference. The y6orustatuinvolved a charge of manslaughter against a % e inem He was death of a appeared indicted for having caused had struck her aw:tmoutsheed herdo woman ; a n d it undoubtedly LositlOns that be ~ The question for the jury to decide was violent blow. she g ., l ,: e n. cluenzble "OIL She died shortly after the blow was o n examination afterwards it was found but to death from very slight causes in cense diseases, end that the state of her health contribu ted of the fatal result, b the law there was s ~,, .to yet ysuffici ent olidenee to support an indictment if the violence cons _ ' flitte d, though not of itself sufficient to cause death, accelerated death, and was the proximate cause of it. The next case was a charge o r Misdemeanour against a young woman for concealing the birth of her child. In order to establish that charge of the hey must be satisfied that something was du ne b y her fur the p urpose of burying or otherwise dispos i ng dead body of the child in order to conceal its birth. It appeared f rom t h e depositions that she was d e livered taon ter circumstanc es w h ich rendered her har dly a ble to QM ii()w what passed. If t h e ch i ld was mere l y l e ft with assistance at the ti me , owing to her want o f know ledge,OT to her not giving information, that would not be kkuttiment 0 makeßecorder then out the charge. The remitted the jury to the discharge of their duties_ MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE.) After a short re 'sittings this ni e9ss, the Court resumed its or di nary oreteg, at Cleikenw 11 when the April Quarter Sessions were opened. named in the calendar b • The e re ' are 72 prisoners %tides several who aro at large upon bail. William M'Gowan, a respeetablo-looltin man, aged 43, being convicted of embezzling the se sums of two shillings and three htlillings, reetived by him for and on account of his master and elopleyer, Mr. James R. J. Whittowe, of No. 4, Liverpool -co was sentenced to nine months' iraprisonment all, bookseller, MARLBRO'-STREET._(Tuis DAY.) OBTAINING GOODS BY FALSE PRETENCES. j 0 , c ,.. h Lawrence, a well-dressed young man, reaidit,g No:14 Buckinghana-street, Fiizroy-square, 1 p,,Aced the bar charged with having bocu concerned with his bo ther, not in custody, in obtaining from Mr. John B ad . tilet, watchmaker, Greek-street, Soho, six gold watches, value 501., by false and fraudulent pretences, R,., Fisher, from the office of Mr. Ded, solicitor to the London Association for the Protection of Trade, John -street, Oxford-street, appeared for the prosecution. The prosecutor stated that on the 20th of Match last the prisoner, who said his name was Lawrence, called at his house ard said he wanted some watches to show to a Customer. Witness asked him where he was to send them,. The defendant said to No, 14, Dociford-streetp Co" ! vent-garden. Knowing that a Mr. Isavvrence, u dealer in watches, resided there, and that ho was a highly re'pect. able tradesman, witness sent a dem gold watches by his clerk for inspection. Six of the watches were re turned, but witness had not seen the ctlitrs sled, William Owen, clerk to the prosecutor, said-00 the 20th of March he was sent to 11, Betlferd-etreet, Co. vent-garden, with 12 watches, and :•%:w the prisoner there in the passage. Witness told him he had brougl - 3 the watches from Mr. Baddelet, when he said," Oh its all right," and held out his baud f or th em. Wi ttites said he had brought 12 for him to select from, and he believed he (defendant) only wanted four. The pri soner replied he did not knor, what the customer re quired, but if he (witness) would come with him to his brother he would know what would suit the party. Wit ness then accompanied the prisoner to the corner of where he saw a p erson, w h om the pr i- Ryder's-court, saner said was - his brother, and to whom he told the nature of his errand. The prisoner's brother sa:(1, "It is no use going Lek again, come into my auctioneer's, and I w ilt l oo k a t th e WatChf: 6 9" They then went into the counting-house, end the prisoner's broth er se l ecte d , b y the a d v i ce o f t h e pri soner, stx gold watches, and said ho would call upon ir. Baddclet either that evcating or the fol!o.ving Men day morning. N e i:h cr thczt Calkj, and on the 22a about the w a t c h es , of the same month ho called at Bedford-strait to_inquire hut got no answer. Coffee, 31 E, said in consequence of information he received he went yesterday afternoon to No. 14, Buck inghatn-street, Fitzroy-square, where he had ascer , tattled the prisoner and hi s s brother were lodg ing. On going upatairs into the first-nor room he saw the prisoner, and at once told him the nature of his errand, and took him into custody. On their way to the station, the prisoner said witness was labouring under a mistake. Witness subsequently went and searched the ptiwner's apart ment, and found twelve duplicates referring to gold watches and plate. One of the watches was pledged on the 20th of March for 41. 10s., and; another on the 22d for a similar amount, and two others on the 22d for 111. These watches had been identified by the prosecutor as his property. • Mr. Wolff having addressed the court for the prisoner, the latter was remanded till Thursday next. THE BOOK SELLING QUESTION.: TO THE' EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Semewhat more than a year since I published a work of which the advertised price is 129. I have now before me an account up to Christmas last, wherein I find myself crcdited f with the copies sold at the rate of Ss. 6d. each. The trade custom of giving 25 for the trice of 24 reduces this to some what less than 83. 2d, Further, my publisher deducts ten per cent. commission for all sales he makes in my behalf; 'so that ultimately the net sum per copy payable to me becomes 7s. 4d. Out of this 7s. 4d. per copy I have to pay for the composition, printing, paper, and binding; for the advertising, which threatens to reaoh 50/.; and for the 30 odd copies sent to the na• tional libraries, newspapers, and reviews. The result is that, though of its kind the book has been a very suc cessful one, my account up to Christmas last shows a balance of 801. against me. Possibly in eighteen months hence the work will have paid its expenses, and I am even not without hope that it will leave me some 101. in pocket as. a reward for my two years' toil. Should it do so, however, I shall be unusually fortu nat,,; for my publisher tells me that the great majority of works having, like mine, a philosophic.' character, entail loss, Now, with all their skill in mystification, the Book sellers' Association will find it difficulk to show that cut of a saing price of 12s. the proportiZ set aside to pay for printing, paper, binding, advertising, gratuitous copies, and author, should be 7s. 4d., while 4s. Bd. may reasonably be charged for conveyance to the reader. lo these (lays of cheap carriage 60 per ce;it. for cost of production, and 40 per cent. fur porterage, is a some what anomalous Mr. Murray says it is in great measure an authors' question. Lid is right, and authors will prove much less intelligent than I take them to be if they do not sec how immensely their own interests, as well as those of the public, would be served by a diminution of these exorbitant trade profits. Let any one refer to " Porter's Progress of the Nation," and there note the many cases in which a small reduction of price has been followed by a great increase of consumption, and ho cannot avoid the inference that a2O per cent. decrease in the vendor's charge for a book would cause a much more than proportionate increase in its sale; and as this decrease would be in the cost of agency, end not in the author's price, the extra sale would be so much clear profit to him. Books that now entail loss would pay their expenses, and books that now only pay their expenses would bring something like a reasonable remuneration. . Should the publishers and booksellers persist in their restrictive policy, which is injurious, not only to authors and the public, but, I believe, in the long run, oxen to themselves, I think that as a matter of tusiness authors will be jnstified in Ilecinino• b to publish with any who belong to the combination.—l um, &c., AN AUTHOR, TILE AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINES. We have received letters and papers front Sydney down to the 18th of December. The following is an extract from a letter received by this arrival:— " The precious metal arrives in daily increasing quan tities, and the estimated export has risen from 1,000,000/. to 3,000,000/. per annum. There is no end to the gold; and, as far as I have been able to ascertain from personal communication with diggers of various dtgrce, the labour is by •no means so tremendous us time would make it out.' " Commercial Affairs arc going on easily. The har vest is magnificent. Wages are not extravagantly high, and I do not see any prospect of famine for some time to come. " I do not venture to prognosticate the probable state of the markets. Wo are completely in the dark. I have it, however, from good authority, that hi the early part of . the year the probable heavy shipments of goods on speculation will have the effect of creating a glut; and it would be well if a large degree of caution wire exorcised in making consignments. " The Vimiera brought us the first return wave' of the gold news from you; and we are looking out with in tense curiosity for the first Times' leader on the subject of our great discovery." in reference to the Victoria Gold Fields, the Sydney Morning . Herald, of December 18th, says vv., have received, by the Emma, Melbourne papers to the 10th instant. The Melbourne Morning Herald of that date says—' Letters were received in town yester day from the Police Magistrate at Gipps Land, stating that the whole dividing racge between Sydney and Vic toria, and known as the Snowy Mountains, for 200 miles in extent, is one vest gold field. There was up wards of a ton and a half of gold in Mr. Commissioner Powlett's tent, waiting for the escort, up to Saturday last, and it is expected that to-day's escort from the Mount will not be able to brin, down one half the quantity (dared. It is intended to increase the military force here to 100 men.'" THE CAPITAL CONVICTIONS. The Spring Assizu have been attended with a more than usual number of capital convictions. W. Kalabergo at Oxford, Anthony Turner at Derby, and Eliza Pin kard at Northampton have already suffered the extreme penalty of the law. Sarah French, for poisoning her husband,. is left for execution on Saturday at Lewes. There were no loss than three capital convictions for murder at Bury St. Edmunds. W. RoHinson for poisoning is no less than eighty-three years old. There has been no application on his behalf, and the Secretary of State doei not interfere with the law taking its course unless in the case of applica tion and grounds for interference. W. Baldry for poisoning his wife was convicted, but Lord Campbell has put off his execution until the Bth of May—the last day of term—in order to take the opinion of the judges on a point of law raised in his favour. The third is John Mickleburgh, the farmer, who stabbed his female ser vant at a fair in a fit of jealousy. Although not de clared irresponsible for his acts, there is still enough ground for inquiry into his general eccentricity, which, coupled with the heat and suddenness of the act, has caused icquiries to he instituted into his state of mind. The case of Juhn Keane, convicted at Kingston, for throwing the child of his wile down a deep well at Albury, is very peculiar. The. case made in his favour is, that he was convicted upon evidence which was only admissible because his wife (who was acquitted hpare a d :sep ow r i i n eve t of the crime) was joined with him in the indictment. Abel Ovans and his paramour, Eliza .Dower, were ?onvicted at Monmouthshire for the murder of their il- Iteatanimate child. It is likely that the woman way ()h -as not having actually committed the and a d supposed to be under the influence of the man. a i ct, prie a w nd ini l Ayers, who bad received a fortnight's re to which the 'heater, are respired. `Their lives will be which they va t r to the very unsatisfactory evidence upon ° convicted. The commuted punishment, Y vvill be subjected, is not yet settled. —Sunday p Ver. • T;-.---T-----he li. T i aib o t, is ,poi AFFOINTMEN' ed private secretary Talbot, brother of Colonel n t t hat ie Hon. Edward to Lord Derby, in theilkam Patrick Wilbraham, and is no: e a W ° f ti Premier, in conjunction with Clo g i n Treasury. Mr. Horatio H am Mr. c. W. capacity i to the Malmesbury at the Foreign.cli c T l, precis St ge, of the Consul at Granville, in the place.nr,,'Pointed her e Ma jesty's Lord ceased. Mr. Bridges Taylor, of th e 1* D. Turnbu j ll ea tTe pointed precis writer in the place of M r . ° l 7 i gn - oftiee i s - ansiond._'s 8 P" Leper. S unday W ALWORTH LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC TioN.—A second drawi n g -room entertainment will be Wednes,iay evening next , at t he Institution, h Y be given. L. Toole. It will be , n o doubt, as weil attended antt r. j ' mer one, which gave unqualifi ed satisfaction to the and' fo ,r -elle The programme is attractive , and ca p itally selected. . • THE ItiOAISEY MURDER.—Tbe condemmd crirni.. nals Lyres and Kemish are reprieved, a notification to that effect baying been received from the Secretary of State by the Winchester Gaul authorities cn Thursday morning. The respite is a general one, viz., during her Majesty's pleasure. DEATH OF LIEUT.-COLONEL C. J. C. DAVIMON, BENGAL Altair.—Lieut.-Colonel Davidson, who had served many years in India, and since 1841 bad been on the retired list of the Bo • ..ngal establishment, died on the 31st ultimo. Lieut.-Colonel Davidson had received the Company's silver medal for his services at the si • ege and storm of 13hurtpore in 1826. DEATLI OF LIEUT.- COLONEL FENNING, 3D MA DRAS CAVALRY.—Lieut.-Colonel Fenning, commanding the 3, 1 Madras Light Cavalry Regiment, died at Bellary on 00 1 6th Feb. last. On Wednesday night Richard B u tler, a collier, f V_ e ing at I nce , was killed by an expl os i on o f f ou l a i r , whilst waa at moi l at the bottom of a pit, call e d th e Davey Pit, ormin g Part of the Haigh Colliery, belonging to the Earl of critlYtertt and DalcarreNo-,ltiancheiter Guardian, SUN, LONDON, T MAGAZINES, &c BLACKWOOP. After a perusal of the first article in the April - number of 131ov/wood—cm impassioned eulogium on the .Neble-Earl, at present, the leader of her Majesty's Government—we turn as to a more than ever agree able relexation, - to the latest instalment of the "novel" of Sir Bolivar Lytton, the alter ego of Pisistratus. No less than fifteen . chapters—and some of them' lengthy end elaborated—aid. this month in the deve lopment of the narrative, and . wonderfully developed it is ! Bringing one to the very brink of a cluster of crises—Poor Audley - Egerton ruined and trem bling, we fear, on the verge of a sudden death— Frank .Hazeldean, betrothed.to Beatrice, after having paid off her debts (and his own) by a post obit to Baron Levy on the Casino--Count di Peschiera on the track of the daughter of Dr. RicCabocca—Leonard and Helen, Violante and Harley L'Eatrange playing more than ever at "cress purposes" with each other in the depths of- their pure but bewildered affections —and Randal Leslie, " the type of perverted "that pale face all intellect, and that spare form all nerve," on the eve of either the most complete and sizzling sueceas, or of the most painfully and dis astrously ignominious exposure of his machinations. In recounting his story tho poet-novelist com munes at stray intervals, rare intervals, rendering these charming from their abrupt insulation, with his readers—as in that moment when be explains to them and to himself the mysterious difficulty of thinking. In the united qualitieS of ease and mellowness of " style"—this his most recent, and in other respects his most comprehensive, work (both as to intricacy of plot and ,diVersity of :character) may perhaps be regarded as the masterpiece among his prose compositions. After a criticism on "American Military Reconnoissances" we have the commencement of what—judging from the first delightful portion— promises to be a glorious series of papers, bight " Our London Commissioner." From its beginning to its conclusion the article is sparkling witkr the most genial humour—at times merging into hilarity almost boisterous. The writer, whoever he may be, sets out in a mood of the wildest animal spirits, for which we unaffectedly proffer him our acknowledgements, seeing that in the perusal we have found his merri ment contagious. During this present month of April we can conscientiously recommend this Contri bution as a " very likely" antidote for a fit of the niregrims. The defence of the stage, as demoralizing in its tendencies, .does honour to the pages of dear old Maga, and nothing can be more pleasantly extrava gant than the burlesque apostrophe to the murderers, swindlers, forgers, and footpads recognised among the audience in the little theatre in thellaymarket. - We shall rejoice to meet once more the jovial visage of the Blackwood Commissioner. Besides a deserved encomium a on.". The Mother' s Leg a cy t o h er U n b orn Child," the magazine of magazines contains a couple of political articles not before particularized, one re lating to the "Commercial Disasters of 1851," and the other to "The Appeal to the Country." AINS WOR TIL Grimly attractive as ever—after the fashion of the " Corsican Brothers"—" The Lancashire Witches" advances in the plot by those two chapters respectively • entitled "The Phantom Monk" and " One o'Clock." Another collection of " Shakspereana" constitutes the next contribution, and the magazine is further adorned with a continu ation of "The Confederates." In lieu of his custom ary chapter of " Hester Somerton," Nicholas Michell favours us with some trite verses on " Napoleon Bo naparte." Some very elegant and charming stanzas by E. E. M. K., entitled . " Songs of the Flower Spirits" land a seasonable grace to the pages of Ains worth, sprinkling over them in turns—snowdrops— crocuses—violets—primroses— bluebells cowslips I We shall hope to find an early opportunity for quoting these stuns our elves, Ellis Yore has a contribu tion called " The Snow King," Joseph Anthony has some " Rough ; Notes from his Diary," and we aro presented, besides other amusing articles, with the " Chronicles of Baron von Gobble," by Bentham Fun blan que. COLBURN'S UNI7'ED SERVICE. The chief articles in the present number are " Life in - St. Petersburgh," an interesting account of sport ing adventures on the Cape frontier, and " The Guardsman's last Campaign. There, are also " Re collections of Services in Spain and Portugal," and " Ten Days' Kangarooing," besides other sketches. BLEAK HOUSE. No. 11. By Charles Dickens. Guided by the charming llnd loveable Esther Summerson, we have at length veritably reached Bleak House, situated near St. Albans, and from the first the main object of our destination. Before effecting this Hegira, however, from the town resi dence of Mrs. Jellyby, the reader is made acquainted with a few more of the discomforts resulting from her want of housewifery—the poor children tumbling about all day "notching memoranda of their acci dents in their legs, which were perfect little calendars of distress," and Peepy straying o ff t o Newgate market, whence he is brought back ultimately by a policeman. Before leaving London, moreover, Esther, Ada, and Richard, accompanied early in the morning by Caddy before she gets once more into "a state of ink," are introduced by the Littl e Old Lady (a real etch from the life as every frequenter of the Court of Chancery well knows) into her apartment —a garret over the old rag and bone store shop of Krook, otherwise known as the Lord Chan cellor. With his horrid fiend of a cat the said Krook starts out of the canvass like a dirty effigy of Dr. Dee, or a sort of a Friar Bungay turned into a tatterdemalion--even to the last glimpse of him, when they saw him "standing at his shop-door, in his spectacles, looking after us, with his cat upon his shoulder and her tail sticking up on one side of his hairy cap, like a tall feather." Bleak House proves to be an old-fashioned mansion, with a host, who, con sidering all his good qualities, is, in another sense, "a host in himself"—the hero of the plum-cake, cousin John, otherwise Mr. Jarndyce. Another character, sketched off with a masterly haud, is Harold Skim pole—whose arrest , for debt is one of the most amusing incidents in the number, presenting to him the delightful 'alternative of gaol or— Coavinses ! What was the least meritorious portion of the first number of Bleak House is the most admirable in the second, namely, the chapter (and here we drop again from the " autobiogra phical") relating to the Dedlocks. The subjoined passages are altogether too admirable in their truth fulness to nature not to be transcribed as demonstrat ing anew the keen perception of the humorous in our incomparable " Boz." He writes:— " There may to some motions of fancy among the lower animals at Chesney Wold. 'The horses in the stables—the long stables in a barren, red-brick court yard, where there is a greatlell in a turret, and a clock with a large face, which the pigeons who' live near it, and who love to perch upon its shoulders, seem to he always consulting—they may contemplate some mental pictures of fine weather, on occasions, and may be better artists at them than the grooms. The old roan, so famous for cross-country work, turning his large eye ball to the grated 'window near his rack, may remember the fresh leaves that glisten there at other times, and the scents that stream in, and may have it fine run with the hounds, while the human helper, clearing out the next stall, never stirs beyond his pitchfork and birch broom. The grey, whose place is opposite the door, and who, with an impatient rattle of his halter, pricks his ears and turns his head so wistfully when it is opened, and to whom the opener says, Woa grey, then, steady! Noabody wants you to-day r may know it quite as well as the man. The.whole seemingly monotonous and un companionable half-dcaln, stabled together, may pass the long wet hours, when the door is shut, in livelier communication than is held in the servants' hall, or at the Dodloek Arms;—or may even beguile the time by improving (perhaps corrupting) the pony in the loose box in the corner. " So, the mastiff, dozing in his kennel, in the court yard, with his large head on his paws, may think of the hot sunshine, when the shadows of the stable-buildings tire his patience out by changing, and leave him, at ono time of the day, no broader refuge than the shadow of his own house where he sits on end, panting and growl ing short, and very much wanting something to worry, besides himself and his chain. So, now, half-waking and all-winking, he mayrecal the house full of company, the coach-houses full of vehicles, the stables full of horses, and the outbuildings: full of attendants upon horses, until he is undecided about the present, and comes forth to see how it is. Then, with that impatient shake of himself, he may growl, in the spirit, ' Rain, rain, rain! Nothing but rain—and no family here!' as he goes in again, and lies down with a gloomy ya wn . " So with the dogs in the kennel-buildings across the park, who have their - restless fits, and *hese doleful voices, when the wind has been very •abictinate, have even made it known in the house itself: up stairs, down stairs, and in my lady's chamber: They may hunt the whole country-side, while the rain-drops are pattering round their inactivity. So the rabbits with their self betraying tails, frisking in and out of holes at roots of h eat , trees, may bo lively with - ideas of tho breezy days when their ears aro blown about, or , of those seasons of g oo se , wee sto op: ,ee to the . ou - t, if we interest when.-there are sweet young plants to gnaw. The, turkey in the poultry-yard, always troubled with a where there class-grievance (probably Chustrous), may be reminiss owfhtehnat summer-reorniug wrongfully taken (Torn it.uhre 'groundr ho got into the lane among the felled trees, ~_ was a barn . and barley. The discontented wh©u tthhee olgdegteawteawyaye,utewteenittys. only knew it, a waddling feet high, may gabbl(ts'ass under is not much fancy may, there other - shadow referenceon " .1.10 this as it rise stirring at Chesney Weld. any odd moment, it goes like If . there be a little a .t. , a little nois ec h o ing place, a lon „ g way, arid e in that ol d usually leads oil' I ;0 ghosts and mystery. A ghost story is told to Watt and Rosa b tb h keeper old Mrs. Rouncewell. Our aeu y ain e t :e lls e the last number, Mr. Guppy—clerk to Menge 3 bf e g away on "an out" from town, goes over thohotto pin- Chesney Weld, and is startled evidently by e tin . 113 " semblance to Esther of the portrait of tad _ ~ re: lock, I,lniwportant thcoligh the visit of isi r. Y u l z ' Y P py nrby s,e?m as an I ident in the narrative, we have a presentiment that it will in the elucidatiOn of the plot by discovering E s the r i.dbe, the daughter of Lady Dedlooir, just a feel cartain that the myste rious tr3!.3 lodg-r at, lifriv - V3 will be found to he Tom Jarndyee who attempted self-destruction. The illus. trations by Phiz nre, as usual, excellent. 'RASE R. The presmt number comdleace3 with an article on the Colleges 'of Oxford: It gives atifaccount: of their founders, their :regulations,:and the various-alterations which have taken place in them, contrasting forcibly o th e modern and the medimval Oxford." " Pr, served Meats" strongly advocates the importation of food from those countries where it is most . plentiful. The notice of Lord Holland's "Memoirs of 'the Whig Party" is one of the most interesting articles, containing many xketchrs of the most prominent cha racters in that worlr. " Ilypatia; or New Foes with an Old Face," by the author of tho " Saints' Tra gedy," is continued; and the . '" History of the Hungarian IVar" advances to its •conclusiOn. It is to terminate with the present volume of the magazine. A n " Analysis of the Phmthon of Euripides" will prove attractive to the studious. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY. "Pictures of my Barrack Life," is a very amusing sketch ; it describes the adventures of a German Soldier. " Young Sam Hall's Heart Aches, and Horses," is a very ludicrous story, which will doubt less prove entertaining to many ; it here com- pletes the twenty-second chapter. There is likewise a very long dissertation on the curiosities of Arctic Travel, and a story of Danish literature; also an article on Thomas Moore. The following verses by J. E. Carpenter, are pleasing:— " THEY DECKED HER BROW WITH FLOWERS. "They decked her brow with fl)wers, 'Twas a day in early spring, They brought theta from the bowers, Where the violets love to cling. The blossoms on her features. Seemed to envy her her pride, Though the fairest gift of nature's, Was the fittest fur a bride. " The bridal flovVers soon faded, Though the bride seemed fair and gay, Her brow no sorrow- shaded When the wreath had died away. Bat all earth's human flowers, Must fade as Heaven decrees, And the fairest gem of ours Full beneath the autumn breeze. " They bore her geatly, lightly, The snow was on the ground, Its feathered flikes fell brightly Upon the little mound. But when the woodland bowers, With early blooms were spread, They sought the same wild flowers, And strewed them o'er her bed." BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY The present number contains an account of the " Anglo-Saxons in America," taakveenryfroimnt:' Bes r°ft's History of the American Revolution ;" som e 1 , Me moirs of Count de la Marck," de scription of a " Visit to Baalbee," the Batouth of interesting Solomon ; there is likewise a reminiscence of Thomas Moore, which must gratify all who desire a tribute to be paid to the memory of departed worth. Some remarks are made on the work on Nicaragua, by Mr. Squire, in which the author is severely censured for his endeavours to excite discord and to incul cate ill-will against England. MONDAY EVENING-,. THE GENTLEMAN'S. The firstmet with attempts to eluci datearticle here the rnysterlous meaning of which is said to be wholly a" m At l O O -Slams, a term modern innovation and a practical bl un d e r." In " Ulriel; V on H u th en " there is entertaining information of the Diet of Worms, and the confused state of affairs at that period ; in conclusion, it is remarked that " Germany, alas I has ever bEen the fertile mother of inventions, ideas, and movements, from which the whole world has profited but herself." The remaining subjects possess the usual merit which pervades the pages of this maga zine. DUBLIN. In this month's number the most interesting chap ter is entitled " Recollections of Moore," in which a brief and f ee li ng s k e t c h o f his life togeth er w ith man y anecdotes of the bard are given o concluding with a hope, although it must be a deep disappointment to his countrymen that the ashes of Moore should not rest in the land of his birtb, that they will not permit themselves to suffer the national dis grace that no memorial cf him should exist. An account of Sir John Richardson's Arctic boat ex pedition giving a concise summary of his journey through Ruperes Land and the Arctic Sea ; a lively description of a trip to Tory Island, a primitive fishing island of the wild coast of Donegal, and Chesney ou artillery and firearm!, are its principal features. NEWTON'S LONDON JOURNAL. The chief. part of this magazine consists of accounts of recent patents, of which that of Mr. J'. S. John for registering the velocity of ships, and Newton's for improvements in cutting files,_ are the chief. The article entitled " Scientific Notices" treats, among other subjectS of interest, of the reaping and mowing machines in the Great Exhibition, and philosophical instruments and proQesses. There are three plates illustrating the patents, MIS CELLANEOUS. The Sportsman of , this tnonth contains two engrav ings, one of a group o f Circle," and the other of " Copenhagen, " the Du k e fav our i te charger, which was ridden of Wellington's rabbits entitled " A Family by him at Waterloo. There is a variety of sketches and tales relating to horses and hounds. The Farmers' Maguzine presents a number of use ful subjects to these engaged in agr ," and a iculture. There is in alsoh e li " Meteorological Di ary. " The most interest i ng article a' " Calend ar of H clecti e r eview is devoted to the wor k s t of Fenimore Cooper. There are notices of Merri vale's "Imperial Rom e ,” Legend." The Ladiee Companion has its usual and Longfellow's ,6 Work variety of light and amusing tales. The table," the " Child's Ciyrner" and the "Conserva tory" occupy their customary place. Le Follet has its usual graceful plates "Golden _r and a lively sketch entitled " Nonsense." Part III:. of the Illustrated Exhibitor Refinery," among many contains an " Account of Ancient Nineveh," and a Visit to a Sugar ings of celebrated paintings. The Story of a Feather, and Mr. Sponge ' s 5,,,,, r''' dng Tour,: are continued. Among the contents of the British Journal may be noticed " South African Incidents," and " Modern Magic." engray. I, _ i E A.RTS. THE ART JO URNAL. Canova's exquisite i mpersonation in marble of the goddess Ilene is represented in the April number of the Art Journal, by th e pencil of Roffe, and the graver of Mote; while the subjects selected from o thfe h Vernon meo C from ection are first, Newton's picture Desert." The glorious P a ...otter—prince among cattle and Aiiiller'a of " Rest in them 70 to Landseer—is described to us in the course of th e current instalment of t hi s deservedly popular, b t e painters, ‘‘ e t nllt'i m ' Cuyp 'arise intelligent and enterprising periodical—the narrative of his c a r ee r being embel lished with a sketch of hi s h andsome face, and copies from some of his most cel e b rated .compositions. As another example of the inc omparable Moritz Retzich, there is• given, moreover, a t page 125, a very charm ing Kenny Meadows-lik e group,, entitled '`The Young Mother." The r est of the number, both literary and pictorial, is 'more or less worthy of the Art Journal's reputation. ROYAL ITALIAN PERA---tier Majetty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert attended the per formances at the Royal Italian O pera on accompanied by Saturday evening. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon. Beatrice By g+ the Earl t H h e e r 11 , 11 f i a a j r e e s h ty ion an es d s h o i f s R E o l y y - , al t f i lgh uno i of Eleanor Lord Colville, and Colonel Francis Seymour. ri Duke e ab o le f m e e His Royal' Highness the onlntrose and the Ladies pang attending the Duke of Cambridge also honoured the theatre with his Graham, the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Earl of pre theatreßence. of we Am re o m n a g rk t e h d e the as. ham, Viscount Sydney, Viscount Exmouth , Lord Henw Gordon Lennox, 81. F., Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Baron ParaNacini„ Ilaron Steinberg, Lady Talfourd and party, Hon . . Jo*Vn rortoscue, M.P., lion. Frederic Byron, Hon. Thcenls ^StOnor, Sir William and L a d y Molesworth and Mi ss Donner, Sir Henry Webb, Sir Ge orge - Armytage, Sir Ja mes Ferguson, Lady Johnson, Sir Robert and Lady Carden and the Misses Carden, Sir John Lowther Hon. lion.eopold Agar Ellis, Hon. Harry Grey, lion. , 11,. 2, S. Russell, I' ILP., Colonel Blane, Colonel Crorabie, Colonel Brownlow - Knox, MX., Captain and Mrs. Villiers Hatton, Mr. Alfred, Montgomery, the Misses Burgoyne, Captain De Bathe ; , Captain Sherson, Mr. H. Greville, M r . G regory, Capt, e ln and Mrs: Herbert, Captain Hotham, Major Gage,, Mr s , Ellis and the Misses Ellis, and the Hon. Miss Blake M r. A. 11. Thistlethwayte, Captain and Mrs. Leyland, Mr. F ,trachey, Mr. St. Leger Glyn , Mr. Bulteel, Mr. Auustus Lumley, Major Martyn, Colonel Tyrwhitt, Mr. C. Mills, ;Sir C. Hotham, Mr. H. Webster, Mr. Rowland Errington,&c,, COMMISSION or LUNACY.--Oa Saturday a commis sion was proceeded with at the Eagle and Child Tavern, Forestfall, to inquire into the state of mind of Thomas Pear son, Esq., aged 55, a gentleman of fortune, residing at Upton place, West Ham. The commission was sued out by Mr. Batton, an old friend of the lunatic, there being no relatives. It appeared from the evidence that Mr. Pearson had had a fit of apoplexy in 1841, which had produced unsoundness of mind, from which he had never recovered. The insanity showed itself in his incoherency of language, extraordinary habits, and delusions. He used to fancy himself the Duke of Wel lington, and spent his nights in singing loudly, and occasion ally in tearing up his clothes. He was wholly ignorant as to his property. The jury returned a verdict, dating the un soundness of mind from the 30th April, 1841. aepARTURE OF VIE AmsnicA.—The Royal Mail steam. shin America, Captain Leitch , , sailed f rom Li verpoo l on Saturd a y, a littl e after eleven o'clock, A 3 t., for Halifax and B ° 4oll , with the usual wails, 70 passengers, and a full cargo, SPORTING NOTES. No. CXCVIII. TIE EPSOM P LING : ITS EFFEur ON THE FUTURE; WITH AN ANALYSIS OF THE NEWMARKET HANDICAP. TO THE EDITOR OF TH!'.7 SUN: • SIR,--Tha Metropolitans were on Thureday, as usual, treated with a remarkably cold day; but in every other respect a very fine one. My predit%ions on the various stakes at iisue were rcalizad above the avercge, having been sacceshful enough to select the winner in three in stances Out of five, including the prineipal stake, the Great Metropolitan: The Trial Stakes, as usual, commenced the sport, for vrhich'all the entries bar one (Harp) went to the post. The,race is easily described; Puritan 'going off with a strong lead, making nearly all the running, but being cverruallibeaten rather cleverly by half a length by Stapleton; Harrier was a moderate third, but Caro s % Blood It)yal, flung4ford and Lady Alice were dispozed of before they reached the commencement of the stand railing. The winner, Staplefon, is the property of Mr. Way, wild brA him, and is by Slane out of Chamois, , Iby Venison. lle has o n ly th r e e ong:lgnents at the present time (the Two Thousand Guineo,F, Derby, and ' Grand Duke Michael Stake's); not one of which he is likely to be successful in. In the spin for the City and Suburban the Prime Minister cut out the work to the Mile.post, where But terfly headed him and carried on the running to the end, winning with some ease from lanthe by a length, the Italian managing to scramble into a bad third place, and •the two favourite; Mary Ann and Surprise, fiaibbing fourth and fifth; the rest were in a heap in the imme diate rear of the last-named two. Butterfly is . engaged in the Dee Stakes at Chester, which she stands no chance of winning, and in the Lancashire Oaks at Liverpool, where she is in much about the same disagree able predicament. The Two Years Old Stakes attracted to the post a field of seven, all of which with the exception of one were dark to the public. The exception wag the winner, the sister to Iracundus, who, before starting, played off some of her Northampton tricks, kicking furiously and dislodging Alfred Day from his seat; Day managed, however, to get her off quietly after a great deal of trouble. The Estelle filly was off first, with the winner in close attendance, these two had the whole of the race to themselves to within the distance, where Sister to Iracundus, with Gold Dust in waiting, passed the Estelle filly, and so ended the race. The feminine relative of Iracundus winning, with some difficulty, from Gold Dust by a bead; the Estelle filly was a good third, and Pantomime a moderate fourth. Anxiety, Blonde], Deerhound, and Gloomy were where they will be found in their future two-years-old engagements, that is no where. The winner is a fractious, fine racing-like look ing animal, and for short distances will always be found to be dangerous. She is by Thistlewhipper, out of Passion. Gold Dust by Dulcimer, out of Nubia, is in most respects gifted with similar qualities to the animal I have just descanted on, for he will be found to be a respectable handicap horse for moderate distances. I deduce this opinion from his build. The Estelle filly and Pantomime will figure much more respectably towards the close of the season, than they diet on Thursday; they are bo'h improving animals. My judgment on the Great Metropolitan Stakes, was borne out pretty marry to the letter. In my analysis of the Handicap, published on the 4th of February, I re marked about Dawson's horses. " Raby and Mark Tapley at 7st 811) each, I hardly know what to make of them ; they have neither been in very magnificent condition . for some time past, betas Dawson is generally considered a troublesomeper son for this event, no doubt, if neither of these can accomplish the trick, his favourite colt by Cotherstone, out of Wryneck, may do Me deed of note," and in the summing up to the analysis I took the first and second horses to finish forward, and Stilton, one of three, to win. In my remarks o n this stake on the 30th ultimo, I observed that Stilton would be about the bull's eye, and, coupled with Kate , would occupy two out of the four foremost places; and in drawing my remarks to a conclusion said that Back biter was the best of the heavies—as the race proved him to be; Officious and Kick up-the-Dust of the me diums—the former was so; and that Kate and Stilton were the most superior among the feathery division; and I placed Stilton first, with Officious, Kate, and Back• biter in the second, third, and fourth places. Kick-up the-Dust I say nothing about, for somehow or other she was out of the race soon after turning Tattenham corner. This Metropolitan is very much like a repeti tion of that which occurred five years ago; Kate, in imita tion of the Brother to Stitch of that day, cut out all the work at a stiffish pace to the distance, where Joe Miller, with the winner in attendance, took it up to the stand; the favourite, like Clermont, here joined him, im mediately after headed him, and won, with something to spare, by a length; Officious, Kate, and Backbiter fol lowing one another in, in the exact order in which I placed them. Stilton is engaged in the Derby Trial Plate at York, for which I scarcely imagine he will be pulled out, the same remarks will apply to the Chester field Stakes at Chester, as his engagement in the Cup at that ancient city is so much more inv.:eau t than the two preceding. The second horse, Joe Miller, is likewise in rho Chester Cup, together with Kate. Salter' figur, sat 4st 121 b, with 10Ibs extra for winning the Metropolitan, making sst 81b. Joe Miller end Kate have the same weight, 4st 101 b. Joe Miller's owner entertains a very high opinion of Joe's chance, and considers that Kate at the same weight, or Stilton at the difference of a dozen pounds, are not a match for his horse. The Daw sonians, however, are equally confident that the raking stride of Stilton will tell most surely and effectually upon the chances of all the light weights, Joe Miller, Kate, and Scarecrow included: but as I shall devote a portion of next week to my analysis of the Chester Cup, I need say no more here. THE NEWMARKET HANDICAP this year is fully up to the average, having obtained thirty-five acceptances, and is rendered a little more in teresting than usual by the animals ent2red for it. ALEC TAYLOR has only one nag in the stake, the Derby winner of last year, who, at 9st, possesses as mach chance as a respectable masculine member of thy feline species. ESKRETT has a trio among the nominations, to wit, Aphrodite, Payment, and Ingratitude. The first named is a dubious runner; the second, I am afraid, has too much weight to carry, and the third is a light-weighted bad one. KENT has a couple, Hernandez and Officious; the former at Bst 21b, and the latter at Bst 81b. I should prefer the latter, notwithstanding she has to carry five pounds more than her Metropolitan weight. COOPER has a solitary nomination of Lord Ilibblesdale's, Hardinge, who at 7st 81b ought to run forward. PERCY'S batch numbers three—the Grand Duke at 7st sib, Odessus at sst 121 b, and Constantine at sit 101 b. Odes sus is said to be the pick of the stable for this stake, the Grand Duke being reserved for the Chester, and Con stantine for future engagements. OSBORNE'S couple, The Proctor, 7st 51b, and Lady Agnes, 6st 21b, may send forth the winner;, it is not likely, however, to be the Lady Agnes. DREVVITT has Merry Peal, who of course will be nowhere. SHEPPARD has Tom Holtby and the Sally Warfoot colt; at the present moment it is dubious if either will go to the post. s ..,TEBEING has Knook Knoll and Haresfoot, the former is the best, but neither very likely to do the deed. .EirArmocK has a couple of Lord Exeter's, Tophana and the Mountain Flower; both may run, bat I imagine Tophana will prove the best of the pair, and if she is not the first will be somewhere near the mark. MARTIN has Batson's Attlerhaman, which will be beaten into fits. YOUNG STEPHENSON has a trio of Lord Clifden's, Harpsichord, Poodle, and Royalty; the first named is of no account, the second at sst 91e, if he runs will be dan gerous, hut I presume, with the Chester Cup so near at hand, he will be reserved for that. Royalty will pro bably be the starter on the occasion. ARMSTRONG con ' ciders ho has a very good chance with his Coryphee, and I think so too. WILLIAM DAY has Old Rowley, who at sst 101 b, if ho runs, it will be to be beater. Jonsr DAY has Sir R. Pigott'e Father Thames in preparation, of whom I know nothing. ROGERS has a couple, The Old Lad and Pluck, neither good enough to do any think here. DILLY bas the Little Savage, who has shown good running Wore, and will probably do SO again. FRENCH has that wretched animal called the Delia colt, who must be beaten if he runs. Rues has Bardolph in active preparation, and anticipates a victory for his animal. Lord Glasgow's Caracara, I am afraid, will be nowhere. Mr. Clarke's Plumstead will finish forward, as also will Mr. 'Williams's Maria. Mr. Drinkald's Sncory will be nowhere. To bring my remarks to a conclusion, I may observe that Tophane, Coryphee, the Little Savage, Bardolpb, and Lord Clifden's Poodle, if he starts, will form the quintetto from which the winner will arise; and, were I sure of their starting, I should take TOPHANA and LITTLE SAVAGE for choice. I am, Sir, yours, &c., TEE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. pril 5, 1852. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. BATH AND SOMERSET COUNTY MEETING 1852.-- TUESDAY. Handicap for the Somerset Stakes of 25 soy& each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before the 20th of April. Two miles and a die. , If the highest weight accepting is under B st 7 1 b, it will be raised to that, and . the others iu proportion. Age st lb A ge st lb Teddington 4 9 1 Hyacinth ......... 3 6 7 Confessor , 4 8 H), Knook J.C.noll .. . .. . . 4 6 7 6 Piteford . 5 8 .8 Bacton ............ 5 6 3 6 6 Russborough King of Oude ..........3 6 6 6 6 The Ban 4 8 4 Constantine ...... 3 Marlborough Buck 4 8 3 Haresfoot ......... 4 6 4 Chief Justice 5 8 2 Darkness . . ....... 5 6 4 Black Doctor Cardinal Wiseman 4 7 9 Shire ............3 6 2 Grosvenor Elotlaorp; 4 7 9 rho Reaper Mark Tapley ...... 5 7 8 uncle Sam 3 6 0 Runnymede ........ . 4 7 7 Cobnut Montague ......... 6 7 7 Old Rowley Clothworker ...... 6 7 7 Ella Musician ............ 5 7 7 Waterfall ........ . 5 10 Storyteller ......... 4 7 5 Royalty Fugleman ......... 6 7 5 Young Trouble- - Laruartine .. . ...... 4 7 5 some 5 7 Terpsichore......... 4 7 4 Captain Flash Sir Robert ......... 5 7 4 Berlin • • 'L' Abdallah ....... .... 5 7 4 Aligralbla ... 4 5 7 3 5 7 Mouse ............... 5 7 4 Benita .. ' Exeter ............... 4 7 1 Ingratitude......... 3 5 4 Soot" .................. 6 7 l'Ethelwolf 4 5 4 4 7 0 llug o .......... 3 5 4 Ephesus- ............ Nacissus ............ 5 6 121 Gr and ii,...,,' ' 3 4 7 W o odlark ...•••••• ......... 6 6 1016 8 "ea— 3 4 6 Bundy Ballet Girl ......... 5 6 10 Tom pi nch Young Enzland ... 5 6 8 Ferr et Madame Wharton. 4 6 / r - 1 EPSOM SUMMED Spain 3 4 0 Nomination for the Great Exhibition 1852. Plate of 100 so ~,„.P' - - (Handicap.) r i m e ry . peol, 4 yra—Bilberry t. ... _ 1 3 Yra—Surpriee, 3 pis—, ___ rriarriett (late JoAic), 6 yrs—Mariana (own sister to Worcester), 3 yra.:—Plucic, 3 yrs—lris, 4 yrs—Bacana- Eau, aged Vatican, 6 yrs.— Xenophon, 3 yrs Coral, 3 yrs—Frantic, 3 yrs—Stapletc.n, 3 yrl - - C by Venison, out of Passion, 3 yrs—.Domin,o, 3 yr,:— Marchioness, 6 yr.i—Tracundus, 4 yrs—Piucastead, 3 yrs —Edward of York, 4 y rs—Forcster s G yrs— Croupier, 4 yrs —F by Lanercost, out of Cytherea, 3 yrs—Hangerford, 4 yrs—lngratitude, 4 yrs—Ethawolf, 3 yrs—A.dine, 3 yrs —Buckthorn, 3 yrs—Don Pedro, 4 yrs—Hampton, 3 yrs—Yellow Boy, 3 yrs—Bushrangor, 5 yrs—Elle, 4 yts —The Sutl,r, 3 yrs—Heroine, 6 yrs—Miss Bundy, 3 yrs --aliss Ann, 3 yrs—lanthe, 4 yrs—Tonic, 4 yrs—Guy lass, 4 yrs—AitchbOue, 3 yrs—Fauxpro, 4 yrs—Scare crow, 3 yrs. The Foreign Visitors' Plate of 100 sovs. Throe-quarters APRIL 5, 1859. of a mile. Merry Peal, 4 yrs; Sarprise, 3 yrs; Harriett (late Jessie), 6 yrs; Lady iu Waiting, 3 yrs; Forester, 6 yrs; Dulcet, aged; Bilberry, 3 yrs; Yellow Boy, 3 yrs; The Rogue, 4 yrs; Knight of the Thistle, 4 yrs; Cotieula, 4 yra; Iris, 4 yrs; Sprig of Shillelah, 3 yrs; Dividend, yrs; Longinus, 5 yrs; Butterfly, 3 3 r 3; Robt;:.t, 3 yrs; Heroine, 6 yrs; Croupier, 4 3, rs; fby Lanercoet, out of Cytherea, 3 yrs; c by Venison, out of Passion, 3 yrs; Iracundus, 4 yrs; Mariana, 3 yrs; Leybourne, 4 yrs; Captious, 3 yrs; lanthe, 4 yrs; Tonic, 4 yrs; Xenophon, 3 yrs; Faukpas, 4 yrs; Narcissus, 5 yrs; Happy Jee, 3 yrs; Scavenger, 6 yrs; Catalpa, 4 yrs; Father Thames, 3 yrs; Haresfoot, 4 yrs; Follow ma-Lads, 4 yrs; Staple ton, 3,;yrs; Hungerford, 4 yrs; Joc-o'-SA, aged; Buck thorn, 3 yrs. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Earl Fi;zwillam's hds., Thuraduy, Bulwick ; Satur day, Apthorpc-10. The Cleveland hds., Thursday, Ciaphow-10. The South Devon hds., Thurs.,'Afton Brook, Berry. Mr. Trelawney's hds., Thurs., Wsdharn-10f. The Durham County hds., Thurs , Elm Park-101. The Carmarthenshire hds., Thurs., Conviill-10. The Tivyside hds., Thurs., Pontarsally-10. The Llandly hds., Fri., Pembrey House—S. Sir W. W. VVynn's hds., Thurs., Llanged win. The Tredegar hds., Thurs., Penyland Gate-10i, Mr. Wheblo's hds., to-morrow, Hampstead Norris; Wed., Finchampstead Ridges; Sat., Pinge Wood-11. The H. H. hds., Tours., Brandean Common; Sat., Raleigh House-11. EXTENSION OF INTERCOURSE BET W EEN ENGLAND AIVD IRELAND. We understand that the most extensive arrangements are in progress to increase the facilities for travelling in Ireland during the ensuing season, and to encourage the visits of strangers from all quarters to the remote and romantic regions of the West. For this purpose the Chester and Holyhead Railway . Company, have entered into cornranniestionwith the different leading lines in both countries, and the directors are determined to csrry out the plan upon a most liberal and extensive scale. Wo think all parties will agree, that there is nothing more calculated to rouse the dormant energies of this country and devAop its resources, than by thus uniting both countries cordially and practically together in such a desirable project. Wo believe that it is in contemplation to issue return excursion tickets to Ist and 2d class passengers in all the leading towns in England and Scotland, returnable at the end of one month, and upon the most moderate terms. On the arrival of the tourists in Dublin they will be enabled to proceed by the following routes, with the option of stopping when and where they please, and of joining the lines again at any point they may deem con venient; while ample accommodation will be provided for them not only directly along the lino itself, but also to visit the different districts it passes through, either in the way of business or amusement. It is proposed that tourists should go in the first in stance from Dublin to Cork. and, after visiting the scenery of that delightful neighbourhood, proceed by rail to Bandon, and then to Bantry, taking in all the beautiful scenery of the south and west, and opening the vast resources of that important district, in which the agricultural, mineral, and marine resources of Ire land now lie comparatively dormant, for want of that very system of internal traffic, which it is the object of these companies to promote. From Bantry the route will lie through the magnifi cent scenery of Glengariff and Kenmare to Killarney, thence to Mallow, and back to Dublin. The second route is from Dublin to Galway, an d then west by Oughterard to Clifden, and by Connemara and the Killeries to Westport, and back by Castlebar and Tuam, &e., to Dublin. Tourists can, if necessary, extend their routes to Ballycroy and Erris, and home by . those vast tracts of Grillo and uncultivated lands around the Nephin, to Balling, Roscommon, and Long ford, through some of the richest but most deserted tracts in Ireland. In addition to the above special excursion tickets will bo issued to the county of Wicklow, and also to the Giant's Causeway from Dublin, whereby the beauties, as well as the resources, of Ireland will be suddenly opened to the world at large, upon a scale of accommo dation and at a rate of price that rill astonish the na tives. Having thus given a very brier sketch of the pro posed project, we beg to call the attention of our country friends to the subject, and to point out to the holders of land, as well as to those who are on the look out for it, the vast field of operations thus opened to their view. To the capitalist and tenant-farmers in England and Scotland, anxious to break ground in Ireland, do we direct our special attention, and call upon them to be prepared to take advantage of the move during the ensuing season. Hitherto, wo know they have been de terred from the difficulties that beset tbeir path, in poking their way through the remote districts of the south and west, and that many of them have returned in despair for this very reason ; but now here is a holy alliance of the most influential and important Oodles in the three kingdoms, to place their vast machinery at their command, and to enable them to visit every part of Ireland, upon terms, and under circumstances, such as were never contemplated or conceived before. For example, a capitalist or large tenant-farmer, from England or Scotland, anxious to invest his capital, his industry, and skill in the legitimate and untrammelled cultivation of the land, can purchase an "Irish tourist ticket," as it is called, for 51., or for 6/., according to the class he wishes to travel in, in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Car lisle Hull, Birmingham, London, &c. On his arrival in Dublin he will be enabled to make the necessary in quiries, at his leisure, as to what routes he will pursue, and where he will seek to direct his enterprise. Having acquired the necessary information from an office specially established for the purpose, ho will resume his journey, and be carried down, without trouble or an noyance, to within a few miles of his destination; and whether his inclination leads him to the mountains of Kerry and Iveragh, the fertile banks of the Shannon, or the wild and more remote, but not less interesting, plains of Connaught and the far West, it is all the same, for he carries a little ticket in his pocket, and as long as he keeps that safe, it will frank him, like a talisman, wherever he goes, and will bring him back at the end of a month safe and sound to the very spot he started from. In f .et, we cannot possibly exaggerate the importance of this movement, we regard it as the most fortunate event that could occur, and the one best calculated to solve our present difficulties, and to get this country out of the fix it is in. For it is not by bungling or party legislation that it can be done, but by the energy and active co-operation of the master minds who built the Tubular-bridge, with their kindred brethren in Ireland; and we are delighted to see that the former are not going to stop either at Bangor or at Holyhead, but aro determined to push their lino on practically to Dublin, so as to unite and to co-operate with that great arterial system of traffic, which is now nearly matured in Ireland. We shall return to the subject, for it is one of deep and vital interest, and, in the meantime, we conjure theironr country friends to second the railway companie s in _ noble endeavours to open the wide fields of profi table d e velop investment now before them, and practically , t o system the o r the vast resources of this country. By making a good t beginning now, we lay the foundation fora s international intercourse and traffic, from w hic h happiest results must follow.—lrish Farmers Gazette. , 7.411/KE that steps were being taken, It was stated last week resolution agreed to at a full TIIE - - --S .ENGINE . in conformity with a o res of the Amalgamated Society, meeting of the executiv e a reconciliation between the have ngineers ; unhappily, how ever, and ec3Pl°Yi proved abortive. We ins oper far, towards bringing ever, those steps, so hno formal application, by means derstand that, annoy( _ as council of the Amalgamated h been made by the London 13 8:::: e executive members of t e he centra 1 Committee of the Associated Em ot a written docu Society to i d tl i -l eid cull members of the latter body have been Pl°Yers ' -n to by the former, with a view .to enlist their appealed . __in the cause of an amicable adjustment of the ialcau" dispute, but, unfortu na t e l y, without having produced any satisfactory result , from t he tenor of the M anc h ester employers' reply, that asstis Factory settlement of the question is all but hope less, inasmuch as the men, as a body, although they h av e made the first overtures towards peace, cannot be expected to surrender unconditionally to the employers' terms. The principal reliance of the operative appears to be upon the support of the trades generally —a sup port, however, which is not at present so encouraging in extent as to warrant very sanguine hopes of ultimate triumph on the part of the men. The engineers, •on Saturday, received their twelfth week's strike pay at the reduced rate—viz., 10s. each for society and non society men ; but even this sum they will find some difficulty in maintaining unless the trades come forward with more energetic assistance. E , XPLOSION AND MIRACULOUS ESCAPE ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—On Saturday an explosion of an engine occurred on the line of the Great Western Rail way, and, though occasioning serious damage to person and property, was providentially unattended with loss of life. It appears that about three o'clock in the morning, on a goods train, consisting of 38 trucks, arriving at Bull's-bridge, near the Southall station, the boiler of the engine suddenly burst with a terrific report, by the force of which the funnel and dome were shattered to pieces. The engine- driver, named Taylor, was thrown several feet into the air, then falling on the tram-road; while the fireman was precipitated about three yards on to the embankment. Taylor was lying insensible, and was conveyed to St. Mary's Hospital, Pad dington ; his face, neck, and head were frightfully disfigured from having been scalded by the steam. Every attention was paid him, and yesterday afternoon he was progressing favourably. THE NEWPORT OLD BANK.—On Monday, at the u aft p Bristol District Court of Bankruptcy, the bankrupts c am e on their last adjourned examination, which they pas sed, some inquiries had been instituted relative to their 11130 a 1,1 ,antg with the Newport and Caerleon Savings Bank,, Abercaurn and Gwyther Colliery. The ba nk, it was shown, were now creditors to the amount of 1,04 51 . Ili a Honour be intimated that, before the certificate wouldb the colliery, and g ranted, a question would arise as to their dealings vylt v p ort of the pre it sent was position eventually an d p a r g e r s e; e d e t u e p o o f n t that hee 4alivfruji l coni rep any gloulti be laid before the court. TO TIIE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. (CONTINULD ON 11;;NDA.IS AND NVEDNE:,DA76.) Sint—On Wednesday 314. March the debate was on To ttaat Ri g h t (I n laud). The toceeires egaiust • tha bectad lieucling of Mr. SiI&TIUL;3 e 7 iLVSfurd'zi Thu pointed strong:y to the fact, that there wt.; is geed dial to he said upon the ether side. There is nothing by which the useful science? of Political Economy (which has somewhere beon called the mathematics of grown gentlemen) has. been so much injured, as by throwing cut pomoous enunciations of leading principles, which may bo true enough in all eases where reason to the contrary is not established. One of these Brands ;nets, as the French, call them, is that everything should be settled by contract between parties, and that if it is not so settled, the parties have only themselves to blame. Nov. this is partially true, and partially not. There is no doubtt s la t a ro t n t g he e p as o e we m r u o st f making contracts should be left free an d open; an d where a contr a ct has not been made, a he made out for the necessity of legislative interference. No man doubts that .to leave the parties to the conse quences, is in general the easiest mode of deaiing with the subjtet. But the question is, whether there are cases where the easiest mode is not the best, and where it is fur the public welfare that the Government should take other methods to reduce the evil. In Ireland, the great complaint is, that from some causes or other, the land is not cultivated as it ought to be. The fault may bo in the landlords, or the fault may be in the tenants; but in one way or other, the thing is net done, and no good is to be gained by preach ing upon the benefits of fOrethought and managing after the English model or the Scotch. Whatever may be the national virtues of Ireland, forethought is not the ono which has ever been claimed as peculiarly developed. Irish landlords in general are, not makers of fortunes, but evaders. They have not money to spare for im provements upon their land; and the general fact is, not only that they spare none for improvements, but that the expenses from time to time demanded for keep ing the estate in its actual condition, are found by the tenant rather than by the landlord. Your spruce poli tical economist will say, this ought to be remembered by the tenant in agreeing for the rent. But Irish tenants are not apt to remember what has not yet come to pass, and the occurrence of which is viewed through all the uncertainty attendant upon distance. And to such a length has this gone, that in Ulster it appears a kind of home-made law has sprung up upon the subject, not re cognized by the courts, and thereby only the more strongly proved to be an effort for the general weal. A tribunal of it is not distinctly stated what, giving its decisions it is not stated where, and acting upon rules the nature of which is equally non-descript, goes on enforcing certain modes of compensation to the tenant, for what he has kid out upon the land in the shape of what there appears a disposition to characterize es " unexhausted improvements;" and this, so far at least as appears, with a degree of general consent which prevents resistance to what any man might re sist if he thought worth while. It has never been stated that tenant right in Ulster is enforced by s musquet balls from behind a hedge; and it would cer tainly have been so stated, if anything- of the kind could bo established. The question therefore is, whether Tenant Right in Ulster is not an effort of nature to diminish an evil, and whether as such it ought not to be recognized by the State physicians, and possibly both recognized and ex. tended. The question is, whether Irishmen, for want of law, have not been a law to themselves; and whether their handiwork is not worth looking at, like that of bees and beavers and other non-professional architects. Tho Government promises to recognize the principle of compensation for " unexhausted improvements." In this there may be many difficulties; but if things were given over for difficulties, the world would not be carried for ward. Whst is to bo an " unexhausted improvement," and how is the tenant's claim for it to be measured? If a farm-heuse is built by the tenant, he may at all events' have the right of carrying it away. But how if instead of a house it is a dreinege? The best resource which occurs upon view, is to stick as close as can be done to what has established itself in Ulster. It may not in clude everything; but it will be a gain if it includes something. There is an evil in Ireland, and the object is to mend it by law, as in some pieces it appears to have mended itself without law. On Thursday Ist April, on the motion for inquiry . into Bribery at Harwich, was some curious sparring on the part of the Government, on the subject of the rights of minorities. It is natural that a Government which is avowedly governing by minorities, should have a theory upon this subject. And the theory apparenfly that when they the Government are in a minority, it is to Count as a majority; but when anybody else is in a Minority, tho minority is to give away. This theory wants examining ; it is desirable to know how far it is to go, and where it is to end. Is it intended to propose, for example, that because a minority, or some minority, is a minority, therefore justice and right demand that its power of voting should be increased in tho inverse pro portion? If a certain opinion be the opinion of, for in stance, one-thirdof the whole community or of that part of it to whom the right of having au effective' opinion is conceded, is the doctrine, that to make all right this third ought to be divided into voting parcels, each containing half the numbers of the others, and con sequently bringing their power to that equality which is stated to be simple justice to a minority of citizens? If this is not precisely the proposition of the Government, it is something very like it. Tho times are favourable to the examination of the question, with a view to ex actly knowing where it is ;o end. It is characteristic of the time, that the motion for inquiry into Harwich was negatived by 137 to 95. It is but fair that poor persecuted abuses should have a breathing-time sometimes. On Friday this was followed up by voting a now writ for llarwich without a division. It is a strange thing that men cannot either let a thing alone, or else divide and let it be seen who is who. Surely nothing can be gained, by proclaiming desire and then declining a test of power. The truth is that tho Liberal party is beaten at all ends, till the constituencies recover it. It has quarrelled, and threatened, and talked; but it has not had the wit to keep out its opponents, and now it must wait till somebody comes to help it. And the only way to make anybody come, will be for the liberal aris tocracy, who in the combined ratio of discipline and numbers are the most efficient body in the field, to take another " step into the right," and bring the people once more to their side. I ant,Pir, yours very sincerely, e AN OLD REFORMER. Blackheath, sth April, 1852. DISCOVERY OF A NEW PLANE;(. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—l; have received this morning a letter from Professor de Gasparis, of the Royal Obser va t ory at Naples, announcing his discovery of another small planet on the evening of March 17. The following are its observed places:— North 9 36 21.2 Right Ascension. . Declination. Mean time Naples. k. in. B. h. in, s . deg. in. sc. .4 52 33 957 56.7 12 51 20 March 17, at 820 19 956 9 t is Stateto be equal in brightness to a star March 19, at the 10 th and 11th magnitude.l3 1 41 9 2a d -7 anet i I have little doubt that this pi o l'll f‘ ba b er a cph ttc l2a o nC), : e n at identical with 'an object wh i ch I entered upon a c h art f or the 10t h hour of right ascension on the 29th of January last in E. A. lOh. 32m. 405., r.nd north declination 8 deg. 5 9 min., and noted as of the 11th magnitude. This chart was placed in the engraver's bands soon after, but I did not receive a proof until March 18. On the even• ing of that day I missed the above object and imme diately commenceed an examination of the heavens in the vicinity of the bright star Regulus, where I ex pected to find what I felt certain was a new planet; in fact, I expressed my conviction of having seen one to Mr. Bishop on March 19. My search has been sadly interrupted by thick weather and moonlight; but on the 29th ult. I find I entered a star of the 11th mag nitude in R.A. 9h. 56m. 30s, north declination 13 deg. 4 min., which agrees so closely with the above observation by Dr. de Gasparis on the sawn night that it appears highly probable this wa s really th e n ew planet. I have waited for the absence of moonlight to renew my search, which, in a week or two longer, could hardly hav e failed to lead to the re-discovery of the missing ts o tar. I mention the above facts without intending inter fere in the slightest degree with the claim of my friend of this ' Professor Dr. de Gasparis to the honours o had not dis covery, but simply to show your readersw that , hich were circumstances occurred to prevent it , be yond my control, I should have been able to add this also to our list of English planets. Future calculations will prove whether I am right in . identifying our missing star with the planet of Gasping. I entertain very little doubt of it myself. During the last four years several other planets have escaped me through long continuance of cloudy weather. These remain to be re - discovered. Yours very respectfully, J. R. BIND. Mr. Bishop's Observatory, Regent's-park, April 3. FALSE CHARACTERS.—At the Marlborough-street Police-court, on Thursday, a notorious giver of false charac ters to servants, who assumes the title of Mrs. Colonel Aus tin, was convicted of having given a false character to Elizet beth Bartlett to a lady named, Smith, residing in Percy street, Tottenham-court-road. The Servants' Royal Prow' dent and Benevolent Society were the promoters oft he pro ceedings against the woman Aust or Austin, and agnst the servant Elizabeth Bartlett, who attempted to gain tion of cook in Mrs. Smith's family by means of B art l ettfale cha racter. Mrs. Smith proved the application of l for i n consequence of infor nel Austin. She went to Mrs. Colonel Austin, and received her situation and the reference to the pretended M t r h s. e et lo u ls a a- an excellent character of Bartlett, who was stated to have by Aust. service lived in her service for the last two years. Mrs. Smith, police, who had seen Aust ; and Mr. Bingham, h m o a w t i e o v n e r, , receiveddid not from engage the detect i Bartlett,v.. afterh er enter BIN. Aust's house, No. , Vincent-place, and who had by no means followed her to her residence to make Southampton- acquainted with too severe ocroinana the imposition. Mrs. Bentley, of ro, came forward, and said Bartlett had recently lived in her • by means of a false character given sidering the offences to which the system of giving remarkingcoivictio ratters led, inflicted the fall penalty 0 , __. false chit- , rac n twashatptrioi s e - e l d a w againstw as imprisonment. I "01., or three Mora? DREADFUL MURDER."*". On F r id a y, n i n e o'clock, as a man in the em p loyment J morning about a t his farm at 13allyniaek, is, of Mr. Townsend' f o und at the field-gate the as driving out some cattle,_ he fracture on the forehead. bo dy of a woman, with a dreadful poor-looking, and 1 The woman is a stranger, vs/7 hawker. she had aving the appearance of a strolling open—the conte nts if a . little purse round her neck, which WAS , any, having been abstracted. A man) and his wife are e arrested on very strong suspicion. Marks of blood w a n d i re tracked to their house, about 250 y ards dis tant,straw.—.......n a room blood was found, coTereci over with Atikenify ([m7-flat