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mount of surplus, but he believed it would be very small, fate of the refugees, and either to allow them to return to if any. With respect to the remark of the Hon. Member their homes, or to furnish them with passports for other coun 'who last addressed the House, he would only say, that a tries. But these representations made at that time, and at a fiaed sum was agreed to be given by the French Govern- later period, frequently repeated, and addressed to the Confe n.ent, which went to cover all claims. 'The surplus had rence, were always left unanswered ; the illustrious Courts been paid over by a 'Treasury minute under Lord Liver- having reserved the right of making a final decision re peol's Government to the Commissioners of Woods and specting them. In the meantime the number of emigrants Forests, and the authority for that payment was that of an at Cracow daily increased, in consequence of the measures Act of Parliament. As to the payment of theinterest where taken to expel them from Gallicia, a course of things which tl.e principal was withheld, he admitted it was done by the was facilitated by the circumstance that no opposition was Commissioners ; but he was not prepared to enter into that offered to their passing from Podgorze (in Gallicia) to Cra part of the question. He had no objection to produce all cow. The second reproach made to the Government is the documents on the subject, if they should be called for ; the having tolerated subjects of the protecting Powers in lut he did strongly object to re-opening the whole question their militia, and among these individuals some who had for re-adjudication in that House, which was not the proper even borne arms against their Sovereigns. This fact has !lace for it, and certainly he was the less disposed to do so, never been denied ;so far from it, the present Government, rs Mr. D'Arcy Talbot had himself signed an agreement to et the commencement of its organization, proposed to the abide by the award. Commissioners' Plenipotentiary to dissolve the militia as it After a few words firms Mr. LYNCH, which did not then existed, and to re-place it by recruiting among the reach us, .natives of the country, after dismissing all suspected per- Mr. GOULBURN said, that when the Treasury nmi- ions. The rejection of this offer by the rescript of the note arranged this matter under the Duke of Wellington's list of May, 1833, reduced the Senate to the necessity Government, in 1829, he had thought it all ended ; and leaving the militia on the footing on which it was formed. eel tainly nothing had since occurred to make it desirable The third accusation is founded upon the events which that the matter should be re-opened, as all the parties had ye have so recently had to deplore, and the sad conse a right to appeal from the adjudication. He doubted much quences of which we are doomed to endure. These are, whether, in point of form, the parties had the power to the windows broken on the 18th of December last, the apply to Parliament on the subject, unless the consent of nurder of Pawlowski, and a murren thrown into a window the Crown were given —for when they applied they did an the day of a ball given by the citizens, according to not appeal so much to the justice of Parliament, as to 'he statement of the Vienna Gazelles. The first and se the liberality of the Crown. Under all these circum- cond of these events, if we may judge from their perpetra stances, if the matter were pressed to a division, he must :ors, would certainly not have taken place if the Conference oppose the motion. if Residents had been pleased to adopt resolutions in ac . The House then divided, when there appeared— mordance with the communication made by the undersigned, For the motion 39 lated May 30, 1835, and a copy of which is hereto annexed, Against it Majority - —lo who (afterwards) broke the windows, and of De Eysmont, OCCUPATION OF CRACOW one of the principal accomplices, as it now begins to appear, Lord DUDLEY STUART said he should be sorry to in the murder of Pawlowski. The fact that the note thus stand in the way of a question interesting to Irish Members, presented was left fur the space of nearly a year without but having given notice of the present motion so long ago any answer whatever, was one cause of these melancholy a; before Easter, and having been precluded from bringing occurrences, which, from the character of the individuals it forward on a former occasion by the Government having Above-mentioned, had been foreseen and dreaded by the g •.•.rm precedence to Orders of the Day on motion days, he undersigned. The maintenance of political associations, it It bound, under those circumstances, to proceed. He and the transmission of inflammatory writings, by the Poll: h 1 o ied, before he sat down, to be able to show that the ques- -migrants of France and Belgium, cannot be laid to the n was important, though it might not appear to be so t o charge of the Government, since every province bordering on th we who had only sup er fi c i a lly considered it. He trusted fur State has a well guarded ft ontier and customs guard, and to he able to prove that the question he was about to sub- ill the post-offices of our city are in the hands of the foreign to the House was a question interesting to the country, authorities. As to emissaries being sent, and receiving per to Europe, to humanity. A question affecting the charac- mission to roman here, I may be allowed to observe that not t,r of the present Government, and particularly the con thee (tith e N o bl e L or d t h e S ecretary f or F ore i gn Affairs. one of these individuals can be proved t o h ave b een f urn i s h e d , a passport to Cracow. All bo r e p ass p or t s t o A ustr i an l' Le should suc c eed i n s h ow i ng th e H ouse th a t t h ere were wr.n Gallicia, and merely entered our t err i tory as passers t h roug h Pereementary g r oun d s f or t h e present mot i on h e trusted m I it. 'lle Gov e rnm e nt o f C racow can h ar dl y b e ma d e re - Lor Ito put a sid e hi s mo ti on , if h e f e l t so i nc li ne d , unc the House would support him, an d no t a ll ow the Noble mponsible for the signature a ffi xe d b y t h e po li ce o f B res l au pon .° passports delivered by Prussia, through Cracow, to the so one flimsy excuse, or some unsatisfactory explanation. Austrian territories ; nor could it be expected to turn in- Tee tention which he had to submit to the House was for lividuals thus provided out of the road pointed out to fire Copies of any corres p on d ence b e t ween t hi s Govern- tompetcnt authorities. This was the less to be expected, ment and the Governments of Russia, Prussia, and Austria, as the President, confiding in his line of action, represented or between this Government and the Government of Cra• co the Conference at the time the inconvenience that might ',6, relating to the entrance of foreign troops into the ter ritery of th a t re p u bli c ; a l so , cop i es o f any correspondence .nsue from the arriv a l o f man y p ersons un d er f e i gne d names Lc tween this Gov ernmen t an d t h e b e f ore - ment i one d Go —giving notice ev e n as th e i n divid ua l s i n ques ti on a pp eare d it Cd tnicating e arriv of M. s ernments relating to the appoi n t men t o f a B r i t i s h C onsu. , Dolicoa racow—an under the hat m nae comm of u the Bneek, of that of al Cybulski i,t Cracow." This question had been so ably expoundel under the name of Rich a rd, and o f the arrival of Szabicki mt former occasion by the Hon. Member for Ly nn, and lie , facts were so fresh in the recollection of the H ouse . .radar the name of Kazarezeek. In support of his asser- Ilist lie would content himself with a vm ry brief state ion he cominuoicated their original p a s s p or t s t o t h e Resi . 'cote. These, Sir, are incontestible facts, w hi c h are eas ily neait. The St a t e o f C racow , though small in extent, an:. iroved by otiicial papers and correspondence, arid which lonited in popul a ti on , was thought of sufficient ien,-;ortanci he Resident of his Imperial Apostolic isilejesty cannot to be made the subject of a separate convention, whirl 'illy % , .ithout contradi c ti ng th e evidence of those do te,,s signed by the three Great Powers, Austria, RtlS3i,l. • nments, of th e t raees o f which he must hi ms elf and Prussia. By the 18th Arti c le of th e Treaty of Vi- sa ncia that separate conventi on was said to be of the .11 efforts are partly sod, I f e nt it necessar y t o me validity as if it was word for' word in th e t ex t of 'le up my fun c tions, an d h a y s , aecor di nz ly ten d ere d my esignation throw li the medium of th e r es id en t s . Th e tosit t r e a ty. Th e fi rs t art i c l e d ec l are d C racow an d i ts ter .s rit.r-y t o b e f ree , i n d epen d ent , an d a str i ct l y neutra l c i ty, I ;onferecee, by virtue o f th e f o il poweis w i t h w hi c h i t i s u the prote c ti on o f the three Great Powers. Tne sixth furnished, has allowed me to do Si;. I have, therefore, now eele declared that the three States were bound to protee' to other wish then to justify my conduct to your High ! me .;cutralit y of Cracow, and that no forci) under less, and xdr, S 3 my regret at without being sun ,l I reteoce whatsoever should he allowed to enter dm tetea of any 'atilt, to support the weight of punishment; :,;fur.. To this all the three Powers were parlies, atir Ind this in the eyes botll of the inhubitanis of the country any "tie of thew could not do anything to violate it IA ithou. ma str,ina•ers, who were wituesses when the Polish Re ,g guilty °fa breach of faith to e.zelt other, as well as t+ ecs, the simple summons of the Govern men t, Alg country. In 1831 a Russian three entered th e St a t e _• , ,• „ „ pointing. out the point of assembls ge , Cisleow, and rernaioed th ere f or t wo months. Wirers .ma lest en t ere d th ey prom i se d to pay for the support 0, witted Cracow with a docility and resignati on unex wupled in such cases, and without any other inanifes tils troops (though this was a point in no way affecting tin tation of their sentiments than tears and mutual embraces. ceeesiim), and on going away the General refused all pay Humbled, suninioried daily by Corporals to the Com raent, stating that it was a j us t pun i s h ment f or their eisal manclir --General. it was easy for me to perceive, from the feetion. In 1832 the Three Powers, without giving Emig- :first moment of the inilitary occupation of the town, that land any information of intending. such a step, took posses- the good will of the protecting Powers towards me as slog of Cracow with a number of troops. In 1833 the Chief' of the Gov ernment had either been destroyed, or was three Powers took on themselves to abolish the Consti • I • . ansummerstooa.am not competent to judge whether the m :aims, and establish a new one. Now had the old Constm eollecting of- the emigrants into a body, and the expelling t ion been one of the worst, and the new one one of the best,'` them simultaneously., has been of serv i ce t o th e country or be cont en d e d th at th e act wou ld b e no l ess a v i o l at i on o ' t he T adjacent provinces, nor shall I un d er t a k e to p rove t h at t h e 'Treaty of Vienna a n d an i n t er f erence w i t h t h at i n d epyn - s . t . • • • • -•- • - alt the ghat Cracow before the arrival of the tro o ps, v , as not the case. By the old Constitution the Representative must, in the absence of physical strength, have enj o y e d a Assembly had the right to c h oose i ts President. The net, Constitutio n v es t e d t h e appo i ntment o f t h e P res id ent i n moral and well felt influen ce ov e r th e m i n d s o f th e strangers the three Power' s . U n d er th e o ld C onst i tut i on t h ere were inhabiting the country. It wou ld b e super fl uous f or me to dwel on these considerations, which ycu r Hi g h ness , i n your twelve S ena t ors ; th e new re d uce d t h em to e i ght. Nine wisdom, which i s e v er gu id e d by sent i ments o f j ust i ce an d limn professor s hip s i n th e University' were abolished, and amongst goodness, will sufficiently app rec i a t e ." H e s h ou ld a dd t h at mn that of Polish lite ra t ure an d l aw , as if t h ey sought. to he had good reason to kn ow th a t t hi s d ocument was au destroy every ve s t age o f P o li s h nat i ona li ty. Th e fi rst ar- thentic. _ ( Hear.) tide of the new Constit u ti on d ec l are d C racow a f ree, inde pendent, neut ra l St a t e , un d er t h e protect i on o f t h e t h ree An Hon. MEI4IBER s a id th e su bj ec t was too muc h i mpor- Posvers. O ne o f th e excuses f or t hi s arme d occupat i on of taut to be discussed in so thi n a H ouse , an d moved that Cracow w as , th a t it was b ecom i ng a f ocus o f di sa ff ected the House be counted. persons, who entered into plots dangerous to th e G overn - As only 31 Members were p resen t th e H ouse a dj ourne d meats of the three P o w ers . B u t w h at did t h ese plots at Half-past Seven. etnr.unt to ? Notwithstanding a most rigorous police, in quisitorial proceedings, and numerous arrests, all they had been able to discover amounted to nothing more than this : It appeared that on time occasion of the illumination in ho your of the birthday of the Emperor of Russia, a window was broken by some person flinging a chesnut, and a per son was found murdered. He certainly believed that there . were, plote and treachery, but the plots were on the part of these Powers themselves, and the treachery was practiced by tl e paid agents of Russia.—[An Honourable Member here moved that the House be counted, but forty Mem hers being present, the Noble Lord proceeded.] He contersded that there had been no case whatever to jestify the three Powers in what they had done.— (Cries of " hear, hear.") One of the pretences was that seditious books had been found in *the hands of some of the stetilents of the University, but on inquiry being made by the •Government of Cracow it was discovered that these seditio ; books had been placed in the hands of the stu dents lay the Professor of Russian literature, and Ile still held Iris place, notwithstanding this fact. There was enough to she w that Russia, from designs of her own, was, through her al.:cints, exciting disaffection, in order to have a pre tence i'or interference. He admitted that, whilst the three Powers: bound themselves to protect the independence of Cracow's., that State was bound not to harbour disaffected per sons. ^i hero was a stipulation that Cracow should not har bour re tvaways, persons under prosecution, or deserters; and that on such being found on her territory she was bound to surrendlter them, under a proper escort, to the guard appoint ed at t'h e frontier to receive them. He contended that the only gro and or pretence was, that Cracow harboured the Po lish refugees, but he denied that the Polish refugees came within. the description contained in this stipulation. He really thought the conduct of the three Powers so infamous that, is' a conspiracy was hatched at Cracow, and any of the Powers subverted in consequence, and a democratic form of Government substituted in the place of the present form, the aty of Vienna would fully warrant such conduct. He hen argued the case as if Cracow had refused to com ply the wishes of the three Powers. But no refusal had ht e a made. An order was sent to have the political refuge, te ; dismissed from the territory, and 300 were imme diately 'desired to leave the city. One would have sup posed titat so little opposition, or, to speak more correctly, so mum tli resignation, would have purchased some immunity from title outrageous demands of the three Powers. But no sucl.t result had taken place. He would read to the House,. -on this point, a letter which had appeared in the ForeiLn Quarterly for January last, from the President of Cracow- to Prince Metternich. It bore the date of the 25th of February, 1836 : " Ire the official letter with which your Highness was pleasedl lately to honour me, and the perusal of which left a most, slistressing impression upon my mind, I find that, after a II the measures which it has been judged necessary to take iet the name of the illustrious Courts, the Government of wh'r - h I was a member, still lies under the imputation (founrit.d not upon facts, but merely on reported assertions) of haviln i ;, through my indulgence, or, what is worse, through my cup able connivance, encouraged the Polish emigrants to ro:nai n et Cracow, where their presence proved as prejudicial zc the.' free city as it was to the adjacent provinces oldie pro tect it g Powers. How far this accusation is founded in truth thine n'l circumstances must one day bring to light. In the re .of Cracow, which thv illustrious Courts wished to ave gm mverned according to the fundamental laws which they- -iv' ire magnanimous enough to lay down, time funce twits o f the President of the Senate were exclusively limited to the power of making propositions to the Go verment -elative to improvements in the administration of the ccurt try, and his signature sanctioned the decisions made by the : n; ijority of the Senate. It will be impossible, how ever, to. point out any decision, any rescript of the Senate, flout v. hich time results that have been stated can be de duced, or which can be adduced in proof of this supposed tender: cy. The residence and protection of the Polish emi r,„,',.."'fik4i,*Gracow can never be imputed to the Senate ; still r, to the undersigned ; since, during the recog sit '••-• State, the Government requested the coot ' with the reorganisation by the not e o f th e 3, to he pleased to decide upon the future I. PARLIAMENTARY DI VISION. FRENCH CLAIMS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. THURSDAY, MAY 25. Motion made, and Question put,—" That a Select Committee be appointed, to take into Consideration the claims of D'Arcy Talbot, and other claimants on the French Compensation Fund : _(Mr. Mackinnon :)—The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 39. g Attwood, Thos.—Piinningham O'Brien, W. S.—Limerick Co. Bonham, R. F —Harwich O'Connell, Daniel—Kilkenny Bridgeman. Hewitt—Ennis O'Connell, Morgan—Meath Broadwood, Henry—Bridgwater O'Connor Don—Roscommon Co. Bulwer, H. L—Marylebone Palmer, General —Bath Chapman, M. L.—Westmeath Palmer, IL—Berkshire Chichester, Arthur—Honiton Perceval, Colonel—Sligo Co. Crawford, W S.—Dundalk Praed, W. Mackworth—Yarmouth Evans, G. - Dublin Richards, J —Knaresbo roug h Fector, John Minet —Dover Shaw, Rt. lion. F.—Dublin Univer. Forbes, William -Stirlingshire Smith, Benjamin--Sudbury Gore, Ormsby—Salop Stuart, Lord D. C.—Arundel Goring, H. D.—New Shoreham Talbot, J. 11.—New Ross Goulburn, Mr. Serjeant—Leicester Trevor, lion. Arthur—Durham Hamilton, Lord C.—Tyrone Co. Vigors, N.—Carlow Co. Hutt, W.—Kingston.upon.Hull Walker, C. A.—Wexford Jackson, Mr. Serj.—Bandon Itridge Walter, John—Berkshire Lennox, Lord A.—Chichester Young, J o h n —C avan Longlield, Richard—Cork CO TELLERS. Lowther, J. IL—York Mackinnon, W. A.—Lymingion Matthew, George B.—Athlone Lynch, A. H —Galway MAJORITY- Aglionby, H. A.—Cockennouth Alston Howland—Hertfordshire Beckett, Right Hon. Sir J.—Leeds Bewes, T —Plymouth Brotherton, J.—Salford Brownrigg, S. J.—Poston Byng, . George—Middlesex Campbell, Sir John—Edinburgh Crompton, S.—Thirsk Donkin, Sir H. S.—Berwick Dund,s, Hon. T.—Richmond Fenton, John—Rochdale Gisborne, T.—North Derbyshire Goulburn, Right Hon. H.—Cam_l lige University Hector, C. J.—Petersfieldli Hindley, Charles—Ashton Irton, Samuel—Cumberland Jones, T.—L:,ndonderry Co. Labouchere, Right Hon. Henry._i Taunton Lemon, Sir Charles—West Cornwall! —NOES, 49. Palmerston, Viscount—Tiverton Parnell, Sir H.—Dundee Pattison, James—London Peel, Right Hon. Sir R.—Tamworth Pelham, .1. C.—Shrewsbury Price, Richard—New Radnor Pryme, George—Cambridge Pusey, Philip—Berkshire Rice, Right Hon. 'l'. S.—Cambridge Richards, Richard—Merionethshi e Rundle, John—Tavistock Smith, R. Vernon—Northampton Stanley, E. John—North Cheshire Steuart, Robert—Haddingtoil Strickland, Sir G —West Yorkshire 'Thomson, Right Hon. C. P.—Man. chester — Thoroeley, Thos.—Wolverhampton Troubridge, Sir T. E.—Sandwich Vyvyan, Sir It. R.—Bristol Wood, Charles—Halitax . Woulfe, Mr. Serjeant—Cashel Wrightson, W. 13.—Northallerton Young, Geo. Fred.—Tynemouth I.ister, E. r_anliffe—Bradford Mangles, J.—Guildford Marsland, Henry—Stockport Morgan, C. M. R.—Brecon Morpeth, Lord—Yorkshire Neeld, Joseph—Chippenham TELLERS , . Faring, F. Thornhill—Portsmouth 'Parker, John—Shettield A Deputation, consisting of Admirals Sir George Cockburn, Sir Pulteney Malcolm, Sir Ross Donnelly, Sir William Parker, Captain Sir Thomas Troubridge, M. P., Sir John Rennie, Benjamin Wood, Esq., Henry Amsinck, Esq. ; and Captain Crouch, R N., had this day an interview with the Earl of Minto, First Lord of the Admiralty, upon the subject of forming a Grand Asylum Harbour near the Downs, and for the supply of fresh water to all classes of shipping. About one o'clock on Saturday morning last, a murderous attack was made by a band of men, armed with heavy bludgeons, on Peacock, gamekeeper, and three others, in the service of Sir George Sitwell, Bart. It appears that Peacock having reason to suspect that a party of depredators were stealing rooks, took with him his assistant and two gar deners, and proceeded to the rookery, in Renishaw-park. They were immediately, without a word having been spoken by eith, r party, attacked by the marauders, and Peacock so dreadfully beaten with their bludgeons, that his life was for some time de spaired of; his head was severely injured, and his face dread fully cut, besides which he received a number of dangerous kicks on the chest. The men with Peacock were also se verely beaten. Th• ;gang, after having perpetrated conside rable damage, by cutting off the tops of the young trees, so as to bring the nests and rooks to the ground, made off with a double-barrelled gun, belonging to the keeper. Derbyshire:Courier. Last week the mail to Marseilles was upset in the forest of Fontainebleau. One of the passengers received some serious bruises, another was sleeping so soundly that the shock did not at•aken him. Yesterday morniv a party of gentlemen, seven in number, repaired to a field near Hampstead, fcr the purpose of deciding a match at pigeon shooting, when unfortunately the gun of one of the party, Mr. Charles Rayner, Solicitor, of Kentish Town, burst, and shattered his hand and ann in so frightful a manner, that amputation of the arm was obliged to be perfOrmed immediately, and it is doubtful whether Mr. R. Kill not lose the sight of his left eye, which was forced from the socket, and was with difficulty replaced by the medical attendant. AJ • , ~"`ri Al a THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1837. SPAIN. IRON, MAY 18.—HEAD -QUARTERS OF GENERAL EVANS.—Fontarabia, a place on which all eyes have so long been fixed, capitulated this morning at half-past ten. The forces for attack, the artillery, &c., were all drawn up in imposing array before the place ; the Pliwnix, Salamander, and Isabel 11. steamers, and the Spanish flotilla in the bay and the river ; the Royal Marines, Marine Artillery, and Royal Artillery, who had marched round from Passages, were on the heights above, when a flagof truce was hoisted, and a message sent by the Governor to say that if the lives of the prisoners taken at Irun had been saved, they would capitulate upon certain conditions. The answer was that the lives of the Irun prisoners had been saved ; and it was then proposed by the Governor that two of his officers should be allowed to proceed to Irun to verify the fact ; this was permitted, and on the return of the officers it was proposed by the Governor that the garrison should sur render as prisoners of war, the officers retaining their bag gage and the men their knapsacks. It was subsequently made a condition that the prisoners should be the first to be exchanged. These stipulations were agreed to—the latter on the ground that there was a precedent for it in the affair of Balmaceda sonic time back. The capitulation having been signed by General Evans and the Governor, the prisoners were marched out of the town, and their arms laid down. The utmost care was taken in selecting a steady Spanish regiment (the Princesa) to garrison the place ; there are also two picked compa nies of the Legion. There are 350 prisoners and seven pieces of cannon taken. Yesterday, at Irun, there were 450 prisoners, and 13 pieces of cannon ; so that in addition to the important possession of the two towns of Irun and Fontarabia, 800 prisoners and 20 guns are the results of the operations of two days. The fall of Fontarabia was a natural consequence of that of Iron ; and the acquisition of these two fortified places is of the utmost importance. I have been over the town and fortress ; the old walls still remain ; the trenches that had been made in them by the Duke of Berwick, who besieged it in 1714, have been repaired by walls of minor thickness. The marks of the balls fired at the place dur ing that memorable siege still exist. There is a building of immense strength, called the Casa Fuerto, on the top of which a long gun is mounted, the match was burning to fire it off when General Evans and his staff visited it imme diately after the capitulation. A mong the prisoners taken to-day is the famous Cura hla, a priest who has, long been known as one of the most viohnt abettors of Don Carlos's cause. He attempted to escape, but was stopped. I reg•et exceedingly that time will not permit of my giving you to-day, those details of the gallant and noble conduct of the British Legion which I yesterday promised. The loss of officers is severe ; inclosed is a list of the offi cers killed and wounded. There are four officers killed, and six wounded, out of which are four amputations. Lieu tenant Dupont has had one leg amputated, and the other is wounded. The loss of men, in :killed and wounded, is about one hundred and twenty. The town oh Iran was pillaged ; this could not be avoided ; and is allowable by the rules of war, when a town is taken by'assault. But it i s a very remar k a bl e f ac t, t h at the whole Legion was moved out of the town two • hours after it fell ; and that the inducemeat that was held out to to the men was, that the enemy was in force in the neigh bourhood, and it might be necessary to fight him. Th e Legion marched out this morning to attack Fontarabia, in is orderly a style as though they had come from their quar ters at Sin Sebastian. Ido not think there is suclee n in stance on record, of forbearance on the part of soldiers under similer mrcumstences. The magnanimity of the Legion with regard to the pri soner sis deserving of tire highest praise. They had re ceived the grosse,t provocation, not only in the frequent inure!ers of their countrymen, but the very dry before a most treacherous act was perpetrated. The Rifles, who bad gallantly gained possessi n of some houses on the cut skirts, seeing, white handkerchiefs waved from the opposit e ,h.vel.ings by the Carlists, answered the pacific signel, and went out to parley pith them. No sooner did our men get into the street than the wretched Carlists fired upon the party, killed two men, and wounded several more. In con sequence of this both officers and men were infuriated, and the whole topic of conversation previously to taking the town was the vengeance they would have ; that all found in the place should be sacrificed ; and when the town was taken by storm there was a general cry for the blood of all the Carlists. General Evans, aided by Brigadier-Generals Chichester, Fitzgerald, and by his other officers, resisted them with the utmost energy. He was surrounded by his excited soldiers, calling for the blood of those who had murdered their comrades. At last, after sonic difficulty, he made himself heard, and said, " Men, you have behaved gloriously to-day ; continue to do so, by generously sparing the lives of those who so little deserve it." The voice and manners of their Generals were talismanic with the Britisli officers stood with drawn swords as sentries before the town-house, where about 350 of the prisoners were, and rather than allow a single Cellist to be killed they would have died themselves. The record of such acts as these is the best answer to the calumniators of the British Legion. Of course, there were many victims after the troops entered the town : but this was only during the first rush, and before the men could be again found by their officers. The scene was a most affecting one. In the square, filled with the soldiers in the state above described, was General Fitzgerald, who had also been exerting himself successfully in the cause of mercy—the officers were drawn up, as before stated, in front of the town-house, out of the loop-holed windows of which were to be seen the anxious faces of the Carlists,. with their Basque bonnets of various colours. General Chichester climbed over a wall, and, getting inside, immediately went to the upper story, where these 450 prisoners were, and upwards of4o officers. lam told that it was an awful moment —one and all lifted up their hands and eyes and voices to the General, praying for quarter—" Par a»zor di Dios da 710 S ?nada." For the love of God, grant us quarter, was the agonising cry from almost 500 despairing voices—despairing, because they knew that by the cruelties practised by the Carlists on the countrymen of the very Britons before them, they had no right to hope for mercy. But the British General quelled their fears, and assured them their lives would be spared. General Evans afterwards confirmed this, and addressed the prisonrrs with kindness, taking the opportunity, how ever, of saying, that he hoped the Carlists would imitate the generous example set by the British. It would be in vain to attempt to describe the innume rable acts of gallantry and self-devotion performed during the attack on Irun by the officers and men of the British Legion. Every man did his duty. Such was the precision with which the Legionary artillery was served, that not only was the fort injured excessively by it, but the flag of Don Carlos (red, with yellow edges), which was flying on it, was carried away by a shot from a gun fired from Captain Howe's battery. It was General Fitzgerald's brigade, composed of the Rifles, the Royal Irish, and the Ist regiment, which was specially employed on the service of the attack on Irun, and most nobly it did its duty. Colonel Ross's brigade-was to have attacked Fontarabia, had resistance been offered. General Chichester commanded the Legion with his usual coolness and intrepidity. He was present when the Rifles took possession of the church and the adjacent houses on the evening of the 16th ; and also when one of the outer gates of the town was forced, he advanced most gallantly, and mounted the second one by a ladder, waving a white cloth fixed on a pole to the Carlists in the town-house, as an offer of mercy. This was done in the midst of a shower of mus ketry, and in spite of the cries of the soldiers, battering at the gate below him, to induce him not to offer quarter. It would be unjust not to give the particulars of one of the most remarkable events in the taking of Iron. A pro position having been made by Colonel Arbuthnot, late Commandant at Santander, to head a party to blow up one of the gates, a large hag of gunpowder was carried to the wall of an orchard, close to the town, by a man belonging to a party who volunteered their services, and were placed under the orders of Colonel Arbuthnot ; from a corner of the field close to the end of the wall, the bag was carried across a small inclosure, completely exposed to the enemy' s fire from the loop-holed houses and the fortified covered way above the gate, uniting the two sides of the street. This bag was, in the most intrepid manner, nailed to the gate by one of the men, and the port-fire lighted by ano ther ; the gate, however, resisted, but a slighter one of the house adjoining gave way. At the moment the explosion took place the party mounted, by a ladder they had brought with them, to a window of one of the houses to which the gate was attached, and, strange to say, they only found one Carlist soldier in it, who was shot dead. The first officer who got in was Lieutenant Pearce, of the Ist regiment ; lie was followed by Major Macintosh, of the Quarter-Master-General's Department, Captain Horn brook, of the Sappers, and Major Atkins, of the Rifles. Captain Hornbrook shot a Carlist sergeant and a private from the window. They now descended into the street, and by dint of hard labour, with pick axes, broke the lock of the door, and removed the other impediments, throwing the gate open at last, by which the troops entered. Colonel Arbuthnot commanded the whole party. He did not, however, enter by the window. He was gallantly assisted by Major Wooldridge, one of General Evans's aides-de-camp. 'lbis storming party con sisted of the above -named officers, two sergeants of the Ist Regiment named Wilson and Noon, and twelve sappers, commanded by Captain Hornbrook, the whole being, as before stated, volunteers. It was a most daring action-- almost a desparate one ; for, bad the enemy held fast in the houses they had occupied, every man who attempted to mount. the ladder, or to get up to the gate, must, in all human probability, have been shot. Happily the explosion ! outside the gate alarmed the earlists, who fled precipi tately on seeing our men. It was through this gate that the troops entered, headed by General Chichester, followed immediately afterwards by General Evans ; with regard to whom I can only say, that his military skill, admirable cool ness and tact during the whole of this short campaign have called forth universal praise. I am happy to inform you that the French authorities, civil and military, have displayed the utmost attention to wards General Evans, and have done everything- to forward the interests of her Catholic Majesty. They made the greatest exertions in affording the means of sending the guns and ammunition from Behobia. The sub-prefect has been indefatigable in furnishing means of transport and accommodotion to the wounded, who are all in Behobia. Among the Carlist soldiers in the town-house was found Mr. Dixon, the Englishman whose name I mentioned to you in a late letter as having saved the life of Capt. Hamilton, by shooting the Carlist Officer who was about to seize him. The appearance of this gentleman, in such a place at such a time, left no doubt whatever on the minds of all who saw him that he was a traitor, the more particularly as he had been twice before arrested and kept in de tention, once at Bilboa, and once at Saint Sebastian, on account of conduct which excited suspicion. The in dignation of the troops ran so high, that his life was only saved by the efforts of General Evans at the risk of forfeiting his own. " Hear me, General Evans, for God's sake hear me, it is a mistake—men (turning to the infu riated soldiers) it is a mistake ;" these were the only words that could be heard from him, whilst at least 50 bayonets were already designed for him, the men going round the little group of officers who had gathered round General Evans to protect him, vociferating their determination to take the life of the supposed traitor. Even the Lancers, a corps not easily moved to disorder, had their lances in rest, and were looking out for an opening to make a dash at him. General Evans, having listened for a moment to Mr. Dixon, told the soldiers it was a mistake. This was all that could be heard, and much more than the soldiers chose to believe, for " seeing is believing" they said, and they did not in the least abate their efforts to massacre the offender. The preservation of Mr. Dixon's life, under these circum stances, was really miraculous. He was in some manner got away, and afterwards allowed to escape from the town, taking the road to Behobia, where he now remains. Mr. Dixon, it appears, on the previous day received let ters from Generals Gurrea and another at Astigarraga, to bring to General Evans. He accompanied an officer of the Legion, who left him at dark within the lines, both gentlemen having been informed that the town was at that moment in the possession of General Evans. Mr. Dixon says he went up to the tow❑ under that impression, and was made a prisoner, not discovering his mistake until he was actually in the hands of the Carlist garrison. The commandant of the town, when questioned, said that he had brought letters, and, when challenged, put these letters in at a loop-bole. These letters, when produced, proved to have been as above stated, from Gurrea to General Evans. In what manner Mr. Dixon contrived to pass the Christino sentries on the one side, and approach the town without being shot by one or the other, remains a mystery. ave barely time to enclose copies of Genei:al Evans's'di*itch relative to the taking of the important places of Iron and Fontarabia. The Legion will march to-morrow morning at six O'clock for Hernani and San Sebastian. If is understood that, money having arrived, they will be immediately set tled with ; and that propositions are to be made for a re•cngagenient for three years, upon British pay and al lowance. No doubt the greater part of the men will re . engage. There was a s h ar p skirmish yesterday near Hernani, said to have originated in the taunts of General Espartero's sol ders to the Carlists in consequence of the victories gained by the Queen's forces. (Copy ) Irun, May 19. Mos•r EXCELLENT Stn—l have now the honour to re port to r your Excellency the final result of the operations of the last few days of the carps d'armife entrusted to my command. On the morning of the 16th instant, the two battalions of the rebels which occupied Oyerzun aban doned on our approach that town. The inhabitants, thus liberated, threw cpen their gates. I left there a garriso❑ of 700 men. The columns continued their march. In the afternoon we invested and commenced the attack on the Fort del Purdue and the fortified town of Irun. The enemy's works proved strong ; they defended them firmly. The ar tillery of the Legion were admirably served, but were of too light a calibre. The bravery of the troops, however, fought us through all difliculties, and particularly of the Rdles, Royal Irish, and Ist British Regiments, under the gallant Fortescue, Carman, and Shaw. Every street was doubly or trebly defended by lofty and massive barricades. Almost every house was a for- For about twenty hours the contest continued with al mist unabated ardour. At ten o'clock on the morning of he 17th the town was eventually stormed and carried. Nearly at the same time the Fort del Parque surrendered at discretion to my aides-de-camp, Lieutenant Colonels Shelly and Cottoner, at the head of some companies of the brilliant Prineesa Regiment. At noon yesterday, the 18th, the fortress of Fontarabia capitulated. Colonel Shelly and Lieut. Gurrea negotiated the capitulation with much address, and which was very convenient, as it might have cost us much time and many lives to reduce the place. I have placed garrisons in these towns, and have appointed Colonel Parriera, of the Infante Regiment, commandant of Oyarzun ; my aide-de-camp, Col. Lezama, and Col. Iturriza, governors of Fontarabia and Iron, till your Excellency's pleasure shall be known. To Brigadiers Chichester and Fitzgerald, who were prin cipally engaged, I have to offer my warmes t th an k s . I a l so own my bst acknowledgments to Brigadier-General Ren don, commanding the vanguard division, and to the dis tinguished Brigadiers O'Donnell and Santa Cruz. Co lonel de la Saussaye was particularly forward and ju dicious in his exertions, as was Major Humphrey, of the Engineers. No one displayed more intelligence and intrepidity than Colonel Alexander Arbuthnot, in direct ing the forlorn hope which first penetrated into the town, and which consisted of the light company of the first British regiment, under Lieutenant Pearce. This party was also led in a most brilliant manner by my aide-de camp, Lieutenant-Colonel Wooldridge ; by Major M'ln tosh, Quarter-Master-General's department, and Captains Hornbrook and Read, of the Engineers, and Atkins, of the Rifles. I regret that Colonel Arbuthnot received a severe injury from a musket-ball. General Seoane, though suffering from his wounds, came upon the field, and afforded me the benefit of his counsel and good judgment. It is with a peculiar pleasure I con vey to your Excellency my expression of gratitude to Ge neral Count Harispe, commander-in-chief of the French forces on his frontier, for the cordial and judicious assistance he is always prompt to render to her Majesty's army in this province ; to General Nogues, the French second in command, I am also greatly indebted. The sous-prefect and other civil authorities were equally obliging in every respect. Our cannon and musket ammu nition were nearly expended. The French ordnance maga zines were thrown open to us ; hospitals were provided for us on the French territory by anticipation ; and civil and military surgeons appointed to assist in attending the wounded. It was most gratifying to witness, amidst the great French people this sympathy of feeling in our sacred cause. But how could it be otherwise ? Let the policy of Go vernments be what they may, that which has with it the wishes of the enlightened of all nations will surely triumph. The good-will and zeal of Colonel de Senhilles, the Com missioner of the King of the French, were on this, as on all other occasions, conspicuous ; and his assistance to the operations always readily afforded. To Colonel Wylde, his Britannic Majesty's Commis sioner with the Spanish army, I need scarcely tell your Excellency, that I have been on this, as on many occa sions, deeply beholden. From this distinguished officer her Majesty's cause has constantly received, as your Excellency well knows, the most valuable and important assistance. I should not omit to mention the deputy of Cortes, Don Lujan, who was kind enough to accompany me on this service ; and Lieutenant Bengon, commanding a battery placed on the road, within 150 yards of one of the prin cipal gates, having been disabled by a cannon shot, Senor Lujan volunteered to take charge of the battery under a very heavy fire. The science and bravery displayed in con ducting it attracted general observation. The obstinacy of the rebels, and the number and strength of the obstacles, could only be subdued by a variety of personal and devoted exertions ; and this is my apology for thus trespassing on your Excellency with so many personal details. I must not forget to mention also, for your Exccel lency's approval, the gallant conduct of Colonel O'Connell, the deputy adjutant -general of the Legion ; of Colonel Ross, commanding the first brigade ; of Colonels Herman and Mead, of my personal staff; of Lieutenant-Colonels Hogg, Clarke, and Ebsworth, commanding the Bth, Gth, and 4th regiments ; and of Lieutenant-Colonel Freestan, and Major Baron Pengold ; also of the ability and skill of Dr. Alcoa, the deputy-inspector, and the officers, Spanish and English, of the medical department ; and of Colonel Arbuthnot, commanding the 2d battalion of Light Infan try ; of the brave Lieutenant-Colonel Bascarand, and Lieu tenant-Colonel Pintado, of the same regiment. Of Colonel Shaw, Captain How, Captain Wade, and the officers and men of the Artillery, I cannot too strongly express to your Excellency my high approval. There is no corps in her Majesty's army more efficient than this ; and I cat truly speak in equal terms of Colonel Wakefield, and the gallant apd excellent officers of the Ist Lancers. I cannot conclude without recommending to your Excel lency's particular consideration Colonel Joeinnus, the acting chief of staff of this corps d'armee, and deputy quaster master•gerieral of the Legion, as an officer of very high and remarkable professional talent and qualifications. I have the honour to transmit this dispatch by my aide de-camp, Lieutenant-Colonel Escudero, of Alava, whose good behaviour in this and various actions emboldens me to recommend him to your Excellency's protection. I have now only to express my hope that the execution of this duty which your Excellency has been kind enough to entrust to me may meet with your approbation. God preserve your Excellency many years, &c. (Signed) DE LACY EVANS, Lieut.-General. To his Excellency the Conde de Luchana, General-in-Chief, &c. (Copy). Capitulation of the Fortress of Fontarabia on the 18th of May, 1837 ; being Governor thereof Captain Don Nicosio Otamendi ; and General-in-Chief of the besieging army Lieutenant-General De Lacy Evans ; by whom his Aides de-camp, Don Ricardo Shelley and Don Ignacio Gurrea, are authorised to stipulate the articles it contains. " Art. 1. The garrison shall be prisoners of war ; in cluding therein all the invalids, armed peasants, and retired officers. The privates are allowed to keep their knapsacks, and the officers their valizes. " Art. 2. The houses, lives, and property of the inha bitants shall be respected. " Art. 3. The officers and privates of the garrison shall be the first exchanged, provided the General of the enemy agrees to this condition. " Art. 4. After this capitulation shall have been signed the garrison shall form, and surrender their arms on the glacis of the fortification. ( Signed) " NICOSIO OTANIEND " RICARDO SHELLY. " IGNACIO GURREA. " DE LACY EVANS." (Signed and ratified) LIST OF OFFICERS KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK UPON IRUN ON THE 17TH OF MAY. Captain dc Burgh, Rifles, leg amputated. Captain Bezant, 10th Regiment, dead of ..rounds. Captain Durie, Ist Regiment, dead of wounds. Lieutenant Phelan, Rifles, both legs amputated. Captain Hornsly, Ist Regiment, amputated shoulder joint, Lieutenant Weating, Rifles, killed. Major M'Duff, attached to Rifles, killed. Lieut. Dupont, Ist Reg., right leg amputated, left wounded, Captain Linton, Ist Regiment, severely wounded. Major Atkin, Rifles, slightly wounded in the head. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MAY 24. GENERAL ASSOCIATION.—The proceedings at the meet ing of this body yesterday derived additional importance from the following resolution recommendatory of a national tribute to the Liberator. " That deeply impressed with a grateful sense of the valuable services of our distinguished countryman, Daniel O'Connell, Esq., in the cause of his country, and in the pro motion of civil and religious liberty, we consider it peculiarly incumbent upon those who have the above objects at heart, by a simultaneous effort, in some measure to compensate him for the great sacrifices which he con ti nues t o ma k e , and which th e momentous crisis in which we are placed so much requires." This resolution was moved by Mr. Walsteholme, an English gentleman, seconded by Mr. Leland Crosthwaite, and adopted by acclamation. After the latter gentleman had addressed the meeting, Mr. Barret spoke to the question before the Association. He began by saying he was proud to find such a proposition emanating from such men, that Ireland owed O'Connell no common debt, and that it ought to be liberally and promptly discharged. Ireland had empl o y e d th e i nca l cu l a bl e a d vantages of his services; they would shortly require greater services and inure strenuous exertion from O'Connell. Mr. Barrett then, in allusion to the return of Sir Francis Burdett said, that the inference from this fact was, " that injustice to Ireland is no longer a crime of governments, but of a people—that redress, justice from a British legislature, is nearly hopeless—that the period approaches when we mu t reconsider our present experiment of procuring it from an imperial Legislature. Let me not, however, be mistaken (continued Mr. Barrett), we are st 11-making the experi ment, and while we are we shall work it out in perfect good faith—not hoping that it may fail, but succeed. But it is necessary—now that we have begun—to work out this experiment fairly, in order hereafter to justify us in pronouncing it at an end." In the course of his speech Mr. Barrett expressed his conviction that Ireland was " on the eve of a desperate struggle for freedom, for existence. All that we have hi therto - encountered was child's play to that which is to come." After several other remarks, through which we are unable to follow the speaker, Mr. Barrett concluded in the followincr words :—" Is there no man of this country %via. somas Rue ~,,,, y seleeteu atm aecacatect, oy &location, talents, and circumstances, to effect the regeneration of this long-oppressed land ?—(Loud cheers.) Shall this people neglect the instruments which Providence has pre. pared to effect our regeneration ?—(Hear, hear.) Ireland wants O'Connell more than O'Connell wants Ireland.— (Cheers.) Those who think we cannot go on as we are, want O'Connell to work out the experiment, and conduct it successfully. Those who think we will not get justice from England, and I confess I am one, want O'Connell, when the experiment shall have been made, to stand up in this room, and, with a voice which shall summon Ireland as or.e man, to resolve itself into a nation.—(Cheers.) They want him, from this spot, on which he has organised so many po litical triumphs—from this spot they want him, should the res:essity arrive, to utter the animating words, Irishmen, our experiment has failed.'"--(Cheers.) The meeting then separated. PACIFICATORS —The evening organ of the Irish Orange men has received orders to prevent, if possible, the publica tion of the pacificator's letters. A hint is thrown out--of course in the kindliest. spirit, and with the best motive— that actions for libel will be instituted—nay, that actions are now actually in contemplation, against the proprietors of the journals in which some of the pacificator's letters have been published. We can readily imagine that the light thrown upon transactions of some of the illairs men is exceedingly inconvenient, and we sincerely condole with the Conservatives—the deers striken by the ungentle hand of harsh truth. Mr, STEELE.—Yesterday Mr. Steel was arrested when lerving the Chief Remembrancer's Office, where, as executor of his late uncle, he was attending a sale of his property, ordered to be sold under a decree of the Court of Ex chequer in the cause Daxon a. Steele. Counsellor James O'Brien made an immediate application to the Court for his discharge, as he was performing his executory duty. It was ordered, and Mr. Steele was liberated from the custody of the sheriffs. O ' CONNELL.—The testimony of national gratitude which the Annuity instituted by the people constitutes, promises to be as creditable to them on the coming occasion as at any former time. All the parishes in and around this me tropolis are making their arrangements in the most effec tive way ; and Cork has, as usual, given a noble example to the great province of which it may be called the capital. At the preliminary meeting, to organise for the general collection of next Sunday, some hundreds of pounds were subscribed ; and under the auspices of the patriotic and indefatigable treasurer, Thomas Lyons, Esq., whose ser vices to the fund have been so invaluable, that leading loca lity will emulate its former liberality. A man about thirty years of a g e, and nearly s i x f ee t three inche s i n h e i g h t , was arrested on Friday evening by sub-constable Porter, on board an emigrant vessel lying at Merchant's-quay, in consequence of his answering to a de scription given in the Hue and Cry of the murderer of a man named Thomas Long, on St. Patrick's Day last, in the county Kerry. Shortly after his arrest the prisoner was taken before Alderman Newsom at the police-office, by whom (after having been cautioned against saying any thing criminatory of himself) he was interrogated, when he gave his name as James Costello (not Collins, as stated in the .proclamation), and said that he left Kerry about a month ago, and proceeded to Limerick to procure a pas sage for himself and wife to America, but failing, he came to Cork, and was after paying for two berths in a vessel ad vertised to sail to-day, when he was arrested. The pri soner's appearance corresponding minutely with the descrip tion of the alleged murderer, and his answers not being sa tisfactory, the magistrate remanded him to Bridewell, until the arrival of some person acquainted with Collins, when he will again be brought before the bench.—Cork Constitution. DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—A man named Henry Tagg, a vraterman residing at Thames Ditton, was brought before Sir R. Frederick and a bench of mag:s trates at Kingston Petty Sessions yesterday, upon the capital charge of stabbing a person in the employ of the Hon. eel. de Roos, who has an establishment at Thames Ditton, named William Leak. Colonel Williams went to Thames Ditton, where the prosecutor was lying. and after he had been duly cautioned, he was sworn, and deposed as follows :—He was in the Red Lion public-house at Thames Ditton on the after noon of the Isth inst., and while he was there he had a dis pute a ith a person, named Rogerson, and they ultimately came to blows, and fought for some time. Tagg came in soon afterwards, and after the fight was over between him and Ro. gerson, Tag, who was a relation of Rogerson'a, made some remarks upon the subject of their scuffle, which led to further altercation, and he, witness, and Tagg, got up to fight. He saw 'fag raise his his arm, and he immediately felt hiniself stabbed in the side, and he exclaimed " Harrry Stagg has stabbed me," and then fell down insensible. On coming to himself he found that ne had been stabbed in the side with some sharp instrument. The prisoner on being asked what he had to say, replied that he was quite innocent of the charge made against him. The magistrates said that a very serious offence had been commited, and they were bound to remand him until the fate of the prosecutor was decided. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• EPSOM RACES.—YESTERDAY . The check thrown upon the Easter 'and Whitsuntide .ne! day sports by the prevalence of cold andwet weather led , ee d to not unreasonably, to brilliant anticipations for Epsom, a certain extent, they have been realised. Fairs are every day, matters, and Greenwich-hill i s a l wa y s "at home ;' nor is it of vital consequence whether the monster balloon sta rts on a Monday or a Tuesday—not so the Derby, which Is one of those annual t re ats that cannot b e " unav oidably postp e . ne ,, u, , owing to the s t a t e o f the weather." T o restrain the 114 seeing populati on o f " th e great met ro p o li s " on so an exT ri , an occasion, would be as vain as to attempt to stop a w a ,,,, e wind. It i s t o b e , an d ra i n , co ld, d ust , an d wind are disregarded. The Derby day, therefore, " came off" Y day, much in the old way, to the ruin of some, the amuse_m re e s _t of many, and th e p ro fit o f p u bli cans , p ostmas ters, and dne for makers. To th ose w h o participated in the motley s ee the first time th ere must have been much that was novel 'bet exciting, but to old s tag ers th ere a pp eare d nothing nee' to the finery, and nothing fresh but the postboys, who added in n, slight degree t o th e f un an d con f us i on on t h e road by 'ars hag, chafing, bad driving, an d fi g hti ng . Accidents a plentiful enou g h, an d we ll t h ere m i g h t , w ith such a ho stet inexperienced Jehus, cranky machines, and broken down oe l l it ma's as were call e d i n t o requ i s i t i on . A s f ar as the road concerned we may discuss this part of the subject by at', l ; l _ e rf briefly that n one o f t h e ingredients essential to the ensen!nt, a " Derby D a y" were wanting, and that the several incidents off the course were perfectly in character with the occasion._. On the race g roun d th e scene was di st i ngu i s hed by tu b ' us l e ite mon animation ; the hill was covere d w i t h carr i a ges, the of the scene being greatly heightened by the crowds of ho rs men ever and anon gallopping from the ring to the wer ure 'l "to have a peep at th e tit s " ( an d get i nto trouble—a nature consequence). The sides of the course were lined with !a lit lieges up to the corner, an d th e stan d s patron i se d to an that must have gladdened the hearts of the prop r i e tors. . 1 , Grand Stand was cr amme d, an d t h e li st o f visitors proved OP _ he its ma iy accommodations were a pp rec i ate d no t only by middle but by the upper classes. The crowded state of the course prevented our obtain in g:: full a list of th e f as hi ona bl es as we could have wishe d, observed, however, the following : His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland. His Serene Highness the Duke of Brunswick. His Excellency Prince Esterhazy. puk e The Duke and Duch ess o f Ri c h mon d an d f am ily, the f of Rutland, the Duk e o f M ontrose , an d t h e D u k e o f Beaufort. Manoutses—Exeter and Conyngham. EARLS—Albemarle, Erroll, Uxbridge, Stradbroke, Suffiel d ' Orford, Wilton, Verulam, Chesterfield, Lichfield, &c. COUNTS—D'Orsay, Bathyany, &c. Loans— Strafford, Ga r di ner , Di g b y , H . B ent i nc k, G. Be e : tinek, W. Butler, Villiers, J. Fitzroy, Andover, Ebringt7 Portarlingfbn, Grimston, Macdon a ld, T en t er d en , W. W ee Strathaven, F. Somerset, &c. LADlES—Albemarle, Chesterfield, Lichfield, Suffield. HONOURABLES—G. Byng, G. Anson and Lady, A. \ T i nier r Baring, E. Grimst on , C apta i n W oo d, A . Berkeley,W. 11°115 . GENERALS—BuIIer, Grosvencr, Sharpe. COLONELS—PeeI, Hornby, Hawker, Wemyss, F. Stns—D. Baird, G. Glyn, G. Heathcote, J. HanberY , G. Cooper, H. Seymour, C. Cootes, M. Farquhar, &c. GA PTAI N s—Gardiner, Lamb, Gage, Stockton, Byro n, Cl ive, Bentinck, Stanley, Fitzroy, &c. Messteres Greville, Hunter, Worrell, Payne, Waddin n te e ' Heathcote, S. Stanley, F a i r li e , F ou li s , Chamberlayner n l slow, Portman, Etwall, Elwes, Thornhill, Bowes, M. borne, M. P., Houlds wor th, M. P., Ci'ommelin, Batson, R's Poyntz, Mills, M. St an l e y, C o d r i ngtou, T . A . Smith, 31 e• hu t The start was appoi n t e d t o t a k e p l ace at two o ' c l o ck, the constant pouring in of visitors from all parts rendere u e d impossible to get th e h orses mounte d an d t h e cours e clear ed before half-past two o'clock. At a quarter before three o'clock all was in readiness, and in a few minutes after it was deeid e i d The Derby Stake s of 50 sore . eac h , h . f t., f or three Yeartqbe colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst. 21b. Last mile and a half. , owner of the second horse t o rece i ve 100 sovs. out o f the eta 1, and the winner to pay 100 sore . t owar d s t h e expenses o f au tional police officers. 131 Subs. Lord Berners's Phospherus, by Lamplighter G. Edwards Lord Suffield's Caravan, by Camel, out of Wings PO I ' The following also started, but were not placed : Hybi scu s Mr. S. Stanley' s R a t-t ra p (R o bi nson ) , L or d Exeter ' s Ccnolly), Lord Exeter's Dardanelles (Darling), Lord El e jii r , Troilus (Nelson), W r . W re f or d' s Wi s d om ( J ohn Day), 'ill, Bowes's Mickle Fell (S co tt), M r . O s b a ld eston ' s M a h ome tan f ( Edwards), Mr. O s b a ld es t on ' s P oc k et H ercu l es (Rogers), e., Chesterfield's Critic (Chifney), Mr. Theobald's Frederick ci",, donald), Mr. Barclay's Pegassus (Bortley), Captain Gardners nedict (Chappl e ), 31 r . G rev ill e ' s M ango ( N at), Mr. Cooke ' s To e/ grove (C. Edwards), an d Mr. Phillimore's c. by Catton, o ut - Spavina. The above seventeen s t ar t e d ; C . Ed war d s h a d also syc'ghe r i h for Mic Mac, wh o was d rawn w i t h out go i ng to the post. `,.-51 last betting was 7t o 4 aga i nst R at-trap (ta k en), 7to 2 agatll),, Caravan (taken), 11 t o 2 aga i nst M ango, 6 to 1 against PJ; hiscus, 16 to 1 agst Wisdom, 25 to 1 agst Benedict, :SO t° against Dardanelles, 40 to 1 against Mahometsn, and 40 to against Phosphorus ; no others named. At one time 9to was taken about Hybiscus, and 2.5 to I about Dardaneh e , Very little was said about Phosphorus, who was known to be lame on Wednesday, th e on l y d ou b t b e i ng, not w h et her be would win, but whether he would run. Wintonian, it wi ll g+ . seen, did not start afte r a ll. P egassus was r idd en by 21,he'J, maker, of the name of Bartl, who, for a non-profeartio false _ n 8 to o u 1 to a certain point. Onl iipnt false starts occurred ; a t th e t hi r d t h ey went off in We—, order, Norgiov e b e i ng t h e on l y h orse that did not get aWe't with the ruck (not that this affected his chance, for his bes et friends do n o t ven t ure to say h e wou l d have had any pros„Pe; of success had h e b een o ff fi rst i nstea d of last). Pocket fie.- cules took the lead at first-rate speed, followed by Caravel; Phosphorus, Wisdom, Benedict, R a t-t rap , M a h ometa n, , Mickle Fell the others, with th e except i on a ll u d e d to , het well laid up. They preserved this order of running at so g re ; a pace that at the top of the hill the ragged ones w ere served to drop off; fur instance, Critic, Norgrove, Spavt nar and Sir Frederick were already beaten. Pocket Hercules maintained the r unn i ng a f ew str id es more, and then gav e u ; r to Caravan, who improved the pace, and made the taih ll ° D , more rapid and decisive. Phosphorus now laid second, bo hi with him Wisdom, M a h ometan , H y bi scus, Rat-trap, Benedict' Dardanelles, an d M ango . Th ey came i n this order round ; 4 1 turn, nor was ther e an y c h ange o f moment till they reacube the road, where Phosphorus and Caravan were in front; t o others lived with them a few yards, but Rat-trap was alre a a in difficulty, and th e rest i n no b etter plight. A distance gals a half from hom e Ph osp h orus an d C aravan went away frorn als ruck, the former with a t r ifli ng l ea d , b ut b oth looking so svi.ef that it was imp oss ibl e to any w hi c h had the best of it. T 1 continued so till close upon the chair, each struggling tautly, Phosphorus winning in the last two or three stridev. i , e half a length, a f ter a race equa l i n interest and severity te;o celebrated on e b etween Mundig arid Ascot. Four or P . lengths behind the two were Mahometan, Hybiscus, and D a r , danelles, each claiming to be third. There was much gut Terence of opinion on the subject amongst the lookers-on , J, i - d it appeared to us that Mahometan had the best of it. W i tt, this lot, and well up with them, were Mango, Wisdom, i*, - „ e trap, and Benedict. These formed the first ruck of be e t "i e horses ; next to them came Pocket Hercules, and then tail, of which Critic and Norgrove were the last. The Pao throughout throughout was tremendous. Value of the stakes, subjee' e s the deduction, 3,4501. ; beyond this, the winning party are "f o g supposed to have netted much, the horse's lameness ha y ' o induced them to lay off it if they could. There is no reas ve to expect that the settling will be very heauy. It would bees been otherwise had Caravan or either of the other fasten° t sent his head in first. In conclusion, we may pronounce this to have been onVir, the most open De r by races since Lapdog's y ear , the P e , in g running of the fav our it es up to t h e en d of the Craven Me e * . t o having, with one or two exceptions, been of a very modeicien character. D ur i ng t h e w i nter months Jereed, Defer' eb Achmet, and Dardanelles were in great force, money enntlL being at the same time laid out upon several outsiders to e ke rant the expectation, of' great changes in th e s p r ing, and Pit a , r book-making" a p ro fi ta bl e tra d e. Th e approac h o f then i 0 season found Jerecd and Defender lame, and their backers, the lurch for he av y sums , w i t h out a c h ance of retr i ev ing the , selves. Mango, Wintonian, Hybiscus Rat-trap, Mah°lDeanw evd Caravan, Wisdom, 'Vickie Fell, and Phosphorus then came , f ,,,, with the exception of A c h met , Wi nton i an, an d PhosiA4 is who fell lame clo se t o th e time, and Benedict, who loat e :e friends, co n ti nue d prom i nent f avour i tes up to the d ay ; all lo t, horses were backed to win immense stakes. Besides this, there were se vera l h orses b ac k e d f reely at var i ous Pe ri vt • which have not recently figured in our quotations from f to tersall's, viz. :—Rococo, Troilus, Cartoon, Glid er , brothe Mouche • Lord Staff o rd, C r iti c , Mi ss Clif ton colt, S ell ' Pocket hercules, Flare-up, Adrian, Delusian, Clifton, Ak e ' e. . o' I'he Ashtead St a k es o f 50 so y a. ; t h ree years o ld , 7 st . 1011)...ilowed years, Bst. 81b..; five y rs , 9 s t. 21b . M ares an d geldings al won w on 31bs. Horses which har e ever s t ar t e d f our t i mes and no t allowed 31bs. Last half mile. Nat I Colonel Peel's gr. f. Z enana , 4 yrs .............................. Lord Conyngham's ch. c. 'foothill, 4 yrs ... ............... ..... Mr. Walker's b. f. Gipsy, 5 3rs ............°0 . ;; Zenana made all the running, was never headed, and easy by a length. ars old, Sweepstakes of 5 so re . eac h , an d 25 sore. a dd e d ; t h r ee Ye,_ , e arg 7st. 101 b. ; four year s , B s t. 91b. ; fi ve years, 9 s t. 31b. ; half and aged, 9st. 61b. Mares and geldings allowed 3 1 bs. La' mile. The winne r t o b e so ld for 120- sore. 5 Subs. 1 Captain Gardnor's gr. f. Sister to Zenana, 3 yrs ............... 9 Mr. Thornhill's br. f. Castaside, 3 yrs ...... ..... 3 Mr. Sadler's bf. G uess , 3 yrs ....... ~_e ........ hos The grey filly, f o ll ow i ng the example of her sister in wore. race, took the l ea d, k e pt it, and won in a canter b y lengths. LATEST BETTING ON THE OARS. 5 to 2 agst Lord Chesterfield's Vacuna—taken 7 to 2 agst Mr. J. Day's Chapeau d'Espagne—ta ken. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Tho rn hill' a E ger i a —t a k en take n 7 to 1 agst Mr. Powlet t ' s filly—Mi ss F a nny's dam -7 to 1 agst Mr. Bats on ' s V o l up t uary —t a ken 1.2 t 1 ag,t Colonel P ee l' s G arc i a filly—taken - • ~ I its SPORTING EXTRAORDINARY.—On Wednesday evetneis la sts SPORTING EXTRAORDIN A ry.—On WednesdaY e fl le% , N ikidls vi.. good deal of amusement was excited at Bromley, and . a high treat afforded to the Cockney sportsmen le the e es o .inity. A young, but good sized, porpoise had by some ra uo a til it at a o t tiier strayed from the Thames along the river Lea' , o ut length, on the evening in question, after the Pos k i lj e'Not of a barge, got secured in the chamber of Bromley-I°c ii and, tention of the lock-man, at all relishing its confined situati9n, it began t° ir°'l, a t" splash about, and the noise it created having arrest rd t`'''' 8 . whomW" Cl°s6 ' pag e that k by, the news soon got circulation throughout the d to tb/ a whale was in the lock, and crowds of per sons burried I , de , mod: 0 ,1 t he spot. A consultation took lace as to the best as well as some boys -, stroying the monster, and shooting it being consid r e ar os ounce s orts7rien, kith fir e of most ( xpedient, a number of * m bar of different descriptions, arrived on P the bank. A n ( i i e ffect; shots had been fired without 'producing the desire