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LITERATURE. 2 PAST AND FUTURE OF HUNGARY, BIJNG F.-ICI S. FIG GRES, AND 1 , C. F. He nn i ngsen , S ecre t ary to K ossuth, Au tho rof " Revelations of Russia, 6-c " .IVeieby. wM:. Newby has just publisrltd 0 very vaiu,bie and resting i n wor k upon the past struggles of Hungary th!its futuro prospects, by one well acquainted with eformsr, Llart consequently well ena bl ed to j u d ge o f latter. The work is illustrxed by maps, and is foil of usef u l i nformat i on. The various races of ,olich the Hungarian people are composed, the his tory of the country under the empire, the recent re volution, and more espec i al l y the prospect o f that revolutio n which m a y w i t h con fid ence b e e xpected, .are h ere det a il e d and commented upon in a very in t e l elaing and attractive manner. A BUNGARIAN GRAMMAR. a • grammar of the Hungarian language, with wP.p.rprzate exercises and a copious vocabulary, to i. ll l°l are added specimens of Huogarian poetry, has V s „,- t: 6 6 " published. The au . bor is Sigisrnund Dr i - :",Y1 late Aide-de-Camp to Kossuth. It is appr(!- ',. - 2 1 ,"'Y dedicated to Lord Dudley Stuart. In his r'iLtee the author remarks that " the Mag.% nrongue f t s !he Ley g his hope to make the English people better ac quainted w i th the latter by i ntro d uc i ng t h e f ormer to their notice. LEC TURES ON THE HESULTS OF THE At the of Prince iftb .'ll2" lON. Bogue. of the suggestion Albert, the .President SJciety of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, tWeiv e lectures were delivered at that institution by some o f t h e a bl est pro f essors o f t h e d ay , re l a ti ve t o ', l e prob a b le results o f the G reat E xh ibi t i on o f 1851. "e int ro d uctory l ecture was d e li vere d b y t h e R e v. 1,.," "• Whewell, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, 00 the general bearing of the Exhibition on the Jogresa of arts and science. Richard Owen, F.R.S., l eeb Bell, M.P., Lyon Playfair, F.R.S., J. Lind- F.R S., Professor E. Solly, F.ti.S., Rev. R. " i llie, M.A., F R.S., H. Hensman, &q., Professor • Royle, M D., Fit S., and Captain Waekington, • ' ' ' '4 •l F.R.S., severally lectured on the varies sub.- J:ets exhibited, and in general a summary of the dis overy and gradual adaptation of the subject under di e cussion. One of the m o st inter es ti ng p or ti ons o f Lie work is that part of Captain Washington's lecture Which treats on the construction of lite- boats. It is Pretty well k nown , b y a ll w h o ta k e an interest in V si 'PPing, ho w muc h we are i n d e bt e d t o th e D u k e o f 4th umberland, who, seeing how great was the de ciencY in number, and how imperfect the construe ti of the life-boats along our coasts, which was the cause o f f requent acci d ents , o ff ere d a liberal re ward for t h e b est mo d e l o f a lif e -b oat; th e con - R" ' lieu " of which was that 280 models and plan:t Were sent - in, not only by our own countrymen but by the maritime states of the continent, and also j our Transatlantic brethren. Some fifty of the 'let of th ese formed the Duke ' s contribution to the Ex hibition.b y A report on these models, accompanied Plans and drawings of the most approved of them, e wa s prepared a t t h e expense o f hi s G race , an d 1,300 Pies of it gratuitously distributed not only through-. ° out the length and breadth of our island, but to all the Maritime nations of Europe and the United States of e n ' er ica. In addition to which the Duke publicly 2 t Pressed his intention of placing the best lite-boats ; I °4 can be built, and every means of saving life °4l shipwreck, on all the exposed points of EorthurnberLnd. The first life-boat used in glitlid was invented by Henry Greathead, of lohth Shieldl, in 1789. Although greatly inferior ; 1 0 th e b oats in use at the present time, nevertheless s ee Perform ances w ere s o much areciated that the oeeiety of Arts rewarded the inventor with a gold ` l4 / and fifty guineas in 1802, and Parliament vo f t ed him 1,2001. in acknowledgment of the utility ° I . invendon. This work is well worthy the tteeti on of the public generally ; for no matter what lilt Profession or pursuits, the reader will out of these twelve lectures be sure to find one or more of them ruto fo veich he may derive useful and practical in• . h ?Mahon. R. V hUGOIt Vi - • , ICTO or Hugo left the W—at°eruloo‘-Vstadtioune'dfoarY,Teervseeyn,inbgy I\thle e ,ight o'ct,ck mail train, after a stay in London of three days. Driven from France for the free expression of his oyi_n a to e. concerning the coup d'elat, in his pamphlet, entitled e IN Icon le Petit," M. Hugo took refuge in Belgium; fepar but, - ful of giving offence to the President, the uelgian Govern - and politely requested him to proceed upon his journey; don,d accordingly, on Monday morning, he arrived in L - inmarand took up his abode at an insignificant little taver r n, ecn-street, Windmill -street, called the Hotel de No - other ..D.a ri ng his short stay, M. Hugo, u nlike many P°llhcal refugees seemed rather to avoid than to court the public gaze;' and, although he dined every day at the table d' hate o f the hotel, his presence there was known table few b esides the ustrd frequenters of the house. This cf led is constantly frequented by French artists and such exiled /itterateurs as, not having enough assurance to obtain an entri e to the tables of wealthy lion-hunters, are ~ e by necessity or by inclination to seek its modest and Inexpensive hospitali, y ; and to witness the earnest and themselves demnour with which these gentlemen conducted towards M. Hugo was a touching spectacle. On Wednes lay morning, at breakfast, the Hotel de Nor-, Plandie was visited by M. Louis Blanc, who came to pay 1 2113 re s p ects to the exiled poet. M. Hugo is accompanied Yoga Irk his wanderings by hi s younger son , a fine handso me g fellow, of about three or four and twenty. , THE LEIID3 GARoTTE ROBBEar E s.—Y d est i e t r h d a a i y CiVednesday) the seven men in custody, c e h st a_rg w en e d of Leeds - , molting and robbing two persons at th w finally e brought before otn the night of the 24th the magistrates, and all of e t i li t em w c e o r m e committed for trial at the ext thsizes or winter gaol delivery at York. Bail was ap. plied fo r on behalf of two of the pr i soners, b ut peremptorily fused. .-. "`"• Coleman, who was " garotted" with a degree of jeve ritY which bad almost produced loss of life, is recover ing, though slowly, from the effects of the infam . ous outrages per petrated upon him. The eighth person nnplicated in th ese outrages, although known to the poli ce , s till evades ap prehension. EMIGRATION FROM SOUTH WALES —The zinnia f or emigration to the gold mine s o f A ustral i a i s most preva lent in South Wales. From Neath a number of persons have !altea their departure, and an increasing number are prepar lbg to follow their example. At Pontypridd, likewise, a n umber of hardy young men a re a b out to see k t h e i r for tuner, at the Antipodes ; an d f rom Laugharne and S t. Bl ears many farm labou rers h ave qu i tted their homes for l' a o diggings. La rge p ar ti es w ill soon l eave the more popu ,otts towns, such as Swan sea , C armart h en, &c., in addition the persons who have already left. Hitherto the exodus "3 been to a large extent to the United States; but the e arrent has now been turned to Australia.—Hereford Times. U L E AND Loss OF LIFE. We restret to state that a disastrous fire, whereby a large quantity of agricul tural produce and one human life were sacrificed, occurred °II Friday last at Blarme bury. The daughter of the de- Z eesed, Mr. Blackford, a man very generally esteemed by ts fellow -citizens, lies at present in a very precarious lit ate, having been seized with hysteric fits when she heard Of the sad accident which had befallen her. It appears that Ind large rick s of hay and straw, situate near Malmesbury, n belonging to Mr. Hank, of the post-office, were dis s,ered to be on fire between 7 and 8 o'clock in the evening ~ the (lay above named. The alarm being given, a number the inhabitants hastened to the spot with a view of 4 : ( leavouring to extinguish the flames, and among them was Vs deceased, who was landl.,rd of the King's Arms Inn. ',he deceased mounted to the top of the hayrick, a portion 0, which had not apparently been reached by the flames, and directed the men in the distribution of the water. He "53 heard to call out " There was no water wanted," at a S pot .t which he was thru-ting his stick, and then he was Se ento turn himself round, bu t th e nex t moment h e f e ll i n t o 11 e burning mas s and di sa p peare d i n the flames. Mr. Cadby, C hemist, at the risk of hie own life, rushed f zward and suc ceeded iu dragging the body from the flames. Mr. Blackford Was dreadfully burnt, and though medical assistance was Promptly at hand, it was evident he could nat survive the 'tjuries he had received. He was removed to his own re.i deuce on a shutter, where he lingered till the middle of the text day, when death put an end to his sufferings. The tick s belonging to Mr. Hanks were entirely consumed. The are, it is imagined, originated from the dampness o f th e h ay When it was put together. TRIAL TRIP OF THE WEST INDIA MAIL PACKE T Tai. PLATA.—La Patti', Rayal West India Mail Company' s v 4 dnle-wheel steam-packet, purchased by the c Tripany from t he i ., British N o r h American Company, was tried down the Clyde on Tuesday. The directors of the Mail Company, ac mllanied by Messrs. Steele, of Greenock, and Mr. Rober T h a i"','r., of Glasgow, who fitted the engines, were on board. 1 ,trial was a most satisfactory one. . The rate of speed, al ,„"j'n.g for tide, on the run down to the Cumries, and a few ii' [ .flites' easing, was, on the average, about 14 knots. The 1 an g - up of the ship, in all respects, is most commodious and e !gatit, and, the day being fine, all parties who attended the trip as greeted La Plata most heartily on le tying her. which w_rtlresponded to by the captain end officers, and parties who Prlnbarng round in the ship to Liverpool. There is every ility of La Plata performing well and punctually on h er assigned service. SHAM E MIGRATION AGENTS AT LIVERPOOL.—An Offi ya' was re cently opened in Cable-etreet Li v erpool, by Thomas Jones and Wil l i am Williams, who p ' rofssed them helves ready to ship Passengers to Australia on advantageous terms, in first-class s They obtained passage-money ih advance from several persona; ; but others, mere su,picious, °r better versed in the wora ,s . the ~ thin," when they found '';' , : e Ya, would not treat with m , Very mysterious and . 11 arY about naming or showing the N essels which they were t i l l ia fo t d in Li ci a u t tr o ie b s e w e e n re . `lagaged to supply. The conseque nce as . . to were made, and Jones and Williams bee charged before the e Y unauthorised parties, they having his • g nt n en c e o y u t under false , gistrates Yesterday with obtsinin pressed t r ' and Fre t ev, l en cea. Several of the dupes were i Y et , e nce against the prisoners. When gave 11441 with which they were connected, "b hey W o ere name the ofi t l i .ht the ship had been condemned y the G...,,Sorry to qa4 l % in consequence of a deficient plank." , rheesTment h,,i, Ninent officials, however, who happened to be same 'hag parties to, knew nothing of any such vesse.l at Pres ent, all. i, were remanded. vity,„. Of . ‘,AI.T.—ET,IN V. WINCHESTER.—This, the last I Puhr att er le School matches. was finished yesterda, ; the inhi n won by 30 ru ns . Wi nc h ester —, st innings, 232 ; 2nd wo n 88 . Etoti—lst innings, 158. 2nd innings, 132. P i , 8 Ty TH.,___,‘ r Tae ooanow s or THE Pooa POLICC. aJor, Now how' mow , , s a feller to eat meat such weather as this. ei t l id _ i t!: t 0' pickled salmon and cowcumber, or a lobster I, ' 4 ,0, 1„ 9/ r do."— Panch. t e _LATii FATAL STEAM Ho AT ACCIDENT --Yes • cir e „Y Mr. Wm. Baker, ju n . ' I° B matinees attending th , resumed the inquiry. into the b c ; . ‘ his life by being ru d e death n 4 ., of Patrick Sullivan, who attar the evening of r '{Ar r- uy the F , ther Thames steam y.- anent twenty minutees,neBsl,Y, the 2sth ult. The jury, rdi_ I A .t. of "Accidental Deatr' ' ' ‘ ate deliberation, returned a erne, eX oneratit.g the parties from h, ech. oli . owr ON TIPTRE E LI N re his own magic stro p if AL L -- Mr. Mechi will 7 iucuiture b he 811411 4 in • litcle3.,,e A ucetecl s harpen i ng unc , TILE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAN EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1852, THE QUARTERLIES. THE EDINBURGH RE VI_E W. No. CXCV. We look in vain ter a politic,A article in the cur rent number of the Edinburgh—T hrough the mediutu of which we might have dettnn ed the hopes and aspi redone of the Whigs in regard to the power and pri vileges of administration. The confusion consequent upon the proxitni y of the general election deterred the blue and. buff organ, we presume, from venturing upon any remarks that might by possibility have been construed into v:ords of vaticination. Instead of criticisms on the state of parties in the United Kingdom, therefore, we find such papers as that in troductory one to the present number, agreeably de scriptive of the " Organization of the Police System of London." Several of the revelations in this article are of a marvellous character, and such as one might rather have expected in the lively and brilliant pages of Dickens's incomparable ly, , riodical. The next contribu tion—passing over a merely incidental mention of "The Thugs, Dacoits, and Police of India," suggested by Harrington's Analysis of the Bengal Regulations—is a. historical chapter on " Piedmont," giving a succinct but complete narrative of the rise and vicissitudes of the kingdmn of Sardinia. A masterly argument upon " Dutch Diplomacy and Indian Piracy" pays de served tribute to the two great civilizers of the Eas tern Archipelago, Sir Stamford Rt.flL2s and Sir James Brooke—the writer vindicating the I(ejah of Sarawak from many of the most serious charges di rected against him by the depreciators of his &- serveily high reputation. A review of the recently published " Life and Letters of Niebuhr" is followed by one on the memoirs of the " Marquis of Rock ingham and his Contemporariei." The last-men tioned criticism will be found to abound with sparkling and delightful anecdotes in reference to many illustrious personages. Possibly the most important paper in the Edinburgh for the current quarter, is the one relating to the condition of " English Agriculture in 1852" —an argument in which the reviewer comments at large upon the effects of the Protectionist agitation, upon the improvements around the fens, upon the farmers' grievances in Suf folk, upon the changes induced by steam in the culti vation of the soil, and urn a variety of other curious matters relating to the system of agricultural econo my. Upon the " Lives of Lord Clarendon's Friends," another reviewer has subsequently proved himself ad mirably well informed. An examination of " The Oxford University Report" completes the present number of the Edinburgh with a boldly written article upon the subject at " Oar Defensive Arma ment." The perfectly apparent possibility of in vasion is insisted upon by. the Edinburgh reviewer in the argument last- mentioned, and, satisfied upon this point, be exults even in the little done by the present Cabinet in the way of precautionary regula tion. "It is better to do little," says the writer, " than to do nothing." No magazine article, by the way, could scarcely be more enthralling than that episode in the opening contribution to the current in stalment of the Edinburgh, descriptive of the Hol ford-house burglary, and the discovery of the gang through the ingenious devices of the detective officers in the Police System of London. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMS.—Druala n Burnaby hiccupping out e eulogy upon temperence from under a whiskey cask would eff rd sorastsvhat of a peretlel to the case of an Irish R :man Ca t holi c pr i est , who et the close of the recent elections should stated forth to deliver a lecture upon the iniquity of interference with the voters'. rights. An enrede'sa however, told of Sheridan in one of Byron's diaries may serve as a yet apter illustration of our raeen iota This worthy was returning home late one night from the Beef-steak Club,. or some such place of convi vial assemblage—gloriously drunk of course. He stum bled in the gutter, fell—and where he fell, there he lay. A Dogberry of those days came up and tried to fled out. who this four-bottle unfortunate might be, that he might convey him home to his lodgings. Sheridan was lost to all consciousness but the consciousness of a joke, and so he menaced to stammer out in reply. " My name's Wil-Wil Wilberforce!" and so fell asleep. Al though we can scarcely give them credit for acting a similar fib merely from the sense of the ridiculous, this is just the- conduct of the Irish Roman Catholic priesthood. They come forward from the midst of the broken bludgeons which they themselves had set in action, and from amidst the hrickbats which they had caused to be hurled against any voter who might oppose their soveregn will to preach purity of election and to denounce the infamy of any person who may venture to interfere with the voter's independence. These are the men who have celled up their parishioners to the altar in the sight of the congregation, and have thrust into their reluctant hands tickets inscribed with the name of the inevitable candidate. These are the men who have caused voters in one place to be spirited away, and kept in rigorous confinement, and in another have denounced them to the indignation of the public, when that public was composed of a gang of frantic Irishmen, with whis key iu their heads, and bludgeons in their hands, pre pared, at the slightest signal from their spiritual directors, to fell their opponents to the earth and to dance upon their prostate bodies. These purists of con ' stitutionul government are the men who, after having exhausted all temporal punishments against the lives and property of such voters as they could not coerce into in vokingedi re n t t h au e insc n iha ai d e nss o. and f d t w h . e thheen Almightywblitundegses bludgeons obedience to their will, have not shrunk from tht andhei e r brickbatsvu c eblasphe mousrofth and personal restraint had failed in producing the de sired effect, the obdurate voter was to be forbidden the baptismal font fur his little ones—he was to be driven from the marriage altar and forced into vice—he was to be denied communion with his church while living, and the consolation of religion when stretched upon his death bed. Heaven was held forward •as the reward of the Blues, and Hell threatened as the punishment of the cottage, re,nant the doings Buffs; and this was done, not by professional touters— not by the sweepings of the London clubs a nd t h e off scourings of the Dublin Four Courts—but ts—b hduet from the Gospel of Peace—by holy persoliages specially shore. h accredited , lovraet. nfrom Beautiful as t C h o e ti y tnadge e tell e d tota u h s ca , to bear u e b a u glad tidings m. ministers f of Irish Roman Catholic pri es t s during thtoe a othe progress of the late elections! We e a r nest l y wish t h at there were a word of hyperb o l e or exaggeration i n all this, but we have over and over a ga i n l a id t h e proofs of these asser tions before our r ea d ers . U nt il yesterday we h a d not any signal i nstance o f an I r i sh pr i est w h o had suffici e nt i m p u d ence to come forward an d de liver a lectur e to ot h ers upon t h e pro p r i e ty of respecting the voter ' s i n d epen d ence . W e have one at last, who re j o i ces i n t h e appro p r i a te name of Michael Coghlan—th e b o t t l e h o ld er o f the Liberal can didates during th e l ate contes t f or W es tmeath. This worthy, as it would app e ar, hung up his bludgeon, wiped the swe a t o f th e b at tl e off his brow, and sat down to endite an epistl e to Mr. W. B. Smythe, a neighbour ing proprietor. The priest tells the landlord he has just heard it is in contemplation among the owners of land to exterminate the Roman Catholic tenants be cause they would not consent to surrender their faith. " Verily, you Protestants," he writes, " have a strange way of showing yourselves followers of a meek and merciful Redeemer, or of satisfying any discerning mind that malice, and not love, is your characteristic.' The peaceful preacher—no doubt, with a sly glance upwards at the well-notched bludgeons—proceeds t o suggest that if Mr. Smythe and his friends, out of the ir natural taste for bloodshed aed slaughter , wer e to a ppoint a day for a general battue of th eir Roman Catholic tenants, the innocent fledglings wou l d suffer them selves to be quietly bagged ra ther than record a vote in favour of a Derby ca ndidate. lie then concludes, " You seem to exp e c t that y o ur tenants owe you, besides the toil of t heir bodies, an d the sweat of their brows, and their rents , t heir souls to boot. So that your idea of a tenant is , that• he should be the slave of a taskmaster, have no free will, a nd g o bod y and soul to the Devil if his landlo r d tells him so to do. What can we say of Protestanti sm af t er t his?" To th is query Mr. W. B. Smythe quietly r e plies by den y in g the pre mises of tho peaceful Michae l, who , wh en la st seen by his correspondent, was at the head of a blu d g e on - armed mob endeavouring to terri f y all opponents. H e declines to enter upon that large field of polemics suggested by Mr. Coghlan's final question, but comes at once to the point at issue with regard to the contemplated extermi nation of the Roman Catholic tenantry. With regard to this poin', the landlord very pungently remarks— "lf you ever received the information alleged, you know in your heart you do not believe it." But then Mr. Smythe supplies us with the motive of this charge. He writes to the truth and peace-loving Michael—" You have gratuitously and arro ga n t ly taken upon yourself the office of upbraiding me with a manifestation of the most unchristian feeling, with the subtle intention of henceforward ascribing every proceeding I may have to direct against a delimiting tenant to the spirit of religious persecution ." This is an old story with such as Coghlan. Whenever an Irishman suffers any inconvenience from his refusel or inability to pay a just debt it is a simple matter to call it " persecu tion," and to roar out to the human race at la r g e th at he is called in question on account of the Pope o f Ro me or Prester John, or last year's snow , or for any cause i n tact but the simple non - payment of 2 /. 10 s. 4 d. , for whi ch shore amount he was liable to John Doe. But we must follow Mr. Smythe's letter a little further. It seems that the meek Michael is the practical assailant. His little pastoral is a mere ruse de guerre to lull his oppo nents into a fancied security, that he may then fall upon them unawares. "I, too, have been informed (but I believe it) that there is an intention on she part of some of your flock to gratify their fiendish and avowed malice against all who voted for Sir Richard Levinge about here, and against all Protest ants." In point of fact, if the landlords of Westmeath are engaged at all in hostile operations against their te nants, it is with them a defensive and not an offensive war. But, when we come to the conclusion of Mr. Smythe's answer to this meek shepherd, we find him threatening him and his with measures of retaliation which might well call up a smile, were not the conse quences of this antagonism of such serious importance to the country. For every outrage committed against a Protestant or a Levinge-voter, Mr. Smythe announces his determination to extrude one Roman Catholic tenant from his estate. Between the priest and the landlord our poor Irish fellow-subjects must have a nice time of it. Bludgeoned and stoned by each other, evicted by their landlords, and damned by their p r i ests. Ireland cannot be an Elysium to a tenant-farmer. Is it won derful that they should seek to shake off the dust from their feet, and to escape betimes from such a Gehenna ? THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. CLXXXI. A pleasant contribution, suggested by an agreelble volume so entitled, expatiates upon the beauties of " Art and Nature under an Italian Sky"--and so, as with a sunburst, opens the current number of the old Quarterly. Although 6 private individual, and although as such the publisher, through the medium of his" History of the War of Affghanistan," of official do cuments, Mr. Kaye comes in for some words of warm and not undeserved commendation from one of the ablest and evidently not the most easily pleased of the reviewers. A political paper on poor Ireland— anent the " New Reformation," as it is called—fol lows, and the very bilious complexion of the argument may be conjectured, shined upon as it must have been throughout by the ca daverous and somewhat sinister visage of a downright Orangeman. The next article is a curi osity. It throws a new and wholly unexpected light upon the history of the Great Napoleon. The writer of this article, it seems, has been favoured with a view of the memoirs or autobiography of Count Mollien, still in manuscript. Count Mollien was during several years the Finance Minister under the French Emperor, and his revelations--by no means those of a partiz in, and in the present instance filtered, re member, through the anti-Bonapartist medium of the Qttarterly—reveals in a wondrous manner the scope of the master mind of the French Sesostris in a wholly new department. Napoleon appears here be fore the world as a perfect master of the details of finance. His industry in the conduct of this vast por tion of the machinery of his government aQ, shown by Mollien, and here quoted by the Quarterly, is too wonderful not to be borne in especial recollection. Count Mollien says— •` It would it deed have been .difficult for any of the Miristers of Napoleon not to communicate their plans to him, which were always minutely discussed before they received his final sanction; for though he lett to them the choice of means of execution, he chose that every improvement should seem to be his own work. His sud den elevation rendered it a matter of policy with him to delegate as little as possible of his public authority, so as to remain always and everywhere the man of neces sity. Napoleon carried on long and divers correspond ences. It they were all collected it would be incredible that any single man could have sufficed to do so much; and in each of thew he proved that no entered into every subject and every circumstance as if he had nothing e l se to think of, sclaping rules and principles to his own paramount interest in forcing the most opposite element s to combine in his system. But in these correspondences none proves more thoroughly the patience with Whi c h he investigated the most arid detail., than that which he carried on with myself. It is perhaps the most singular polemigue de chiffres that ever existed. I frequently in ice early period of my Ministry received letters of many pages, solely intended to anal) za long calculations, to investigate statements, to divide statistics, and to present the same results under other forms. The principal ob j ect of these discussions was to keep alt his chief ser %ants in perpetual distrust of themselves and of their subordinates: he bad no longer to dispute the superiority of power, but he disputed with every one the superiority of attainments."—Vol. ii., p. 42.. Immediately after this contribution we find a review, all things considered, marvellously generous and genial, of " Lord Cockburn's Life of Jeffrey." The contribution abounds with amusing anecdotes—such as that where it is mentioned how Burns was once upon a time seen by Jeffrey striding over the flag stones of " auld Edinbro :" "Jeffrey, when about sixteen or seventeen, was struck by the stalwart appearance of a passing stranger, and stopped to take a better look of him. A shopkeeper. standing at his d oor near t h e C ross, sa id , ` Ay, look well, laddie, that's R3bert Burns.' " In a glance at Contemporary History, Mr. Roebuck and Miss Martineau ere weighed in the balance, and, as might have been expected, in more instances than one " found wanting':—by the Quarterly Reviewer I Besides a postscript —howling against the Opposition and cheering on the Government—with a " Hark forward!" to the Cabinet, and a " St o l e away !" to Reform—the Quarterly passes under revi ew suc cessively, "Ludy Theresa Lewis's C:arendon G a l. lery," and "Lord Holland's Memoirs of the Whig Party"—having ht a natural and comprehen s ibl e bi as even intsthe members of patrician famili es —looking with a sort of yellowpl us h reverence to th e arteevringa for aristocracy of literature. --- GREAT FIRE IN CLERKENWELL. Oae of the most extensive conflagrations that has occurred for a considerable time past in the neighbour hood of Clerkenwell, broke out this (Thursday) morning in the spacious factory belonging to Messrs. Kanuth and Co., English, French, and German leather and steel goods dealers, situate at No. 7, Allen-street, Goswell street. The a bneatarea police building in which the disaster originated was of great width, a n d e xt en d e d backwards as far as the end of Mes s r s . W a lk er ' s steam saw -mills. The whole covered p,effir o c f cee s irv e e v od e f h r ta a n l e acres. The discovery was made by a u G no d so iv a i l si g o i n a , re wh o o t , alongg the g oo r o fire, ho Feelin g conv i nce d t h at t h e premises were g e i ra hl i a s t es siinn h ß o ef a o t re o , nce raised an alarm, and soon succeeded in arous ing the inmates of the adjoining and opposite houses . Before, sufficient time hadelap sed to call pro- . per assistance together, the flames rled in tremen dous bodies both left and rig ht, thr d ough the building, so that in a comparatively brie o p; i i i l a o me th t e he en re t fl ir e o o structure io p w r h e i s o e h n t o e o d o lonecould b e seen immensefor b m od il y es distant. This , o f t f o - i c a o h u tr r o s m e, several of the parish, London Brigade, and nnd forthwith caused a general turn out of the engines , it o h f England Ineurance-effice started to the spot, the fir men being guided solely by the intense light in the at mosphere. In the course of a few minutes Mr. Braidwoocl, the superintendent, and Mr. Coll, the foreman of the brigad e , arrived with numerous engines of the establishme nt , and were followed by Mr. Connorton with the West of Eng. and Brigade. The Royal Society's fire escapes were also remarkably quick in arriving. By the time the engines could be got fairly into work ing order the destructive element had taken a clean sweep through Messrs. Kanute'e premises, and had worked their way into Messrs. Walker's saw-mills. The firemen, under the direction of their superior offi cers, at once brought the hose from their respective en gines to bear upon the mill, and also on the houses facing the blazing pile in Allen - street , so as toprevent if pos sible any further spread of the flames. Every one ex erted himself to the utmost, and by a little after two o'clock, something like an hour after the discovery wa s made, complete mastery was obtained over this fearful conflagration, but a considerable body of fire remained in the ruins at that time, which is not likely to be ex tinguished for sown hours. Tiau property destroyed must, at a moderate calcu lation, reach to some thousand pounds, for the whole of Messrs. Kauuth's property is reduced to ruins, and, un fortunately, the firm was insured for only 2,4001. 'The 1 V ' ncipal portion of the saw-mills of M essrs. Walker is likewise c onsume d, and serious damag e has been done t h o several of the contiguous premises. DERBY ELECTION DITTY. Air—" Sing a. Song of Sixpence." Sing a song of Bribery, a pocket full of gold, Fora brace the bracemom fsse is openedoverete sa , voter here is sold: the inquiry And w on ' t t h ere be a fuss aboutthtsD willerb)'-dbtelgiyining! The enndidates were canvassing, with speeches sweet as agent " The h i honey : n an upper room," was counting out his on the scen no Upon ey ; clothes— t the Peeler wen t, di sgu i se d in his plain And what will be the end of it the Carlton only knows! Punch. T--- G--- Tl:A a M ii - 8 CELYN.—This splendi,dtsocrew-steamer, appointed to leave _FIE , (ENERAL S CREN , s ------ , y e u m t t o :, th will s out of the East India Dock L ri o ti n o d s, on on f d or c P ,a l S t i c l ir ir the l' C A a p pe ir , M j a O n - - where 8 t i n to-day. The dimensions and visitors. fittings ut Lord this s a h n i and have attracted a great many distinguishedu a e d M . archiones, of Aber_ guished party of Lady Jocelyn and their eldest son, corn, Lady Harriet Hamilton. and I- ), as directors, their friends visited the noble ship, by Mr. Lambert, Mr. Major, and Mr. Fox, Were received and Captain Ford, as superintendent of the minute and gratifying inspection they fleAt- After a in the grand saloon. Clevedon partook of luncheon FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE BRISTOL er tA An accident of a very distressing character, whereby were lost, occurred in the Bristol Channel, between four Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon, on Sunday last. Ir ween that on Sunday morning the deceased young men, aesceoenms puled by a friend who survives them, proceeded from to Weston •super-Mare in a small boat, and arrived at their i. , destination in saf , ty. In the afternoon of the same da y , about four o'clock. four of t hem re-embarked, with the view of retur in .4 to Clevedon, the fifth remaining with some friends at Weston, and expressing his intention of returning to l e —evedon, via the Bristol and Exeter Railway, by an early ruade mi theirle tr om appearance, Clevedon. train the toileavii g morning. At ten o'clock the same night a sail was picked up at Clevedon, and on Monday a boat-oars and o hats were also found near Kingston, a distance of about not having , yet The - • i ' dthat some acci dent had happened in their management of the boat, by which ' it Twbas 3c7ljbecrtulbreen Patched all Met with an untimely end, and boats were dis for th e h od ' i n elevedon on Tuesday and yesterday to search washed asho;e. The body of one of the young men was was taken to the old Kingston Bay, on n. An evening, and it held on it the ' l d Church, Clevedon. An inquest will be bodies of th e de other PutY coroner Mr. T. L. Whitmore. The yet been found. three unfortunate' young men have not nN The CoMMENCEMENT or THE OYSTER SEAS -- oyster seasim cummencedyesterda -; but the ceremonies with _ wh!ch the opening ~ f the market Led to he celebrated, and which have ot late years been telling icto disuse, were en tirely discontinued. There a large supply, was very dull, and many of the vessels had to take back half their cargoes by the afternoon tide. but business NAVAL IN TE LLI GEN CE. Lord is much better. The.. Noble an d G a llant Duke We are gl a d t o announce that his Grace the First attended a board at Somerset [louse yesterday. APPoINTRENTs. Master—Richard Browce has been appointed Saturn at Pemb ro k e , f or service in the Muigrave. Surgeon—Dr. J o i n' D avidson has been appointed in charge of the c onv i ct ship. ord Au c kl an d. Naval Cadets —A. Bynro, R. MeMolynetlx, and L. G. Lyaons h ave b een nominated for appointments. F MA FLEET OF LAGA. JULY 22. ; Hi g hfl ere 24, The Arrogant, 46, screw -frigate, to the Capiaia Robinson; Dauntless, 33, screw , C aptain Halsted screw, Captain M a t son; and Encounter, 14, sc y rew, Cap tain Gordon, j o i ne d the fleet off M a l aga on t h e 15th of July. On th e 17 t h, t h ere being a stiff breeze, the above steamers and the f o ll ow i ng ships started with single' reefed topsoils on a tr i a l of sailing :—Albion, 90, Captain Luahington ; B e ll erophon, 78, Captain Lord G. Patitett Vengeance, 84, C apta i n Lord E. Russell; Indefatigable, 50, Captain S mar t ; and Phaeton, 50, C ap t a i n G. Elliot. They first ran to l e e war d , under the stern of the Tra falgar, 120, Capt a i n G reville, and they hauled to the wind, end one long tack brought thorn on the weather beam of the Admiral, in the Britannia, 120, Capta in Phaeton, Ri gs flyer, Indefatiga bl e, Goidsneyth. Fir s t, Encounter, Vengeance, Bellerophon, Albion, Dauntless, Arrogant. The Vengeance should have come in se cond, but she mistook the Terrible for the flag ship, a nd standing on tctelong, had, when she found out her mis take, to keep away a point. Albion split her main end mizentcpsails, as did the Vengeance her jib. These were the only casualdes aloft. A rrogant gut on s h ore coming out of. Lieben, and it is said has knocked off her false keel. This accounts for h er b eing last. A letter from the squadron says— ,' The sailing qualities of our proper squadron stands thus:—First, and without a competitor, stands Phaeton, or Wind's .eye, as she is commonly called, then Ven geance, Indefatigable, Bellerophon, Albion, and Trafal gar, always astern and to leeward —and frequently out of sight; this is a real misfortune, for she is a noble ship, audit is admitted that she is well handled; Bri tannia seems to sail fairly, but she has had no trial with the other ships. " The system of exercise is much as usual in routine, with some hurry and confusion, but then there is not so much of it, and doubtless when the Admiral is familiar with the state of all the ships, he will relax this teasing system, in which accidents are frequently occurring, and in three instances, it is believed, have terminated fatally. It is reported that Mr. Stafford, the Secretary to the Admiralty, is coming to the fleet for a short cruise; a steamer is to go to Marseilles for him. ~ I t i s quite true that in the gale in February the Vengeance lost a forecastle gun overboard. It could only be accounted for by supposing that the forelocks had worked out of the trunnion clamps. The breaching held it, but it was obliged to be cut away to save the ship's side. At . the same time a lower-deck gun broke loose, but it was secured before it did much mischief. The ship was .lurching heavily at the time; the indicator under the poop marked 48. Another trial of sailing took place on the 19th July, when the whole fleet formed a line abreast, and ran be fore the wind. Vengeance showed the least canvas, Highflyer next; both had their topsails lowered on the caps, but the latter had a jib set; the breeze was not very strong, and might have failed occasionally at the extreme ends of the line. Poor Trafalgar, ' Old Granny,' had to set studding -sail s lb w an d a l o f t to keep her place. The admiral has very properly issued some stringent orders respecting the officers of the watch. Since leaving Gibraltar on the 7th we have been off Malaga, and have had one supply of bullocks; we expect to be at Tetuan the end of the month to water the fleet. Tne admiral has a good-humoured man ner, and has made a most favourable impression on all hands. ' "July 19, Arrogant has gone into Malaga, with divers, to examine her. bottom. "The appearance of the fleet at Port Mahon did not give satisfaction; there was a marked coolness on the part of the authorities, to be accounted for,,no doubt on political gro un d s ." , Gibraltar has.become one of the dullest places in the world, and also one of the dearest; steam has nearly stopped the smuggling into Spain, and the prosperity of the rock has consequently ceased.—Herald. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The annual meeting of the Portsmouth Sailors' Home was held this day in the hall of the institution, Portsea. Lord George Lennox presided. The report of the committee of maeagement seas highly satisfact or y, s h ow i ng ver y numerous benefits and good results f rom t h e estab li s h ment of the Home. The heads of the Government establishments at this station were appointed ex-officio officers of the institu tion for the year ensuing, and some admirable addresses were delivered by the supporters of the establishment, which needs extension already, in order to provide for the accommodation daily and nightly. demanded, but which the present limited premises do not enable the committee to grant. The Edinburgh, 56, screw gunnery ship, Captain ), has been bro ug ht i n t o th e angle dock to h her fan anlifted and h er b ottom examined. Her crewa Hewlette have Furious steam-sloop, returned into Portsmouth har bour at 4 P H. on Tuesday, and took up her moorings off the King's-stairs, to have her compasses adjusted. She made an average speed of 10 knots 4 fathoms along the measured mile in Stoke's Bay. Boadicea old frigate, was brought into the basin this morning, to be converted into a receiving hulk. Tiger steam-frigate, Captain H. W. Gifford, went out of Portsmouth harbour this morning, and after trying several runs along the measured mile in Stoke's Bay, anchored with the other war-steamers that now lie all ready to attend on the royal yachts when her Majesty , his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Court go on their marine excursion. The Belvidere 38, has be en b rought down the harbour to• day to be fi t t e d as a receiving -hulk. yiroolrige d basin to-day and hank steam-sloop, Commander wa T s he tak lnli en e o x u i t bi o e f' 6 ;he stea m alongside her hulk to complete fitting. The Cornelius Grinnel, American line-of-packet ship, sailed from the Motherbank for New York this morning. The result of the military court-martial held at Forton last week, to try First Lieutenant H. W. Hall, of the Royal Marine Artillery, was promulgated at the Marine Barrack yesterday, that officer being cashiered. The naval establishments at Kingston and on the lakes in Canada are to be forthwith broken up, The sale of naval stores at Kingston was to take place on the 26th of last month. SHEERNESS, WEDNESDAY MORNING.—Her Majesty's ship Vestal, 26, Captain C. B. Hamilton, was swung on Monday aft ernoon f or t h e purpose of ascertaining tne local deviation of her compasses. Their adjustment wa s concluded yesteyday morning. A t 3 P.M. the African steam-tug vessel towed her to the little Nore, where she took in her powder, which had been previously dis patched to the vicinity of the anchorage in a hoy. cording to present arrangements she will sail for 4' 4 ' head on Sunday next. We .have not heard that her crew are to be paid the usual* advance money prior to her leaving this port. Captain Hamilton, according, to advices, was in a s t ate of conv alescence, and is del expected to rejoin hi s s hi p . Her Majesty's ship Bittern, 12, was removed yester day,i.., from her moori ngs at Saltpan-reach, and placen her the upper camb er o f t h e dockyard, preparatory to being taken into the north dock for the purpose of being got ready for commi ss i on. The African stearn'tng towed her to the entrance of the camber. The Bittern was launched at P or t smout h i n 1840, is of 480 ten 9, burden, and wa s b u ilt f rom d es i gns of Sir W. S y mons, ex - Surveyor of the Navy. Her Maj es ty' s s hi p M ean d er, 44, Commodore Charles Talbot, has during the past.week entered a great nie",y . able se amen, an d i s nearly manned. The crew are r leave ported to be a very fi ne set of men. She I"' Chatham-en route for the Cap e o f G ood Hope early in the ensuing month. ' The officers, seamen , an d t h e dockyard riggers' dig tu g patched hence on the 31st all. in the African sreani;ard Clyde , vessel, we re , on t h e i r arrival at London, put ° one of th e L e i th steamers for conveyance to the " sc o rew w hence they will navigate' for this port ' the ire „ - the steam- vessel Miranda. The African r e turned hei following. day. - Mr. Pe acock, draughtsman at this dockyard, s ss is 'I p P - Pointed m easurer at Chatham yard, vice Retel lin g pointed foreman at' the Woolwich Arsenal. T he present se r i es of experime n t s o n anthers to h weree res umed this d a y at 10 A.AI , and are expected concluded to-morrow. o wner tbe THE SCHOONER RENOWN.—Mr. Reync--- 8, ,,,, 0he , the of this vessel, in conjunction with Mr. Edg_ a ' tbe s tores a gent, made, yesterday, a formal demand f'r . obe dience cargo taken to Southend by the bosun" ueneral of to instructions from the Receiver a - tive at that Droits of the Admiralty to his representative h been de port, the stores, &c., in his possession leaving the livered over without payment of salvtige'edy f o r any pretended salvors to seek their own I. !' i to. claim they may consider themselves entitled , Captain Ships in Harbour —The Waterloo, 12() , 84,ffiag) captain the H on. Montagu Stopford; the Mo ntdv 0 , 90, Captain Superintendent. Charles Hope; the London, Ron. S. T. Game Mundy ; the Horatio ; 22, CaPtai n eg a r igate t the Cgie; the Amphion, 34, screw st _ are ers. Cyclops, the Cuckoo, and the Lizard tit! h Ile, 76; and the Ships in the Fitting Basin—The a n I Hawke, 72. , n der .1 Johnson; Ships in Dock —The Megrera, en" - l2; and the Bittern, the Hewe, 120; the Ganges, 84; ready for the Tribune, 30, screw steam-frigate' nearlylaunching ' Captain C. B. At the Li tt l e Nore—The Vesta l, 26; Captain Hamilton. t e nder to the Wa- At the N ore Sand—The Wild fi re' oder te rhea. Goodwill lighter, —° DEVOMPOR'i, WEDNESDAY.—Therd.v wiLh stores from Patrick master, arrived here yest t ''• • d the same day Chatham, ive atharn. The Hambaee lighter arr agaged in heay. from Queenstown been • , where she has t h e Ajax. jog up and relaying the moorings of C T- REGEI\T'STEEET. GALLE n y --- OF ILLUSTELATION, 1, 4 REGEN BRISToL GBD BANK NOTE Ear- ASH AT —During tbe illustrati Bristol .."—Jamea Pletcher, who has been apprehended at the Wenin t past week, tb is successful diorama, .ng t by the follog w o . n campaigns, has been honoured with a visitßank of E Armagh and log distinguished parties : Archbishop o f the England , was further examined on Tuesday, b efore The_ 1 pasmagistrates for that city It Was proved . that he had of Exeter ansarty, the Marquis of the Marquis sed o ff -- spurious notes at . a place in the Haymarket, party, the c oo p a rtY, the Marchioness of Anglesey,Ailesbury and Londonhand, and at Wednesbury, in Staffordshire, and he was Earl of Clanwitiiittaess of Dunmore and party, Earl Granville t , fore theedoyer tothe charge of a constable to be conveyed be- Lord Vi,count niand party, Earl of D a rnley_ e a ri n l d_ e pa o r w y , magistrates for the last-named place. Lord and Lady i, ;kat. Sydneyov and s party, Lord ViscoyntT Forester t n? Captai n and lien Colonists' Stanley Carr, the chairman of the Austra party, Lord and Ladv Somerset and ,Lordparty bury and family th ' Right of Salis- 0 Clarence Paget, the Bishop n A ned _ Committee, in London, arrived in Liverpool -BE F°lt ---- ------ T.lrr . _ - ' e Right Hon. Sir J. w• and Lady Her- Britain ales' an ' ries and party, the R on . r. on. W. Lady Rosso for Australiantn'shiP, and other vessels which are being fi tted d inspected the arrangements of the Great and party, Lady Georgiaol'a e lliott and party, emigrants . sit' Sir W. nion tha grants. Captain Carr gave it as his °pi- C. and Lady Anstruther, L olrnondeley and pa , 3 . Lady arranged t the Liverpool ships were, in all respects, as well C o General Si Edward Bowater Ruthven and p gii W. de the Thani , and as comfortable and healthy, as those sent from Bathe, General Llewellyn and p, water and party, inspectiones; and that the Government officers entrusted Tickell, Colonel with the Fitzgerald and pally, Capt il b a 1:Y, General Mr. duties as of the vessels and stores fulfilled their Th, Usthbouel & c. romantic and parts , 1 tatthfully t he na val o ffi cers at Plymouth or .t Glasgow. as • LAW REFORM. (From the Times ) done w e ll, w h at i ll, and what not done at ail—eve re f er eff l ee f te e d ny in on rh e a w c a a n a ts se, to of k la n w ow ra w fo t — ha w s ha r t ea h ll a y s been heen him to a very interesting document which we print in another part of this paper —the annual report of the Society tor the Amendment of the Law. Besides all the se things, the reader will learn from the perusal of this piper what, of course, it was not the intention of this modest body to communicate, but what, neverthe utterd testedtoleak ev o e u ry t fimusppreorvceempteibnity—wntheaset the Society for the Amend ment o f the Law has suggeste d , l investigated,se ac complishmentt he y we have r ecent l y w i tnessed. It is not to Robert Peel or John Russell that we owe free trade, but to the unadorned elcquence of Richard Cobden. It is not assuredly to Lord Truro or Lord St. Leonard's— e receive ow e the Itamount is nion part order reform not to Sir Alexander Cockburn or Sir Frederick The-- A:emternodsmt we e t e S r o e ci n e b ty o , u t t ha to t w deer—but to the committees and reports of the Law Ihiiedset ro th p e l i a r ee lil t ht orl u a nd c e a r ad a lea ls ti u c t ,e l, and we are we have already obtained, and the much larger portion of th t l e t duty, nor does it appear to be the inclination, of the i ds t 7 m inie a gt y ye e et n or lighten the whole house of law and seek out the dark corners of that most untidy, ill-furnished, and l a byrinthine dwelling, whose windows so commonly ex clude the light, and whose passages so usually lead to nothing. With respect to the abolition of the office of Master in Chancery, recently carried out in pursuance of the re port - of a Comm issi on appointed by the Whi gs , an d for w h ic h credit is bo ldl y chewed by the T or i es , i t appears that the Amendment Society has bett er c l a i ms than either, either er' havieg discussed and su ggested the improvement before the Commissio n p repared its report or the Derby .Ministry its Bill. Had the society been repre sented on the hustings, it would have formed a formid able rival to whichever of the contending parties had succeeded in persu adin g t he el ectors to believe that th e y were the Columbus of this new discovery; and we may measure by giving back in a subsequent put in a claim for oursely_eesrfor having prevented, by a timely remonstrance, the _D hy Ministry from destroy ingehwenCourt that power of reference which in an they had taken away. Of the importance of earlier one some ides may be formed from the opinion the measure experienced judges who conducted th expressed by the that the present judicial strength e Equity Commission,be sufficient to carry on its business, of the Court would. clause th t e o i I. ' t doe not increase, and that it incase of a great augmentation from the will be only heaowls of the new procedure that more rapidity and c 'will be required. If this view be correct, Vice-Chancellor s e d by the very highest authority, the in and it is sanction startling, is inevitable, that the whole in ference, however the Masters has been entirely thrown of the labour of expense, and vexation of the delay, away, and that for the suitor has had no equivalent the Masters' office The trouble ' of referring matters to the whatsoever. tt exceptions to his report, of seeding provided that business d • reported on, and of giving far ther directions whoenthe trouble of deciding the matter is exactly equal t instance. We have had absolutely no at once in the first he 3,000/. a year which our Masters consideration for the received no benefit whatever from cost; the suitor has h a g been pure loss, pure waste, pure their labours. It for the sake of labour, costs for the delayvexation—labour for the sake of delay. flow strange sake of costs, after Chancellor, commission after com mission, of hearing that Chancellor system for three hundred years, after submitting to thisisle to fine this out, and that, only after that antediluvian period awake to otter worthlessness! Such things the conviction el' its s en fidence in the soundness of the ought to shake our and the most learned opinions when highest authorities_ moreg and embolden urged in favour of exec confident step in the good U 8 to advance with a y fore us• wmeissshioonn,idshould be u work which lies be oners Commissi do not meet with equa l Common Law the council of the Law Am en d ment favour in the eyes see that the recommen dations of the Society. This may, plan its own for amending com mon so ciety having a rival of law procedure, which it is not unnat ural it should prefer; We regret to of .n so me degree, arise from the reform to believe that they would disinte rested in the cause of emphatic a censure if they had not have pronounced so emphatic justice. A short comparison not been persuaded of amen di n g common law of the rival schemes for reader to form an opinion proce dure, will enable our .mportant controversy. Thee but it is only due to a body so eminent and so the merits of this very i impossible to reform the sonable proposition that of the courts of common law e w rs as star t ted with i a 1 the ys t v e e m r y i rea sonable eechnical forms of action. When, without abolishing the t put this into practice, they per however, they came to before pointed out to them, that it ceived, what we had forms of action the distinction pleading g n a L n a d w th C e o p m r m eo i t s i s o io i n t it was in these very consisted , and that 'f they i between Law and Equity no r the fusion of Law new cc were abolished, either . a was perfectly arbi• whose would immediately take place. Not trary and artificial, startling a consequence, and pos siblybeing prepared for so such a recommendation to be within not conceiving ted to them, the Commissioners drew the powers entrusted and be raised on their ru d ir v s i , sio from their first recommendation , and reta ined the tech nicalities whose abolition they had recommended. Their sec ond principle was that a technical system of pleading was necessary, and this they have carried out by b re trenching many absurdities and superfluities, and by substituting for them new forms of their own; though in this respect also they have, probably in deference to the criticisms of the press, abandoned considerably more than half of the alterations recommended in their report and suggested in their Bill. A third principle was to abolish the fictions of the action of ejectment, and to substitute for it a proceeding less encumbered with absurdities. This was right. We have no love for John Doe and Richard Roe, though we must admit that these dethroned potentates have prevented much evil, and have been not the least valuable legacies of Oliver Cromwell's Government. But under a law-reforming Parliament it is unnecessary to correct by fiction evils which can be removed by enactment, and from the time when real actions were abolished these legal goblins were required on earth no more. With the exception, of this alteration, however, t h e new action of ejectment is no improvement on the old one. Parties will still go to trial ignorant of each other's cases, and liable to surprise and error from being suddenly called on to deal with the most difficult questions known to the law. Such is the plan of the Common Law Commissioners. The Law Amendment Society start from the same point as the Commissioners, that forms of action ought to bo abolished, and, finding that this cannot be done without the fusion of law and equity, they recommended that fusion as not only good in itself, but as the only means by which a real reform of common law procedure can be obtained. In their view, technical pleadings ought to be abolished, and informal statements couched in ordinary for them. Th e y d eny t h at a system free from l a nguage and verified b y t h e oat h s of the parties substi tuted technicality can ever be made to conforni to the techni cal divisions of the common law, and they do not be lieve that the spirit of the present age will long endure t h e expense, th e d e l ays , an d t h e absurdities incident to a system which insists that parties shall express them selves in a court of justice in language different from that employed in politics and business, or in ordinary life. Having thus, as fairly as we can, stated the merits of this controversy, we must say, that in comprehensive ness of view, as well as in soundness of argument, the scale seems to preponderate in favour of the Law Amendment Society, and we greatly fear that their an ticipations of disappointment from the measure so ex ultingly claimed for Lord Derby by his adherents may be realized, and that we may shortly see them as anxious to hand it over to the Whigs as they now are to engross its fancied merits themselves. It appears to us that there is one fair way of deciding the controversy, by a practical appeal. The procedure of common law, having received all the amendments deemed necessary, is of course in a fit condition to encounter and overcome the opposition of the County Courts. It would have been unfair to have exposed the common law courts to this competition while they were under the disadvantage of antiquated forms and obsolete technicalities. These, we are told, are now removed, and therefore the common law courts aro in a position to stand their own ground without relying on monopoly guaranteed by Act of Parliament. There can, therefore, we presume, be no longer any objection to giving the County Courts con current jurisdiction to any amount. If the common law courts retain their business, this will be a conclusive proof that the Commissioners are right, and the Law Amendment Society wrong. If the business is trans ferred to the County Courts, it will clearly show that the remedy of the Commissioners is inadequate to the s occasion, and that the access of the people to cheap and peedy justice ought no longer to be delayed in the vain hope that Westminster-hall will efficiently reform itself. - - EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.—A painful sensation prevailed during yesterday in the vicinity of Covent-garden, in consequence of a report being circulated that Mr. H. Snowden, the proprietor of the dining-rooms in Maiden-lane, had committed self-destruction. It appears that about four o'clock in the morning the unfortunate man got up, a n d told his wife that he was going to market. She expostu lated with him, and told him it was too soon. He, ho wever, replied that he should go and see, and if it was too early li e would come to bed again. He then left the room, a n d no thing more was seen of him until one of the men ser vants went w into the kitchen, where he as astonished at perceivi ng a man's legs sticking out of the water ci stern, and up on making a m ore minute examination he foundthat his ma s t er had precipitated himself head foremost into the cistern, which contained only about three feet of water. A ss i stance ' having been obtained, he was pulled out, and a medical gen tleman sent for, but his attendance was of no avail, as life was quite extinct. What could have i n d uced the deceased to destroy himself is a perfect mystery. lie went to bed the previous night in his usual excellent state of health and spirits, and was about the last person his f r i en d s would have expected to commit suicide. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The programme of this meeting. published on Thurs ' day, and the vast number of horses congregated in the town that evening, to compete for prizes that in value and importanc'e spoke volumes for the liberality and judgment of the management, led to anticipations with reference to the sport that, so far, have been realised to the fullest extent. Such a day's racing has never been witnessed on Brighton Downs, and it is satisfactory to be enabled to add that there is every prospect of the second and third day being equally good. The weather —agreeably disappointing the fears engendered by the heavy rains on Tuesday afternoon—turned outettremely fine; the company:inconsequence was large and fashion able, and the grand stand, which has been greatly im proved by the addition of a commodious suite of rooms for the transaction of the business of the course (includ ing one for the reporters), crowded. The opening, in short, was worthy of the Queen of watering-places. We are bound to add, however, that the late hoar at which the races commeeced, a quarter before three, was very generally disapproved; and that the half-hour in tervals rendered it impossible to keep time, and caused the sports to be protracted until nearly seven o'clock. The following is a return of the day's racing:— The Trial Sakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added; three yrs old, 7st 61b; four, Bst 71b; five, nix, and aged, Bst 121 b. Winners once this year to carry 31b; twice, 61b; thrice, 91b extra. Bristol Mile. Captain Delme'a Little Savage, 7st 61b ...(Flatman) 1 Mr. Etwall's Kt of the Thistle, Bst 71b ...(Cheriton) 2 Mr. E. R. Clark's Plumstead, 3 yrs, 7st 61b (Barker) 3 Mr. H. Drew's Flora M'lvor, Bst 71b (R. Sherwood) 4 Mr. VV) cherley's Prince Rupert, 3 yrs, 7st 91b(Poole) 5 Betting -5 to 4 on Little Savage, 4 to 1 agst Knight of the Thistle, and 5 to 1 agst Plumstead. A dead heat b e t ween Little Savage and Knight of the Thistle, Plumstead a bad third. Run in 1 min. 47 sec. The Brighton Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declar e d, &c., with 250 added, the second to re ceive 50 soya. out of the stakes; winners extra; the winner to pay 25 sovs. towards expenses. Old course. Duke of Bedford's Hesse Homburg, 7st 121 b (Petit) 1 Mr. Drinkald's Snarry, 3 yrs, sst lib (T. Sherwood) 2 Lord Exeter's Phlegra, 4 yrs, Est 12ib ...(J. Mann) 3 Mr. C. Wood, jun., Stamford, 4 yrs,6at 81b(Aldcroft) 4 Lord Waterford's Cockcrow, Bst 71b ...(Charlton) 0 Mr. J. Day's Montague, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (A. Day) Mr. H. Drew's Ballet Girl, 7st 121 b (R. Sherwood) 0 Lord Clifden's Harpsichord, 7st 101b...(G. E. Sharp) 0 Lord Cheaterfield'a Gladiole, 5 yrs, 7st 81b (Flatman) 0 Lord Exeter's Pblegethon, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Horlock) 0 Mr. R. E. Oli ver ' s I sc hi a, 4 yrs, 6st 81b ...(Ashmall) 0 Sir C. Rushout's Ethelwolf, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Kendall) 0 Mr. J. Wh ee l er na C ornelius, 4 yrs, Est 41b (Cowley) 0 Major Bringhurst's Hampton, 3 yea, Est 21b(Palmer) 0 Betting -7 to 2 eget Phlegra 5 to 1 agat S tam f or d , 8 to 1 apt Monta gue , 9 to 1 agat Snarry, 10 to 1 agat Ethelwolf, and 12 to 1 agst Hesse Homburg. Won in a cant er b y two lengths, three lengths be tween Snarry and Phlegra, Stamford a o bad fourth, and the others beaten o ff. R un in 4 min The Town Plate of 50 Go y s., added to. 3 a Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each ; two yrs old, sst Blb ; three, sst 91b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, s i x , and aged, Bst 11Ib ; mares and geldings all o w e d 31b ; Winners' extra ; the winner to be eold for 100 soya., and allowances if to be sold for less. T.Y.C. Lord,Exe ter's Margaret of Anjou, 4st slb(S. Stegglea) 1 Mr. J. D. Shaf to's The Moor, Bst 41b (50/) (Rogers) 2 Mr. W. Lawrence's Heroine, Tat 121 b (50/) (Flatman) 3 Sir C. Rushout's Flounce, 3 yrs, Est 10lb (R. Archer) o Lord Waterford's Miss iayes, 7st 121 b (501) (Doyle) o Mr. Cameron's False Mares, Est 61b (501) (Palmer) 0 Mr. E. R. Clark's Lady-in-Waiting (501) ...(Barker) o Mr. Wortley's g by Ides, 3 yrs, Est 61b (501) (Goater) 0 Mr. Sherring's Rage, 2 yrs, 4st 121 b (50/) (Bandy) 0 Mr. Beard's Duster, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (501) (G. E. Sharp) 0 Mr. Emmerson'a Cheshire Witch f, 4stslb (Fordham) 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst The Moor, 9 to 2 agst Heroine, 5 to 1 eget Rage, and 6 to 1 agst Margaret of Anjou. Won very easily by a length, the same between the se cond and third; Miss Hayes abad fourth. Run in 1 min. 17 see. The winner was sold for 300 guineas. The Pavilion Plate of 1001.; winners extra. Bristol mile. Sir W. Booth's Timid Fawn, 4 yrs, 7st ...(Charlton) 1 Mr. Bryer's Young England, 5 yrs, ist 61b (Denman) 2 Mr. La Terriere's Amber Witch, Est 51b (Oliver, jun.) 3 Lord Waterford's Sharavogue, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Doyle) 4 Mr. Payne's Catalpa, 4 yrs, Bst lib (Flatman) 0 Mr. R. Read's Sir Robert, Bst (A braharas) 0 Mr. Drinkald's Thornhill, 7st 71b (G. E. Sharp) 0 Lord Exeter's Mountain Flower, ist .....(J. Mann) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Infidelity filly, Est 41b (Ashmall) 0 Mr. Shenton's Simon the Cellarer, sstl2lb (Sherwood) 0 Captain Smith's Salopian, 3 yrs, sst 41b ...(Sherrard) 0 Betting-9 to 4 agat Sharavogue, 9 to 2 agst Young England, 11 to 2 agst Mountain Flower, 8 to 1 agat Timid Fawn, 8 to 1 agst Thornhill, and 10 to 1 agat Simon the Cellarer. Won by a length; a length and a half between the second and third; Sharavogue a bad fourth. Run in 1 min. 40 sec. In the course of the race Thornhill was driven against the rail, and his jockey's leg fractured. The Brighton Nursery Stakes (Handicap) of 10 soya. each, with 100 added, for two yrs old; winners extra. T.Y.C. Mr. Drinkald's Knavery, 6st 10lb (Alcroft) 1 Mr. Parker's Miss Emma, 7st (J. Goater) 2 Mr. Spencer's Prevention, 7st 121 b (W. Treen) 0 Duke of Richmond's Cuckoo filly, 7st 91b (Flatman) 0 Mr. Mare's Cock Pheasant, 7st 91b (Simpson) 0 Mr. Wauchop's Bridget. ist 91b (Whitehouse) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Louisa colt, 7st 71b ...(Denman) 0 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Corybantes, 7st 71b (Charlton) 0 Mr. Jaque's Auchinleck, Tat 61b (J. Mann) 0 Mr. Reeves's Deerhound (carry 7st 21b) (Kitchener) 0 Mr. Magenis's Pantomime, 7st Count Bathyany's The Pearl, Est 41b Betting -7 to 4 sgst Prevention, 5 to 1 agst Bridget, 5 to 1 agst Miss Emma, 6 to 1 agst Cuckoo filly, and 7 to 1 agat Corybantes. Won by a short head, Prevention and The Cuckoo filly next; Auchinleck and Corybantes well up. R u n 1 min. 18 sec. The Innkeepers' Plate of .50 Boys. (Handicap). Bristol 6st 10th (Rickards) 1 Mr. Payne's Cotton Lady, 3 yrs , Mr. E. R. Clark's Plumstead, 3 yrs, 7st Mr. Reeves's Abdallab, 5 yrs, 7st 71b ...... (Kitchener) 3 Mr. Harvey's Prestige, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b .. 1 1 3 (bL s. Treen) 0 Mr. Darling, jun.'s Puritan, 3 yrs, 7st 9 _ _ . imp a s n on) 0 Mr. Cartwright 's Bullfinch, 5 yrs, 7st 81b (J n) 0 Mr. Bingley's Christians, 6 yea, ist 51b Mann)(Preece 0 b (G. ) 0 Lord Clifden's Sagacity, aged, 7st 21 • (Hiett) 0 Mr. H. Douglas's Irene, 4 yrs, Mr. Bowman's Flytrap, ............ 0 5 yrs, 6 7 st s1 10 . Sir W. Booth's Tremble, 3 - yrs , Est 11.01b;r: Charlton) 0 Betting-6 to 2 agat Tremble, 3 to 1 agst Cotton Lady, 9 to 2 eget Christiana, bad third. Run Won by half a length. Abdallah a and 6 to 1 ag st Bullfinch. in'l min. 43 sec. 'The races commence this day (Thurs day) at half-past two o'clock. RIPON RACES.—TuEaDAr The Grand Stand Stakes of 5 sovs. e ach, 3 ft, and 20 added, for two yrs old Est 121 b, and three Bst 121 b, &c. T.Y.C. (4 Subs.) Mr. R. Chilton's Audibon, 2 yrs, 7 st 21b (3. ChilmanOsborne) 1 .. () 2 Mr. Brown's Rattlecap, 2 yrs, Est 9b .... Mr. Reynard's Black-eyed Susan, 31yrs,8st 91b (Lye) 3 Mr. Holtby's Ulrica, 3 yrs, Bst 91b ....•• (Cartwright) 4 Betting-6 to 4 on Audibon. Won by a neck, Black eyed Susan a bad third. The Great St. Wilfred Handicap of 10 so the each, 5 ft, and 3 only if declared, with 50 added; the second to save his stake. Two miles. (29 Subs., 19 of whom declared.) Mr. R. Hesseltine's Lough Bawn, 6st 71b (Chilman) 1 Mr. Phillips's Merry Nobbler, aged, sst 91b ( Moreton) 2 Mr. J. Gill's La Femme Sage te, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b (Gill) 3 Mr.J. Dawson's Euphony, 3 yes,sst ( Waddington), bolted. Betting-6 to 4 agst Lough Bawn (t f), 2 to 1 agst Mary Nobbler (t), 3 to 1 agat La Femme Sage colt, and 4 to I agst Euphony. Won cleverly by a length and a half. The Amateur Stakes of 5 sovs, each, and 15 added, for three years old and upwards. Gentlemen riders. Heats, one mile. (5 Subs.) Mr. Longstaff'a Killarney, 9st 51 (. b..(Owner) . 1 1 c Mr. Reynard's Gallileo, 9st 111 bBoynton) 4 4 Mr. Humphrey's Laura Middleton, 9st 11l Mr. Arrowsmith's Cripple Kate, lOst 41b..... 2 2 3 Mr. Fawcett's Goldfringe, 9st 21b th) his Three 3 2 Three well-contested heats, each Won b y a head. addedmil to a handi ca p o f The Innkse sovs. s each t e 3 ft o . f 2 0 0 i n . , e Mr.Walters's Maid of T. Valley, Sat e s a lb nd "alf ' (Cartwright) 2 1 Mr. Stephenson's Euphony, 6 st 101 b . Mr. J. Gill's b c by Melbourne, wrtne,o7lsetng7tlhb ...(Bashans) 3 Won easy b PLYMOUTH, DEVONPO RT, AND. CORNWALL, 1852. Acceptances for the Saltram Stakes. Little George, 5 yrs, Bst 81b—Your En land, 5 Yr 9 ' Bst 71b—Butt er fl y, 3 yrs, Bst 51b—Magelenseg Virharton, 4 yrs, 7st 41 b—Ethelwolf, 3 yrs, 7st 61b—The Ferret' yrs, 7 s t 31b —Benita, 3 yrs, 7st 61b—Tested ,s 6 at 101b—Carinetta, 3 yrs, Est 101b—Sprig of Shilla la " yrs, Est 31b, M 1 EE LN G ' NE WMARKET SECOND OCTOBE R - 1852.—TITESDAY. The Ceaarewit c h S ta k es , a free handicsPl f d 2s 9c ce s"g ita e n a c e e b s ' 15 ft. Weights to be declared Sept. 1 0 signified Sept. 13.yea—Follow me , 4 - Dangerous, 3 yrs—Timid X_af l i l er, 3 yrs—ereesioa, 3 Lads, 4 yrs—Poetess, 3 yrs—o n r: s yes—Koh-i-noor, 3 yrs —Kilquade, 4 yrs-- k _lit 3 yre -flothorpe, 4 yrs— yrs—Melford. aged—Ba' --Cockcrow, 4 yrs—Red- Young yr.- s __Allegro, 3 yrs—Little Davie, Young Troublesome , mond °Wanton, 3 Y e ' re r oot out of Jemima, yrs -3 yrs—f by l ir use ovite 3 yrs—Father Thames, 3 Frantic, 3 yrs c — ht 4 yo —lenight of the Garter, 4 yrs— yrs—Mrs- V o r rk , 4 yrs—Montague, 6 yrs—Fledling, 3 Edward of York, out of . Wedding Day, 3 yrs—La yrs—f bY, : A , 6 yrs—King Charming, 4 yrs—King Gazza 3 vll—Ter ,s o kbat, magant, 3 yrs—Captain 3 yrs—Lady Amyott, 3 yrs Pepin— B.—Sharavogue, Flash, 3 Yr P r octor, 4 yrs—Colsterdale, 4 y rs —N eas h am , 4 yrs.— Cariboo, 5 yrs —Scarecrow, 3 yrs— V olt i geur, 5 yrs - F ili u g, 3 yra — Benita, 3 yra—Newminster, 4 yrs—..mi s . sive 3 yrs—Darkie, 5 yrs—ltachetee, 3 yrs—Bird on the Wing , 3 y r s — Haricot, 5 yrs—Truth, 4 yrs—Pan cake, 3 yrs—Sir Rowland Trenchard, 4 yrs—Billybar, 4 yrs—St. Michael, 3 yrs—Lancaster, 3 yrs—Candle ' wick, 5 yrs—Merry Bird, 3 yrs—Conmore 3 Ariosto, 4 , yrs— yrs—Barcelona, 4 yrs—Adine, 3 yrs—Mar chioness 6 yra--ue..t. P 1, h orn, 3 yes—Little Harry, 3 yrs —Confesso r , 4 yra—Poodle, 3 yrs— J ullien, 3 yra—S- Charles, 5 y rs —P r i me Mi n i ster, 4 yrs—Montague, 6 yrs ir —Waterfall, 4 y re —L a dy H a rri e t, 3 yrs—Cardinal Wise man, 4 yrs—Chi e f B aron Nich o l son , 3 yrs Sir John Bar — - leycorn, 3 yrs—Knight of Gwynne, 5 Yra—Gr T 3 yrs—Y oung England, 5 yrs—Cloth oremy, worker 6 yrs— Richard P r i m er, 3 yrs—Woolwi c h , 6 yrs—. Cleveland, 3 yrs—R uss b o rough, 5 yrs—Lind r i c k , 3 yrs—Bitotßlue, 3 yrs—Lerrywhent, 3 yrs—Leopold, 3 yrs—Pitsford, 5 yrs—Sister to Singapore, 3 yrs—Madelino, 3 yrs—Le ;Tuff, yrs—lndian Warner, 3 yea—Diarlbc•rough Buck) THE COLLISION ON THE CLYDE. —WE understand that the bodies of the two persons who were drowned in the river on Saturday by leaping from the deck of the steamer Citizen, immediately after the collision between that vessel and the Princess Alice, have both b een recovered—that. of the mother, whose name is M'lnlay, the w ife of a pilot, being found on Friday afternoon, and that of the child .U 1 the course of yesterday. Captain M'K e ll ar , w ho comul ed Princess Alice when the casualty occurred, has Bice b ee n ex amined by the Procurator Fiscal, but discharg e for f h i s f u ture tody without being bound in any recognizan ceselicited in evi appearance, in consequence of its having b ee d n _ a fact which, deuce that the stern of his vessel was agre," ravat nen of the if found to be correct, will do away with tu gill ° being prose charge of culpable neglect. Inquiries areenot yet heard the cuted, so that in all probability we ba:; M ail. last of the case.—North British DailYi; of the illou geffhetettos Lord Derby and NATIONAL CORN PLASTRR ,-- his colleagues profess to be great d c know where the shoe pinches, u (trb b eware s o ' abilities by putting the in of unequal pressure: it is therefore a to be expected that they I Will give us a specimen of their . L route-tax ou au equitable iboting."' A “1"" S _ .„, V rt f ;z-- •,, -•-, ••-. , ' --: - • 4 yrs —Windischgraf s, 5 yrA.l. r .**SiniteY; 4 - ..; Joe Miller, 3 yra—Grand Dtte,:,Wa)lls4tv''.B K —night of the Shi re , 3 yrs—. _ - 4 " gr ' ' '', l " 6 yrs—g by Gladiat or , out ot iti • . , el yrs out of La Fem me S age, 3 yrs— "• C r B-- eby Melbourne, out of Sally Warfoot, 3 yrs—Galva nism, 3 yrs—ltalian, 5 yrs—Th e V arm i nt, 3 yrs —L a dy Meauley, 3 yrs—Lamartine, 3 yrs—Harpsichord, 4 yrs — Weathergage, 3 yrs—Lucio, 3 yrs—Kingston, 3 yrs _-Kate, 3 y rs —S nows t orm, 6 yrs—Womersley, 3 yrs—. Terpischore, 4 yrs—Fancy Tree, 3 yrs—br f by Faugh• a-ballagh, out of Motley, 3 yrs—Triekstress, 4 yrs— Dulcet, aged—Snarry, 3 yrs—Athena Pallas, 3 yrs— Lady Evelyn, 6 yrs—Black Doctor, 4 yrs—Paddy Bird, 3 yrs—Tom Holtby, 4 yrs—King of Trumps, 3 yrs— Red Lion, 3 yrs--Chief Justice, 5 yr s —Hyacinth, 3 yrs —Daniel O'R our k e, 3 yrs—Songstress, 3 yrs—The Drag, 5 yrs — Hernandez, 4 yrs—Phlegethon, 5 yrs— Phlegre, 4 yrs—Longinus, 5 yrs—Cavan 3 rs Mary' Ann, 3 yrs—Paqu e t ta , 4 yrs—Houlakin, ' Y 3 yrs—Stock well, 3 yrs—lfex, 3 yrs—B utterfly, 3 yrs—lngratitude, 4 yrs -lumen, aged—Vzn erutb, 4 yrs—Ki n 6 , Fisher, 3 yrs— Mc lNutshelf, 5 yrs—Mu b i e i 4n, 5 yrs—Dolland, 3 yrs—Pace, 3 yrs—Waverley, 3 yrs. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING, 1852, Nominations for the Cambridgeshire Stakes. ford , 2 3 : 3, r y s i y — F rs i L ts t: Knight Michael,s of f yrs—Billy y th r e s L Shire,s bar,ri e3a yrs—Buckthorn, e r i, - 3 YBr , u y s —e r k s — St hirkinlbquut: Truth, 4 yrs—Butterfly, 3 yrs—Azael, 3 - yrs—Merry Bird, 3 yrs—Snowdrop, 3 yrs—Neashans, 4 yrs—Divi dend, 3 yrs—Father Tnames, 3 yrs—Little Ha rry 3 yrs —Teddiegton, 4 yrs — Hot h orp e, 4 yrs — Termagant, 3 yrs— Tamils, 6 yrs—Lady Amyott , 3 yes -- Ammonia, 3 yrs—K , Jh-i-noor, 3 yrs—Tonic, 4 yrs—Allegro, 3 yrs— Lady Agnes, 3 yes—b fby Lanercost, out of Jemima, 3 yrs—Flirt, 3 yrs—Adine, 3 yrs—Filius, 3 yrs—Grecian, 4 yrs—Sis to Singapore, 3 yrs—Poodle, 3 yrs—Young Troublesome, 4 yrs—Sharavogue, 3 yrs—Candlewick, 5 yrs—La Gazza Ladra, 6 yrs—Pancake, 3 yrs—Melford, 1 aged—Proctor, 4 yrs—The Cutler, 4 yrs—Manifold, 5 yrs—Ariosto, 4 yrs—Frantic, 3 yrs—Scarecrow, 3 yrs— Fauxpas, 4 yrs—Cotton Lady, 3 yrs—Caracara, 3 yrs— Edward of York, 4 yrs—Jessica, 3 yrs—Plot, 3 yrs —Sir R. Trenchard, 4 yrs—Weathergage, 3 yrs —Herbert, 6 yrs—Peacock, 3 yrs—Chief Baron Nicholson, 3 yrs—Tested, 3 yrs—Hookem Spivey, 4 yrs—Womersley, 3 yrs—Windiscbgratz, 5 yrs— Elcot, 3 yrs—lndian Warrior, 3 yrs—Hungerford, 4 yrs—Elthiron, 6 yrs—Le Juif 4 yrs—Lady Harriet, 3 yrs—Trickstress, 4 yrs—b g by Gladiator, out of Ab bess, 5 yrs—Henrietta, 3 yrs—Glenluce, 3 yrs—Wini fred, 3 yrs—Newminster, 4 yrs—Poetess, 3 yes—b fby Lanercost, out of Wedlock, 3 yrs—Babette, 3 yrs—Bar• dolph, 3 yrs—Convulsion, 3 yrs—Sir John Barleycorn, 3 yrs—Fancy Tree, 3 yrs—Mountain Deer, 4 yrs—Car. dinal Wiseman, 4 yrs—Trousseau, 3 yrs—Kate, 3 yrs— Now or Never, 6 yrs—Kingston, 3 yrs—Alfred the Great, 3 yrs—Claverhonse, 3 yrs—Jullien, 3 yrs—Joe Miller, 3 yrs—Knight of Gwynne , 5 yrs — Dulcet, aged —Snarry, 3 yrs—Athena Pallas, 3 yrs—Glauca, c yrs— Benita, 3 yrs—Follow me Lads, 4 yrs—Rachette, 3 yrs —Bird on the Wing, 3 yea—King Pepin, 3 yrs—Mad e „ line, 3 yrs—Nabob, 3 yrs—Child of the Mist, 3 yrs—b fby Faug-a-ballagh, out of Motley, 3 yrs—Terpsichore, 4 yrs—Hagley, aged—Ephesus, 4 yrs—Eliza Middleton, 5 yrs—Prime Minister, 4 yrs—Priam the Third, 3 yrs— Sir Charles, 5 yrs—b f by Faugh-e-ballagb, out of Miniature, 4 yrs—Lrriel, 6 yrs—Grey Tommy, 3 yrs—Sophistry, 3 yrs—Young England, 5 Pa' Clothworker, 6 yrs—F by Hetmau Platoff, out of Infi' Emerystone,3 yrs—Tom Holtby, 4 yrs—King delity, 3 yrs—Stilt on, 3 yrs—Lady M of Trumps , 3 yrs—Lindriek, 3 yrs — Bit of Blue, 3 yrs-- 4 yrs—Grief, 6 yrs -5 yrs—Puritan 3 1 eauley, 3 yrs—Ringleader, ere_nuth, 4 yrs—Officious, 5 yrs— Brawn, 3 yrs—lsabella, yrs--Th® High Sheriff , 3 _ yrs—llex, 4 yrs—Musician, yrs—Cavan, 3 yrs—Lady Evelyn, 6 yrs—Deceitful, 4 yrs—Evadne, 3 yrs—C by Melboarn:e,. out of Sally Warfoot, 3 yrs -DanielllietJustice, 5 Galvanism, 3 Y u rs r — ke, 3 yrs—Hob il laie Noble, 3 yrs—Merry• Yre—Hyacinth, 3 yrs O'Rourke 3 4Yryars_znrdez, 4 yrs--Lon ginus, man, aged—Harbinger, 3 yrs—Sabra 3 YrB.-4-aon. of Trump y s, 3 rd, 3 yrs— nelius, 4 yrs—Phlegeton, ginus, 5 yrs—Khadidjah, 5 yrs—Old English Oak, 3 yrs--Padd Ili—Gladiole, Russborough, 5 yrs—King Italian, 5 yrs—Red Lion, 3 yrs—Varmint, 3 yrs—The pold, 3 yrs—Songstress, 3 yrs—Louis NapoleoYll:B4—ylr- Miss Fanny. 4 yrs—Red Hind, 3 yrs—Sanita, i r r „ -- King Fisher, 3 yrs—Phlegra, 4 yrs—Stockwell, a y ra _ Butterfly, 3 yrs—Dolland, 3 yrs—Alcoran, 3 yrs. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l have just had my attention called to a para graph in your yesterday's edition, headed " important to Electors," in which you state that to•day is " the latest day for sending into the clerk of the peace in counties, or the town clerks in cities or boroughs, claims to b e placed on the Parliamentary registry in cases where names have been improperly omitted, and objections in cases in which names appear on the register which ought not to be there." I beg to refer you to the Registration Act, 6th Via, chap. 18, sec. 4, from which you will find that the 20th ultimo was the last day for county voters to send in their claims; and to sections 7 and 17, from which you will find that Wednesday, the 25th inst., is the last day for objections (by other than overseers) for both counties and boroughs. Also, to section 15, from which you will find that persons omitted from the borough lists must, on or before Wednesday, the 25th inst., send a claim to the overseers to be inserted in such lists. Also to sections 37 and 38, from which you will find that the revising barrister has power to insert in both county and borough lists the names of claimants omitted therefrom by the overseers, on proof being given by such claimants of their claims having been duly made, and of their qualifications. You will perceive by the above remarks that the 25th inst. is the date that should have been inserted in your paragraph. Apologising for the liberty I have taken in this corn. munication, and trusting you will correct the mistake in your next, I em, Sir, &0., Dudley, Aug. 4. w. H. BROOKE. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. T mc GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.... (Miles in work, 2280 --Return of Traffic for the Week ending July 25, 1852: Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... £8,054 15 0 Merchandise and minerals Cattle ••• ••• .. ... 4,155 4 9 ... 298 7 5 Total .. ... ... £12,508 7 2 Corresp on ding week, 1851 (236 miles) : - Passengere, parcels, &c. ... £10,198 18 5 Merchandise, Cattle, &e. ... 3,680 15 4 --- Total ....£13,879 13 9 LANCASMIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. •••• (260 Milli open.)—Traffic for week ending Aug. 1, £18,497 9 4 Corresponding :week in last year (260 miles open) ...X17,653 12 10 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY ..Traffic for th 4 week ending Aug. 1:_ RAILWAY'. Passengers, parcels, &c. Goods ... ... £3,186 18 7 ... 650 17 4 Total •• ••• •.. £3,837 15 11 STEAM - BOATS. Passengers ••., Passen TOTAL. gers, parcels, &c. Goods ••• •.- ... £354 7 11 ... X 3,541 6 6 ... 650 17 4 Total £4,192 S 10 Corresponding week last year ... 4,330 710 f CORK AN D B ANDON RAILWAY —(2O miles open) --1 / 4 3 " uni of Traffic for th e wee k ending .July 31, 18 1 2 Q : 2 - 17 6 Pass engers, parcels, &c. ag'" Merchandise, cattle ,&c.... ••• Total . fe2ns3 8 7 ) Corresponding week in . 1851 (1 0 Ini , e B °. • grs 11. Passengers, parcels, &c. ••• 00 6 Merchandise, cattle, &c. ••• ". £37 4 5 .... Total •• ••• tdibniesca:donditin 6d . DEAF AND Dulls 1 meeting of the friend* the anima NsTrfirriox. 'Yesterday, o ty was held at Radley's Hotel-- and subscribers to th issc•cciliair. The Honorary Secretary' Mr. Francis Lowe , in the i statedthat there are at the present COARITABLN AND PROVIDENI time 12 persons uPen ma ny most deserving cases were debarred to report the read the reporre'w hi t c he & J ule of the society, but owing to the want of funds Th e committee regretted from admssion. f their early friends and supporters ; and, deaths of raanY who th e or the most part but poor workmen, have butors, w " - Br ir small subscriptions, owing to the hardneee tinned the to r!; drawback, many of the monthly contri-. the amount received last year being only . 0 . ti od es ;hile that of the year 1850 was 21/. Os. 6d. of the ni 121. l'" . beet showed the total amount received during The bea n a . „ ar (including a small balance in hand) to have after 129/ ---• ~ and, the necessary there was left a balance in theehxarnedassesofhthade bees - ' been defra yed, treasurer of 891.0?. 3d. The Chairman moved the adoption w , - ) f as th c e a r r eg d report, w h ich, hzichco,nh.avinTghebeecnomemeciotntedeedhbavyin tlgr.beee.nßealp.t, place of mail. H. Johns o n, jiloh. nJOslol:,Ldoewceezedel,ecatevdottereasofutrheri,uins wtha: Yesterday evening, between five passed to the chairman. ntE. ' L cl A o ß ck F , considerable confusion was caused in the SINGULAR FIRE._-Yesterday evening, between five and six o'clock, considerable confusion was caused in the immediate neighbourhood of Lincoln's Inn-fields, in conse quence aimndoiSise the thr 0 u largegh Lincoln'swaggon s belonging Inn-fields , to l a d M e n e s s w r s it h hemp, was of the following extraordin o ccu rrence :—One of ounghusband and Co., railway carriers, &c. , of the Old B a il ey , proceeding the horses being driven by a you ng man, who was " dickey," when suddenly a huge sheetofila s m it e . egot on forth. from the centre of the hemp , an thed t almost op o f encircled the w waggon, and l a v a / The lad instantly jumped off found the entire surface of the contents of the vehicle in on* broad sheet of flame. By a desperate effort he succeeded 1 taking the horses out, but the flames having seiz ed , i f o ld tbe each side of the waggon, a number of persons w ent to over, driver's aid, and they succeeded in turning the vem,_,..`"*" road. and shooting the blazing material into the carr''T v than where it again burst forth in sheets of fire more fie h rce ff a tbora before Mr. Morris, the engineer of the ilifl i d A body brigade station, quickly attended with an er a i fi n g been ob. of firemen. A ple n tif u l su pply of water o a ,„ cour se of an tained, the engine was set to work , an?4 d. The cause Or hour the flames were entirely extingV u , The property in the outbreak is enve loped in obseeupnorsetehire, and wits question belonged to Mr. MAW , °l ' worth from 120/. to 150/• whose marriage with the ' The Princess Wags, 0 , i s s poken of, was born in Prince President of the Re p u ger father, the Prince Gus -1833, and is named Carlin v the great grandson of Adolphue tavus Wass, is, they n i 'Gottore, who was declared heir of Frederic Duke of 13olstoei .. e ad of July, 1743, and became the Swedish throne. p e ri :n i 1751. The elder branch of the King on the sth of A h G o ttorp is represented by the reigning The youngTrincess is, it is added, fit of Russii- 'Cr beauty and moral qualities. She has ti n guished 3' family ou se o f Holstein catholic religion. embrace d th e 1 it Wag To THE MAIN CHANCE.—DireCLY.,, Lord LOottIN G • , WY w • the elections were going uniavoura all i es ii i L k u n oen o r in n, . directors of the principal water that ct ited upon Lord Maidstone; d they should b e supply very happy to 8 terrae , ea , w i t h water—for the Deluge,,,euns and, b a nd:in n :4 4 P in theft