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LITERATURE. THE PAST AND FUTURE OF 11UNGARY, Br. LNG FACi S FlLi ES, fr ND //A 1.E6. By C. F. lienningsin, Secretary to Kossuth, Au thor of " Revelations of Russia, ,:y•c" Newby. Mr. Newby has just publisbed very valu-ble and interesting work up,n tn- past struggles of Hungary and its future prospects, by on well Acquainted with the former, Sn i consequently well er,,b'eks to judge of the latter. The work is illustrated by maps, and is full of useful information. The various races of which the Hungarian people are composed, i be his tory of the country under the empire, the recent re volution, and more especially the prospect of that revolution which may with c,nfiderce be expected, are here detiiled and commflied upon in a very in teresting end attractive :manner. 11 UNGA RIA N GRAMMAR. A grarnm.r of the Hung-Arian language, with a ppropriate exeicises and a copious vocabulary, to Which are added specimens of Hungarian poetry, has just been. published. The awhor is Sigisinund VV6key, late Aide-de-Camp To Kossuth. It is appro priately dedicated to Lord Dudley Stuart. In his Preface the author remarks that "the Mopar tongue is the key to the heart of the Magyar people," hence it is his hope to make the English people better Lc (painted with the latter by introducing the former to their notice. LECTURES ON 7'llE BESULTS OF THE GRLA 2' EXHIBITION. Bogue. At the suggestion of Prince Albert, the President of the S,ciety of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, twelve lectures were delivered at that institution by some of the ablest professors of the day, relative to the probable results of the Great Exhibition of 1851. The introductory lecture was delivered by the Rev. W. Whewell, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, on the general bearing of the Exhibition on the progress of arts and science. Richard Owen, F.R.S., Jacob Bell, M.P., Lyon Playfair, F.R.S., J. Lind ley, F.R S., Professor E. Sully, Rev. R. Willis, M.A., F R.S , H. Liens:Dan, Del., Professor J. F, Royle, M D., F.R S., and Captain Washington, lt.N., F R.S., severally lectured on the various sub jects exhibited, and in general a summary of the dis covery and gradual adaptation of the subject under discussion. Oue of the most interesting portions of the work is that part of Ceptain Washiugton's lecture which treats on the construction of life boats. It is pretty well known, by all who take" an interest in shipping, bow much we are indebted to the Duke of Nerthunaherland, who, seeing how great was the de ficiency in number, and how imperfect the construc tion of the life-boats along our coasts, which was the cause of frequent accidents, offered a liberal reward fur the best model of a life-boat; the con sequence of which was that 280 models and plans were sent in, not only by our own countrymen but by the maritime states of the continent, and also by our Transatlaatic brethren. Some fifty of the beat of these formed the Duke's contribution to the Exhibition. A report on these models, accompanied by plans and drawings of the must approved of them was prepared at the expense of his Grace, and 1,300 copies of it gratuitously distributed nut only through out the length end breadth of our island, but to all the maritime nations of Europe and the United States of America. In addition to which the Duke publicly expressed his intention of placing the best lire-boat. Met can be built, and every means of saving life from shipwreck, on all the exposed points of Northumberl ,nd. The first life-boat used in England was invented by Henry Greathead, of South'Shielda, in 1789. Although greatly inferior to the boats in use at the present time, nevertheless ber performances were so much appreciated that the Society of Arts rewarded the inventor with a gold medal and fifty guineas in 1802, and Parliament voted him 1,2001. in acknowledgment of the utility of his inven.ion. This work is well worthy the attention of the public generally ; for no matter what his profession or pursuits, the reader will out of these twelve lectures be sure to find one or more of them from which he may derive useful and practical in. formation. M. VICTOR fiUGO.—Oh Wedfie.,day evening I.Z. Victor Hugo left the Waterloo-station for Jersey, by the eight o'cleck mail train, after a stay in London of three days. Driven from France for the free expression of his opinions concerning the coup d'etat, in his pamphlet, entitled "Napa. loon le Petit," M. Hugo took refuge in Belgium; but, fear ful of giving offence to the President, the belgian Govern ment politely requested him to proceed upon his journey; and, accordingly, on Monday morning, he arrived in Lon 510c, and took up his abode at an insignificant little tavern, z:gueen-street, Wi ndmill -street, called the H ote l d e Nor die. Duri ng hi s short way, M. Hugo, unlike many or political ref ugees, at the ta seemed rather to avoid than to court the public gaze; and, although he dined every day t o few b : d'heite of the hotel, his presence there was known such exiled t a b le d , ht;tse is ides the usual frequenters of the house. This constantly frequented by French artists and O b tain an entree as, not having enough assurance to inex pensiverhe led by necessity to the tables of wealthy lion-hunters, are or by inclination to seek its modest and a l e m w s e e , Idvbeess uspitaly ; and to witness the earnest and respectful demeanour with which these gentlemen conducted towards M. Hugo was a touching spectacle. inandie seas a 3: morning, at breakfast, the Hotel de Nor in his wanderinges Nor his respects to th e by M. Louis Blanc, who came to pay e b xil h ed is po ,o et. b e ß r l. sa H a ugo a is accompanied handsome young fellow, of about three 3 or u four g and twenty. THE LEED S - GAROTTE ROBBERIES. -- yesterday (Wednesday) the seven men in custody, charged with as saulting and robbing two persons at the west-end of Leeds, on the night of the 24th ult.. were finally brought before the magiatrates, and allot them committed for trial at the next assizes or winter gaol delivery at York. Bail was ap- Plied for on behalf of two of the prisoners, but peremptorily refused. Coleman, who was " garotted" with a degree of severity which had almost produced loss of life, is recover ing, though slowly, from the effects of the infamous outrages perpetrated upon him. The eighth person implicated in these outrages, although known to the police, still evades ap prehension. EMIGRATION FROM SOUTH WALES --The mania for emigration to the gold mines of Australia is most preva lent in :south Wales. From Neath a number of persons have taken their departure, and an increasing number are prepar ing to follow their example. At Potitxpridd, likewise, a number of hardy young men are about to seek their for tune at the Antipodes; and from Laugharne and St. Clears many farm labourers have quitted their homes for the diggings. Large parties will soon leave the more popu lous towns, such as Swansea, Carmarthen, &c., in addition to the persons who have already left. Hitherto the exodus has been to a large extent to the United States; but the current has now been turned to Australia. —Herrford Times. Fiag AND Loss OF LIFE iY r retaet to PtSite that a disastrous fire, whereby a large quantity of agricul tural produce and one human life were sacrificed, occurred On Friday last at Ma'me bury. The daughter of the de ceased, Mr. Blackford, a man very generally esteemed by his fellowecitizens, lies at present in a very precarious state, having been seized with hysteric fits when she beard of the sad accident which had befallen her. It appears that two large ricks of bay and straw, site-ate near Malmesbury, and belonging to Mr. Hanks, of the pest-office, were dis covered to be on fire lettween 7 and 8 o'clock in the evening of the day above named. The alarm being given, a number of the inhabitants hastenel to the spot with a view of endeavouring to extinguish the flames, and among them was the deceased, who was landlord of the King's Arms Inn. The deceased mounted to the top of the hayrick, a portion of which had not apparently been reached by the flames, and directed the men in the distribution of the water. He was heard to call out " There was no water wanted," at a spot et which he was thru-ting his stick, and then be was seen to turn himself round, but the next moment lie fell into the burning mass and disappeared in the flames Mr. Cadby, chemist, at the risk of his own life, rushed fjrward and suc ceeded in dragging the body from the flames. Mr. Blackford was dreadfully burnt, and though medical assistance was promptly at hand, it was evident he could not survive the injuries he had received. He was removed to his own resi dence on a abutter, where he lingered till the middle of the next day, when death put an end to his sufferings. The ricks belonging to Mr. Hanks were entirely consumed. The fire, it is imagined, originated from the dampness of the hay when it was put together. TRIAL TRIP OF THE WEST INDIA MAIL PACKET LA PLATA.—La Plata, Royal West India. Mail Co paddle-wheel steam-packet, purchased by th e c .mpamnypa f rom the British Nor h American Company, was tried do wn the Clyde on Tuesday. The directors of the Mail Company, ae.. companied by Messrs. Steele, of Greenock, and Mr. Robort Naptor, of Glasgow, who fitted the engines, were on board. The trial was a most satisfactory one. The rate of speed, al lowing for tide, on the run down to the Cumries, and a few minutes' easing, was, on the average, about 14 knots. The fitting-up of the ship, in all-respects, is most commodious and elegant, and, the day being fine, all parties who attended the trip greeted La Plata most heartily on le wing her. which Was responded to by the captain and officers, and parties who were going round in the ship to Liverpool. There is every probability of La Plata performing well and punctually on her asaigued service. SHAM EMIGRATION AGENTS AT LIVERPOOL.—An Thomas Was. recently opened in Cable-street, Liverpool, by : I rmas Jones and William Williams, who professed them selves ready in tempt, , ship passengers to Australia on advantageous in advance from 0,1 1 38 , &e. They ottiined passage-money or better versed several persons; but others, ni, re suspicious, the " firm, w h en 0, world's ways, would not treat with chary about tvin-Ang orPtith found them very mysterious and engaged to supply. Th,, :wing the vessels which they were made, and Jones and Willirsecluence was that inquiries were tiiely unauthorised Parti'lli'sthhaving been found to be en magistrates Yesterday 4. with ob e t Y were charged before the , ‘.,,weere in court, and gave • preten ces. Several t. the d up : s lain g money under false evi.4nce against the prisoner& woiswi w i th w hi c h th e y e eo , l :: u n d Pressed to name the• were sorry to Bav that the ship had been coridenaned::iyh-'l3'he anene., to G .yernment i Aci•.l-. in consequence of a deficient. G ov.rittnent illicials, however, who ha rrl' ,4 ." Then, be "ne Present, 1440 r4 appsaki to, knew nothing of .Y itich Zie parties were remanded. vessel at all. i . Cnicgl , r,—ET.,is; V. '.‘ INCIIF,TI,B.—_.T,I he punl,. School niati•hes. was fLishe I v ~:. j) the last l att , -r won I;y 30 run.. IVitich , fts-r— st innio ' g s " 2 ' . 4 ,.; ; the iminigs, 88. Etml—lst inning , , 158; '2nd innings, 16A 2nd s I P ITY THE SORRIAV OF TOP Pty.R. Pot:lct.---"Lor o . vv ''' ? hftw's a teller to ea' neat such wt.,..tber a s ti . , -' a bit o t ptcl , :leit s ;lit Ai atiil c , wcuinuer or . i ° s• ' 4 °b3ter halt(i a, , ht do."—Pcnch• . Tt, LATE a S. Lerc ' FATAL STEAM BOAT ACC1DNT.......-y,s,. y Mr. Wm. baker. ju n.,d the inquiry into the eircumstat legume s . ,ces attending the dean of Patrick Sullivan, who - - 10 4 his life by beiu , 6 run flu F titer Thames steam -oqat on the eveni t wn by the Alter about twent Eg e: Wednesday, the 2th ult. Tne jury, i 1. , „ y uoute•' ' • ,'l,..tet, 0, -- Accidental .1) private deliberation, returned a '•. blam e ea c h, exuocretit g the parties from -- T - ~ uopGuT O N , T , .irra R H ALL _ Mr. c " L . ' " '' l etlitiie his own Magic 14: - .IALL —Air. itiecio vv , ll zu 4 tY tigticulturiu big str° P if 4e 8441-.ucdeW in Te.h4rp,eili4,g witi....l)l4nch . . THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY THE QUARTERLIES !SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. No. CXOV. -.• . TI-allii.S..--Drunitsn fts mat ) : hiccupping out iv eu log y W e i o ei t Ili va i n 7 , e p,,hric4l article le 'tie ewe mein la tale Felice Item eerier a whheel t Y eIOK , '! - tiaid eff rd some what of It p:a4kUel to the case ef ot . an. Iriah rent number of the. Edinburgh --through the medium R I Arian Caihelic priest, wain at . the upon the of which we might have detee , ed the hopes and wird'. miens of the. Whigs in regard to the power amid psi- i elections shellitiesrtfaerL interference withto a t e h t e e v r e o l u t, lecture ri t :u t ;n An vileges of administration. The confusion consequent i a r e i r o y tu, upon the proxeni yot the general election deterred diaries may serve as a yet epter illustratien of our mean °however, told of Sheridan in one of Byron's the blue• and buff Organ, we presume, from venturing r bog. This - wortf , y wasereturnine bome late one night upon any remarks that miglat by possibility have tram the Beef-steak Club, or some such place of convi been construed into words of vaticination. lestead vial asst mblege—glorieusly druek of course. He stutn of criticisms on the state of parties iii the United bled in the:gutter, fell—and where be tell, there he lay. Kingdom, therefore, we find such papers as that hi A Dogberry of those days carne up and tried to find, out who tnis four-bottle unfortun a t e might be, that he scriptive of the " Organization o f t h e P o li te S ys!ein of troductory one to the present Lumber, agre ea bly de might convey him home to hie lodgings. Sheridan was Loudon." Several of the revelations in thts article the e s' c 'e d ss tobti:t ce n o . e u i t o u i s e n e a r s e p o t t y. . a ~ joke, i are of a marvellous character, and such as otie might lust to to se all h c e on m sc e io ne u name's Wit-Wit Wilherforc . e a .! m " m a e n r d so fell asleep. Al rather hive expected in the lively and brilliant pages of though we can scarcely give them credit fur acting a Dickens's incomparable p. riodicel. Thenextcootribu• sim il ar fib merely from the settee of the ridiculous, this tion—passing over a merely incidental mention of "The is just the conduct of the Irish Roman Catholic Thugs, Dacoite, and Police of India," suggested by priesthood. They come forward from the midst of Harrington 's Analysis of the Bengal Regulationsis the broken bludgeons which they 'themselves had set in a historical chapter on “ Piedmont," giving a succinct action, and from amidst the brickbats which they had but complete narrative of the rise and vicissitudes of caused to be hurled againet any voter who might oppose the kingdom of Sardinia. A masterly argument upon ( t i h e rei e r e s t o , e v e s , rtehgent infamy to preach et e puritye whoof m electionl venturea and to lo t) " Dutch Diplomacy and Indian Piracy" pays de- interfere with the voter's n lle e p r en i dence. T y heee are the served tribute to the two great civilizers of the Eas- men who have called up their parishioners to the altar tern Archipelago, Sir Stamford Riffles and Sir i n t h e eight of the congregation, and have thrust into James Brooke—the writer vindicating the Rajah of their reluctant hands tickets inscribed with the name Sarawak from many of the most serious charges di- of the inevitable candidate. These are the men who have rected against him by the depreciators of his de- caused voters in one place to be spirited away, and kept servedly high reputation. A review of the recently in rigOrous confinement, and in another have denounced published " Life and Letters of Niebuhr" is followed them to the indignation of the public, when that public by one on the memoirs of the t° Marquis of Rock- was composed of a gang of frantic Irishmen, w i t h whis ingham and his Contemporaries." The last-m en - key in thei r h ea d s , an d bl u d geons in . their bands, pre tioned criticism will be found to a b oun d pared, at t h e s li g ht es t signa l f rom their spiritual . with sparkling and delightful anecdotes in directors, to fell their opponents to the earth and to e dance upon their prostate bodies. These purists of con reference to many illustrious personages. Possibly exhausted all a g i o l v t ernment i are . the h men who, after having the most important paper in the Edinburgh for the current quarter, is the one relating to the condition of and property oefmsupcohravopteurnsisasnither e ts .ag d ainit ' the . lives o • "English Agriculture in 1852" —an argument in obedience to their will, have y n c n o t ul tinr n u o n t k coerce froni in. which the reviewer comments at large upon the effects yoking the name of the Almighty as the voucher of the Protectionist agitation, upon the improvements of their falsehoods and the witness of their blasphe around the fens, upon the farmers' grievances in Suf- mous denunciations. When bludgeons and brickbats f dk, upon the changes i n d uce d b y steam i n the culti- and personal r es t ra i nt h ad failed in producing the de sired effect, the obdur a t e voter was to be forb i d d en t h e vation of the soil, and upon a var i e t y o f ot h er curious matters relating to the system of agricultural steno- baptismal font for his little ones—he was to be driven my. Upon the "Lives of Lord Clarendoe's Friends,- " from the marr i age a l tar and forced into vice—he was.to another reviewer bas subseque n tly p rove d hi mse lf ad thebconsolationedenied communion w i t h h is c h urc h w hil e li v i ng , an d ae reli g ion e mirably well informed. A n exam i nat i on o f " Thewhen stretched agther uponewar reward his o t tthe death it bed.he e e o wasfforward e Oxford University Report" completes the present Blues, and Hell threatened as the punishment of the number of the Edinburgh with a boldly written Buffs; and this was done;not by professional touters — article upon the subject of " Our Defensive Arma- not by the sweepings of the London clubs and (he off meat." The perfectly apparent possibility of in- scourings of the Dublin Four Courts —but by ministers vasion is insisted upon by the Edinburgh reviewer of the Gospel of Peace—by holy personages specially in the argument last-mentioned, and, satisfied upon accredited, as they tell us, to bear the glad: idinga of this point, he exults even in the little done by the salvation from cottage to cottage, and from shore to shore. lrih Beautiful t indeed have been the doings of the present Cabinet in the way el' precautionary regula tion. "It is better to do little," says the writer, la ' s e , Roman kct ~atholic priests during the progress of the e earnes ly wish that there were we word Of I r s p . hyperbole or ei e ex ia a t g d g t e h r:tion in f s a o l f l t f il h i e s s , s bu s, ! se w r "than to do nothing." No magazine article, by the way, could scarcely be more enthralling than that have over L e ever a episode in the opening contribution to the current in- times before our readers. g Untill roo yesterday we hed stalment of the Edinburgh, descriptive of the Hol- not any signal instance of an Irish priest who ford-house bu rg l ar y, a nd the discovery of th e gang had sufficient impud ence t o come f orwar d a nd & liver a l ecture to others upon - through the ingenious devices of the detective o ffi cers th e propriety of in the Police System of Lond , an. respecting the voter's independence. ' We nave one at last, who rejoices in the appropriate name of Michael Coghlan—the bottleholeer of the Liberal can didates dune g the late contest tor Westmeath. This worthy, as it would appear, hung up his bludgeon, wiped the sweat of the battle off his brow, and sat down to endite an epistle 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 ydicergigret The land to exterminate the Roman Catholic tenants be. cause they would not consent to surrender their faith. " Verily, you Protestants," be writes, " have a strange way of showing yourselves followers of a meek and' ttothsenir natural 8 t mind that that t ei ni fu a l i i R n e e , d Redeemer, e n r n , t or l n o v t e r i t s i satisfying any acharacteristic."l peaceful preaoher—no doubt, with a sly glemee upwards would suffer them selves Al t hre. Smythe well-notched and . h is tried friends, outbludgeons—proceeds bagged rather than record taste for bloodshed aed slaughter, were to appoint a da tor for b en bottue ot their Rotuma Catholicy your tenants tennt thes lo he inn ti o e c i e e n tl t y fledglings a vote in favour of a Derby candidate. He then concludes, "You seem to expect that owe you, besides the toil of their bodies, and the sweat of their brows, and their rents, their souls to boot. So that your idea of a tenant is, that he Should be the slave of a taskmaster, have no free will, and go body an d s ou l to the Devil if his landlord tells him so to do. What can .we say of Protestantism after this?" To this query Mr. W. B. Smythe quietly replies by denyin g t h e pre fopppeolenmenitess. suggested by He decli nes to enter raises of the peaceful Michael, who, when l ast seen by his correspondent, was at the head of a bludg eon - armed mob endeavouring upon t to l a r ge field terrify al o l Mr..Coghlan's final question, but comes at o nce to the point at, i ss ue with fegard to the contempla ted extermi nation of the Roman Catholic tenantry. With regard to this point, the landlord very pungently remarks...- "If 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 arrogantly 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 defaulting tenant to the spirit of religious persecution." Tnis is an old story with such as Coghlan. Whenever an Irishman suffers any inconvenience from his refusal or inability to pay ajust debt it is a simple matter to catlit " persecu tion," and to ream out to the human race at large ethat he is called in question on account of the Pope of Rome or Prester John, or last year's snow. or fur any cause in fact but the simple non-payment of 21. 10s. 4d., for which 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. lli a alio 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 the part of some of your flock to gratify their fiendish and avowed malice against all who voted for Sir Richard Levirige about here, and ageinst 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 au offe ns i ve 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-stajects must have a nice time of it. Biutgeoeed and stoned by each other, ev i cted by their landlords , and damned by their priests. 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 QU AR7'E HLY REVIEW No. CLXXXI. A pleasant contribution, suggested by an agreeable 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 ()Id Quarterly. Although a private individual, and although as such the publisher, through the medium of nis "History of the War of Affghanistan," of official do cuments, Mr. Kay e 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 Moflien, 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 partinn, and in the present instance filtered, re member, through the anti - Bonapartist medium of the Quarterly—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 as, shown by Mollien, and here quoted by the QUarterly, is too wonderful not to be borne in especial recollection. Count Mollien says— " It would irdeed have been difficult for any of tho Ministers of Napoleon not to communicate their plans to him, avhich were always minutely discussed before they received his final sanction; for though he left to them the choice of means of execution, be chose that every improvement should seem to be his own - work. His sus den elevation rendered it a m att er o f po li cy 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. If they were all colleoted it would be incredible that any s ingle man cou ld h ave sufficed to do so much; and in each of them ho proved that ho entered into every circumstance as if h o h ad nothing else d all rules and principles to his own subjectto paramountthink e n o df everyinterestadap g in; n in forcing the most opposite elements to combine iu his system. But in these correspondences none proves more thoroughly the patience with which he investigated the most ant detail-, than that which he carried on with myself. It is perhaps the most singular polimique de chifieres that ever existed. I frequently in ice early period of my Mitlistry received letters of many p ;gm solely intended to analyze long caleuktions, to investigate statements, to divide statistics, and to present the same results under other forms. The principal ob jeict of these di-cussious was to keep alt his ctlief ser ants in perpetual distrust of themselve s and of their subordinates he had no Linger 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, marvelloualy 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 stal.art appearance of a passing stranger, aLci stopped to take a better look of him. A shopkeeper. st.ading at his door near the Cross, said, Ay, luok weil, laddie, thak's R 'bert Burns: " In a glance at Contemporary history, Mr. Roebuck and Miss Martineau are weighed in the balan;:e, and, as might have been expected, in more instances than one " found wanting" —by the Quarterly Reviewer Besides a Postscript—bowlin g against the Opposition and cheering on the Government—with a " Hark forward!" to the Cabinet, and a " Stole away !" to Reform----the Quarterly passes under review suc cessively, "Lady Theresa Lewis's Carendon Gal. lery," and "Lord Holland's Memoirs of the Whig Party"—having a natural and comprehensible bias even m letters for the members of patriCian families —looking with a sort of yellowplush reverence to the aristocracy of literature. past in the neighbour lianuth and One e R e E f GREAT F m l os ß t E ext l e N nsiv e e L . E . l l ll ,, i g E r. N tioi r i fi a :E t L haLt. has occurred for a considerable time hood of Clerkenwell, broke out this (Thursday) morning in the spacious factory belonging to Messrs. Co., English, French, and German leather and stetl goods dealers, situate at No. 7, Allen-street. G°5WOl - The building in which the disaster originated was of great width, and extended backwards as far as the end of Messrs. Walker's steam saw-mills. The whole covered an area of several acres. The discovery was m a d e b „ n police officer of the G division, who, in passing along by beat, perceived an unusual glare of light in_ the ground floor. Feeling convinced that the premises were on fire, dn aa assistance bodies he at once r a i se d an a l arm, an d soo n succeed e d i n arous hde building, uil t d r i e e ra g,esia . o ing the i nmates of the ad j o i n i ng an d oppos i te houses. both to left f leer, a n d right,the Before, h owever , su ffi c i ent t i me ha d e l a p se d to call pro perfiatmhreesegrohllte that ins comparatively, briet period the entire struct ure presented one immense body of flame, the reflection f me, .rom which could be seen for miles distant. This, of cours caused a gener a l t urn oat of the engines, and forthwith ei several of the p ar i s h, L on d on Brigade, and Westf pet, the England Insuran ce - o ffi ce started to the s °- fire. men being guided solely by the intense light ~in th emosphere. at., In the course of a few minutes Mr. Braidwood, th r , superintendent, and Mr. Colf, the foreman of the brigade arrived with numerous engines of the establishme nt, and were followed by Mr. Connorton with the West of E D -- ,: and Brigade. The Royal Society's fire escape s b were, also remarkably quick in arriving. By the time the engines could be got fairly into w or k. ing order the destructive element had taken a , e i d ,, rvia.ep through Mersre. Kanuta's premises, and 1 35 / 1 woiked their way into Messrs. Walker's saw- mills. ''he firemen, under the direction of their superi or dm. .cers, at once brought the hose fain their respse,.iwe nen gines to bear upon the mill, and also on the housewfacin the blazing pile in Allen-street, so as to, prevent if „ on g . sible any further spread of the ilarm s. Every ()se v 4en ' . era d hirnelf to the utmost, an d b y a littl e ait , , t wo o'cloik, something li k e an hour after the discovery was intrie, complete mastery alp, o btained ever thi s tearful eoeflagradoe, but a considerable body of fire ren as i bed in ,he ruins at bat time, . which is no t likel y to be e x .. tinguaed for sowe hours. The property destroyed must , at a moderate c a l m. Wiwi, reach to some thousand pounds, for the whole of 8, Nlt,ssr, Kanuth's property is re duced to ruins, ~d, ur. tartunaLely, the firm was insured for only 2,4001, T he eilici al por;ien of the suw-mills of Messrs. . p Walker i s Lite. ire eon. umod, and s:.riotia damage as been done to several of the c, n . laualoa premises. . I DERBY ELECTION DITTY. Air—" Sing a Song of Sixpence." Sing a song of Bribery, a pocket full of gold, For a brace of sovereigns a voter here is sold: When the House is opened, the inquiry will begin, And won't there be a fuss about this Derby-diliyingl The candidates were canvaising, with speeches sweet as honey: The agent "in an upper room," was counting out his Looney ; Upon the scent the Peeler went, disguised in his plain clothes— And what will be the end of it the Carlton only knows! .Punch. THE GENERAL SCREW STEAM. SHIP LADY JO CELYN.— This splendid screw. steamer, London for Plymouth, to embark mails for the Cape, Pilau ritins, and Calcutta, will be taken out of tha East India Dock to-day. The airdensions and superb fittings of this ship have attracted great m an — appointed to leave y distinguished visitors. Lord and Lady Jocelyn and tbeir eldest son, the Marchioness of Aber. corn, Lady Harriet Hamilton, and a nguished part of their friends visited th e noble ship, where disti they were receiv y ed by Mr. Lambert, Mr. Major, and Mr. Fox, M.P., as directors, and Captain Ford, as superint endent of the fle.t. After a l i tb u e grand saloon Y . nte and g'atifing ins pection they p artook of luncheon FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE Behßal;aTeo c tel i , C W il h A er N e N by EL. 7ur An accident of a very distressi,g bet ween li ves were lost, occurred in the Bristol with the view It seems Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon, on Sunda,--7,4u„e11 that on Sunday moring the deceased you 4 Tri t e ', pa; .• ied by a friend who survives the m., proceeded from e a l a F teh ° ,l7„ ibr ._ to Weston -super-mare in a small boat, and arriveci a r f e t . e e r ni rto t z ed, of the &hate da d at e ) s o t o u r in ft t , i u o r n o i , n ot s o a k f . t of retur ins; to CI-ved , n, the .firth remaining with same four of 1 t h h e e m friends at westo-.. and expressing his intention of ruurnin to Clevedon, via •. cieck the q. l y train the 101 9 , I w i g m,rniog. At ten t,,„in e .nion ^ • he Brisrol and Exeter , R a ilway. by an ear _g Kingston, adi ranee oi about (= a sail was ' picl , d uo at Clevedon, and on Mootla a boat-oars the Marquis f sTR AT ioN, 14, REGENT•STItEET and hats were also found nea r wen Hot i -_ , ALLEEY o'F ILI,U two mile', from CleN Jroo. Tile Yl'ung ctureti that sonre ng e honoured with a l ' n 'i mode thrir appearance, it wris co ,.. .i'' Webington campaigns, has beet? . _ rf the WO, by w l i e' c l i; , the the CounteS4 of dent had!eripened in their ir""l4'ment ( arid b.ats were. dis- , zDtiu,roint.g,ilutlwreinpgasdtiswieitewk,utishii,:csiuccessful diiolraemAar,cihllbnissti:a)vpt'4or. lboy all ma with y.n indirnely end. to .search of ' l 4l4li arid . ~.i f -of Aileshury :and patched ft , tu Clevedon on Toe,alay Si d yesterday party, the AI zeter end party, the 11.tarcroontss r. Earl Groov.ii iviissdtittltk, etu ashore 10, th a e t d li edp i t u rg ti s y t r coroner,, n i B 13', e v o e, n dro. for the bodies. The body of one of the young , men was , ~,Lcla. y even" l4, will be and it Va r r [ ' 3' ' Dunmore andpa t of ' Darnley Y' and 4. 1 t;, ~ ,,T . ,: jClanwilluitn and psrty, bury anti n Earl . nt Tempi:tor - the old arch, i, \n inquest ,I a yi,cnunt Sydney and party, Lord Viscoy ir . wn, The Lord Forester and u T. L. W''it-l' re ' and Lady Fitzroy Somerset and party, L( . (I la,,dies fo- men have Hot •PurtY, Lord and Lady Cl arence Paget, the Bishop of • Balis- vet beets 0 the other thlee uniortunate youn e , irqo p is artiesi ogiesey, ' found. . - • ' ries and - Com ....The , rartY,th,, Lady R d party, osse , 6- ' N ekiNteNSFaSniv.H o n. J., Elliott an oys‘er h,-..a.501l ' F Os , TER , T OF TII ~ anu •PartY, L%id ' ; and party, Sir W. ceremonies with c. add Lad Y 6e'rgi"a Cholmondeley whielt the,er, e4 C c ri neneed yesterday ; bur-the . ,‘, , . patty Lady which Y Anstruther Lady Ruthven and , Jr," , , . , I, celebrated, acr d Jahhson, Gern , r- 1 Sir 3 , _ A arty, brr W. de 71-lid, !rave of la ,-, , the market used to ue e _ ..... . e ~e J. _ ~ ir Edward Bowater all. p fa th -, ; ' Righ - t — H -- 0 -- n. Sir J. W. and Lady jj e , tires . c.!pie erit i n t e e d 3'ears been telibig it ,to disuse. Wer,', en__ Ba . b , t.. , , ~e_a. l . ! ' I t iew e il y n artd p - r y,. Was very dull, an t i' ' There, was:a large supply,:htft - b,P,surt ..:FiAzg, Iwo aD 4 pithy, ci () f ait. , F reema tie -- gild party, Blr: 1 G en oa s ick p 1; Gol!nel 44 their qtr il9oB b i nanY of the vesiehi had to back Th. EathbQue, &z , the afterneep, tide. .2. EVENING, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. We are glad to ennounce that his Grace the First .Lord i much better. The Noble and Ga!;ant Duke teuded a board tit omt.raet Ilcime yesterday. Master— APPOINTMENTS. .. appointed to the Saturn at Peinhrrikv, for service in the Mu;grave. Richard Browne has been Surgeon—Dr. John Davidson has been appointed in oll'ogy (if 'kw ennyo' ship Lord Alit:kiln& Nasal Cadets_A. R yan . ) R H. AL MOlrletlX, and L. G. Ly son . havo been nominated fir spreintmenis. JULY 22. FLEET OFF MALAGA, The Arroeeut, 46, screw-trigate, Cart" Robinson;fi r 24, Deuntlesa, 33, screw, Captain Halsted; ILO Y'' e, 15th of screw, Capt iti Metion ; and Encounter. 14, screw, Cap tain Gordon, jellied the fleet off Malaga on Steamers and the follovving ships started with Captain gi Albion, 90, reefed topsails on a trial of sailing:— Pailla; Luehington; Ve!lerophon, 78, Captain Lord G : July. Oa the 17th, there being a stiff bret e the s a e bo , v e tr Vengeance, 84, Captain Lot Elliot. 50, Captain Smart; 'and Phaeton, 50, Captain G. Tra falgar, first ten to leeward, under the stern of t to the 120, Captain Gre ill and then hauled v e, the weather wind, and one long tack brought them on ',- tain beam of the Aril/lira!, in the Britannia, 120, Calj --ge-yer, Indefatigable, Goldstnyth. First, Phaeton, VT' hfl Encounter, Vengeance, Bellerophon, Albion, Dauntless, e. Arrogant. The Vengeance should have come in ands to keep assay a cond, but she mistook the Terrible for the flag ship , Lord E. Russell; Indefatigable, standing on too long, had, when she found out her mis take,ee. h mainhese mizentcpsails, ft s did the Veneeance her ji were the only casualties aloft. 'Arrogant got on shore coming out of Lisbon, and it is said has knocked cff her fake keel. This accounts for her being last. ' A letter from the squadron says— " The sailing qualities of our proper squadron stands thus;—First; ants without a competitor, stands Phaeton, Point. Albion split her d or ' Weed's -eye,' as she is common ly lbion, and called, then Ven geance, Indef a ti ga b le, Bellerophon, A Trafal gar, always ast ern and to leeward—and frequently out of sight; thi s i s a ' real misfortune, for she is a noble ship, and it i s a d mitted that she is well handled; Bri tannia seems.to sa i l fairly; but she has had no trial with the other ship s . " The syst e m of exercise i s muc h as usua l i n r outine, with some h urr y and confusion, but then there is not so much of it, and doubtless when the Admiral is familiar with the state of all the ship, 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 st e amer is to go to Marseilles for him. "It is 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 bad worked out of the trunnion clamps. The breachint 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 beaVily at the time; the indicator under the poop marked 48. " Another trial 01 sailing took place on the 19!la July, cvh, n the whol- fleet formed a line abreast, and ran be tore the wind. Wiz -arm° showed the least canvas, flighflyer next; both nad their topsails lowered on the . caps, but the latter had a jib set; the Weer., was not very strong, and might have failed occasionally at the extreme ends of the line. Poor Trafalgar, ' Old Granny,' had to set studding-sails low and aloft toke, p her place. The admiral has very properly issued some stringent orders reepecting the officers of the watch, Strict) 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. Tree admiral has a good•humoured man ner, and ha* 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 Mellon did not give satisfaction; there was a marked coolness on the part of the authorities; to be accounted fur, 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.—Heral d 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 eras highly satisfactory, showing very numerous benefits and good results from the establishment 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 gun nery ship, Captain Hewlett (acting), has been brought into the angle dock to have her fan lifted and her bottom examined. Her crew- have been-hulked on board the Blake pro tern. Furious steam-sloop, returned into Portsmouth har bour. at 4 i , M. on Tuesday, and took up her moorings off die King's-stairs, to have her compasses adjusted. She made au 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 bar Majesty, his Royal Hi g h ness Prince Albert, and the Court go on their mari ne excurs i on. The Belvid ere , 38,11 .5 been b roug ht down to. day to be fitted as a receiving.hulk. oolri e, The luflextble, 6, steam-slog -p Commander W Jed was taken out of the atettra•lessin today and ha alongside her htilk to complete fitting. ship, The result of tbe military court-martial the harbour The Cornelius Grinnel, A m „i cse li n e-of packet sailed from the Motherbaek for New York this morning. Potion last week, to try First Lieutenant 11. W. Hall, of the Royal Marine Artillery, w as Promulgated at the Marine Barrack yesterday, that officer being cashiered. 1 kes The naval establishments at Kingston and on the l a of in Canada are to be forthwith broken up. Theth:a2e6ik naval stores at Kingston was to take place on of last month. SHEERNESS, WEDNESDAY MORNING.--Her ...DJ ax • esty's fiip Vestal, 26, Captat n C. B Li ennuon , w as swung °, n Monday afternoon for the Purpose of ascertaining the local deviation of her compasses. Their adjustment. a , steam-tug vessel towed her to the little Nore, concluded yesterday eaomib g. At 3 „ Sr. the Afrie,... held at w here !,e s u .. to)k in her powder, which had been previouslY cu patched to the vicinity of the anchorage in A II?"' S p it" Ac cording to present arrange er head on Sunday next. We .have not beard tbat to crew are to be paid the usual advance mono,' prior,, a. to her leaving this port. Captain Hamilton, according last advices, was in a state of convalescence, and is expected to rejoin his ship. day from her moorings at Saltpan-reach, removed yester- Her Majesty's ship Bittern, 12, was placed in arrangements she will sail for the upper camber of the dockyard, preparatory t being being taken into the north dock for the purPseenarsetug got ready for commission'. The Airiest' 6t Bittern towed her to the entrance of the camber. S 11°80 tons' was launched at Portsmouth in 1840, i- of 480 burden, end was built from designs of Sir W. ' ex-Surveyor of the Navy, ahre Charles Her Majesty's ship Meander 44, C om mo-- _. many Talbot, ha 3 during the past week entered a great many are u able seamen, and is nearly man ne d. The She i:1 leave re ported to he a very fine set of men. w e e - w ea rly in Chatham en route for the Cape of Good recipe the ebsuing month. A fief...erg, dis- The officers, seamen, and the dockyar d - ,, - t il ea ie-tug and toher patched hence on the 31st ull. in the Aton a l on board vessel, were, on their arrival London, Pn the Clyde, one of -the Leith steamers for conveyance iron screw whence they will 'navigate for . this port th e ca ateatn:vessel Miranda.. The African retere following day. a is kyar g Mr. Peacock, draughtsman at this dockya r d ' ap pointedAp- measurer at Chatham yard, vice pu . pointed foreman at the VVoolwich Arsenal anchors were The present series of experiments "expected to be resumed this day at 10 .a..2d , and are . concluded to-morrow. . e . eida, the owner TtiE SCHOONER RENOWm.—Mr„ A agent, made, yesterday, eYn Eslgeoumbe, the here the of this vessel, in conjunction ' with Mr' dema nd for the stores t,„ aitn2en. In obe dience cargo taken to Southend by the oeiver-General of dience to instructions from the - e at that representative Droits of the Admiralty to his .i e nha been de port, the stores, &c., in his posee' - ivare , leaving the a formal livered over without payment of ea ' v 7eiedy for any .pretended Jolynra to seek theit "'entitled to. Oktitn they may con.ider themsellee_ , 120 (e a o, Captain Ships in Hatbour—The Waterl9;_aree, the Hen. Montagu Stopford; the S u " London, 90, Captain Superintendent Charles Hope; the octota i n the Hon. S. T. 84, Captain- G. R. Mundy ; the Horatio, 2 % ' 1 ; steam-frigate; the Carnegie; the Arophion,' 34, screw steamers. Cyclops, the Cuckoo, and the Lio A c hill e , 76; and the Ships in the Fii ting Basin—The nee he, 72.: B hiPs 1.4 :DockL--The MPgaV ii i 014: the Bittern, 12; and ... c o mmander J. Johnson ; the 11,,vve, 120; the Ganges, -- .4 te , nearly ready for the Tribune,' 30, screw stearn-frib launehing, Vestal, 26, Capt a i n C. 13. At the Lit t l e N ore— Th e ... ilitnilton. Wildfire, tender to the Wa- At the N ote S and— Th e terloo. • • 4, The Goodwill lighter, Dt voleponie WEDI4EB ` -AT'. e — sterdey with stores from e ll e r n rly: n d the same day lighter Chat.hani: .''' Li': .he ....mou- P a t rick Master, Emil/8d bel l e ii i tt gage in fro rn Queenstovvn e here she b" of the Ajax, heav ing up and relaying the moorings , THE FoRGEDBANK---- t v; te h r o jeg il a thel+lllk Nols UTTERING CASE AT been npprehended at forged :/. notes of the l a n ; d p proved e T d u e t s h d a a t h e had gistm: flin a g t ia es nd fo' of the r3RnisstTz—ponJarnaecahaFrlgeetchoefr,.ll Y, before passed Prat a place in the Haymarket, °— spurious notes' London, and at Wednesbary, in Staffordshire, and h e was handed over to the charge of a constable to be conveyed be fore the magistrates for the last-named place. Austra lian C 'lonists'•Committee, in London, arrived in Liverpool Captain Slinky Carr, the chairman B ri- l'usdaYt,and_inspected the arrangements of the rwtabsaftnrctibtyer. examined Great titan' steam- ship and other vessels which are being fitted for A ustralian' emig' rants. .Captain Carr gave it as his op i_ elltahrrann, A / '-',,,,_ .t ad. as comfortable and heal hy, as those sent from Gover . nment officers entruaied. ni °n that the Liverpool ships were, in all respects, as the inspection of-the vessels and stores fulfilled their 1 ffi lee as f a i t hf u ll y as t jur naval 0 cell at Plymouth Glasg ow or d w u i e t t i . l " h a n4 e B i and that ,-the.. AUGUST 5 • LAW REFORM. (From the 7 ime s ) If any one welts to know what has really been Effected in the cause of law iefoem—what has tae, n done well, what ill, and what not done at ail —we refer him to a very interesting document which we print in another part of this paper—tho alone! report of the Society for the Amendment of the Law. Besides ell . these thi ngs , the reader will learn f rom th e perusa l of this pvper what, of course •it was not the intention of y this mod est hod to communicate , but what, neverthe lest, they suffer to leak • out imperceptibly—that the Society f or the investigamtrett we investigated, and tested every improvement whose ac complish have recently witnessed. It is not to Robert Peel or John RuEsell that we owe free trade, but to- the unadorned eloquence of Richard Cobden. It is not assuredly to Lord Truro or Lord St. Leonard's — not to Sir Alexander Cockburn or Sir Frederick The siger—but to• the committees and reports of the Law °Amendment Society,that we ow e th e amount o f re f o r m yobtained, we have a l read and th e much l arger port i on we trust we are about to receive. It is no part of the duty, nor does it to be th e i nc li nat i on, o f t h e society to hide the n n p f lightear under a bushel, and wo are doing our best to place it on a c an dl est i ck, in order that the whole it may enli g h ten hou se o f l aw and seek out the dark cor ners of that most untidy, ill • f urn i shed, and labyrinthine dwelling: whose windows so co mmon l y 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 Commission, appointed by the Whi gs, and for which credit is boldlyclaimed by the T or i es, it appears that the Amendment Soei) Y has bett er c l a i ms than either, having discussed and suggested the i m p rovement before either the Commission prepared its re p ort or the D e rby Ministry its Bill. n society b een repre sented on the hustings, it w a oulc t i b llv e formed a formid able rival to whichever of the contending parties had succeeded in persuading the electors to believe th a t t h ey we re the Columbus of this new discovery; an d we may put in a claim for ourselves for for having prevented, by a timely remonstrance, the Derbyu Ministryackin from a sub b d s e e s q troy_ u e n lag their o wn measure by giving b clause to the Court that power reference which in an Of ear lier one they bad taken away.the import a n ce o f t h e measure some idea may b e formed from the opi n i on express ed by the experien ce d judges' who conducted the Equity Commission, that the present judicial strength o f the Court wou l d be sufficient to car r y on its business, provided that business does not increase, and that it will be only in case of a great augmentation from the rapidity and cheapness of the new procedure that more Vice. Chancellors will be required. If this view be c and it is sanctio ned b y the very highest authority, t oz e r e in ference, t Terence , however startling,is inevitabl e , t h at the whole of the labour of the Masters has been entirely thrown awa y, and that for the delay, expense, and vexation of t he Masters' office the suitor has had no equivalent whatsoever. The trouble of referring matters to the Maiter, of hearing exceptions to his report, of seeding maters back to bs again reported on, and of giving fur ther directions when reports can be multiplied nu more, is ex actly equal to the trouble of deciding the matter at mice in the first instance. We have had absolutely nu comideration for theo,ooo/. a year which our Masters c ast; the suitor has received no benefit whatever from t heir havers. It has been pure loss, pure waste, pure vexation —labour for the sake of labour, costs for the o f outs delay for the sake of delay. How strang e Babe Chan• 's enor after Chancell o r, c om mi ss io n after coal. that. m i, a i o n, should be unable to find this out, and that, after submitting to this system for three hundred years, we should only. atter that antediluvian period awake to the conviction of its utter worthlessness! Such things ought to shake our confide nce in the soundness of the highest aut horities and the , most l earne d op i n i ons w h en urged in f a vourexisting regulations , of " _ and embolden us to advt , ce with aye more confid en t s t ep i n t h e good work which lies before us. We regret to see, that the recommendations of the Common La w ' Commissioners do .not meet with equal favour in the eyes of the council of the Law Amendment Society. This may, in some degree, a r i se f rom the so ciety hav i ng a rival plan of its own for amending common law procedure, which it is not unnatural it should prefer; but it is only due to a oso eminent and so d isinte rested in the cau se of reform to believe that they would not have pronounc ed so emphatic a c e n sure i f they had not been persuaded of its justice. A short comparison of the rival schemes for amending common law proce dure, will enable our readers to term an opinion as to the merits of this very important controversy. The Common Law Commissioners started wi t h t h e very rea sonable proposition that it was impossible to reform the pleading an d the practice of the courts of comma law without abolishing the technical forms of action. When, however, they ca me to put this into practi ce , t h ey per ceived, what we had Wore pointed out to them, that it it was in these very forms of action the distinction between Law and Equity consisted, and that if they were abolished,. either a new technical system most be • raised on their ruins, or the fusion of Law and Equity, whose division was perfectly arbi trary and artificial, would immediately take place. Not being prepared for so startling a consequence, and pos_ sibly not conceiving such a recommendation to be within the powers entrusted to them, the Commissioners drew from their first recommendation, and retained the tech nicalities tvhose abolition they had recommended. Their second principle was that a technical system of pleading was necessary, and this they have carried out by 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 th e fi c ti ons o f th e act i on of ejectment, and•to substitute- for -it a proceeding feria encumbered with absurdities. This was right: We have no love for John Doe and Richard Roe, though we must admit that these dethroned potentateshprevented ave much eei' and. have been not the least valuable legacies of Oliver Cfolll well'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, the new action of deetmeet 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 lsnguage and verified by the oaths of the parties substi tuted for them. They deny that a system free from technicality can evor be made to conform 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 the expense, the - delays; and the 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, es 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 f av o ur o f th e L aw Amendment Society, and we greatly fear that their an ticipations of disappointment from the measure so ex takingly claimed for Lord Doi by 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' thenaselvea.. 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 offiolete technicalities. These, we are told, are now removed, and therefore the common law courts are 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 gi v ing the County Courts con current jurisdiction to aey 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 occasion, and that the access-of the people to cheap and speedy justice ought no longer to be delayed in the vain hope that Westminster -halt will efficiently reform itself. EXTRAORDINARY SI:MIDS.—A painful sensation prevailed d ur i ng y es t er d a y i n th e v i c i n ity of Covent -garde n , in consequence of a report being circulated that Mr. 11, 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, and told his wife that he was going to market. She expostu lated with him, and told him it was too soon. He, however, replied that be should go and see, and if it was too early he would cone to bed . again. He then left the room, and no thing more was seen of him until one of the men servants went into the kitchen, where he was astonished at perceiving a man's legs sticking out of the water cistern, and upon Making a more minute examination he found that his master had precipitated himself head foremost into the cistern, which contained only about three feet of water. Assistance having been obtained, he was pulled out, and a medical gen tleman sent for, but hit attendance was of no avail, as life was quite extinct. What could have induced the deceased to destroy himself is a perfect mystery. Ile went to bed the previous night in his usual excellent state of health and spirits, and was about the last person his friends would have expected to commit suicide. 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 stemma!' Citizen, immediately after the collision between that vessel and the Princess Alice, have both been recovered--thatinng the mother, whose name is IWlnlay, the wife of a Pr in the found on Friday afternoon, and that of the dli an d e d the ' course of yesterday. Cdptain 51‘Kellar, who corm b ee n ea- Princess Alice when the casualty oeCurred, has 5 :1 from cns ammed by the Procurator Fiscal, but disch.arg tody without being bound in any recognizanecuas elicited in evi appearance, in consequence of its havirig bend—a fact which, deuce that the stern of his vessel was a gr t o be gr far his future ivamen of the if found to be correct, will do away w e i s tb are charge of cue able neglect. , Ingrueri still being prose have not yet heard the cuted, so that in all probability w..,. a l a i!. last of the case.—North British Daugiaord Derby and NATIONAL CuRN PL,OTEir orn doctors, they ought to his eolleaguee profess fo be'e e _t d e t &-bearere Of the ill effects know where the shoe pinch 8 their abilities by patti n of unequal pressure: it is tbee'refore to be expected that they g the in will give us a specimen of,t,, b tin e p..runch. Mu-Um on an equitikle-‘9"'" 1852, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON R A CES.—WEDNEsnar. The programme of th's meeting, published on Thula ; day, and the vast number of horses congregated in the town that (venlig, to compete for prizes that in value and importance spoke volumes for the liberality and judgment of the management, led to anticipations with an r d ac it ing is has batis n fat ev t e e r ry been to reference to the sport that, so far, have bee n real i sed to the 'fullest extent. Such a day's witness e d on B r i g hto n Downs, 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 th e heavy rains on Tuesday afternoon—turned out extremely fine; the company:inconsequence was large and fashion able, and the grand stand, which has been greatly im proied by the addition of a commodious suite of rooms ter 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 commenced, 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 Stakes of 5 sovs, each, with 30 added; three yrs old, 7st 61b; four, Bst 71b; five, six, and aged, Bst 121 b. Winners once this year to carry 31b; twice, 61b; thrice, 91b extra. .Bristol Captain Deline's Little Savage, 7st 61b (Flatman) 1 Mr. Etwall's Kt of the Thistle, Bst 71b ...(Charlton) 2 Mr. E. R. Clark's Plumstead, 3 yrs, 7st 61b (Barker) 3 Me..H. Drew's Flora M'lvor, Sat 71b (R. Sherwood) 4 Mr. Wycherley's Prince Rupert, 3 yrs, 7st alb(Poole) 5 Betting-5 to 4on Little Savage, 4to 1 agst Knight of the Thistle, and 5 to 1 agst Plumstead. A dead heat between 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 declared, &c., with 250 added, the second to re ceive 50 sow. out of the stakes; winners extra; the winner to pay 25 soya. towards expenses, Old course. Dhke of Bedford's Hesse Homburg, 7st 121 b (Petit) 1 Mr. Drinkald's Snarry, 3 yrs, sst 11b (T. Sherwood) 2 Lord Exeter's Phlegra, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b ...(J. Mann) 3 Mr. C. Wood, jun , Stamford, 4 yra,6st 81b(Aldcroft) 4 Lord Waterford's ' Cockcrow, Bst 71b ...(Charlton) 0 Mr, J. Day's Montague, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (A. Day) 0 Mr. D, Dre w ' s Ballet Girl, 7st 121 b (R. Sherwood) 0 Lard Clifden's Harpsichord, 7st 1011)...(G. E. Sharp) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Gladiole, 5 yrs, 7st 81b (Flatman) 0 LOrd Exeter's Phlegethon, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Horlock) 0 Mr. R. E. Oliver's Ischia, 4 yrs, Est Blb (Ashenail) 0 Sir C. Rushout's Ethelwolf, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Kendall) 0 .51 M a t) . r BWrihnegebleurrsnta,BCHoarnmeplitupsn,, 3 4yrs, Est 41b (Cowley) 0 yrs,H Snarry,o batmb Betting -7 to 2 upt Phlegra sto 1 agst S P t u a l l e o r r ) d, 8 0 Ethelwolf, and 12 to 1 agst Ele g s si s t e' to agst Montague, 9to 1 Won in a canter by two lengths, three lengths be tween Snarry and Phlegra, Stamford a bad fourth, and r ib g ( . lo to 1 agst addedn_ 4 , m t n o . a 3 0 se c. Th3e T B, 7 B. n e P ac la h te ;. of tw s o o sov u r s: the others beaten off: Sweepstakes of 91b ; four, Bst lib . old Set Sat 81b ; three, sst , lave s ix , an d Mares and geldings s,r 1100 Bst Illb ; 31b ; winners extra ; th e , winner to be sold for 100 b sold for lesg. T.Y.C. ova., and allowances if to be re - ird Ex.ter ' . s Margaret of Anjou, 4st 91b(S gg ) Mr J. D. Sbafto's The Moor, Bst 41b (501 . Steles- 1 Mr. W: Lawrence's Heroine, ist 121 b (501 )pitogers) 2 Sir C. Ruehout's Flounce, 3 yrs, 6st 10lb A./t a r t :Z:9 3 Lord Waterford's Miss Hayes, 7st 121 b (Doyle) r 0 0 Mr. Cameron's False Alarm, Est 61b (501) (Palmer) 0 Mr. E. R. Clark's Lady-in-Waiting (501) ...(Barker) 0 Mr. Wortley's g by Idas, 3 yrs, Est 61b (500 (Goater) Mr. Sherring's Rage, 2 yrs, 4st 121 b (500...(8undy) 0 Mr. Beard's Duster, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (501) (G. E. Sharp) 0 Mr. Enimersou'a Cheshire Witch t,4stslb (Fordham) o Betting-5 to 2 agat The Moor, 9to 2 agst Heroine, 5 to . 1 egst 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 a bad 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, 7st 6lb (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, Sat llb (Flatman) 0 Mr. R. Read's Sir Robert, Bst (Abraharas) 0 Mr. Drinkald's Thornhill, 7st 71b (G. E. Sharp) 0 Lord Exeter's Mountain Flower, Tat (J. Mann) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Infidelity filly, Est 41b (Ashmall) 0 Mr. Shenton's Simon the Cellarer, sstl2lb (Sherwood) Captain Smith's Salopian, 3 yrs, sst 41b ...(Sherrard) 0 Betting -9 to 4 agat Sharavogue, 9to 2 agst Young England, 11 to 2 agst Mountain Flower, 8 to 1 agst Timid Fawn, 8 to 1 agst Thornhill, and 10 to 1 agst 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 sovs. each, with 100 added, for two yrs old; winners extra. T.Y.C. Mr.Drinkald's Knavery, 6st 101 b (Alcroft) 1 Mr. Parker's Miss Emma, 7st (J. Goater) 2 Mr. Spencer's Prevention, 7st 121 b Duke of Richmond's Cuckoo filly, 7st 91b (Fishman) 0 Mr.. Mare's Cock Pheasant, 7st 91b (Simpson) 0 Mr. Wauchop's Bridget. 7st 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, 7st 61b Mr. R , ,eves's Dfurbound (carry 7st 21b) (Kitchener) 0 Mr. •Magenis's Pantomime, 7st Count Bathyany's The Pearl, Est 4lb Betting-7 to 4 sgst Prevention, sto 1 age, Bridget, 5 to 1 agst Miss Emma, 6 to 1 agst Cuckoo filly, and 7 to 1 agat Corybantes. Won by a short bead, Prevention and The Cuckoo filly next; Auchinleck and Cory bantes well up. Run 1 min, 18 sec. The Innkeepers' Plato of .50 soya. (Handley). Bristol Mr. Payne's Cotton Lady, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Rickards) 1 Mr. E. R. Clark's Pluaistead, 3 yrs, 7st (Barker) 2 Mr. Reeves's Abdallsb, 5 yrs, 7st 7lb ...... (Kitchener) 3 Mr. Harvey's Prestige. 4 yrs , 7st 121 b ... (N. Treen) 0 Mr. Darling, jun.'s Puritan, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Simpson) 0 Mr. Cartwright's Bullfinch, 5 yrs, 7st 81b , (J. Mann) 0 Mr. Bingley's Christians, 6 yrs, 7st 51b (Preece) 0 Lord Clitden's Sagacity, aged, 7st 21 b ... (G. Mann) 0 Mr. H. Douglas's Irene, 4 yrs. 78t . (Hiett) 0 Mr. Bowman's Flytrap: 5 yrs, 6st 10lb (T. Sherwood) 0 Sir W. Booth's Tremble, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (Charlton) 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst Tremble, 3to l agat Cotton Lady, 9 to 2 agst Christiana , and 6 to 1 agat Bullfinch. Won by half s length. Abdallah a bad third. Run in 1 min. 43 sec. The races commence this day (Thursday) at half-past two o'clock. RIPON RACES. —TUESDAY. The Grand Stand Stakes of - 5 sore. each, 3 ft, and 20 added, for two yrs old 6st 121 b, and three Bst 1211) ; &c. T.Y.C. (4 Subs.) Mr. R. Chilton's Audibon, 2 yrs, 7st 21b (J. Osborne) 1 Mr. Brown's Batch cap, 2 yrs, Est 91b (Chilman) 2 Mr. Reynard's Black-eyed Soot, 3 yrs, Bst 91b (Lye) 3 Hulcby's Utica, 3 yre, Sit 911) --(Cartwright) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Audibon. Won by a neck, Black eyed Susan a bad third. The Great St. Wilfred Handicap of 10 sovs. 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 Bann, Est 71b (Chilman) 1 Mr. Phillips's Merry Nubbler, aged, sst 91b(Moreton) 2 Mr. J.' Gill's La F,rnine Sage e, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b (Gill) 3 Mr. J. Dawson's Euphony, 3 yrs, sst ( Waddington), bolts d. Betting-6 to 4 agat Lough Bawn (t I), 2to 1 agst Mary Nobbler (t), 3 to'l agst La Femme Sago colt, and - 4to 1 agst Euphony. Won cleverly by a leng t h and a half. The Amateur Stakes of 5 eovs. each, and 15 added, for three years old aud upwards. Gentlemen riders. Heats, one mile. (5 Subs.) 4 o ° y : n t o e n r )) 's Killarney, 9st 51b .. .9st 1 11 b... 2 2 3 4 1 4 1 4 1 r. Longstsff Air. i,air. . I t y m n p a h r r o e ' s y ,G s L td a li u le r o a , m 9s i t d l d l i l e b to ( n e . Mr. Arrowsmith's Cripple Kate, lOst 41b ... 3 3 2 Mr. Fawcett's Goldfringe, 9st 21b ...(Stnitli) dis Three well-contested laz!ats, each won by a head. The Innkee s pers' Plate of 2 01., a dd ed to a handicap of • 5 on- each, 3 ft: On e m il e and a half. Mr. Walters's Maid of T. Valley, Bst 5113 (Cartwright) 1 Mr. Mr. Scephenson's Euphony, 6st 101 b .... (Chilman) 2 J. Gill's bc by Melb ourne, l et 71b .....(Basham) 3 PLYMO _ • Won easy b y two lengths. UTH, DEVONPORT, AND CORNWALL, Accep 1852. tances for the Saltram Stakes' 5 yrs Little George, 5 y rs, Bst 81b—Young Engl an d , 4 , Bst 71b—Butterfly, 3 yrs, Bst 51b—Madsnie vv Ferret , 3 yrs, 7st 41 b—Ethelwolf, 3 yrs, 7st 61b—The 3 yre, 655 yrs, 7st 31b —Benita, 3 yrs, 7st 61b—Tes! or ' ed sbillelsb• 3 1 01b—Carin e t ta, 3 yrs, 6st 101b —Wig yrs, 6st 31b. NEWMARKET SECOND OCT e tell - ,;.- O s FE TIN G , NEWMARKET 1852. Es The Cesarewitch Stakes, 15 ft. Weights to be deol rat , . • a T f a ret_ 3l Yi ep d t. im l i,:• s3r cia s cceptances ' 4 yrs—Follow me signified Sept. 13. 'm o m Faw n ' 3 rs J , a sic - er, Y— ' at 3 , a , rs l l , -1 3 yrs—Koh i-noor, 3 Dangerous, 3 yrs 9 .--...-..; „ a .. ill' A ninia r'ro—Hothorpe, 4 yrs— Lads, 4' yrs—Foote-2 yrs—Kthiande, 4 Yr: „„,,, y d Efau—' yrs— Cockcrow, 4 yrs—Red yrs—. Little Davie, yrs—Meiford. age 4 - o, 3 Young Troubleso me, yrs--;•Allegr out of 'lemma, 3 yrs— mod ""16131,3aneroost, i by 00 00, 3 -yrs—Father Thames, 3 3 yrs— __gas 4 )rs —Knight of the Garter, 4 yrs - Edward M rs Birch, , yr 5..... Montague, 6 yrs—Fledling, 3 York, . Frisaniiel. :l v r i5 l , out of Wedding Day, 3 yrs—La yrs-lad r e , 6 • yrs—King Charming, 4 yrs—King Gassa • so kb u t, 3 yrs—Termagant, 3 yrs—Captain Pepin— rs.--Sharavcgue, 3 yrs—Lady Amyott, 3 yrs Fiash, 3 Y . Fier r 4 Irs—Colsterdaie, 4 yrs —Neashans, 4 yrs— Cariboo,.----.. recto , yrs—Scarecrow, 3 yrs—Voltigeur, 5 yrs -5 . iia 3 yrs—Bonita, 3 yrs—Newminster, 4 yra—lui e . Fi , give , 3 yrs—Darkie, 5 yrs—Rachetee, 3 yrs—Bird on the Wing, 3 yrs — Haricot, 5 yrs—Truth, 4 yrs—Pan cake, 3. y ra—Str Rowland Trenchard, 4 yrs—Billy bar, 4 yrs—St. Michael, 3 yrs—Lancaster, 3 yrs Candl ewick, 5 yrs—Merry Bird, 3 yrs—Connsore, 3 yrs— Ariosto, 4 yrs—Barcplc.ne, 4 yrs—Adine, 3 yrsMr chioness, 6 yrs—Buckthorn, 3 yrs—Little Harry, 3 yrs ._Contessor, 4 yrs—Poodle, 3 yrs — Jullien, 3 yrs—Sir Charles, 5 yrs—Prime Minister, 4 yrs—m.montagup, 6 Waterfall, 4y rs—lady Harriet, 3 yrs—Cardinal ye man,Wise- -4 yrs—Chief Baron Nicholson, 3 yrs—Sir John Bar -5 yrs—Grey Tommy, leycorn, 3 yrs—Knight of Gwynne, 3 yrs_young England, 5 yrs--Clothworker 6 yrs— Richard Primer, 3 ) rs—W oolwich, 6 yrs---Cleveland, 3 yrs—Rnssberotigh, 5 yrs—Lindrick, 3 yrs—Bit of Blue, 3 yrs—Lerrywhent, 3 1-8-I.copold. 3 yrs—Pitsford, 5 yrs—Sister to Singapore, 3 yra—M a d e li no , 3 y rs —Le j u g , 4 yrs—lndiaa Warrior, 3 yrs—Marlbvrougb Bac k, S II l‘r 4 yrs —Wi n di sc h gratz, 5 yrs—Hookem Striver, '4 yrs-- ,!,'‘i: - -:4 .- , JOE , Miller, 3 yrs—Grand Duchess, 3 yrs—AlbnZo, 5 yrs -- `.: 7 4..1,.-;;-„, —Knight of the Shire, 3 yrs—Goldfinder, 4 yirislarkel, '-'-, - ."7 6 yrs— g b y G ladiator, out of the Abbess—c ‘ii Mef. 'arm 4 ...... bourne, out of L a F emme Sage, 3 yrs—Stilton, rs,_,l _;.--- oby Melb ourne, out of Sally Warfoot, 3 yrs— tAfa -‘ nism, 3 yr s —l ta li an, 5 yrs—The Varmint, 3 yrs—L i y. Sitt 4 ,is Meauley,-3 yrs — Larnartine, 3 yrs—Harpsichord, 4 yra —Weathergage, 3 yrs—Lucio, 3 yrs—Kingston, 3 yrs —Kate, 3 yrs—Snowstorm, 6 yrs—Womersley, 3 yrs—. Terpischore, 4 yrs— Fancy Tree, 3 yrs—br f by laugh a-ballagh, out of Motley, 3 yrs—Trickstress, 4 yrs— Dulcet, aged—Snarry, 3 yrs—Athena Pallas, 3 yrs— Lady Evelyn, 6 yrs—Black Doctor, 4 yrs—Paddy Bird, 3 yea—Tom Holtby, 4 yrs—King of Tramps, 3 yrs— Red Lion, 3 yrs—Chief Justice, 5 yrs—Hyacinth, 3 yrs 1--r Daniel O'Rourke, 3 yrs—Songstress, 3 yes—The rpicirg,res, 4 yrs y — rs H2Ln oo an g d in e u % 45 3 y r r s s .... — c P a h r le n g . etl 3 :l7 is- 5 y zi •r a s r — y Ann , 3 Yrs—Paquetta, 4 yrs—Houlakin, 3 yrs—Stock 4w3e,lrls, 3 frt y r rs 7.3 — ,n2 l a lez, 3 yrs—Butterfly, 3 yrs—lngratitude, aged—Vermutii, 4 yrs—King Fisher, yrs —WP:l4oemeAinß3aKYtiErosnr—s ftiWorOatvUbeeGriettYT' 3 yrs — Nutshell, 5 yrs—Musician, 5 yrs—Dollaud, 3 30Nir8.Cambridgeshire stMEETING,Stakes. s 1 8 5 2 . Knight of the Shire, 3 y 3 yrs— . Pits ford, 5 yrs—Billy bar, 4 —Buckthorn,yrs—Sackut, 3 yrs—St. 3 yrs—Kil uade, 4 yrs—..4zsel,q3 yrs— Bird,yrs—Merry Michael, 3 yrs—Lancaster Truth, 4 yrs—Butterfly, 3 yrs—Snowdrop, 3 yrs—Neasham, 4 yrs—Divi- O tle o ir j o, ers 3 isl yr a s , 3 dcnd, 3 yrs—Father Thames, 3 yrs—Little Harry 3 yrs —Teddiugton, 4 yrs—Hothorpe, 4 yrs—Termagant, 3 yrs—Turnus, 6 yrs—Lady Amyott, 3 y r s — Ammonia, 3 yrs—Koh-i-no 3 o y r, r3 3 — yr b s— f b T y o L ni a c n , e 4 re y o r s a t: 4yLraysd—rys_FAlsigrint;et3so,yts— Singapore,A d i ne,33yyrrstliolidulse: 33yrysr—g_Gyreocuianng, Troublesome, 4 yrs—Sharavogue, 3 yrs—Candlewick, 5 yrs—La Gazza Ladra, 6 yrs—Pancake, 3 yrs—Melford, aged—Proctor,4 yrs—The Cutler, 4 yrs—Manifold, 5 yrs—Ariosto, 4 yrs—Frantic, 3 yrs—Scarecrow, 3 yrs 3yrys—rs EFaduwxaprads, of 4 y y re s — rk C , o 4 tto y a r L s— ad j y s , s 3 sic y a r , s-;- 3 C yr a s r_aca p r i a o , t 3 , —Sir R. Trenchard, 4 yrs—Weathergege, 3 yrs —Herbert, 6 yrs—Peacock, 3 yrs—Chief Baron Nicholson, 3 yrs—Tested, 3 yrs—Hookem Snivey, 4 yrs — Womersley, 3 yrs— Windischgratz, 5 yrs— Eloot, 3 yr s —l n d ian Warrior, 3 yrs—Huugerford, 4 yrs—Elthi ron , 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 yrs—b f by 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—Cliverhouse, 3 yrs—ill:Wien, 3 yrs--Joe Mi s li n e a r ; r, 3 y Y 3 rB y — rs i E tt A ig t h h t e o n f a ' G P w a ) li n as n , e 3 5 y yrs—Gl yrs—Dulcet, y t 6 agedrs— — Benita, 3 yra—Follow me Lads, 4 yra—Raehette, 3 yrs —Bird on the Wing, 3 yrs—King Pepin, 3 yrs—Made line, 3 yra—Nabob, 3 yrs—Child of the Mist, 3 yrs—b LutEopthMesuotsl,eiy, yrs — Eliza 54f b y Yy r r s BF i g r i ga m i-e e bYa z i c iaa i n gg i be s ci' ter , 4 yrs—Priam the Third, 3 yra— Sir Charlie, 5 yrs—b f by Faugh-a-ballagh, out o f Miniature, 4 yrs—Uriel, 6 yrs—Grey Tommy, 3 yrs—Sophistry, 3 yrs—Young England, 5 yrs— Clothwork er , 6 yrs —F b y H etman Platoff, out of Infi delity, 3 yrs—Stilton, 3 yrs—Tom Holtby, 4 yrs—King of Trumps, 3 yrs—Lindrick, 3 yrs—Bit of Blue, 3 yrs— Emerystone, 3 yrs—Lady Meauley, 3 yrs—Ringleader, 4 yrs—Grist, 6 yrs—Vcrinuth, 4 yrs—Officious, 5 yrs— Brawn, 3 yrs—lsabella, 3 yrs—lles, 4 yrs—Musician, Galvanism, 3re Ch' ' , rs—Hyacinth, —Daniel O'Rourke ,3 yra—Tb e High Sheriff, 3 yrs—a-ceittul, 4 yrs—Evadne, iron 4 - 5 Yrs—Puritan 3 yrs—Cavan, 3 yrs—Lady Evelyn, 6 3 yrs—C by Melbourne out of S a lly Warfoot, 3 yrs - ief Justice 5 y y rs— liobbieNoble,3yrs—Merry man, aged—Harbinger 3 yrs Hernandez, 4 yrs—Cor nelius, 3 yrs—Gladiole, g 513 j e y / 1 3 i eu u ss s — : 5 4 0y 3 1 d r ' r : . . . E - o ß g P l h h i as i e h d g i dj ah , 3 yrs—Ambrose , 3 yrtshi3Lyorns -3 yryz—lruaniddpys,Brdy,e3s—yeTsh—e i ll t u s I s i s a b s o , r 5 o n y g r h s , - 5 R e y d r L s • ( -- ) . i s a n li k , i , g pold, 3 yrs—Songstress, 3 yrs—Louis 3 Miss Fanny, 4 yrs—Red Hind, y 3 r e y_r s— snitsS l , , e ' s33l— King Fisher, 3 es—Phlegm, 4 Stockwell Butterfly, 3 yrs—Dolland, 3 yrs—A/contn, 3 yrs. ____ 87 import nt TO THE EDITOR OF Ti :k Sin,—l have just had my attention called to a p ara . graph in your yesterday's edition, head e d to Electors, " in which you state that to-day is 4 , th e l ate a st day for sending into the clerk of the peace in counties, or the town clerks in cities or boroughs, claims t o b e placed on the Parliamentary registry in cases wh ere names have been improperly omitted, and objections its cases in which names appear on the register which ought not to be there." I beg to refer you to the Registration Act, 6th Viet, 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 y ou 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. - Apolo;ising for the liberty I hove taken in this com munication, and trusting you will correct the mistake in your next, I am, Sir, &c., Dudley, Aug. 4. W. H. BROCME. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. THE GRIAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— (Miles in work, 223 k) .Return of Traffic for the Week ending July 25, 1852 :-- Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... £8,054 15 0 Merchandise and minerals ... 4,155 4 9 Cattle ... 2 98 7 5 Total .. ••• ••• . Corresponding week, 1851 (236 miles) : Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £10,198 18 5 Merchandise, Cattle, &c. ... 3,680 15 4 :12,r,08 7 2 Total ... ....£13,879 13 9 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles open.)—Traffic for week ending Aug. 1, £18,497 9 4 Corresponding week in last year (260 miles open) .. •....£17,653 12 10 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY... week ending A ug . 1 ; _ ..Traffie for the Passengers RAI LWAr. , parcels, &c. Goods ... ... £3,186 18 7 ... 650 17 4 Total sTs~_••... £3,837 15 H Passen gers ... noArs. ••• O” TOTAL. Pastengers, parcels, &c. Goods ... £354 7 11 ... .£.3,541 6 6 ... 650 17 4 Total ..- ... Z 4,192 810 of Cl Fr ß a K ffic All f l Or 13 t h A e II NN I) : 3 ee N k RAIL. Corresponding week last year 4,b30 7 10 ending u £232 17 6 Passengers, parcel , , &c. ... Merchandise, cattle, &c.... ." 2 0 11 1 .( 3 21? mubile2s: en)—Return Total £253 8 7 Correspondin g wee k in . 1851 (10 miles open) : Passengers, p ar cels, &c. ••• 37 311 Merchandise, cattle, &a 0 0 6 ... ... £37 4 5 Total .. DUMB CgARITABLE AND PROVIDENT DEAF AND r T the annual meeting of the friends INSTITUTION.— Yeet ti, a- so 'ciety was held at Ridley's Hotel— and subscribers to ! a the funds of the society, but owing to. repor_ezewbic the . ch te a d ir t . ho T t h t e her H o o or no o r a ar t y th S e T r e es ta e r o y t time 12 Pe, inn& J owly most deserving cases were deban'ed of their early friends and supporters ; and, f t Ai r b o e r ni . w F a r a n d a ra t noc is i. s s io ; . The committee regretted to report the r deaths of in ) read the rsons upon b m a c o k s t, partm a n yb but tf poort he mwoonr workmen, h m l y e nct:n havetri to have d their small subscriptions, owing to the hardness rie _ f the times . h the amount received last year being only ?„, i s . 9d., while t at of the year 1850 was 21/. Os. 6d il-e-2alance-shet showed the total amount received during. i n :e hi f s or dr th aw e the past yeaz (6idn.c.ludingoaftesrmtahlle bnaeleaenscsearyin hand) been 129 E • , and , Mr. C. Bult, expenses had been defrayed, there was left a balance in the hands of h treasurer of 39/. Os. 3d. The Chairman moved the adopttio: db in ioscot a o d r: d tp i in t w io h n o w o f os tk o e a r r e r p ie o d rt, nt w ot hi . ch co , n h . avi ri ng he bee co n m s m ec i o t n te d e ed h b avying pointed, and Mr. H. John Lowery elected treasurerb,eeinn tahpe place of Mr. H. Johnson, deceased, a vote of thanks was Yesterday evenin piis s se i tl NG to u t L h k e n ch r a i ir ß m ß a b_ n. was , caused betweenin and six o'clock, considerable confusion _w immediate neighbourhood of Lincoln's lon-fields., in conse quence of the following extraordinary occurrence :—Onfiethvoeef the large waggons belonging to &c., of the 011essrs. Younghusband and w ß i ai th l . ey h - , em w p as , through Lincoln's Inn-fields, laden(' Co., railway carriers, being driven by a . young man who on the , was sitting . " dickey," when suddenly a huge sheet of flame shot fortis from the centre of the hemp, and almost encircled the driver- The lad instantly jumped off the top of the waggon, end proceeding e b e o d rs in e g s found the entire surface of the contents of the vehiuie in one broad sheet of flame. By a desperate effort he sac ceede l j e l f t ' taking the horses out, but the flames having seized hold the each side of the waggon, a number of persons y sl e eh , over. driver's aid, and they succeeded in turning the ... T inge-road, and shooting the blazing material into the 7„,.:13t than Where it again burst forth in sheets of fire In e ligh Holborn before Mr. Morris, the engineer °f the and a body brigade station, quickly attended with au t ,:avig been ob.. of firemen. A plentiful supply Pf 7.1 i n 'the course of an tained, the engine was set -to work, she d. The cause of the outbrfleour the is ames were entirelin ° y r, sct gtY• The property in e question belonged to Mr. Diaggs, o f Somersetshire, and Was worth from 120/. to 150/. w hose marriage with th e The Princess Wass' Prince Pre s ident of th Republic is spoken o f, was born in e ohne. Seresther, the Prince Gus -1833, and is named Carsay, the g grandson of Adolphus tavus Wasa .' i2 ' 1 1 1 ) 01 Y :stein Gottorp, who was declared heir of Frederic Date of throne , on the 3d of July, 174 i, and became the Swedish ,)f April ' 1751. The elder branch of the King on - the &t in LT Ls Gottorp is represented by the reigning house of Ru ssia. The young Princess is, it is added, dis tinguish-the°f--u her beauty and moral qualities. She has just catholic religion. embraced D'rectlY it Wal . 14G TO THE _MAIN CHANcE.-- I Lord Low" to that the elections were going unfavourably .. known directorsof the • •al ter companies in Derby, the and, handing . . London waited upon Lord Maidstone; his Lordshm said they should be very happy to supply'- terms , with waterrfor the Deltige,—panclift :.""fs, .y.~ ~< :i j.'~a .J Gd. ,01 10 1 0.