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Gazette and through the newspapers, that Mr. Some body had been appointed by the Lord Chancellor a Master Evraordinary in the C.nrt Chancery, in order to kad to the belief that some ip cat eontiderme had been repos. d in him, when in fact there wes no such necessary inferefice. Toe condixt of Mr. Smith through• out the whole affair had been irregular Ile was too.cl going to France, and there taking an affidavit out o f th,., jurisdiction of the court, and for the purpse of avoiding having so give security for costs, the plaintiff. Mr. Robin a.m, who made the affidavit, was represented as living at Tonbridgo Wells, in the jurisdiction of the court, instead cf at Boulogne, as was really the case. He (the Lord Chancellor) had been very snxons to find an excuse for Mr. Smith, and had read through his titatE;ment with great care, but ho couiessed that he had not been able to find that excuse for him. He should therefore order him to be struck off the roll of attorner, without as signing any specific ground. He had many reasons for doing so, and some of them ho bad now stated publicly. This decision he would cause to be communicated .by his secretary to the judges of all the courts of law. His Lordship also intimated that ho should expect that the solicitor of the plaintiff should explain to the Court, ou a future day, by affidavit, the psrt which he had had in this affair. ROLLS' COURT.--(THIS DAY.) _ HOGHTON v. HOGRTON. The MASTER cf tbe ROLLS gave judgment in this case, ' the faots of which were Icily aetailed in The Sun at the conclusion of the arguments. about a month since. The bill was filed by Mr. Henry Hoghton, against his father, Sir Henry Boid Heghton, to set aside a deed of resettlement executed by the plaintiff immediately on his attaining 21, under which the father derived large benefit. The plaintiff contended that his F xecution of the deed was obtained by misrepresentation, and that he was in igncrance of the material provisions contained in it. His IioNOVR, after minutsly and carefully going through tbe teats, and the authorities applicable, stated ho was of opition that the deed in question was not a reasonable or proper mode of settling the pro perty, if the interests of the family were alone to be re garded. The evidence established conclusively that as far as the preparation of the deed was concerned the plaintiff had no professional adviser or assistance. Jr was not alleged by Str Henry in his answer that the draft was ever shown to the plaintiff, him or or in any manner submitted to to any person on his behalf for examination, and the most attentive consideration that his Honour had been able to give to the evidence, raised great doubts in his mind whether the objectionable parts of the state ment were ever brought to the attention of the plaintiff. , Mr. Walker, the solicitor of Sir Henry, stated that the operative parts were read over to the plaintiff at the - time of execution, but that was insufficient to show the plaintiff understood what he was doing. The mere reading over of a deed would not be sufficient to satisfy his Honour that the person hearing it read understood it. To an unprofessional person, however intelligent, and exerting the closest attention, the long and intri cate sentences and technical language of a deed were often unintelligible ; and even the Court not unfre quaintly misunderstood the limitations and effect of the , provisions of a deed read in open court, when the gre cleat pains were taken to read it clearly and intelligibly. Unless accompanied with an explanation of the contents of the deed, the reading it over to an unprofessional per son was more likely to confuse than to enlighten him. His Honour was of opinion it was proved that the con tents of the deed were not prop• sly made known to the 800 , and that he was left without the essietance and in formation which was,necessary to enable the Court to maintain such a frac section. The subsequent '.cts of the parties 'did not vary their rights. Tee delay in sling the bill was explained by the tact that proposals for compromise had been pending, and if the correspondence which in the arguments had been referred to by the counsel for the defendant bad contained (which in his Honour's opinion it did tot) any admission affecting the plaintifi'd rights, he should have disregarded such admissions made solely with a view to a compromise. He regretted those pro posala had failed of succese, end that the painful duty of deciding such a case should have been cast on him; but obedience to that duty he vres compelled to decide that, according to what he considered the principles of equity applicable to the facts and evidence, the deed seas void, and Sir Henry must deliver it UP to be cancelled. His Honour then went - through some minor points of the case, and concluded an elaborate judgment, which occupied an 'hour in delivery, by pronouncing a decree declaring the ''deed of the 7th July, 1843, to be Void, and ordering it to be delivered up to be cancelled, but the bill must be dialnieled so far as it sought a declaration that the mort gages on the Heghton estates w. re subsisting mort gages. He should be glad in a case of this nature to be relieved from the necessity of giving any directions respecting the costs. Mr. BETHELL (on behalf of the plaintiff) was very happy to say that his client bad authorised him to state be did not desire any directions on the subject of costs. The Court then proceeded with petitions. The Chancery courts will not sit to. morrow. It is un derstood that all the Chancery Judges are to meet the Lord Chancellor on the subject of the Chancery Reform Bill. QUEEN'S BEN CH.—(THIS DAV.) (Sittingi in Belief), before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, .. Ile.'Sustice WIGHTDIAN, Mr. Justice ERLE, and Mr. Justice Ceorarrox.) Mr Frederick Tbesiger was sworn in as her Majesty's 4ttorney-General. QUEEN v. IRONSIDE.--CRIMINAL INFORMATION. In this case a rule nisi had been obtained, calling upon 14 r. Ironside, the well-known railway proprietor, to show cause why a criminal information Anted not be»iled against him for a libel which he had published in the Sheffield Free Press, upon Mr. Barwell and the officers of the Midl an d Railway Company. Mr. IRONSIDE now appeared to snow cause against the rale, and contended that it was impossible that the complaining parties could have been injured by the Published letter, because it contained no names nor any. thing else to indicate to the world who the parties were. - But it was .aid an anonymous letter was sent to the chairman of the company, in which Mr. Barwell wss distinctly pointed at as the party referred to in the com munication published in the Free Press. Now that letter might or might not have been forwarded, but of this he could assure the Court, that he knew 'nothing whatever of this letter, nor was he in the habit of writing anonymous letters either to newspapers or ,Private individuals. On the contrary, it was notorious that it was his practice always to attach his own name to the matters which he occasionally felt called upon to put in print, and he therefore hoped that as this letter in to way mentioned names, the Court would not teal dis posed to make this rule absolute, the more especially as the party who made this c tisplaint stood in the position Of his own servant, and had refused to render him an account of his stewardship when he called for it. i The LOR D C HIEF J USTICE sugges t e d t o Mr. Macau -43.3', who appeared for the other side, that he had better bench th e case, as t h ere was a new J u d ge on t h e who was not present when the rule nisi was Meted. Mr. MACAULAY said he was quite ready to adopt that cour,e, and he begged to inform their Lordship) that on Li te rmer occasion he obtained this rule on behalf of Mr. Barwell, a director of the Midland Railway, and a magi,- !ate et North empton,under the to l lowine circums nets:— te! ground of t h at application was a libel published by " e ler e Yo e nsirle on M r . B arwell i n a newspaper ca ll e d t h e r9.;:e r tft ; / a t . F ree Press and Rotherham and Barnsley Adver 111 reference behalf a charg e d Mr. Barwell with corrupt cououct the to large contracts made by the directors on Midland to a very b iro Company. The company contracts like, chitfly for near 400) 0 u amountth for articles of clothing and the amount of of the secants, and this to an connected with the . 0 0/. a year; and the circumstances that periodically, ise l 7 se T' libel were these:—lt appears Lice to advertise for I :P r e s : n es are vaunted, it is the prac articles. L is . also to tender for the different a practice talc parties known to the directors issue circulars to ter it FlFP 3 ars that in the year as likely to tender; occasions upon which tenders were received there were three were made, and relative to which arree7ived and contracts tained in the libel. It appearstnasthefirshtC statemente eons came to the directors of any e c"arge 'Dilatation which wee was c nteintA in an anocyr oo „„ l e g , d t l e ust Mr. Bar -' • tie 5 tit of November, 1851, on which day .. , r received on e.. , 'the board of direct 1 aepears that a .. .., _ etch member of , orN w h o tvt..ud ' meeting held at Derby, received a similar letter, e ed a e s , ' Mr. Barwell himself. This letter was in sub s -zee " ' , .''',..,.' ' same as the libel afterwards published —r • arenaide se 1 to items and figures with the . • and it is identical as he .1. ," e k A It cherged that Mr Barwell was interested in cart. ill : i made by the stores conernitt e• : , contracts which had been . nee the contract e ~l ' t . . and that his nominee had obtained theretor 3.4-a. ~'• - . ' 'fair • prices., This anonymous letter e clearly - • ' charged Mr. Barwell not only w ith an interest in the . intEHLIOU to make g a i n contracts, but also with a corrupt . t let ter,. it heir g by them. No notice is taken of December. 1851. there is , Itnonymous; but on the 2d of another meeting of the directors , when Mr. J , ihn Ellis, tit. - chairman of the nom ,n and Msmt" (-) 1 Parliani receives a communication from Mr. Irons:d&e . I read from the affidavit of Mr. Eihs and the letter is-- "Sheffield, 1851. Dec. lst, "Dear Sir,—A copy of the inctosed letter will aprar (I expect) in several journals next Saturday. I cannot B hapase the board would openly sanction such .conduct, hilt their vigilance is necessary. I can wait patiently. but I know my plan of publishing contracts would have been by tar the best. It lam called on I can give the Times of .he director, his partner, and the two clerks. Pray adjourn the matter of letting till you have ievesti etted it. ' Yours feethfulty, ' • " Isaac IRoNSIDE. "John Ellis, E=q., M. P., Chairman of the Midland Railway Company." And this letter inclosed a printed slip identical with What afterwards appeared in the newspaper. The Secree toy therefore wrote this letter to Mr. Ironside:— " Midland Railway, Seeretary's Office, Dec: 2', 1852. " Sir—The board concludes that you would not bring the serious charge contained in your letter of yesterday h aving U pon . any anomous commueicAtion, and without -, satisfied ny yourself of the resptctabily of your in t:ri„tmant and being prepared to suastantiate the charge. T he stores committee are prepared to piece all books 4 " Papers connected with the contracts before yeu, and to give you assistance in investigating the subject upon • Your giving the name of your informant. The committee meet to-morrow, but if that day is inconvenient to you, ' they, it ill meet t gain on Tuesday. the 16th inst. Mr. Cobbs has insti =tines t . ,nee 3 . 011 a peas. "I am, Sir, yours faithfully, "J. F. BELL, Secretary. "Isaac Ironside, Esq., Sheffield." ale reply to this Itar. Ironaide writes: — . - . " Sheffield, 11Yo. O. 1f 51. " Dear Sir,—l go h ome ear ly f rom business and got 5154 ra this morning. It denotes a fvregone conclusion, ... ?4. .p. ;~:,~ 'r ` s . ko s : . 41 : • . i , . ~. G., .~F :._ ''~',:~. ,19ta, ' ~ ti.... ;; , ;e ►. ~::, ...~ vtt ' *ri k , ~; k!'.•ti ~F~i~ ~itwt . R ''t: ~. :;, 5 ` . k I ^ a 5 1 ; J, 7~ LA ' t ;~ ~ THE SUN, , The stores committee have a right to attach conditions . to their challenge, and I have a right to accept or retuse the conditions. I decline t h e inv.-st igati , u cloggcd with a an d lt i uns . In fact, I nay,- neither time our iuclinarion t t figh , wi h l , ,fig It med not be cI , AO a hurry—it will keep. I shah be glad to liod the ki,for , a3A . ton is not coriec . , and sorry if any matt has been wrongfully charged We ehull see. Nly flaw i 5 very, fully occupie.i, end that must biL , my a,:eilogy for not wriffinp i n a more raanuer.—Y•Arris t-i , hfo'%F.:tet great baste, " iSA AC in , rtslDE J. MI, Eq.. Secretary Miella , ,d itstl vay." It is clear. therilore, that a full investi B .tion of 'the subject is offered to him on his giving up the name of his informant, and he declines it. The printed slip, which was inclosed in Mr. Ironside's letter, was identical in words and type with the libel published in the news 'per, arid it was in the form of u letter, - datf d ,the 29th. DNeoeyeenambtr: 1 1 3 t 5 w 1 :is an as d fo e i p lo p ,s ea s t : e_d on Saturday; the 6tti • MIDLAND RAILWAY CONTRACTS. "TO THE EDITOR.-1,1 will perhaps be recollected tha, at a gent-ref meeting of the Midland. - I ..uecek-cled in car rying a proposition to the effect that the :contracts should be published. At the soccteding meeting, the directors, having refused to obey the resolution, canae prepared.to rescind it. Knowing their proxY power I did not resist: them, hilt threw the whole responsibility upon tht-ni.; Ti,e shallownes, of their reasoning • in support of the present S creey was apparent, but nothing will move` them and the shareboide , rs except • plain facts, which all will admit are very difficult to get at tinder the present . circumstances. Willson permit ate to put . a few ques tionS to the directors in reference to, this mat tkr of con tracts? 1. Previous to the recent letting of contracts, did Mr. well-known .nominee, agent, or partner of one of the directors, send in tenders? 2. Were not these tenders, originally, above all the rest in every • article? 3. Did not the director enter the prices in the other tenders in his square book, and take them home for the consideration of himself and nominee? 4. Filer to the neat committee day, was hot the nodal- ' -nee brought free to Derby to make fresh proposals the director and the cnnitnitiee; and did he not als6 bring his cases of goods free, and take the rejected por tion back at the same rate; by way, I suppose; -in creasing the receipts of the lin- ? 5. On the night pre vious to the toting, were n'o't the director and his nomi nee taking a peep at the 'tenders in the secretary's office? "I am informed that last February, when there was a contract for 600 enginemen's great coats, a coat lay for inspection with a pattern of rug tied to it, and a notice stating that the coats were to be lined with the same article, except the colour, which was to be the same as the coat • lining; the pattern quality was worth ss. per yard. the lining that was put In the coats was only worth . 2s. per yard. Parties tendering of course sent their prices for the 59. lining; the best lining would cost 13s. 9d. per coat„ and 2s. lining would only cost ss. 6d. per coat. The tenders were as follows:—Brant Derby, 245. per coat ; Ferneyhougb, ditto, 265. ditto ; Dolan, London': 2-75., ditto; the director, 28s. 6cl. ditto. Of course, the director had the order at 28s: i6cl.,`at.:a . . loss to the company of 600 times 12s. 6d, amounting to 3821 10s., in consequence of his being allowed to line the coats with the 2s. lining. I am also informed that the tenders fol. general stores were opened On Wednet• day last, for the'director to make a few notes from; that be then handed them over to Mr. ----- and Mr. —, two clerks in the stores, to make abstracts lima. They found some of their old friends were cut out, and thq immediately sent for thew—Alessi - F. E,:stv‘oi Id, Frost, and Kir.ley. tronrounder; also Messrs. Roenn.f 041ey, timber mem:haws, and scut-lal others. Blank forms of tenders were Wren into the t ffice to them, and new ten der:, made cut. As the tenders are to be decided on Tuts-day not'. I P.fiull send a copy of this letter to th.. e b a i rtnae , D. t by, in ort 4 er t. try to save: the company a tea , thou.ands this next hail-y, ar. A:low ra. to su.4" - . gen a remedy, which is, to t:woe the -e c_ln(racts by a commit\ ee of taw - eh:l4,r-, "r by the wfo ho4;11 of directors, end not to allow toree pet sons, coilais!tvg of the director and two others, to spend 3'00,0001. ear in this reckless manner. Entreating the eihruest and serious attention of the shareholders and the directors to this subject, I remain yours faithfully, " Sheffield. N.,v. 29, 1851.. ISAAC IRO NSIDE that was the libel complained of, and the Uwart w old perceive Mr. Ironside did not now deny that Mr. Barwal was not the director to whom the letter re ferred. Mr. Justice ERLE—And how can you show that. he! is • Mr. MACAULAY said Mr. Barwell had the management, of the s ores, end be introduced a Mr. W.righi, of Northampton, to the company, who supplied Of) articles referred to in the letter. The ehttcg,,, however, which the letter contf.it ed were tots% false, and 'this was sworn to posittvtly both by Mr. Barwell mud other uffic , ol of the company. Not only were the estimates which the company accepted the lowest sent in, but it cond be proved that the materials supplieo were the best, while, with reference to the charge that certain materials were "contracted for and inferior supplied the director and his nominee pocketing the difference, amounting to 3821. 10s.. the manufacturer who fiiiised the cloth made an I,ffidaeit.,, which he swore that it could not have been sold for less than the price contracted for. It was clear, therefore, that this was a gross libel upon Mr. Barwell, and the Court ought to make the rule absolute. Lord CAMPBELL said, if Mr. Ironside had made' his complaint in a general meeting of the company, or had his letter been written in a bond fide spit it, the Court would not have interfered, but this letter made specific charges against Mr. Burwell, and now there was no answer given. to the publication. It appeared, there fore, to the Court that there was reasonable ground to suppose that the publication was malicious, and for that reason the Court thought it was right to make the rule absolute, in order that the case might be submitted to a jury. Mr. IRONSIDE said he wished to make a few remarks in reply to wbiit bad fallen from the Learned Counsel. Lord CAMPBELL told him that he had better reserve them for the jury. Mr. IRONSIDE—Oh, as to that, I shall only cross examine the witnesses, and if they succeed, why, as far as that goes, it will be a great relief to me to go to pri son, I can assure your Lordship.—(A laugh.) Rule absolute accordingly. EXCHEQUEIi.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. ELIZABETH JONES. Mr. HUDDLESTONE applied fur a habeas corpus to bring up the body of a person named Elizabeth Jones, who was confined in the Westminster House of Correction. The prisoner was convicted under the Vagrant Act the sth Gee. IV., the 4th section of which made a suspected person or reputed thief liable to three months' imprisonment who fre quented any street leading to a navigable river or canal, or any place of public resort, or auy avenue leading thereto, or any street, highway, or place adjacent, wiat the intenlien cf cummAting a felony. The cotnmitilelit in the present (MW set out that tee eri..oeo., being a sti-ppcted person, unlawfully fre qkAited a certain street rate-d fie,geot-,treet, teeth intent to commit a felony, hut without stating- that this street was a place of public resort, a. , avenue ie.atithg thk.rete, or a highway, or place adjacent. Too Lenrit., d Couns, i contended that this was a material teni.isit , n, and that it rendered the commitment invalid. He me-houned that a similar point was argued in the . 04),e,it's 13 , -noh last term, and tnat the decision was adverse to tli! view be now asked their Lordships t.i take of the present case; but as Mr. Justice Pattrson, first at chambers, and sub sequently iu full court, took a different view to the rest of his brother judges, he trusted their Lordships would pardon his bringit:e: the question before ttlem. The CHIEF BARON said the subject, had a right to apply to every ("can t at Westminster for a habeas corpus, —Rule granted. ACCIDENT TO THE MASTER OF THE CHESHIRE FOXHOUNDS.—We are extremely sorry to learn that on Monday last a severe acvident occurred to Captain White, at the kennels. The gallant master was in the act of mounting a spirited horse in order to accompany the pack on an airing _excursion, when the animal jumped aside, and the Captain tell to the ground, the hor-e afterwards in his caperings treading' on the master's leg. Ha was immediately conveyed home and put to bed. The injury, though serious, we are happy to say, is not dangerous —Macclesfield Courier. )MLLE. WAGNI,II.—Ot tbi' lady, who is announced to appear at each Opera House, we find the following in a Berlin journal :—`• Mdlle. Johanna Wagner left be a on the 19th ult. fur Leipzic, atter which she will appear at Her Majesty's theatre. According to the terms of her contract, her cove will last till" the Ist of October. Her last appea , - ance was as Eglantine, in Euryanthe, in which character she ottnano:Englanci zarnofe has obtained the celebrity of having been the first to under stand and bring forth all its grandeur, and in Fidelio. The r zin eg ee r t e i t t7 o e fthe Berlinois at losing their favourite is very great, and the period of her re-appearance is looked forward to with - • Mum anxiety." T4E . CRYSTAL PALACE.-Last night a public with 155 held at the Prince Albert Hotel, Notting-hill, the crystrZ Palace Petition Parliament for the preservation of Dr. Trueman in the chair. - The cliair under nwl; a n g the proceedings, read the printed statement ni tio a n n' o i f n' t:: " a i i i i , :f i :Sir Joseph Paxton, in favour of the retell= answer the re asons g , a.nd, in a short speech, endeavoured to to the effect that it vir ci ae Mr. Mr. Pullen nioveci awnhich had been urged for .taking it down. Danford seconded a resolution Crystal _Palace ou g h t t t o he opinion of the meeting that the eves reserved, on account ofita• being admirably fitted, in etentio r : .° public instruction and rationZ . recreation . urg • 'Mr. Brewster, in of the for thedestructieen:o ui t, lor the purposes of red upon I m ad e i e e t s in t g o the the v de e.. ., speaking to the resolution, w g the r Parliament as possible. that orwar d noble en ii in its . 5... s Tt I r thi a eo b nfi i l sa i t it y nh. o iau f dp p gp ro oo c rn u te r ol i fib:el:all:, ciwnouittilhlltieanscsge the lam a l d t i 0 s p a , v a e n idt.a pTentietiroensolnuo n was put and came • 'the wishes of the meeting on the subject was and s adopted with aDd signed, c. a view to strengthen the h a Heywood in bringing in the Rouse of fo ward his motion ' las of Mr Commons on Tuesday next. RESIGNATION OF follow ; .;, lug of the Edinburgh P n orEssou WILsoN.—AtA.The4., Town Council o n Tuesda y th e fo Wilson, resigning the ficiversitv :—" Wood burn,lug letter, addressed to the Lord Provost, magistrates, and council, was read from Professo r" Pro fessorship of Moral Philosophy in the of my sudden When the kindness of the patrons, on occ asion sd and the great Dalkeith, April 8, 1852. • My Lord a nd Gentlemen,— and severe illness in September las , induc, , me leave of absence till the close of the ensuing s ession now about of th.. Learned Principal Lee enabled. t hem to gran: about to terminate, the benefit to my health from that ar rangement was so great as to seem to justify m y humble hopes of its entire and speedy restoration; but as the y ear advacces these hopes decay, and I f ee lthat it is now my duty to resign the chair which I have occupied for so lung a period, that the patrons may have ample time for the . eleo- tioo of my successor. - I have the honour to remain, my Lord and Gentlemen, your faithful servant, JoHat WiLsoN.' ROYAL COLLEGE OF SUBGEONS.--The following members were admitted Fellows of the College at a meeting of the Council yesterday afternoon :—Messrs. Moths% Francis Fernandez, Madras Medical Establishment, diploma dated October 5, 1838; Thomas Eaton Lander, Shiffnal, , ' Shropshire, April 16, 16 - 42 ; and James Morris, Park-street, ' (14""YeilVr.liqtAre. June 16 , 1848. . LONDON, LIT ERA TURE I ADAM - GRAEME OF MOSSGRAY. By the Authorvf" Illerhland," 6 - c. 3 Vols. Colburn. ; t '1 he numerous admirers of this authoress, who have lingered in the pleasant Scottish home of Mrs. Mara ^garet Maitland, or watched the development of the -deep-r history of the joys and sorrows of Merkland, and thrilled with interest and antniration Of the heroic .lives of Caleb Field and his daughter, will bail the appearatte- of these volumes with pleasure end expec tation. Tney will not be disappointed. It, is an un common work, not only in the subdued power of the style, in the eloquence of the digressions, in the inte rest of the narrative, or in the delineation of character, but in the lesions it teaches, and the truths the more forcibly told, because they are unostentatiuuslyadvenced, less us the •advieft of the auihor than the words spoken •by the characters themselxes. The first volume con tans the memoirs of Adam Graeme, who, having been forsaken by his plighted bride, and deeply wronged by his cousin and only relative, retires to pass his life in solitude and seclusion, resolving never to see the children of those who had so injured him, though the injurers themselves bad passed away. But : his resolution Changes; he receives a letter from her whom he had almost worshipped, written when on her deathbed,-committing her only child, an orphan, to the quiet, gentle Lilias M a xwell becomes the his charge. He accepts the trust, and companion and ward of the old man, who had de termined never to see her. His feelings also undergo a change with respect to the son of his cousin, who is the last of the race, and who, being a very different character to his father; succeeds in effectually remov ing Adam Greanie's prejudice respecting him. The The eager, variable, and energetic Helen Buchanan gentle _Lilies, however, is not the chief a ttraction. is the heroine who most excites our sympathy. Slighted by the society of Fendie, as, being only a poor: schoolmistress, toiling in poverty and anxiety, and the only supp or t o f h er mo th e r, sensitive and proud, feeling joy and sorrow keenly, she has yet another and heavier trial. Mr. Oswald, the banker of the town, had once been the partner of her father, and on account of sortie unhappy dispute they had parted in anger. Mr. Buchanan, a weak-minded, delicate man, totally different from his daughter, died, and the self-rellled and unforgiving banker refused to allow Helen Buchanan to become the bride of Wil- liam Oswald. The contrast is striking between the pale and quiet Lilias—oahn even in her sorrow, for she is not without trials—and the earnest, excitable Helen, whose varying moods and changiug temper render her so susceptible of pleasure and pain. But she is strong-aninded and independent notwithstanding, and herspiritlrises to meet the difficulties which surround her, Lilies droops and yields. The other cha racters are also well drawn, each complete in itself. The.gentle Lhird of Mossgray, who gives his name to the work, the honest . light-hearted Halbert Graeme, the resolute banker, and his active sensible daughter _Hope, who schemes and plans most ingeniously, and who finally meets the success she deserves, and the .grave, earnest William, are all striking in their indi viduality. Nor must we forget those in bumbler life—the stern old fisherman, who thought his vow of unforgiveness for the faults of his son held him to its :fulfilment; or Isabel Brown, the old housekeeper, who still believed her mistress young, and when she returned, after the absence of many nears, refused to credit that thegrey-haired lady could be her " Miss Lucy." The esrlisr part of the work, the history ed. Mas , gray himsel', is full of eloquent writing and descrvion.. The followieg is en extract Yes, tiffs iu youth, properly so called, that the true of poetry is. The priesthood of nature, the mood that can bold communion with her in every place and time—theie-come only when the boy's material age is past, and the childish dreams come back, mightier now and clearer, to clothe with their rare grace the expanding growing soil. Is it well that this radiance uhuutd ty and bye fade into-the light of common day? Let us be csaitent, the old man is of kin to the youth; perchance. if the harsher meridian time did not intervene, it would scat cely be so. - But now the vision sph• ndid travels with ttim everywhere, ..There is a glory about the hills and in Abe sky=7thereisnausic, all the more clear that it is iSaiticukte, in every running streate—sthere as, highest of all, a wonderful- light and truth, and love, and noulenexs, over all hUtnan things —motives grand and sublime, lan , ur generous and greet, worthy of the marvellous positiun held by this mortal race. The whole universe vibrates to his ear with heroic watches and noble chimes and music, to which his soul thrills and his step keeps time. T-ue, indeed, there are falsehood and selfishness and change bete, er whence those tales and sorrow, and this generel indigna ion that swells within him against the wrong that is to be conquered? but these are not ideal covers and v a t t il a s l a l per feet truth,hm o l p 9 e hi m s own especial atmosphere there is per (..ill m ti e t e s t eet l. the . i fee eye ltete t o h f e d e a h yp ets fl u is f -his' chivalrous affection; and he pities men who are snoirtieg under - neglect, or inconsistency and worldliness of Iriends*,sts those pity who feel their own blessedness Made all the greater by the contrast." The little band of schoolfellows who form the heroes of the memoirs are sadly dispersed and parted. But Mossgray remains the same, and when his youth and its trials have passed away we find him still watching his own dearly-loved stream, the same generous, poetical nature, and the same kind and gentle heart. The subjoined is from the parting scene of William and Helen,when the former is going to Edinburgh : " I grant you that,' said William, 'but suppose, Helen, a man should distrust his own powers, and think it most expedient 10 keep himself apart from all strug gles—to withdraw far away from the evils he has not strength to contend With—what then?' " Then he does nottulfil his end,' said the rapid, eager voicess' which is -not to flee from natural tempta tions and difficulties, but bravely to resist and do battle with the same. I know ono feels one's heart sink often. It may not be so -with you who are strong; but I feel that to cease such work and warfare as one is called to do, does bring a perilous sinking of the heart. It is not well—ssurely_ it is .not well to withdraw from the evils which are in us and about us; we are bound to do battle with them, William—not to stand on our defence alone, but to carry the war into tbe camp of the enemies. I think. sometimes that the state of war must be the only good state for those who hate sin natural to them as we have; and that if these words resist and struggle were withdrawn from our language we should be no longer human; for when we let our arms fall, our hearts gloom; tall, a _ aid u and weariness thenessco iv comes upon movingonus, distrustaud w orldweco and e into the narrow chamber of ourselves—and the sun sets upon us, William.' " The sun had set in the changeful face upon which Willism o:wald looked, and for the moment its waning colour since df,witcabt eyes proclaimed the unmistakable sinking of the heart; She did not perceive the look that dwelt: upon *her, nor its laneusge—language uncon -eittipay pow, rful—i and this. Helen, is your philoso phy.' The words fell dreamily upon her ears, echoing through a icing silence. The philosophy was not hers alms. Kindled th.aights had risen in the young minds, as they greW together Into the early flush of maturity, and now stcnsent him forth a knigt.t.” --- OLD ENGLISH COUNTY PROVERBS. • (Fitnu Eliza Cook's Journal.) 014 proverbs are the concentrated essence of popular wisdom. They. haVe been struck out by theoretic know-, kdge, and confirmed .by practical' experience. The people who liven long ago, In times when printed books did not exist, embodied their views of life in proverbs, which were handed down from father to son, through many generations. They live among us still. To this ea), proverbs.conteittn e the li'erature of the unlearned. And even. the Most learned of men may often gather wisdom froei tamue old saws of our forefathers. How much pritetioal.knowledge, tor instance, is to be found in the Provaibs of.Solomont—n hat clear insight into life! what golden maxims for the up-bringing of youth! what noble th ,- ughts tor eielf-culture and home happiness! George ..flawtori, in his clever lecture on Popular Proverbs, has said of them, that they are usually the witty -utterances, .by wise men, of the wisdom of the many. They became current because they ably, briefly, quaintly, or energetically expressed what men had long •.nought. Thehest of them are short; and they are short because they felt themselves to ba true,—because many of them are, as Emerson has pointed out, utterances of those nederlaing.laws of life around which, as around a magnetic pole, our actions group themselves. They are the great spiritual utterances of mankind, and may be regarded as a - kind of gauge to the thinker, to show how far spiritualism has been successful in getting into life. They' are the answer of the streets io the pulpit. They have become a current method of teaching great truths. Thus Franklin, in his Poor Richard, drew forth a whole budget of them, in enforcing the duty of providence. They were all ready-made to his hand. • You find the best of proverbs common to nearly all countries. Proverbs have their equivalents in all lan guages. The English, Scotch, Dutch,' Germans, and SpaniSboare especially rich in proverbs; and, at some future opportunity, we may draw from their ample bud gets: • ;At present our task is of a humbler kind; ,namely, _to draw forth a few of the old county proverbs and current sayings of England, which are, in many re spects, curiously illustrative of the olel life, habits, and customs of the country. We may mention that we take them from a book about two hundred years old, entitled Anglorum Speculum, or the Worthies of England in Church and State." The proverbs, or sayings, there fore, which we are about to cite, were in use centuries ago; and most of them are current In the several coun ties of. England to this day. Thus, Beckinghatus,hire "Bread and Beef, the one One,,th e other faa,".ia • still proverbial. So are "Essex ".Suffolk milk," and " Learaster bread and (Hereford). "Bean belly Leicestershire" w " 1) 4 ale" as °nee a proaarb, and may be so still; " Shake a L t h e e l re yeoman by the collar, and you shall hear ns rattl e i s hi s b e ll y ." "Y armout h capon " ( or red r a t erahi bere t eese ari V e • " Norfolk dumplings," "Banbury veal" whet iipe,,, u 7 , :te t " (applied to those who multiply and a gene ' , „f water" and " Grantham gruel, nine grits silt in current use. The iii6came), . 4r : 0 : 1! nue oitot what is necessary in their verhial • 4 Weav,-re. " I " taolchester. meaning there by .bevf pro by sprats, show that, the, ut ateteufseturitig place, „,er°Peretivea of that town, then a e much more poorly off than phraseology speech. "He that efore the of t they tire now. the phrase applied to food that hid been cooked over and 'andalso to er again, watild est a buttered fagot, let him go to Northampton," in England advent :yap, the dearest for fuel, The same town being repeAtittju:sko;bfuesl:: e n l o g e: e s r("b was oysters must 44 ' 0 grow n stale before far --tha tfro ni loon te 50, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL l6, 1852. they reached there in the old time, so it was also said, " The Mayor of Northampton opens oysters with his dagger." Theso several counties and towns prided themselves in their proverbial sayings, upon their respective quali ties; for instance, "Cheshire, chief of men," "Lanca shire fur women;" " &Wilk fair maids;" " Kent for Yeumen;"—aceoroin g . to the other proverb — A Knight of Calee, A Gentleman of Wales, And a Laird of the North Countries A Yeoman of Kent, With his yearly re. t, Will buy them out all three. The Kentishmen al,o b.)Bst of being the first Christians who were converted in England, and they have a saying of "Neither i n K ent nor Christendom. " They are also proverbial t a lk ers, as their proverb b espea k s ,—" Dover court, all sp ea k ers and no hearers. " "Suffolk stil es ," "N orfolk w il es, " an d "Essex miles," are also proverbial. The Norfolk people were said to be so skilful in the common laws, that they studied it when following th e p l ough-tail; and they were so li t i g i ou sly given that th ey would even• enter an act i on f or their neighbour's h orse l ooking over their he d ge ! Th e "Es sex miles" were the longest in England, s omething like the " York s hi re wee-bit, " which was genera ll y f oun d to be considerabl y l onger than the longest m il e . Hertford fordshire b oasts of its " Hertford clubs an d c l oute d shoon," " Hertfordshire hedgehogs," and better than all, "Hertfordshire kindness." " Cambridgeshire camels" be came a saying from the Fenmen stalking along upon their stilts over the marshes in olden times, as the shep herds" of the _Landes, in F rance , do now. " Cambridge shire men, is also a phrase of pride, for they gallantly fought the Danes and Normans, when the East Anglians ran away. SPORTIN G NOTES. No. CCVI. YORK SPRING MEETING, &e. TO THE EDITOR OF TETE SUN. Sin,—Yesterday produced the best day's racing that Newmarket can boast of during the piezent meeting, but as four out of the half dozen races were uninterest ing to the public at large, I shall confine my observa tions to the 100 sovs. and Claret Stakes. For the former Alcoran had his race in hand all the way, Glen lace cutting out the work for the first quarter of a mile, Stockwell then taking up the running to half way up the cords, Alcoran here heading him and clearing the chair a very easy winner by half a length; Glenluce beaten a couple of lengths. This performance of Al coran's is very respectable, but not good enough to en title him to the position be holds in the Derby betting. Had Glenluce been in good form, her running so queer a third as she did on this occasion would have justified me in at once discarding her from my good opinion for both 1,000 Guineas and Oaks;`as it is I must wait a little longer before giving a decided opinion in her form this year. "As bold as Beauchamp," is a saying in Warwick shire, and ar ose out of the bravery of the E ar l s of Warwick. "H e i s true Coventry-blue, " i s app li e d, to men of the right stuff—the best standing blues in Eng land having been dyed in Coventry centuries ago. In the same way, in Yorkshire, the to men of metal — these roverb, " As true steel as Rippon rowels!" is appli e d t old Rippon spurs b e i ng that their rowels could be struck thr oug h a shilling. Many of the cou n t y proverbs extol the r i c h ness of th e of such temper various districts. The Herefordshire proverb—" Blessed is the eye that is betwixt Severn and Wye"—expressive of the pleasure of blessedness or safety. " Where should I be borne else th an in Taunton D eane ?" is the brag of the peasant of S omerset —f or t h e p l ac e is said to be so fruitful with the zurt and roil alone, that it needs no manuring. Strange that The beggars of Bat h " should be proverbial in th e same coun ty! Cornwall prides itself on its tin, as a matter of course, and they say of one famous place there— " Hengsten-down well ywrought, Is worth London town dear ybought. Cornish tin is better worth having than " A Cornish Hogg"—figuratively applied to deceitful dealing. "To carry coals to Newcastle," is a folly of which only a" wise man of Gotham" would be guilty—the a villag e i n N ott i ng h ams hi re . In the said n eing ties the proverbial d e finition of a fool is different, according u e me c o or b ding to the localities famous for giving birth to these lulus natures. In Oxfordshire they say of such a one, "He was born at Hogs-Norton." In Lin colnshire they say, " He was born at Little Witham;" and of thoroughly cracked parsons, they say, in the same county, "As mad as the baiting-bull at Stamford." "In Nottinghamshire they have a proverb—" The little smith of Nutting brim, who loth the work that no man cau"—applied to conceited persons who pretend to do impossibilities. In Cornwall they apply a proverb of similar meaning, "It will be done when Dudman and Ramehead meet,"—two promonteries bonsiderably apart from each other. There used to be a similar pro verb at Croylsnd, in Lincoln—" All the carts that come to Croyland are shod with silver"—Croyland being allowed among the fens, whither no cart could come. Living in these tens brings on ague. and this the Ft n men call being " Arresteet by the liAley of Marshland." In Lincolnshire they say w men who luso their point through divisiona—" They held together, like the men of Marbam, when they lost their common." In Glou cestershire, when a mat: has brc ken his word, they say, "You are a man or Duresiy." And applied to men who are slow but sure, they use the term, " It's long in coming, like Cotswold barley," this being a heavy and fine crop, thoegh a late one. In the same county, thy -say of a person of rueful visage —"Ile looks as it he had lived on Tewkesbury mustard." - The Claret Stakes, contrary to general expectation, were won by Osbaldestou's son of Touchstone and Moun tain Sylph, in a most ridiculously easy manner ; for Ariosto, on whose chance 2 to 1 was laid freely, after making the running at a strong pace to the turn of the lands, ;cut it so dead that Mountain Deer passed him, and, without the semblance of a race, won by at least a third of a distance. The winner was immediately backed for the Chester Cup, for which in my opinion he stands but a very remote chance of winning. The betting on the Heath was remarkable in one or two respects; in the first :place, for the gradual decline of Robbie Noble for the Derby, who has receded to 7 to 1 offered; for the steady advance of Alfred the Great to 14 to 1; for the advance of Hothorpe to 16 to 1 for the Chester Cup; and for the improvement of the Indian Warrior, who has advanced to 25 to 1, taken. The ensuing week has two meetings of some note to engage the polite attention of the sporting fraternity. I shall merely touch upon that of York at the present time. This meeting, established last year, has aleady rieeu into an important feature in the teeniores of the season ; it extends over two days, Tuesday and Wed nesday next, and opens with the Craven Stakes, of 5 Boys. each, with 30 added, over the mile course. Si x nominations have been obtained to this stake, of which twe, Iris and Clincher, I imagine, will be missing from the tray ; the other four, in all probability, VI contest the srke, and, to my thinking, LADY AGNES and 1?a• du/phus ought to occupy the fist and second plume, aitnough they will encounter considerable o pp eei:ioe from Croupier anti Peniston, both remarkable last m il, r s Tee Z eland Stakes of 10 sous. each , with 50 added ; for two yes old; cells, Bst 71b; fillies, Bth 310; over tee T.Y.C., about 5 furlongs 44 yards. This stak e ma y pro bably hornet to the post Strait Jacket , St. Andrew , Plunderer, Mabella, Grapeshot, Lambton, and Dick Turpie. I confess my inability to discover anything capable of beating Osborne's LASIBTCN or Lard land's GRAPESHOT. The F l) eg n peasfecrh-torbso- H andicap, match p ' instituted to com memorate rival winners of the Derby and St. Leger of 1849 and rn9 r a g 1850, has obtained a subscription-list numbering sixty lour, and an acceptance of twenty-nine; it will be run over the two miles of the old course. The list is headed by the renowned Voltigeur, who, with Bst 131 b up, has been backed at as little as 2 to 1 to carrry the stake off. He is certainly the only animal that can be called a race horse in the entry, perhaps with the exception of Elthi ron, who at Bst 51b, however, stands no chance with Voltigeur. Lord Zetland's nag. I expect will run un commonly well, perchance may get into the third place, but I can hardly bring myself to believe he can give the weight away to several in the race that he is required to do. I cannot conceive for what performances the geld ing by Morgan Rattler is weighted to carry 7st 121b:— he can have no chance whatever. Raby, at 7st 81b, stale, fiat, and in every respect remarkably unprofitable, as an investment will not do at any price. Sir Rowla n d Trenchard, at four pounds less than the preceding, is scarcely handicapped fairly; and although he may run respectably, will not catch the judge's eye in a primary position. Storyteller is a remarkably hopeless spec; ditto Lough Bawn. Tom Holtby, I believe, is not thoroughly himself, or at 6st 91b it would have been almost impossible for his present rivals to have defeated him. Knook Knoll may run respectably, as he has been going to do many a time, but has not yet accom plished that undertaking. Haricot at 6st 81b,' if in her three years old form, is without doubt the most dangerous animal in the race to stand against; I con sider her chance to be as good as any. Osborne's couple figure next side by side Achyranthus having, f t o w o i d l s l do obrantet remain .1 , quietly i,he perha ps Prior in successfully, h () t er L a s n t abe e r of , so at ht leaving e 6 sltusc the klby, is another rather mischievous looking animal, it wou ld however, two pounds the pull of side, the latter, I houseb formerelie v e o , be highly imprudent to pepper: his form, hoe ever, I know nothing about. Harp, Jack Leensing, and Hard Labour are of very little account here; the first named is by far the best. Little Fawn has shown some run ning at times, but is a bad one. Haresfuot and Bardolph are no go. Goliah, at sst 101 b, is weighted lightly enough, but his performances hitherto have been so very wretched, that I hardly entertain any hopes den improve ment on this occasion. The Sally Wartoot colt is handi capped too heavy. Corypils is a doubtful runner. Lucio may give us a taste of the Faugh-a-Ballagh run ning, but his doing so is not at all certain. Cyclops may as well remain at home; ditto Poetess, the Jeinima filly, Royalty, and Surprise. Euphony, if she starts, will dispose of all the light weights. To sum up, the finish of the race I anticipate will be among the follow ing—Voltigeur, Haricet. Achyranthus, Prior of Leper cost, and Euphony. HARICOT Or ACHYRANTHEs win- ning, with Voltigeur next, Euphony and The Prior fol lowing in the order placed. Tne Champion Handicap of 10 sow, each, with 50 added, Over the mile course, has a deem nominations, a moiety of which will probably figure tat the post. Clincher, I presume, will be an absentee. Iris, if she can satisfactorily give the weight away, will prove herself a clipper: I en tertain, however, serious doubts on the pant. The Italian, Penang, and Croupier, are held safe by Lent Derby's mare. Oxford Blue and fluirgerford are bottle; up by the Cutler; and Prince Caradoc colt and Miss Lydia fitly satisfactorily settle the other light weights. I feel inclined to assign the first three places to the PRINCE CARADOC COLT, MISS LYDIA FILLY, and Iris. On Wednesday the Eglinton Stakes of 100 soya each, h ft, with 50 added, three-quarters of a mile, will be car ried off by Longbow, if he runs, or by Phantom in his absence, should they choose to start him; considerable doubt, however, exists with respect to the composition of the field. The Northumberland proverbs have chit fly reference to their restive neighbours—the Scots. " We will not lose a Scot," that is, we will not abate a fraction. " A Scottish mist may wet an Englishman to the skin,"—or, small mischiefs ' unleseheeded in time, m a y p ro v e very dangerous in the end. "A Scottish man and a New castle grindstone travel all the world over,"—this is a well-known proverb. In Cumberland, also, the old pro verbs are of a similar character. Here is one— When thy neighbour's house doth burn, Take heed the next be not thy turn ; alluding to the danger from the forays of the Scots, who generally burned after they had robbed. In Devonshire they had a proverb, similar to the Scotch one of "Jedwood justice, first hang and then try." The Devon proverb was— First hang, and then draw, Then hear the cause by Ledford law. Of the Londoners, in the same way, it used to be said-- "London jury, hang half and save half;" and also, " He that is a low ebb at Newgate may soon be afloat at Tyburn." In Dorsetshire they spoke of a man who had been hanged, as " Stabbed with a Bridport dagger," —the beat hemp being grown thereabout in early times. Thieves in Yorkshire had a salutary fear of three places, as is shown by the surviving proverb, "From Hull, --, and Halifax, good -- deliver us 1" At Halifax they executed thieves caught in the act of steal ing cloth by means of an instrument resembling the mo dern guillotine. Buckingham seems to have been in bad repute for thieves in early times, from the proverb, " Here if you beat a bush, 'tis odds you'd start a thief;" beech-trees (from which the name of the county) then abounding in the district. In Kent there was a proverb —" The father to the bough, the son to the plough;"— the father, when executed for felony or murder, being usually succeeded by his son in the inheritance. Some ot the old proverbs bearing upon courtship, marriage, and manners, are curious. In Cheshire they have one, "Better wed over the mixon than over the moor,"—that is, better wed a wife near the homestead than go to a distance for one; for, as the Irish proverb, to a similar effect, says, " Foreign cattle have long horns." In Chester they say, " When the daughter is stolen, shut Peppergste;" the mayor ot that city having once per formed this wise act after his daughter had eloped. It is c quivalent to " when the steed is stolen, shut the stable ( door." In Cornwall, they say of a sloven, "She is to be summoned before the Mayor of Halgaver"—an imaginary office to try and condemn bad housewives. And in De vonshire, when that extraordinary phenomenon of a man wh , is master of his wife is discovered, they say of him, " He may remove Mort-Stone,"---a huge rock in Mort-Bey, to lilt which would be a wonder. In Essex, they still preserve the old proverb, applied to a wedded quarrelling, " T hey couple who ha ve li ved for so many years together without may fetch a flitch of bacon from the Prior of Duranoe." N ot l ong ago, a h appy coup l e presented th,n,elves at Dunmue Church, and received the treditiouel gammon. Shropshire wives would seem not to turn out au well, it any reliance is to be placed on the old provetb, "He that fetcheth a wife from Shrews bury b ec' erla u4 id, tie'?—rrythhaet is ri , ut g o o Staffordshire w heret r: or else of else live i sticks or quarters, affs to be hats! Perhaps the proverb applies only t o s h rews, Huntingd ons hi re, it is said of a spendthrift, " He is on the way t o b eggar ' e bush;" and in Suffolk, "You plenty cutn are in the ri ght road to Needham,"—Needhatn being formerly a mat ket-town stocked with poor people. Iu OXfordshire, " Taking a Burford bait, means getting dtuok. Ated in the same county, " Send verdingales (or ladies' hoops) to broad gates in Oxford," was applied to those indecorous c ircumferences, which were supposed to be often used for the purpose of concealing certain ( =sequences which shall be nitmeless. Thu proverb, " As sure as God's in Gloucestershire," arose from the number of rich religions houses formerly in that county; and o f two southern sees, it used to be said, " Canterbury's the high rack, but Winchester's the better manger." Those who study " preferment" may know that, now-a -day Bs both rack and manger are best ' Canterbury. In Shropshire they have an awful pro verb, " In Wotton under Waiver, where God came never." In Lincol ns hi re, " He looks' like the Devil over Lincoln," is still applied to envious persons. The Berk shire proverb of " The Vicar of Bray ,will be Vicar of Brey still, is known over all England. This celebrated vicar held his living under Henry VIII., Edward VI., Q uee n Mary, and Queen Elizibeth. He was first a Papist, then a Protestant, th en a Papist again, and lastly a Protestant. Being taxed for a turn-coat; " Not so," he replied; 4 , for I always kept my principle, to live and die the Vicar of Bray I" Many of the cou nty proverbs are founded on local peculiarities, popular ~, weather-signs, &c. Thus, " The bailiff of Bedford is conning," means the river Ouse s weeping down on the Isle of Ely after a freshet. " As plain as Dunstable road," is plain enough. In Cumber land they say -- If Skiddaw bath a cap, Scruffell wets full well of that ; a proverb used in . itokcicl sympathy for the suffering of neighbours. And n_ Lei cestershire they say— If Bever have a cap You churls of the vale look to that. In Westmoreland , it is observed ot any who would violently alter or set at defiance the laws of Nature— Let TJter-Pendragon do what he can, The river Eden will run as it ran. Any act done solemnly and legally is said to be " Done according ' to the use of Saruro,"—a celebrated Ordinal, or Office, having beenpromulgated in England by a Bishop o f Sarum , i n 1090, for th e use of the same words , , in the Liturgy, an d :" j cil was then received by the Church as an unquestionable authority. In Netting hanu esire, many of the old proverbs are as sociated with Robin Hood—that county being the theatre of his chief exploits. Of these, we may y cite two:— "Many talk of Robin Hood who never shot with his bow"— that is, um * prate of matters in which they have no skill; and "To sell Robin Hood's penny worth's," is applied to the eellieg of stolen goods under half their value. " The London, proverbs of "Dine with Duke Hum phrey" (that is, going dinner less, walking round St. Paul's, where p u ke Humphrey was supposed to be buried),—" Using one us bad as a Jew" (Jews baying their teeth extrsoted by royal Operators, and being made subj , ct to all sorts of indignities in the good old times), —" Tottenham turned French" (which arose from the large influx of French atezens in the beginning of Henry VIII.'s reign, but afterwards applied to those who adopted French fashions and infections),—"Fit for Ruffians' Hall (as West Smithfield was formerly called), —" He will follow one like a St. Anthony's pig" (St. Anthony being tbe patron saint of hogs, but aifice ap plied to servile so uls and lick-spittle fellows),—" B orn within the sound of Bow•belle" (us applied to "Cock neys"),--" All goeth down Gutter Lane" (orignally Should Scott start Sir Charles Monck's smart filly Gossamer, and Sheppard Mr. Harrison's King of Trumps, • in opposition to Mr. Worthington's h&c:bete, and Osborne's Ltidy Agnes, a very pretty race for the Darby Trial Plate will be the result; but as the King of Trumps is a very dubiGus starter I shall look to Gossamer or Raohete to pull me through, The field, in addition to those already named, will probably i nclude Mftabana, Conrad, Dalton, and Hated. Stilton will not run. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. April 16, 1852. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. Mr. Wigram's Peacock, THURSDAY. Handicap Plate of 701, for three yrs old and upwards. D.I. where Y Lord Clifden's St. Antonio, aged, 7st 71b...(Fiatm an) 2 Mr. Rogers's Harrier, 3 yrs, Est 121 b ...... (Hammond) 3 Mr. Stephenson's Ninus, 5 yrs, 9st 4ib ...(F. Putier) 0 Mr. Raynor's Presto, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b ...(G. E. SharP) 0 Mr. Armstrong's Coryptiee, 4 yri, 7st 21b (Charlton) 0 Mr. B. Parr's Sanita, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b ....... ....(Hiett) 0 3 yrs, sst 41b ...... (Steggles) 1 Mr. Kimbtou's b f by Ugly Buck, d by Vestris, 3 yra 6st 41b ............................................. (Speed) 0 Mr. Daley'a Columbine, 3 yrs, sst 121 b ...... (Perry) 0 Mr. Went worth's Scaurge, 3 yrs, sst 41b (W. Cowley) 0 Betting-4 to 1 agst Sanita. Sanita, followed by Presto and St. Antonio, the others, with the exception of Columbine, lying-well up, held a lead of a couple of lengths to the turn of t h e lands, whore the running was taken up by Presto, p ea _ ran in this order to - t h e Duke's Stand, cock, Harrier, and St. Antonio waiting on biro; the gave way to Peacock, St. Antonio, and Harrier, Prestothe former going on with the lead, and wit , • Harrier a aling a well contested race by a neck;had third. Tae winner was ridden in his clothes.r Run in 3 min. 59 sec. Handicap Plate o f 50/, t i o , r y th .c. ce Yrs old and upwards. Mr. Arnastrong's Sabra, 3 yrs, 7,:t 7ib I" (Charlt on) 0 1 Lord Clitden'M Sagacity . a g ed, Sit 21b.. r Mr. Newton's Old Lad, 7st 111 b ...(G. ,: c ., earl) 0_ 2 Mr. Fox's Fernande. 5 yrs, B h t 7lh "„ za.,,,DbarP) 3 Mr.RegPre T 3 }rB . 'II _beechen, i . ke. 'Jowled) 0 6 , t12!h (Hammond) 0 Betting-3 to 1 agst 1 alpid 3 Lad — to 1 op. Sabra —4 to 1 oga Fei pouf! e. Sagacity jealppd off first, but, after leading Joined b - , two bun dad yards, was Y Sabra and The Old Lad, and the three ran nnal! 3 _.t_ngethor, finishing with a dead heat between Sabra and S ege . , ... -e Old •tY, The Lud bAng beaten only a e „k; the others were beaten sev eral lengths. Run in l'inin. 9 sec. Deciding Heat-6 tO son Sab ra, w ho won easily by a length. Sweepstakes of 100 sm. each, h ft, for colts, Sat 71b; fillies Sat silb• t, three yrs old; the produce of m t h a t have bred • ' the T wo "" a winner of T housand from Guthurm Lane, in the City, but now applied to Guineas, Grand Duke Michael's, Derby, 0 ilia, or gluttons and drunkards). these are very old proverbs, Doncaster St. Leger, to carry 71b extra; 31b allowed, which have been hundreds of years in u.e. &c. D.M. There is only one other familiar proverb that we shall Lord Orford's Alcoran, Bst 71b (Bu`ler) 1 allude to, which is the well-known one of " Tenterden Lard Exeter's Stockwell, Bst 41b (Norman) 2 steeple th e c a use of Go,-.dwin Sands," naw applied in Mr. Payne's Glenluce, Bst 41b (Flatman) 3 deri s i on t o causes and reults ludicrously incongruous. , Betting-6 to 4on Alcoran-5 to 1 apt Stockwell. Yet the .assertion was seriously made, and not without j Glenluce jumped off first, and bad a strong lead fir reas on , by th e o ld Kentishman who first uttered the ' about 300 yards; the running was then taken up by word s now gr own into a proverb. For those sands," Stockwell, Alcorsit waiting on him, Glenluce at his said the o ld ma n, "were firm lands before that steeple ' quarters. Half-way up ti - ,e cords the favourite chal v,as built, which ever since were overflown with sea- lenged, and woo cleverly by half a leng , h, Stockwell water." But where could be the possible reason for f heating the mare by a length and a half, Run in 1 nin. snaking such an assertion? It lay in tbia- ' —that to con - 148 sec. sider a bl e stun of money was collected for the purpose of Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each; for three yrs old, ist 71h; fencing what were called East Banks against the sea, four, Bst 121 b; five and upwards, 9st 31b; mires and then maki ng ra pid en croachments alon g th at part o f the geldings allowed 31 b . T he winner to be sold for 200 coast. But the Bishop of Rochester, hearing of the soya. if demanded, and allowances if to be sold for collection of money, ordered that its destination should less. be commuted to the building of Tenterden steeple. So Mr. E. R.Clark's Laiy-ia-A'aiting,sst 111 b (Staggles) 1 Tenterden steeple was built instead of the sea-wall, and, Lord W. Powlett'a Fochabnrs, 7t 71b (701) (Shar2 at the next great storm th e s ea broke in upon th e l au d , Mr. Magenis ' s Ingratitude, 7st 21b (401.) (Cha rlton)n) 3 and Goodwin Sands were formed. - Thus, the old man Batting—Elm on Ingratitude. Won easily by two of Kent was not without some solid ground for his as lengths. Run in 1 mi 0.62 see. sertion, that " the building of Tenterden steeple was Subscription Plate of 501.; for throe yra old, 6st 121 b; the cause of Goodwin Sands!' four, Bst 71b; five, 91t; six and aged, get 31b. The winner to be sail for 300 son. if demanded, &c.; D.M. Duke of Bedford's Bordeaux, 5 yrs, 9st (Butler) 1 Mr. G. 0. Newton's The Old Lad, 6st 121b(Hamniond) 2 Betting -5 to 2on Bordeaux, who won in a canter by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 47 sec. The Claret Stakes of 200 soya. each. for four yrs old; colts, Bst lib ; fillies, Bst 21b ; D.I. Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Deer, Bst 71b ...(Hiett) 1 Mr. Greville's Ariosto, 81t 71b (Flatman) 2 :Betting -5 to 2on Ariosto. The running was made by the favourite to the turn of the lands, where it was taken up by Mountain Deer, who had all the rest of it to himself; and won by at least i 0 lengthy. Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, h ft, for three yrs old ; colts, Sat 71b; fillies. Bst 21b, &c. D.M. (3 Sobs.) Mr. Herbert's Odessus (allowed 6lbs) Match-100 sovs., 25 ft ; Bst 71b each ; D.M. Mr. E. Batson's Ben Nevis, received forfeit from Mr. God dard's c by Auckland, dam by Redshank. BETTING UP TO FIVE O'CLOCK. CHESTER CI7P. 16 to 1 agst Hothorpe 25 to 1 agst Indian Warrior 33 to I egat Merry Bird 40 to 1 sgst Mountain Deer—take 50 to 1 DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Hobbie Noble—taken 25 to 1 agat Alcoran. LATEST BETTING AT NEWMARKET. PORT STAKES. 6 to 5 agst Prime Minister I 2 to 1 agst Lamartine —taken I 4 to 1 agst Midas FLYING DUTCHMAN'S HANDICAP. 5 to 2 agst Voltigeur CHESTER CUP. 16 to 1 agst Hothorpe I 25 to 1 agst Nancy DERBY. No change. SONGS OF THE FLOWER-SPIRITS. BY E. E. M. K. (From Ainsworth's Magazine for April.) SNOWDROPS. Stealthily, stealthily up to the light, When his gleaming wand first passel, We creep in our gurtnents of eazring white Ere the vernal leaves al.cl grasses. And the sun looks down with a wond'ring gaze, As if, in Earth's bloomless bowers. 'Twere the virgin snow of the winter days That had budded into flowers. And we lift up our ice -crowned heads to feel The ir.arcith of his pr.ind cares,, For each kt,s hr gives iy a magic sea l Of strength and lo7eline,s. CROCUSES. From prison, and gloom, and the ruthless cold We struggle, and rant, and ere free, Ar 4 the noonday is rifli:w our leaves for gold, Bin af nig:lt, right wanly close the gay woot of our stainlers domes, Lest the trust with his shining feet Should wand: r within, and our fairy homes Become his wicding-Aleet. See, green swords bristle around us well, And the crisp snows drift away. And a trench lies round our citadel— 'Tis safe us in rosy day. VIOLETS. The [shies are weeping to behold us. Hark, how the zephyrs call! Feel how the sunbeams yearn to fold us, Hear the sweet dew-drops fall! We are not dead, but are sleeping late On our mother's breast below. Without us the Spring seems desolate, She loveth her violets so. Wake, sisters, wake! for the moss is green, And cur herald-leaves have sped Up to the thy, and the young bee- queen Is singing songs overhead. PRIMROSES. Well may the pretty stars look down, And wonder to see us here, As if we had dropp'd from their purple crown, To spangle the earth's green sphere! But we are pale by their burning ray— We wear not their gorgeous hue — Pale with the knowledge of swift decay, And pale with our labours too: For long we wrestled with storm and breeze, Ere the glad dawn touched our eyes, And taught 114 the might of these forest-trees, The glory of yonder skies. BLUEBELLS. Where sedges are fresh with a play of waters That pause to toy with some favorite flower, April's darlings, her blue-eyed daughters, We cluster and bloom in each glancing shower. The gnats hum round us in happy glee The children riot in lightsome mirth, Ocr azure tents in the grass to see; They seem to have watched our sunny birth! And near us the wan valley-lilies blow, Whose sighs are sweeter, the south-wind says, Than ever the lips of bright blossoms know, Ah! has he forgotten the roses' rich days. COWSLIPS. We are the playmates of jocund May, The light of whose laughing face FaLs blushing over the &Ads to-day, And blesses our fairy race. But our knots of loosened gold are bowed Under her burning glance, While round us the cuckoo flaw'rets crowd, Tee quaker-grasses deuce Would they were here, the hours that 4arklr, Gales that are Coolest, aces that weep! Under our bells did glow-worms sparkle, Soon were nor 12.:vy heads ash-ep! THREE CHILDREN POISONED BY ORNAMENTED CAKES.—Yesterday Mr. WaklPy, M.P., held an inquest at the Hunter's Arms, Compton-street, Brunswick-square, on Bridget Tyreby, aged four years. James Tyreby, deceased's father, deposed that on Good Friday deceased received from a relative, amp ngst other easier presents, a large cakesor mounted by variegated sugar ornameuts jf different colours. Deceased divided the cake amongst two other of his and its who with deceased partook heartily of the cakeed its ornaments. Soon afterwards all of them became dan gerously ill, and were seizei with violent surgeon,etchin who spasms. He instantly called in Mr. Hopi, but esite his exerted The exerted his utmost skill to save their live. , efforts, deceased died in dreadful agony last other children, although better, ttntin a iie _very ill. Mr. Hopton, surgeon, Judd-street, said that he found the three children suffering from all . t e symptoms of an active . than but more poison. He applied every ,. possible antidote, effect as regarded deceas_d, w_ ho had eaten the others of the poisoned ornaments, and she Qi e d with the exception of on Monday. Upon a post mortem examination he found which manifested themselves that deceased had been very hea l thy He made an analysis of the the eff,icts produced by poison, in the stomach and intesaee stomach, which led him to , the conclusion that lead was the ;ler c ‘ ase . B ot death poison that destroyed lite. 'I he_c,or,une.r, in summing up, , caused under such re gretted that than, C 9 circumstances, bad come before him, anded ex that a stop woul d be put to the sale of cakes press a hope a materials V • ornamented by aches . . • erdict "Accidental ' death. ' Hopare entertained by Mr. Topton the two other of the ultimate re covery of children. COLNEY HATCH COUNTY LUNATIC comm ittee of visiting magistrates ASYLUM.—The an nounced to the sev era l pa to this asylum have lunatics confined there rochial authoriti es h av i n g pauper of this month, to reduce that they are enabled, from the first 9s. 4d. to Sssl . 2d. e the charge for maintenance from / fined there belon • per week for each pauper lunatic con longing to the gmg to the county; for those not be continued, county the charge of 14s. per week is The beautiful of estate of Arbigland, in the Stewartry Kirkcudbright, has been sold for the sum of 38,000/. The purchaser i s re, Colonel Ballow', a gentleman connected with Fifeshi The house on the property affords one of the resi finest d en Courier. ces in the south of Scotland.— Dumfries LIFE IN THE ARCTIC SEA.—lcicles hung round the deck, peaches became a mass of calcedone, butter was cut with a chisel, beef with pickaxe and crowbar. Walking out, you are conscious of a bracing atmosphere. Whiskers and face are glanzed with ice. Put out your tongue, and it is frozen to your chin. Walking on, you get into a fine glow, often into a perspiration, but if the wind rises, then you have a sensation of pricking pins. Extremes meet. Extremes of heat and cold are alike. In our new life cold gave a positive character to our existence, almost impossible to describe. We protected ourselves from metals with fur and buckskin. The crawl, the chi'', which is, with us at home, the indication of varying temperature, was there un known. In fact, it was only by the direct attack of cold that we were aware of it, and officers and men agreed that we had sufferel more at home from cold. With such an inveterate enemy, however, we could not hope to escape scare, but we all returned alive. Cn one occasion, a poor fellow, recovering from inflammation of the lungs, bring asked how his frost-bitten ear came on, produced it in a piece of paper, and said, " Doctor, I 'didn't want to trouble you, but it dropped off . last night."— Dr. Kane's Lecture upon the Arctic Expedition. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.._The works on this company's branch line from Alton to Farnham are progressing towards completion. The permanent " with the exception of about a quarter of a mile in lens ' tbe near Bentley, is laid. Considerable delay was cau k t„st b y , but subsidence of an embankment in the Holt expected that that difficulty has been overcome, and it i t .de - for traffic the line, which is a single one, will be re— early in June. mon named Ann A WEALTHY VAGRANT.--- Louis vv of being a vagrant, Small was recently convicted in S securr i ty for her g;.od behaa and required to give 500 dollar 500 dollars in gold as violin She forthwith banded _ t ti b u t7itoubeeni collateral security, and 5 0 dollar e ove fo..rha t,e i h g i i, ch la t ad j imposed on her, not, bow eve 4 getting it.—Lnwrican Farr' : -~ ~. ~. i ,~'.,,.~ IBRI rISH NORTEI AMERIMISTAAILWAYS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. ~ . 5",......My avention ha s b een di recte d to a nom ' muni 3:,,ti0rl wi , h which you f arcure d your readers a few (1 : ,;s sioce, signed " An Englishman," which porhadi was not fully understood by them in all its invorant aspects. Allow me, therefore, to put you in possessi on of a few important facts connected with the subject. I will not occupy much of your valu able space to discuss the question, whether our colo nial dependencies have received, in all cases, that attention from the Home Legislature which their in terests c:.ernan:-.f. Allow me, with all due deference to your worthy correspondent, to express the opinion that if any , permanent advantages are to result from the connexion between our colonies and the mother 3' originate with themselves, s ' ies b e kid as i de, and every b co a u t n a t l r l y lo it ca m l u p s e t tl n y o i t en o io n a l man put his shoulthr to the work. The means ere theirs, and it only awaits for them vigorously and with skill to apply their energies to the task, and no obstacle will be found potent enough to resist their win. It is, however, the latter part of your correspon• dent's letter to which I would more particularly advert. It would appear that delegates from Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, are expected immediately in England, on the subject of a great trunk railway in those colonies, and which your correspondent states will be the last appeal to Britain. Your correspondent, who appears to be exceedingly well informed on the state of our North American colonies, and of their rich resources, affects not to be aware of the existence of an undertaking the object of which is to connect, by means of a trunk line railroad, the whole of British North America ; and that a com pany (the S'. Andrew's and Quebec Railway Com pany), having a directory composed of highly influ ential gentlemen both at St. Andrew's and in Lon don, has been expending large sums in surveys, by eminent practical engineers, and the construction of which line is now in actual progress. The company in question was incorporated in 1836 by an Act of the local Legislature of New Bruns wick, confirmed by Royal sanction, to construct a railroad through a rich tract of country, from St. Andrew's to Quebec. Their operations were sus pended in consequence of a remonstrance by the United States' Government, that the surveyed line would pass through the disputed territory, between the province of New Brunswick and the United States. On the conclusion of the treaty, by the late Lord Ashburton, further Acts of the Legislature of New Brunswick were obtained in 1847 and successive years, td - extend and enlarge the powers of the com pany, and, amongst other privileges, conceding to them five miles of land on each side of the railroad, with a guarantee of 6 per cent, on 100,0001. of the subscribed capital. By these Acts the company has the power to make branch lines to St. John's, or in any part of the colony ; an d when the Halifax, Windsor, and Annapolis line, which was advocated by the delegates froin Nova Scotia at the recent con ference at Portland, shall have been completed, that important province will be traversed, and placed, also, in itnmedia:e communication with the Canadas. Thus our British Atnerican colonies will be more closely connected with the parent state, and rendered ied-pendent of foreige means of access. It may be remarked that, as in other parts of the worn, tire' OdFAIDOIIIIt claims of the S. Andrew's and Qu:bec Railroad were early sought to be damaged, if cot c.holly ter midt, by rival prjects being sub mitted to the attention (:f the respective local Govern ments, es well as that of the Lome Government. Phis occurred, allow tee to say, notwithstanding the railroad in question had received the high-at patron 7 Gge and ithiiough it would 13d.v, iLvolved a breach of public faith on the pat of N B - uusse,•ick Go verninflit, wlio bed, vs befor , s:awd, by acts of their iJeal kgiAature, by grnots of 14144, and t 15.0 by gua- tante:a and in other ways - , given st;liction to the ccuipany. The resutt cf this state of things was, alit the attention, both of tbj! Home and Colonial Goverarrkents, was diverted from the primary object on which, some 3 oars t•inee, a satisfactory conclusion bad been come to. Pending these worse then fruit less nfgotiations and prvj,co., the strong claims of the St. Andrew's and Qaelatc Trunk Railroad, which in the end was considertd the alone feasible line, and re moved from all objections, were allowed to fall into abeyance, and the company deprived of the aid from the Home Government, which it was justly entitled to. There is, therefore, no cause for the desponding views which your correspond: Ant feels disposed to in. tiulge in, burn, on the contrary, the positive certainty may be entertained that when all obstructive influ ence which atood in the way of the progress of the company is removed, the gigantic undertaking, which has for its ulticelte object the connexion of the Atlan tic and Pacific Oceans, and which, by means of Government and official surveys, is considered not only practicable hut easy to accomplish, will proceed to rapid completion. The first great advantage that will arise from the vast project embraced in the St. Andrew's and Quebec Railroad will be to throw the Canadas open to Europe. It may be stated that this first chain of railroad will at once supersede the' circuitous end uncertain passage by the River St. Lawrence, and will be open at all seasons of the year for traffic, whilst the River St. Lawrence is closed to all means of entry and exit for six months in the year. In addition to these advan tages, our British and other vessels will concentrate in the centre of the Atlantic continent the commerce of Europe, which is now in no ema il d eg ree aggran dized by ie United States. To those of your readers who are alike interested in the welfare of the colonies with your correspon dent, permit me to offer a few further observations, so that they may be fully prepared to understand the subject when brought more prominently, as it pro bably will be, at the instance'of the delegates, of whom your correspondent writes, to the attention of a Bri tish Parliament, and who will possibly be asked to grant, at this particular crisis, a loan of net less than 3,000,0001. for that purpose; but who will not, I feel assured, suffer the rights and property of a company to be trifled with, and who have subscribed their capital on the faith of certain advantages and privi leges being ceded to th em, and who are willing and anxious, by the aid of the Government, to make the line without the expensive apparatus ot a Government Commission, over which the colonists will have no control, and which liould cow:tit:w e a mere monopoly u m . n s d _taxation and source of Gove.rement, without end. I trus; thAt ,J . 1 1 Secretary pe ; himeielt possessien oi the 'll I • will not sabetioo such an eet r • • e injustice, to be done, but 6o recognise the cleims of roe . company o e suojt - ct, and th e m to compl€t to enable . an unflertzlreie essential to the in terest of the colanie,, and their 1 7:1Thanent connexion with the British Crown. In c.ttic!oiion, if language cf mire c-in have any ''fl'et", 1 weuei glee ati, of caution— that it tniv - bi ecee e ,e, it thou steps are cootewplated %?':, your co rrtspondent hiots the whea British N - I tune Airmrica will have the triumph ot a quilt reiiroed traversing its whole limits, will be protrected to a period far too remote for "An En glithmen" to witeess.-1 arr, Sir, &a, ONE MUCH INTEItESIEb IN THE COLONIES. QUICK PASSAGE OF AN AMERICAN CLIPPER SHIP FROM CHINA.— A large American clipper built ship, named the Witch of the Wave, Captain Ml'lett, commander, has recently arrived in the East India Docks, Blackwell, from Canton, having made one of the most ex,reordinary and rapid voyages on record. She also brought one of the most valuable cargoes of tea that, perhaps, ever entered the port of London, having on board no fewer than 19,600 chests of the choicest quality. She is nearly 1,400 tons burden, the size of our largest Indiamer, and was built at Salem, near New York, in the course of last year. She proceeded to California, thence to Hong-Kong, and sailed front Whampoa, near Canton, on the sth of January; made the passage to Java-head in 7 days and 12 hours, then had the wind W.S.W. to N.W. for several days, with light trade-wind, and made the Cape in 29 days. Then encoun tered strong easterly winds from the Wetern Islands, and took a pilot off the Dungeness on the 4th of April, making a passage from China to the Downs in 90 days, a trip sur passing the celebrated runs of the Oriental and Surprise American clippers. Had she not encountered the strong easterly winds up Channel, she would have accomplished the voyage several days earlier. As it was, she was only four days bating up from the chops of the Channel, to reaching the river, while some of our large vessels were nearly a fortnight doing the distance. The Witch of the e ave is the obkct of much interest as she lies in the docks. Her bows are similar to those of a large-sized cutter yacht. By the above it will be seen that she sailed round t h e world in ten months and a half; incluuing loading and duichaT i l at the above ports. The greatest distance she ran 1" hours on the voyage to London was 338 miles. deems laoN VESCELS OF WAR.—The ex perimentsresult- now in course of trial at the yard would seem to establish the unfit_nee s mall iron The all iron steamer terial for the hulls of vessels of war. T :V s Wa shington N a a ni v i y ,. . : y rd for the purpose of for further service, Water Witch being condemned as unfit has been lately moored efftherNa ohts.hot and shell at point blank trying en her sides the effect i each shell was fired at her e th si a d n es th of e a e distance of three hundred and range. A few days ago ;la from a 5:-pounder gun, fifty yards. ja w fragments lion, which ' the vessel, too irregular for pluggi ng ) , • N teaTrihnegaltglledvaraegngteclebaorltehsr(omuguhchbolathrgtehr diameter of the bbell . , and too of . ggingi, and in an , mot e dangerous action would her own crew from An enemy's oattery. Another than the shot scattering smaliiklealnydpro,e ,1 to shell fired at her wooden ibulwarksn an e o_nly a clean round hole. We derive these facts ro . of deer of the yard, who deemed Worthy o f pubiicay. He left • hich are certa• ' with us two of the iron looking things to lf)tCDlCl):ienal;gsua: about t L a u m u l T ll E . TN A l t.T i - Y° C hl. ci el L rl3 o r i gi i L li3g. en-ce. WATSON, C.B.-- L ieut6nunt-enel V.: alson, on the raked list of officers of the East India Company ,s sett- ice, u stunningdied on the 6th inst. Lieutenant-Colonel Wilis n had served many years in India, and 1410 the siege ~ • ,1 , _,, . h i .stie I r ' e ..,` j ' e c l e N s ' t- . • i ' .l: l , Ii the C .N 'o e m p a p u . rp w 's a r si i l n v er i I s o l e 4 d7 f a n with a atttNtvho meeting. of Bburtpore in 1826; he was in 1836 nomi noted a Companion of the Bath. TiE COURT OF CHANCERT.--It is stated that a of the Equity judges will take place at the Lord Chancellor's residence to-morrow (Saturday) for the purpose of considering the new orders. The Limerick Chronicle says that Judge Perrin dued the Sheriff of Dundalk 501., for not having a dinner ready for him. at the cpeniug of the aSetZta. ~I ,