The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-15 00:00:00

Mr. Justice Crompton was fokmally sworn in as one of the judge; of the court. QUEEN V. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Mr. FITZHERBERT applied to the Court fora rule, calling . , upon the Great Western Railway Cow pany to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue, commanding them to purchase land and to make the line of railway from Froom to Wyymouth, which the Leghlature sanctioned some years ago. The compulsory ,powers for the purchase of the land ha.dAxpired, with the exception of some fifty acres, and as the Rowers relating to these fifty acres would expire in a few months, some of .the ranaowiers or the district were anxious to have the line completed. The length of line required to be made was nearly fifty miles, and no less than 7,70000/. had been expended upon it. The line had been staked out, and for some time the entire district through which it passed had been in a state of great uucertaiuty owing to its non-completion.—Applicalion granted. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. Justice Coleridge sat in banco for a few minutes this morning, and heard several motions relating to points of practice, which presented no feature of public interest to justify a report. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) Thia being the first day of Easter Term, the Judges took their seats on the bench shortly after ten o'clo c k. Mr. J. WILDE was called upon to take his seat on the " postman's box," which had become vacant in conse quence of the elevation of Mr. Crompton to the bench. HILL V. PHELP. This action was tried before the Lord Chief Baron, at 1 - the last sittings after term in Middlesex, when a verdict was found for the defendant. Mr. E. JAMES now applied for a rule to show cause why that verdict should not be set aside, on the ground of misdirection by the Learned Judge , in the improper r e c e ption and rejection of evidence. This action was in the' case against the defendant, Dr. Phelp, as the 1 licensed keeper of a lunatic asylum at Kensington, . and it charged bim with improper treatment of the plaintiff, who was admitted as a lunatic to his asylum, and remained there for a year. The plaintiff was taken to the asylum in May, 1850, and it was admitted that et this time he was suffering under temporary insanity, in consequence of misfortunes and other circumstances acting on his brain. The first ground alleged against the defendant was, that he was guilty of cruelty and improper treatment in subjecting the plaintiff to mechanical restraint while so insane, and ,„; e 011 this point the jury returned a negative. At the trial medical evidence was adduced to show that the plaintiff had no wounds upon him when he entered the asylum, and that the injuries upon his person must have been produced by mechanical restraint resorted to by Dr. Phelp during his first paroxysms of insanity. The plaintiff remained at the asylum until May, 1851; and the next ground of complaint was that two months before his discharge he was improperly restricted from all exercise, and placed in solitary confinement, by which his health had suffered severely. On leaving Kensing ton he was sent to another asylum, at Northampton, where he remained until September, 1851, being in that Month discharged as perfectly cured and sane. The first ground on which he moved was that the Lord Chief Baron received in evidence certain letters from the Plaintiff's wife which she sent to Dr. Phelp, requesting him to place her husband under more coercive treatment; and the second, that in his direction to the jury he told $ sr them that Dr. Phelp was justified in submitting him to Ville solitary confinement if he honestly and bona .fide followed the directions given by the the in those letters. He submitted that 4 : 1 the consequences would be perfectly frightful if the dictum of the Chief Baron was held to be well founded, because according to it the proprietor of a kna:ic asylum would, on the request of a wife, grand niother, or uncle of a patient, be justified in using an amount of restraint and coercion which in point of law Ives wholly unwarranted. The LORD CHIEF BARON said he told the jury most distinctly that if the wife gave directions which Dr. Whelp thought wrong he ought not to have foll o w e d Iniro, but that he was justified in carrying them out if . lie considered they coincided with the medical treatment Which.was necessary under the circumstances. Mr. Baron PARKE inquired for the letters of the .7 . 4 „: • Wife. Mr. E. J AMES said the letters were in possession of 4 - t he other side, and Mr. Bovill, who appeared for the derendant, was un fortunately absent in consequence of - • lidvere illness. 'After some further discussion, The COURT requested Mr. James to mention the case again when the Court was furnished with the letters in question. COMMON PLEAS.—(THI.S DAY.) is be Judges in this court were the Lord Chief Jus ' 100 Jervis, Mr. Justice Cresewell, Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Justice Talfourd. The business in the court during the morning pre se b ted no feature of general interest. ARCHES COURT.—(THIS DAY.) taz BISHOP OF LONDON AND THE REV. J. E. GLADSTONE. Yhe Easter Term of the Arches Cour: commenced 7, 18 morning. Th e R ev . J. E. Gladstone was in court bMr. John Dob son , the D ea n of the Arches, took 18 , 8 eat. • tt 431 e DEAN (addressing Mr. Gladstone)—Mr. Glad er°lle, the Proctor, for Mr. Hodgson (the Bishop's se inetuY) prays publication. Do your intend to assign Y allegations? Mr. Gladstone—l do. d e Th a DEAN—Then we assign you until the next Court to bring in your allegations. 8 ihe fur the 24tther hearing . of the case was then adjourned to aturd sy h inst CLE- , -RKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.) vii "."lnes Russell was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyr itt, charged with stealing a large quantity of linen ricles, the property of Mr. Worthing, under the fol "jog circumstances:— i„ The complainant stated, that last night while sitting `... 4 , °1i s room he was rather surprised at seeing his servant, t iv i n t .o had just returned from the yard, in a fainting con ," t en, and upon inquiring the cause, learnt that there as a man in the yard. Upon proceeding there he f ound the man had gone, taking with him a number of line ets and oth er p roperty, w hi c h h a d b een h ung ou t to dry, lie at once went o u t a t the front door, and when he Rot to the bottom of the street he met the prisoner Retting over the wall with the property:in his posses s sio. , lie asked hi m w h a t h e h a d got in the bundle, A s h es the p r i soner sa id , "i t was no b us i ness of h i s, " e 4 ran away. He pursued hi m , an d a f ter a smar t rn aso he caug h t h o ld o f hi m, when the prisoner corn doast n ec'd a most violent att ac k u p on hi m, an d did not until he was given into curody. pnenrietta Ashford said she was servant to the last ess, and was certain the prisoner was the man she t r in the y ar d . He had been hanging about the street " Whole of the evening. the Other evid ence h av i ng b een given proving the above, prisoner said ho should reserve his defence for another occasion. Mr. TYRwISITT baying made some remarks on the charge, committed the prisoner for trial. NEW-MARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH). Handicap Plate of 701. D.I. Paaooek St. Antonio Harrier ••• •. ..• Ilandic ap Plate of • 50/. T.Y.C. ... _ Sabra ... Sagacity... ••• ••• •A. dead heat. Sweepstakes of 100 sons, D.M. Alcoran Stockwell Glenloco... Won cleverly. ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... o ... 1 ••• 2 ... 3 rbir7) Vbition. Sweepstakes (Optional Selling). L ady in Waiting ellabora Ingratitude ... ... ... ..- SubNription Plate of 501. nOrdeatlX Ol d Lad ... konntain Deer ... Ariosto ••• is. • The Claret Stakes. ••• 1 ••• 3 ... 1 - 2 ... 1 ... 2 Won easy. Cs a Monday last a Masonic Festival WAS cel e : v rate d at the Freemasons' Tavern, when, after the usual rou t ltl e business of the craft was gone int o , an e x ce llent dinner a% served by the new proprietors, Messrs. Cogin and Co., d o _ W l'icla upwards of a hundred ladies and gentlemen sat the 7, and over which Mr. Marriott, P.M., and treasurer of ia g ""dge of Fortitude, presided. I n th e course o f t h e even ?llat gentleman was presented by th e b ret h ren w i t h an tnirable full-length painting by Air. Lewis, of Newman tere, In testimony of his valuable services in the in ' ale"‘ (4 masonry. The circumstance of ladies being admitted e dinner table was a perfect novelty, but one which t i e ld greatly to the gratification of all present. The mu -4,, at arr angements were of the first quality, and under the tirlirable superintendence of Br. Donald King, attended by Poolefollowing distinemished artistes Weiss, Miss Barriby, Shoubridge, Br. L aw l er, and Br. k 164111 Y In the evening a ball follow e d, w hi c h was ept th ng P with great spirit till daybreak in th e f o ll ow i ng E.. 1 . youth she LONGEVITY. — Died at LEwisham. eat o the sth instant, Ann Kelly, aged 103 years! F rom 4 lod she was a member of the theatrical profession, Se t , ti a Qed at various theatres in England, Ireland,. and td itb a n„,c l - She was in the same company with the late 4 (lls l'ii; la r s ,Kean, and also with James Sheridan Knowles, uoa his brief career as an actor ; and it was her proudest Of p, that she h a d often played Alicia, to the Jane Shore • Siddons. About the age of sixty she lost her hear *as r a11 : 1 was obliged to relinquish the stage; and she Knowles he, learn. sawing in the same town with Mr. • • tilW9,er destitute situation, took her from compassion into ha s r fi ly, and from that time to the hour of her death she retu,...een solely dependent on that gentleman's bounty. She to ird all her faculties to the last, and was only confined Lu r i r bed three days previous to her decease. She was aj z e l at Sydenhain on Good Friday. It was somewhat oectoar that though the was twice married she bad never 14 4 , a 7Ln to change her 11111 - 1(.1011 1141110, bolls 1111.1b41119 gearing "1‘i4191. THE WITH, LITERATURE, FIVE YEARS' RESIDENCE IN THE WEST INDIES. By Charles W. Day, Author , fette.' 2 Vols. CoLurn.,:- of "Hints on .Etiq In these volumes will be found very minute details of the general character of the inhabitants of Southr. America. They are interesting, and appear to postieas considerable merit as regards information. Great pains have evidently been taken in Abair compositiore; in order to arrive- at an exact 'regarding these important-subjects," namelyi- the - state of the W e st Indies as - they are at _ present. 116wever it must be hoped that the author is in some degree mistaken in his viows and exaggerated inlhis state ments, for a more disastrous condition can hardly be imagined than that in which he depictS our pessepaienr in the New World to be lying. A; for the negroes,.;' he -considers them most despicable every relation, and adduces several instances of their cunning, treachery, and cruelty. Naone can help regretting that such should be recorded of any part of our empire, but the fai res t way will be to give the author an opportunity of being judged by, his own words. Indeed, they contain great common sense, and assert many plausible reasons for his strictures. The following is taken from the preface :-- " I should have dedicated this work to one of the kindest men and best governors that the West Indies ever had, as noble in mind as in name, but, that his t.l,x-1. cellency was afraid of my truthful revelations. He had seen and heard read parts of my MS., and had observed, I am sorry to say that what you have written is but too true, 3et at home they are not avrire of it, though it deserves to be made known to all England, but there if will not ba believed.' Why not believed?--beeause policy, not truth, governs the world, and the West Indica, in particular, so we have all but given up these magnifi cent islands to the barbarian to lapse onceamore, into a mere lair for the negro—not to the aboriginal inkalltr, tent, but to a savage ten times worse, brought four. thousand miles to repress the civilization which otherwise might by a possibility have flourished there. The Ethiop cannot change his skin, nor the white man amalgamate with the black.' Ni ture has forbidden it unless to the utterly depraved. No one can judge of negroes but those who h ive lived among them. Five 3-ears is time enough in all conscience for any person of common intel ligence to see the truth. ,Must writers have given their opinions—opinions after a cursory examination of a few . weeks, nay, many of them after a sojourn of only a , few days in each of the island. The author never wrote: many pages consecutively without submitting them to some person in a position to judge of their truth, and quite unconnected with partnership or trade some mem her, in fact, of the law, the Ch urc h, or the State; so that if any serious error had crept into his remarks it might at once be pointed out and rectified. The truths which tho author tells maybe unacceptable to,West Indians, but they cannot be impugned, simply because they are truths and nothing else.' AMERICAN NE WS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPtL) ARRIVAL OP THE PACIFIC. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, 7.30 A.m. The United States mail steamship Pacific, Nye, Commander, with advices from New York to the 3d instant, bringing 102 passengers, and 200,000 in specie o❑ freight, arrived in the Mersey shortly before seven o'clock this morning. The Crescent City had arrived at New York, with advices fram California to the 2d ult., and 1,500,000 dolls. in gold dust. The Panama Railroad was opened from Buoya Solari() to Navy Bay. The steam-ship North America, of Vanderbilt's Line, was wrecked near Actpulco, on the night of the 28th February. She bad 750 passengers, who were all saved, in a deplorable condition. New diggings have been discovered at. Marysville, and the miners were making from 15 dolls. to 20 dolls. a day. At Placerville a placer has been discovered which realizes 120 dolls. to the pan. The town of Downirville had been destroyed by fire, loss estimated at 750,000 dolls. The steam ships Independence, with 29,071 dolls. in gold dust, and the Northerner with 1,400,000 dolls., had sailed from San Francisco for Panama and New York. The Crescent City, in addition to her specie list, brought an immense amount in the hands of pas sengers. Advices from Callao, to the 9th ult., state that great excitement was manifest in consequence of two vessels having sailed from that port with 400 armed men on board, their intention being the invasion of Guayaquil. They had, purchased one of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamers, and in tended to send her, together with other vessels and men, on the same errand. Advices from St. Thomas to the 20th ult. state that a slight shock of an earth quake had been felt there. The British steamer Merlin was at St. Thomas, with her shaft broken, having been ashore. St. Domingo advices of the 29th February are devoid of interest. Advices from Ja maica to the 22d ult. state that the bench, the bar, and the legal profession had agreed to petition Parlia ment on the present condition of its affairs. Antigua papers mention the death of Mr. Musgrave, the public treasurer of that island. The Dominica papers state that a very general depression prevailed among the planters in that island. In most of the West India Islands strong efforts were makink to secure the planters against any further reduction of duties on sugar, the product of slave labour. Government and State Stocks in good demand at New York, and prices have an upward tendency. Money without change. Foreign exchange - dull. Bills on London, 109 to 1091 ; Paris, 5.20 to 5 184 ; Amsterdam, 401 to 4q; Ltamburgh, 351 to 354 ; Bremen, 77i to 771. Cotton in moderate demand, with sales of 12,000 bales since the sailing of last steamer. Ashes without alteration. The flour market was firm, with a good demand. No alteration in price of wheat. Holders firm and stocks light, but demand moderate. Indian corn was scarce, and wanted for shipment. Southern sold at 66c. to 67c.; white and yellow, 68c. to 69c. per bushel. Iron in good demand, and large sales of Scotch pig made at a slight advance. 100 tons English lead sold at 4 dolls. to 4 dolls. sc. cash. Freights to London—Flour, 2s. per barrel; naval stores, 23. to 2s. ad. ; measurement goods, 255. to 303. per ton. NEW ORLEANS, APRIL I.—Sales of Cotton to-day, 3,000 bales at 74c. to 'Tic. for middling. CHARLESTOWN, APRIL I.—Sales of Cotton, 2,000 bales at a c, per lb. decline.—Times. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE in PATERNOSTER- ROW. Last night, at a few minutes past nine o'clock, the various booksellers and others carrying on business in Paternoster-row, were thrown into a state of consi derable confusion in consequence of a fire of a very threatening character breaking out in the premises be longing to Mr, John Weldon, a bookseller, situated at No. 4in the row, at the side of Panier-alley. The dis covery was not made until the flames broke through the second-floor windows, and extended half-way across the thoroughfare, so that at onelime strong fears were appre hended for the safety of the opposite houses. Without a moment's delay messergers were dispatched to the Watling-street and Farringdon-street stations for the aid of the firemen. In a very brief period the fire-escapes of the Royal Society, from Cheapside and New Bridge-street, 13Iackfriars, arrived, followed by numerous engines of the London Brigade and West of England office. The fire plugs of the New River Company having been drawn, a plentiful supply of water was procured, and the engines were forth with set to work, but not till the two upper warehouses were in a complete blaze. The firemen, however, stuck to their work in an admirable manner, and by ten o'clock they succeeded in getting the mastery over the fire. Not withstanding the short time the fire was burning, the P eni l oi o tle P ieol l fly r t t auu l n: d ei. e ge s ioa t u r t o:ect is very considerable, both floors being stocked with costly books, which have been totally con gaeunrci e f d r . ep an fr c: ism the contents of the lower floors are also very s damfg ; e e d s b m y e fireand water. The origin of the not be ascertained. The premises were o'clock, ll th when they appeared perfectly safe of any thing burning. Fortu nately perished in the Owin g to no w o tldon was insured in the Sun Fire Office. was given* it vinaesi;'aki" an appearauce after the alarm feared that the owners of the premises factor ly eicertisined that4mes; but it was afterwards satis no one slept in the building. abfire happened at the Salute- About two hours pr ev i ou lion Tavern, almost at th s eback of Paternoster row, but the damage done was triflin ever, fell through a trap d o t o nc_ of the w a it ers , how an was much hurt. Ti l l ie e regret to an- DEATH OP LORD PANISIUR. me lancholy event took Place at Br r ~ esday. the L • reached the great age 0 B_, nounce the deatheoohfinLcor,idstPlea,innonure;ru Lordship had Lord Pa 13 of late years g nerous patron, and a kind frien he avoided r sterling qualities, a n d —*tlon, throughout life a d n . unflinching Liberal, a ~ "mire was be remembered in this n', " his hi gh the be g over-estimated to hi s ettropolis, and his loss can hardlyß death, _ r _, tenantry d. .5' his 2,1 . Fox Mitute and retainers in Scotland. convivial recollection po powers, r o s f , hiswil will o a n n y An alarming fire GREAT FIRE IN MANCHE', will succeed to his title and half past eleven o'clock, on broke out on Tuesday night, at great estates. the premises of Messrs. Cooper, Salford, by which an extensive factory were totally des'royed. The fire then caught . the adjoining; Brothers, anda d C w h e l a i p i n el g, - . s i t i o r e u e s t e , tbeuriakalyingnslo, morning. AN as not extinguished until three o'clock yea o the AN AMERICAN CRICFITON —Some time ag editor of the Jonesborough 11 7 hig (Tennessee) announced ~his . intention of starting a new religious periodical :—" We feel competent," he says, "to the task of editing and publishing a work on politics, one on religion, one on science, and another on anything else, all at the same time. Our genius is bounded on the east by the rising sun, on the west by the horizon, on the south by the shores of time, and on the north by the farthest limits of astronomical imagination." THE SALMON FISIFERIES•—The almost unprece dently long tract of dry weather has, says the Inverness Courier, reduced the northern rivers to the dimensions of scanty burns. In these circumstances it is not to be ex pected that the anglers canjiave: done anything worth re- Porting. In the Ness the nets have captured a few fish from seven to fourteen pounds weight, all in beautiful condition, and showing that rain would probably be' hollowed by Au in spiring run civic lordly Atli from the set. - - . LONDON: ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. Sutonitur,AND, Aram 13.—This day G. Hudson, RA., M.P.,- addressed a very numerous company in the Cornmissioa.room, Exchange -buildings. The large room was so crowded that many hundreds of persons could not be admitted for want of room. C. Bramwell, Esq.,- was called to the chair. Many of the principal gentlemen of the town and neighbour `hood" were preiint, many Of the, same rank were outside, being,unahle - to'gairaadmissiona -The Chair man having formally intriqinded Huason, with a few appropriate remarks, Mr;liudson then came for ward, amidst loud cheers, and said he wished -the electors to understand the views he entertained on several matters -that now occupied public attention, mal,,:the course he-intended - to pursue if again returned ikrepresentative for 'Sunderland; for_ which he had heen ."-twice elected - as their representative. -He contended than it was,- at_ the present crisis, an important question, whether the existing Govern ment should have , ll fair trial, or whether, in the event of its not being supported, that a clique, consisting in a'great degree of family connexions, and a few ether individual liangers.on of Lord John Russell, ehotild be the perpetual governors of this country ? He considered that Lord Derby's Government ought in justice to have a fair trial. He also considered thataco-incident - with the late important changes that: iad been made in the corn-laws, which some people thought to - be an all-absorbing question, and which be and many more persons expected would tend to drain the stock of bullion from out of the kh.'ank- . -4:supply :of the precious metals wes provided for hi the recent discoveries in Australia. On that point, be now entertained no fear. He, however, con sidered that all-persons who were occupiers of lands or tenements- were subjected to a proportion of poor fated and other taxes, while the rich fundholder might livein-a garret and evade all those assessments. Mr. Hudson then . referred the meeting to Kansard's re ports of what he had said in the House of Commons relative to the repeal of the corn-laws, viz., that the said laws ought to- he relaxed progressively, not vio lently, but that he then anticipated the time when they might be totally discontinued. He thought they had been too hastily discontinued, and his firm conviction - was that, had they been leisurely dealt with, it would have been much better for the landed interests and for . the country generally. However, as it was done be could not see that it would be wisdom to re-enact those laws. The measure, however, was in his opinion premature,. hilt - it was done, and the people would have it so ; and to return to protection now he consi deredwould beimpolitic, if not impossible. He con sidered that another 'premature : measure was the repeal of the navigation-laws,, which ought not to have stakgn place until the duties •on timber for ship. bUilOing purposes had been remitted, and the light dues and numerous other imposts which pressed heavily on shipbuilders were reduced or discontinued, and if again returned to Parliament those imposts should have his strenuous opposition, so as to put the British shipowner in as favourable a position as pos sible to compete with the ships of foreign nations. He was opposed to the ballot, considering that the franchise was not fur the sole individual benefit of the electors, but that it was a trust for the good of society at large, who Ought to know how that trust was discharged. He wouldextend thefranchise, but he did not define to what limit. He was favourable to national education, pro vded that religious instruction was also provided for, founded on the Bible as a class-book. He would not confine-it to the _Church of England or to any sect, but to the broad principles of Christianity. He was willing to support an inquiry as to the working of the alaynooth grant, but would not vote for its disconti nuance, unless it should be found to be requisite by misapplication, and after an inquiry. Its object was to promote education amongst the Irish Catholic clergy, and the more any body of teachers were edu cated the more they w ere lik e l y to become useful, and to J promote religious morals and truth. If any means could be devised to provide for the Church of England efficiently to relieve those who paid church rates who were -not of that church, he would be happy 'to 'give it all due consideration; but until some other provision was devised, he could not consent to the church-rates being -discontinued. During his re marks the Hon. Gentleman was repeatedly cheered most enthusiastically - ; there were some hisses occa sionally at some remarks, such as church-rates, Ste., ,lout, all,parties gave him a hearty welcome. A vote `of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. , --- TAVISTOCK.—A fourth candidate for the represen tation of this borough in Parliament has appeared in the person .of , Mr.._ R. J. Phillimore, of Doctors' Commons. In addressing the constituents on Tues da'yf.evening, he' eprecated all unnecessary tampering with- theinstitirtions of - the country. He spoke in commendation of the liberal commercial system which had'i)eiiti — brought into operation, and observed that one of the effects of free trade 'was, that the poor man who had one, loaf of bread before, now- had two loaves. The system, which had been much opposed, he was prepared to uphold in every way. He was in favour of law reform, and of an extension of suffrage to all who could understand and appreciate the privi lege He did not approve of the ballot, in respect to which he had heard no arguments to convince him that it was the most desirable way of voting. He did not look upon the church-rates as essential to the Church, which would prosper if deprived of all pro perty support from the State; but, as a national es tablishment, she was entitled to national support. He was in favour of a re-arrangement of the income and property-tax. He thought Lord Derby's Government deserving general confidence, but he would be no party to taxing the poor man's loaf. If the agricul turists could be relieved by a re-adjustment of taxa tion, then he should be ready to consider any plan for that purpose. He would rather call out the militia than maintain a large standing army, but considered that there was no ground to fear an invasion. He would oppose any grant to the Church, but would not be a party to the withdrawal of the Maynooth grant, believing that it would involve a breach of faith with the Irish people. He did not object to the admission of Jews into Parliament, it being understood that the functions of that House were only of a secular cha racter. , A discussion took place, but there was not much show of opposition. NoRTH STAFFORDSHIRE.—Mr. Adderley has pub lished a long and elaborate address to the freeholders and electors,. in the course of which he states that his attention to the subject of colonization was recog nised by Lord Derby in his offer of the Secretaryship of the Board of Control to his Government. This atement gives some impartancs to the views which ,he Hon. Member avows relative to protective duties : "TO THE FREEHOLDERS AND ELECTORS OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. " Gentlemen,—As an election approaches, and both friends and opponents among the constituency of our di vision of Staffordshire begin to call upon me for more explicit avowals of the views with which I shall again appeal to you for a continuance of your confidence, I think it becoming the frank and open understanding upon. which alone I have any desire to represent a great constituency of Englishmen in Parliament to state my own intentions. " I took the earliest, indeed the only, opportunity offering itself to me during the recess, to avow at Burton, openly and distinctly, that, though I had not in the slightest ..degree abandoned my opinion that the agri cultural interest had a right to protective duties, as an equivalent to their extra share in national burdens, yetl considered that the nature of that particular equivalent had become, whether rightly or wrongly, so odious in the eyes of the general body of the nation that it would be unwise to accept it any longer, even if it could be obtained. . " Whatever other modes there may be for an adjustment of unequal taxation, it appears to me that those, at least, must be abandoned which have the tendency in any de gree (and the less the degree the less reason for ad hering to them) to raise the price of food. At all events, until the nation changes its mind on the subject and ceases to retain its present repugnance to protective duties, I for one, will not seek that kind of boon to a suf fiaring claii of the community, which would only more deeply injure them. I "Sonat; say that it is necessary to postpone the deci sion of this opinion till the approaching appeal to the 1 Ountry hag more clearly tested the national feeling. For - my own part, I consider that the national feeling is already amply tested. I believe that the earlier this de cision_is avowed the better, and 1 deprecat e suc h a ques tion being needlessly repeated on the part of the landed gentry after the national feeling, be it right or be it wrong, is so fully known. The very repetition of the question, after such unmistakable manifestation of strong repugnance, would only excite a bitter and unprofitable strife, during which the agricultural party would have to reduce its claims to their minimum, while incurring the odium attaching to those claims to their very maxi mum ; and the claim itself, so imperfectly conceded as to do them little good, could not long be retained, witho P u though accepted at the sacrifice of all other and more attainable demands, and excluding the last chance of a mend ftroun fair redress. As BR agriculturist myself I give up, and as the re presentative of a great body of agriculturists I recom that the should be relliew-v rendo thura to give u thatmode of any s , e .. 1 g p, special taxation we bear which we cannot receive tnerited odium attached to it. I, then, de emiaset country proverbial fc,r its love of fair play h so concedes a right to its wishes h ed i° sequeoce rebt u 0 from those burdens which will in con. the principle hoPe:t II there uncompensated; and that, if of life should be taxed, ablished that none of the necessaries partially carried out t> that that principle may be im have supposed to coincide in full extent. Such views I held by Lord Derby, and cicirttrank)!nain with the opinions , ty and I have thought it _ !n!Y prevalent among his par , ri ght, - therefore, to add no more to my Burton statement hitherto liweel.l agreed with him. At an events, than that I be -of doubt that I should follow him, as t I had, no sort leader of the Conservative y arty, though submitting the de facto commercial system, Yet favourable to the • Rural interest, the sole possible great agricultural e refuge from coalition - Vie dangerous and obnoxious which the late Ministry has contrived to present to us as the only alter native in oppositioe. " Passieg from the great question of Agricultural . go.,erft. politics of the 17000 00n to the other And mute n 1 B . : NG, Al 4 R L 18, Se., and sailed the same evening in charge of Mr. Osmen, one of the additional masters of the Mag,i cienne ; her destination is to assist the Arctic expedi tion on their starting. The Magicienne, IG, steam guard-ship, Capt. W. Ramsey, in proceeding out of harbour to try her machinery, saluted the flag of the Commander-in- Chief, it being her first trip since commissioning. •. - ' . Privmourn ' WEDNE§i)AI(.-Mr. Spiffod; the Se cretary to the Admiralty, who arrived here in' the Retribution from Portsmouth on Monday, was ac companied by his private secretary (Mr. Grant), and by Culonel Greene, director of works. They leave again this evening for Portsmouth. Their visit here did not partake of an official character, but Mr. Staf ford has availed himself of the opportunity to visit and inspect the Royal Arsenal at Devonport, the Royal William Victualling-yard at Stonehouse, and the new Steam-yard at Keyham. A Cowes pilot boat, which came in here last night, reports that late in the evening she saw a man-of war, thought to bo a 74, to the westward of the Ed dystone, apparently homeward hound, with her bead to the southward, under her three royals, working up Channel against a strong south-easterly breeze. It is stated that for the last .52 days Plymouth has experienced au uninterrupted continuance of easterly winds and dry weather. SHEERNESS, APRIL 14 —Her Majesty's screw steam-frig•ate Higbflyer, 21, Captain Henry J. Mat son (1849), made her number yesterday noon, and having saluted with 15 guns the flag of Vice-Admi ral the Hon. Josceline Percy, Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's vessels in the Thames and Medway, proceeded on her voyage to Spithead. H e r M a jesty's ship Waterloo returned the Higbflyer's salute with seven guns. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steamer Fearless, Captain Frederick Bullock (1838), employed on the survey of the Thames and Medway, left port yester day morning to resume her duties. Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Horatio, 22, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie (1841), was swung in the harbour yesterday, for the purpose of having her compasses adjusted, under the superintendence of Mr. James Tonkin, master of her Majesty's ship Waterloo. Her Majesty's steam-tug vessel African got up her steam yesterday afternoon, and left port for Wool wich, to assist in towing as far as the Orkney Islands the ships fitting out under the command of Sir E. Belcher for the Arctic regions. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel stearn.vessel Adder, Mr. James Watt in charge, returned from Woolwich yesterday, at 4 P.m., having in tow the Diligence naval transport. The sloop Oak, of and for Dartmouth, from Lon don, got on shore near Margate on the 11th instant, having obtained assistance, she was got off, but in rather a leaky state. Conservative party, I may refer to my conduct in Par liument durin g 11 years, spent wholly an d h eart il y i n your ser v i ce to the best of my ability. I was willing, while the R. an Cath o li c b o d y ecte d the part of good subjects, th at t h ey should enjoy their share of national revenues; now that t h ey h ave a ll owe d fo re i gn intrigue man to mix and tamper with their allegiance, I am for with holding from them the means which they have unfairly used, and I would take all care to.guarel the religion of this Protest -a3 t "PabtrY a.like from their overt PretenaiOns and - from - their inaichous influence. - • " I have 'applied myself much to the greet and vital questions of National Education, of Poor-laws, and of Penal Administration, and still more to a question in which, as I have increasingly studied it, I have felt more and more convinced your principal interests are at this moment involved —I mean that of Colonization. The power of G reat Britain as a first-rate nat i on, the extension of ou r commerce, the welfare and independence of the workin g c l asses, the control of Crown influence, and reduction o f national taxation; seem to me to be all implicated in thi n one great department of national en , terprise, and a ll , by its present neglect and grieve-us maladministration, dangerously hazarded. " I may mention to you, with a pride in which you will share, that my attention to that subject has been,re eegniz.ed by Lord Derby in his offer to me of the Secre taryship of the Board of Control in his Government— anocof uoldifieper.owsehciuloteimooyo• offer whi c h I only declined because I thought that I l t d orm aff e u r r l d ab h o im urs eq m os o i r l e y o e ff fli eo ci t e u n a t l ly ind ou e t pendent supp ort. "But far a b ove all these details of subjects are the' great principl es which separate one class of politicians from the other—the Conservative from the Democratic. In a free ceuntry like this, I bow to the wishes of the community, as I have just expressed a readiness to do in one great instance; but I w ill never co nsent to any tampering with th e i nstitutions of the land, to pander to popular caprice, or to indulge in theoretic experiments, or to trade in the rise and tall of excited expectations. My study will be to understand. maintain, aad perfect the Constitution of the country, carefully and cautiously adapting it to the varying the people. If this re newed avowal of my principles, and their special applicatio n to present measures, meets with 1) your approbation, I shall . proud of a continuance of your confidence. circumstances and wishes of "If any considerable number of ray old supporters should express dissatisfection with this statement, lam the last man to be ambitious of serv i ng m y own party without their entire confidence, or of gaining temporary support for a special purposefrom the opposite party, with whose general principl es I disagree. "I have the honour to b e your faithful and o b e di en t servant, " C. B. ADDERLEY." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 14.—This morning, at ha, past nine o'clock, Rear-Admiral the Duke of Nor. Herbert, K.C.8., Fourth Lord o f t h e Ad m i ra lt y; tchaupmtabinerclahnadd, the _ by Excellent; and Captain the Hon. P. T. Pelham, private secretary to his Grace the _First Lord, left their hotel and embarked at the town Sallyport-stairs in the Admiralty barge, which was steered by Lieut. Mason (fi rs t of the Victory, who was appointed Admiralty Flag Lieutenant for the occasion), to the Black Eagle steam yacht, lying off the stairs, and which vessel got under weigh im mediately for the fleet at Spithead. The First Lord wore his uniform of Rear-Admiral, and Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, Captain Chad:, and Captain Pelham were also in full uniform —a novelty in con nexion with Admiralty officials and their port visits which the inhabitants and the service took ample cognizance of. This was considered as it should be. it added no dignity or importance to the visit of for mer Lords of the naval administration of the country to see a party of gentlemen in very mediocre garments perambulating the dockyards and in specting ships, attended by the chief officers of the port and arsenal in full state livery, who looked much more like the Lords than the Commissioners did. Hitherto, also, when former Boards have come down to this or other ports, their presence has been notified by salutes at arrival, salute at the flag being hoisted, salute at visiting a ship, salute at leaving her, salute at going away from the port, and so on ad nauseam. " Fire away ! Here we are," said their Lordships' gunpowder heralds, and so their visits added at least one item to the deadweight of the navy estimates. To-day, on the perambulations and embarkations of the Duke of Northumberland, no powder has been wasted ; no flag was hoisted, no sentry has been posted at the Soor of his hotel, no guard of honour ashore has been paraded; but the respect, homage, and importance attendant upon the visit were none the less. A First Lord of the Admiralty has not been seen in a naval costume since the days of the Duke of Clarence ; and although every successive Board has had five or six naval members in it, we never saw one in uniform on a visit of this kind till to-day. We have been requested in many quarters to mention the fact.—Times. While the Duke and party were gone to Spithead, Captain Milne, the junior member of the Admiralty, and Captain Sir Baldwin W. Walker, K.C.8., &c., the surveyor of the navy, went over the dockyard, and transacted business with the Rear-Admiral Superin tendent and the officers of the executive of the ship building department. The First Lord and party went first on board the Prince Regent, 90, at Spithead. Commodore Martin received them with all honours, and conducted them over the ship (no yards were manned, or other dan gerous pomp observed), on board which they remained two hours, exercising the crew at general quarters, firing a few rounds of grape to try the range, &c. The Simoom iron screw steam troop frigate, Cap tain Kingcome, was next inspected, and then the - Vixen steam-aloa PI Commander" Barnard, and the board on leaving her re -embarked in their barge for the Black Eagle, which brought them to the har bour's mouth, a n d l anded them at the Sallyport stairs, whence they walked to their hotel to luncheon - and Sir B a ld w i n Walker (who had been on board the Winch att e lf past One, et w er h , er s e o, t c he a i p r tai c a oll L ea o g e u h e , s, c. C ß a . p , t a a n iu Milne the St. Vincent, 100 , in the course of their visit to the dockyard) j o i ne d them, and few o ffi cers. gave audiences to a and Sir Thomas Herbert° s t o A n , b t o h u e t four o'al Queen-street, Portsea economy of that establishment Duke of Northumberland ad visited the Sailors' home in ment by Commander John much pleased with the were shown the internal superintendent.o'clock the They inspected the victual working of the whole that and countenance ling department, went into the accounts, and were so beneficial arrangements and of f t his Grace, to show his ap proval Plymouth, institution, informedsuch a national and praise worthyshould give the Horne Captain Johnston he Ap lin, and examined everyled a a ls e e co % re p ri a t n °.v - e o r o t l be Home after the First Captain Milne, the Junior Lord, by Flag-Lieutenant Ap- Lord had left, which he expressed l o f rd h ,s igh d l i y nn p er lea p s a e r d t . y part, with the whole of visited the Sailors' Stafford, M.P.,the no eeretary of the Admiralty, a few days since, prior to Last night the Fir S s i t tns embarking for gratification. and also expressed his com prised Admiral Sir Thomas 111.. Commander-in-Chief of the Briggs, G.C.M.G., the Superintendent Prescott, C Port; Rear-Admiral Colonel Commandant .B. ; Commodore Martin, Pasley, and Menzies,pi K. 11., R.M., Flag- Lieutena nt This evening the Firstat Lieutenant Aplin. Sir Thomas Briggs, Rear-Admiralord entertains Admiral Com modore Sir Thomas Herbert Prescott, Captain Sir Edward Parry, Commodore Martin, Cap tain Milne, Captain Sir l i , , Colonel Menzies, dwin Walker, and all the captains and commandersal Spit head and in Portsmouth . of the ships at Spit harbou The Simoom, 16, Capt a i n a I'. steam-frigate, embarks at thi liingcome, iron screw 82 men of the 20th Regi me f. Port officerscer and men of the 231, two officeria" two and 82 and 42 men of the 54th, with whom she proce e s d Sun day for Queenstown, and son Saturday or embark s two officers and 52 men of the 66th, and one the 71st, also four soldiers' wivnfficer and 92 men of whom she s ails thence for queh es and children, with to Spithead with other troops , ee direct, and returns The Highflyer, 25, screw steam-f r i gate, C apta i n Matson, arrived at Spithead this morning from Wool wich, and saluted. After r emovin shell she came into harbour. ; her powder and this afternoon in the harbour by captain Milne and She was inspected Sir Baldwin Walker. The Basilisk steam-sloop, Commander Gardiner, pro tem., did not anchor at Spithead last proceeded directly for Gre e nhithe ; she evening, but e took in a ton of pemican from the Clarence victualling -yard that had been prepared for Captain 13eat ann , s expedition. , The Winchester was taken out of dock and is further fitting in the basin. The Fire Queen, iron steam-vessel, has been payed over with Mr. Hay's composition. The Fairy royal yacht, when taken into the dock on Monday, was found to be very Clean The com position on her is firm and hard, and it : is only found necessary to pay over a few small patches where it has been rubbed off by collision. The patches placed experimentally on the bottom of the Elfin have had the effect of preventing the growth of weeds on her copper. Her Majesty's ship Neptune, 120, Capt. Scott, has shipped her upper deck armament, and has been ordered to ship her proper topmasts and spar s . The Arrogant, 46, Captain Robinson, Was hauled under the shears to-day to receive her foremast. She will proceed with h er re fit now her crew has returned from leave. yo F un ir g officer i stL A r tillery Compani es of Royal Marines, is at pres en t i n London, prosecuti ng very .eute of t an t t h J u lius e Roberts, a highly talented important experi men t s w ith the view to imp rovements with the azimuth com p as s. The number of troops in the garriso n thi s day amounts to 4,600. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 14 —The Desperate steamer, one of the reserve, had orders on Monday to prepare for sea. Sh e was immediate l y p l ace d a l ongside the coal depot, and supplied with the necessary quantity of coal. She drew charts for the Channel And North , ARCTIC SEARCHING EXPEDITION. WOOLWICH, APRIL 14.—The greatest activity has been displayed to-day at Woolwich Dockyard t o complete the stores required for the vessels of the Arctic expedition, that all may be on board to-night or early to-morrow morning, as the whole of the squadron are under orders to be ready Ito proceed down the river between nine and ten o'clock, A.m., on Thursday, April 15. The Monkey steam-vessel, Second Master Sallenger, will tow the Assistance, Captain Sir Elward Belcher, C. 8.; the Zephyr steam-vessel will tow the Resolute, Captain Kellett, C. 8.; ,and the Adder steam-vessel will tow the North Star, Commander Pullen, to Greenhithe, where they will have their compasses adjusted. Tile Intrepid screw steam-vessel, Commander M`Clintock, and the Pioneer screw steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Osborn, will each get up their steam and proceed to Greenhithe at the same time. Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, K.C.8., hy drographer at the Admiralty, visited Captain Bel cher at an early h our , an d remained a long time to witness several experiments made to show the officers the mode of inflating balloons, and the bombardiers of the Marine Artillery the ap plication of the galvanic battery blowing up the ice when necessary to open a passage for the vessels in Arctic Seas. Captain Cospatrick B. Hamilton, Cap tain Reynolds, R.N,, and the officers studying steam, were present in the afternoon ; while Mr. Shepherd, civil engineer, and Mr. Charles Button, operative chemist, were engaged in inflating several pilot and o large size balloon, the latter, when it was allowed to ascend, having several thousands of printed coloured papers attached to a slow match, and a number of papers not printed upon attached to a quick match, and many of the latter fell as was intended before the balloon passed over the dockyard in a south-west direction, the wind at the time being moderate from the north-east. The other printed papers attached to the slow match are intended to fall in various parts of the country. The generation of the gas in four casks was most perfect, and the balloon ascended steadily to a great height before it was lost to the view of the spectators and numerous visitors to the yard who had assembled on the dockyard battalion parade ground to witness the proceedings. During the time the inflation of the balloons was taking place a number of slips of satin were printed at the printing-press supplied for the use of the expedition. Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, CAptain Sir Edward Belcher, and Captain Kellett, after witnessing the ascent of the balloon, proceeded to the chain testing room, where the galvanic batteries, six in number, were stationed, and the bombardiers of the Marine Artillery, having prepared, under the direc tion of Mr. Hay, chemical lecturer from Portsmouth, two tin cases, one charged with two pounds, and the other with two and a half pounds weight of powder, one of the cases was placed under an empty tar barrel on the parade ground, and a copper wire covered with gutta perch a made to communicate with the powder. Sir Edward Belcher held one wire at the entrance to the testing room, while th e o th er w i re, covered in a similar manner with gutta percha and attached to the galvanic battery, was placed in contact, and the ex plosion of the barrel was instantaneous, the pieces flying high into the air and spreading in all directions, without leaving a vestige of them near the spot where the barrel had been placed. Another tar barrel was subsequently exploded by a young lady firing the charge from the galvanic battery. SIR JOHN FEANIELIN.—It may tend to allay some anxiety relative to the discovery of two ships in April, 1851, supposed to be the missing ships under the command of Sir John Franklin, said to have been seen on the banks of Newfoundland by parties on board a vessel bound for Quebec, to state that there is no perceptible difference between the size cf the Erebus and Terror discovery ships, the Erebus being only 376 tons, and the Terror about 30 tons less. It is more than probable the vision seen by those on board the Renovation may have been the reflection of that vessel from two different surfaces of the iceberg, to which it is said they were attached, as, if the ob jects seen had been real ships, some other vessels would have seen them on a coast so much frequented as Newfoundland is by trading and fishing vessels. THE ARMY. IST ROYAL DRAOOOMS.—New colours were presented on Tuesdry to the Ist Royal Dragoons stationed at Brighton, by Sir Arthur Clifton, G.C.8., the colonel of the regiment. This is the oldest cavalry regiment in the service. It was raised in 1661, in the reign of Charles 11. of " merry" memory. Three years after it had been in existence, in 1664, it captured a Moorish standard at Tangier. At the battle of Dettingen, in 1743, it captured the standard of the Mousquetaires Noirs. The regiment distinguished itself at Warn borough, in 1760, under the Duke of York in Flanders, in 1794, in numerous engagements with the legions of Napoleon in the Peninsula from 1810 to 1814, and lastly, at the great battle of Waterloo on the memorable 18th of Juae, 1815, were they bore off one of the two French eagles captured from the enemy. THE EPEE-POINTED PENCIL.—The improvements made in the black-lead pencil from the period when a lump of plumbago served the purpose to the present day, would form a little work in itself. Mordan, Riddle, and;others have given their best attention to it, and brought it near to per fection. There appears, however, to have been two things necessary to this almost indispensable instrument; that it . should approach the common pencils in the larger supply o i lead in the interior, and that the point through which_ the pencil is refilled should be secured against becoming loose and being lost, which often renders the pencil useless. these two objects are now accomplished by very ingenious Mr. original contrivances in th e new p enc ils patented Or Stephens, of Stamford -street. No little excitement prevails in the medical pro fession at the fact of the celebrated Mr. Lewis, eof his Manches ter, having entered largely into the m of well-known medicines; but it having a i that as certained re such a course was alone adopted from a desll' e . tn greaLer pro.. largely known the benefits of this recipe , tended a helping portion of the faculty have handsomely hand to their dissemination, foreseeing that e the more they are dispensed amongst the public, the Injurious, rthe ed y m wl i l n l a b m e e d n e t . sired, and inferior, not to say positively will have to give place to the new com er thus aus p iei ousl; introduced. 137 Bond- SOCIETY FOR THE PROSECUTION OF DOG STEALERS AND THEIR CONFEDERATES.—YOSH3r4ay _E!cgeelleil meeting Of the above society was held at their oft chair. M s ; street, Mr. James Graham I.s b h e o s p tONN t - h ed e .7:earrarlanptaectiroinricargeease treasurer, in referring to theinprtohsepects of the society, con gratulated the members on the on it, and stated that the subscriptions already place d d e i t n ro h rt is s hands, amounting to a large sum, to stimulate public energy. A e circular, m e nt rexplaining the ob jects,bineapnraignted Votesfoor general circulation uses, and general the society, was and gentry. of thanks to the agreed to and ordered to amongst the nobility chairman, treasurer, acc., having b een Passed, the meeting separated. . . The accounts from the various Continental Ex changes continue wholly uninteresting. Gold in moderate quantities arrives from Paris. Advises from Odessa of the 2d inst. state that the recent active demand for grain at that port had entirely ceased, and that the tendency of prices was towards a decline, although no decided alteration had yet taken place. Large arrivals of vessels had caused a reduc tion in freights. The project for a railway from Charkof r to Theodosia, on the Black Sea, was u n d erstood to h ave b een abandoned. From St. Petersburgh the dates are to the sth of April, but it was a dull period of the year, and the markets I were without the slightest alteration. SPORTING NOTES. No. CCV. THE FIELDS FOR TO-MORROW'S RACES AT NEWT MARKET—LAPIDISVS DEFEAT, ecc. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR.—Yesterday was in every respect a field day, for the fielders had it all their own way. The 50/. Sub scription Plate, for which Grecian was hacked against the field at 2 to 1 on him to beat his five antagonists, was the first throw in for them, as Grecian broke a blood vessel at the flaw ground, and of course was in et Intly stopped. A smart little filly of Mr. E. Parr's, yclept. Sanity,; made all the running and won easily by a length, besting Little Savage, Dividend, Glee colt, and Trinket, as well as the unfortunate Grecian, who could not possibly have lost, as he was going within himself when the accident occurred. The grand catastrophe of the day then followed. One of the greatest and most certain of turf certainties —proved by the defeat of Lapidist to be the most un certain affair imaginable —was decided in the following manner.—The Toga filly, with two or three cloely laid up, cut out the work to the bushes at a moderate pace; here she was beaten; the Princess colt then headed the lot, but at no increase of speed; Khadidja in the cords joined issue, raced a few strides with the General's colt, headed.him, and won cleverly by a length; the crack, who showed in front, and looked winning all over for three parts of the way, finished a length in the rear of the Princess colt, and seemingly fairly beaten; Sophistry was fourth, the Languish colt, Toga, and Exotic tiles beaten off. The result of this spin for the Column Stakes was a startler for the nerves of the backers of Lord Ribbleidale's horses, as according to the Noble Owner's own account, Livermere is better than Orpheus, The Nabob several pounds better than Livermere, King ston superior to The Nabob, and the defeated of the Column, the cracked-up Lapidist, some pounds ahead of Kingston. Setting down Lapidist's running as true, the whole lot dwindles into a forlorn hope for the Derby. The 10 soya. Stakes Harrier won all the way, beating Necklace and Vanguard very easily; thus winding up the day by giving the fielders another throw in. The Craven Meeting of 1852 will be brought to a con clusion very early to-morrow, as the first race is set down to be run at twelve or half-past. There aro five races on the list, two of which have yet to close and name. The fields for the others are as follows: 50 sous. Stakes:—Lord Orford's Sophistry, by Theon, Bst 31b; Lord Clifden'a Rosary, Bst 71b; Lord Exeter's Nomination filly, by St. Martin, out of Amino, Bst 71b, now the property of the Dake of Bedford. Port Stakes:—Mr. Halford's Prime Minister; Mr. Powney's Lamartine; Lord Exeter's Midas. 100 809 a. Stakes; Ditch Mile:—Lord Ribblesdale's Nabob; General Anson's Bull'seye. Ambrose and Sack but are dubious runuors. Wadlow's party think, although the distance is any thing but favourable to the Prime Mi n i s t er , th a t if the race is not run at a severe pace his chance is by no means a bad one. The public seem inclined to prefer Lamartine or Midas; the latter, although he can stay the distance, is scarcely good enough in my opinion to beat either the Prime Minister or Lamartine, whom I expect to see first and second, with Midas a good third. I presume the 100 soya. Stakes will be carried off by the NABOB, as Ambrose is reported to be not up to the mark. Had Lord Exeter's horse been the thing he would have won to the greatest certainty imaginable. SOPHISTRY ia, I think, notwithstanding h er position yesterday in the race for the Column, just good enough to bear Rosary and the Amina filly. The betting this morning, though not very brisk, extends over rather a wide field of speculation, at the following prices: —Port Stakes —Even on Lamartine, 6 to 4 agst Midas, 3to 1 agst the Prime Minister. 100 sous. Stakes —6 to 4on The Nabob. 50 sovs. Stakes-6 to 4on Sophistry. 2,000 Guineas-4 to 1 agst Hornobrewed, 6 to 1 agst Daniel O'Rourke, 9 to l sags' Maidstone, 12 to 1 agst Lapidist. Chester Cup -8 to 1 agst Stilton, 13 to 1 agst Scarecrow. Derby -6 to 1 agst Robbie Noble, 12 to 1 agst Little Harry, 12 to 1 agst Claverhouse, 16 to 1 agst Alfred the G rea t, 16 to 1 agst Augur, 20 'and 18 taken to some extent, 20 to 1 agst Alcoran, 50 to 1 agst Lapidist. _ _ I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF, April 15, 1852. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. CLOSE OF THE BETTING ON TUESDAY NIGHT, COLUMN STAKES. 2 to 1 on Lapidist. FLYING DUTCHMAN'S HANDICAP. 2 to 1 agst Voltigeur CHESTER CUP. Bto 1 agst Stilton (t) I 2,000 to 30 agst Sophistry 5 to 1 apt Scarecrow —taken. DEBBY. 6 to 1 agst Hob. Noble 1 18 to 1 agst Augur 1,000 to 60 agst Little 130 to 1 agst Alcoran. Harry—taken WEDNESDAY'S RACES. Subscription Plate of 501 for three yrs old, 7st; four, Sst. 71b; five, 93t; six and aged, 93t 21b. Mr. T. Perr's Sanita, 3 yrs, 7st (Hiett) 1 Capt. De!me's The Little Savage, 3 yrs, 7st (Charlton) 2 Mr. H. Ingram's Dividend, 3 yrs, ist (T. Smith) 3 Mr. Robinson's cby Venison, 3 yrs, 7st (Hammond) 4 Mr. Barne's Trinket, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Flatman) 5 Mr. Howard's Grecian, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ......(A. Day) 6 Betting-2 to lon Grecian. Sanita made all the run ning, and won very cleverly by a length; a neck be tween second and third, Glee colt and Trinket well up. Grecian broke a blood-vessel on the new ground, and was stopped. Run in l min. 12 sec. The Column Stakes of 50 soya. each, h ft, for three years old, colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; 31b and 51b allowed, &c. R.M. (28 Subs.) Mr. Batson's Kandidja, Bst 111 b (Sly) 1 General Anson's br cby Orlando, Bst 21b (Charlton) 2 Lord Ribblesdale's Lapidist, Bst 71b (Flatman) 3 Mr. W. E. Hughes's Sophistry, Bst 111 b (Bartholomew) 0 Baron Rothschild's bo by Alarm, Bst 41b (F. Butler) 0 Lord Exeter's bf by St. Martin, Sat 41b (Norman) 0 Lord Orford's bf by lon, out of Exotic, Bst 41b (Pettit) 0 Betting-6 to 4on Lapidist, and 3to 1 agat Sophistry. The Toga filly and Princess colt started almost head and head, and with the favourite, the Exotic filly, and Kah didja in waiting, made the running in concert for half a mile, the Toga filly then gave way, and the Princess colt went on with the lead, but was caught half way down the bushes hill, quitted in the cords, and beaten easily by a length; the Princess colt beating the favourite by three parts of a length. Run in 1 min. 51 sec. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, for three yrs old, 7st; four, Bst 81b; five and upwards, 9at llb. The winner to be sold for 150 sovs,, if demanded, &e. Ab. M. (3 Subs.) Mr. Delamere's Harrier, 3 yrs, 7st (Charlton) 1 Mr. Barnes's Necklace, 5 yrs, 9at llb (Flatman) 2 Lord W. Powlett's Vanguard, 6 yrs, 9st llb (Rogers) 3 Betting-6 to 5 agat Vanguard, and 6to 4 agst Harrier. Harrier made all the running, and won in a canter by four lengths. This race was not timed. Handicap Plate of 501.; for three yrs old and upwards. A. F. Mr. Stephenson's Ninus,s ;Ts, Bst 71b, walked over, and received 25 sons. Mountain Deer and the Prime Minister arrived this morning. BETTING AT FIVE O'CLOCK. THE CLARET STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Ariosto. __ TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 4to 1 agst Hombrewed I7to 1 agst Maidsto ne (t) 7to 1 agst Dan O'Rourke ( t)l 15 to 1 agst Lapidist CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 agst Stilton (taken)., DERBY. 6to 1 agst Hobbie Noble I 20 to 1 agat Alcoran 12 to 1 agst Little Harry 122t0 1 agst Homebrewed (taken freely) I 2825 t t o o 1 1 a a g g s a t t p K h in an g t s o to m n 13 to 1 agst Claverhouse I 15 to 1 agst Alfred the Gt. 140 to t 0 I 1 a agst K of T rum 100p s 17 to 1 agst Orelio gst Lapidist (t) 18 to 1 agst NEWMARKET , WEDNESDAX NIGHT. ENTRIES lon THURSDAY. ysOruusibatsnicoodrniiipdac Subscription an e pd l take n .ll : n al3 g taety: S ;Ds 12_.ivrt0. r d e : :38 yo ci) Lady i n vitin 3 St. Antoine, aged ( 40L (400—Fochabers 4 r's (700—Ingratitude ,g, yrs— Guy yrs Theodine, 3 Guy M 5 yrs. annering, 9st 7st 71b—Coryphge yrs, iSt 121b—St. 41b—p r t I. es 0, 4 .. Ninus, 5 yrs, Ilarrier,'3 yrs, Est 121b—Cressa, 5 ' 4 yrs, 7st 21b— Antoine aged. 3 yrs, 6st 12—f by The m ph , Yrs, 6st 121b—Sanita, , 65e 41b—Columbineyro, b'J Buck, dam by Veatris, 3 , 3 yrs' , 3 yrs, sst 41b—Peacock, 3 ) ost 121b—The Scourge, Handicap yrs, sst 41b. Fernande 5 yrs Plate, T Y The Old Lad, 3 Bst Ib—Sagacity, 'C. , aged, Bst 21b— Dividend, 3 yrs y rs, , 7st 71b— , 7 st 111 agactty b—Sab ra , 3 yrs , 7 st 71 b— LATEST BETTING Theodine, 3 yrs, 6st 12. (BY ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 4 to 1 a,,, TWO Illo 'st II ornebre USAND GUINEAS STAKES. 6 to 1 apt hi • aidsto wed 16 to 1 agst ne I Dan. O'Rourke CLARET STAKES. 2 to 1 on Ariosto. S WEEPSTAKES OF ONE HUNDRED SOVS., D.M. 7 to 4 on Alcoran. CHESTER CUP. B to 1 agst Stilton—taken 120 to 1 agst Nancy 20 to 1 agst High Sheriff 7 to 1 12 to 1 14 to 1 14 to 1 15 to 1 DEBBY. agst Hobble Noble 18 to 1 agst Augar—t agst Little Harry 22 to 1 agst Alcoran agst Orelio 22 to 1 agst Homebrewed agst Alf. the Groat 33 to 1 agst Chief Baron agst Claverhouse Nicholson—taken HEREPORD, ROSS, AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.- At length there is some prospect that the construction of this line, which has long been in abeyance, will be proceeded with forthwith. Contracts have been signed by Mr. Peto, who is under an engagement to construct the whole line at a cost of 230,000/., of which sum he takes shares to the value of 135,000/. Of the remainder he is to receive 50,000/. in cash, and the balance in debentures. About 1,000 workmen are to be set at work immediately. The line will be on the broad gauge, and worked in connexion with Great Western trains to and from Gloucester. ROYAL ORTHOPADIC HOSPITAL FOR THB CURE of CLUB-FOOT, &C.—At the usual committee meeting th e c°lftiia above institution, in Bloomsbury-square, it was stated that a very numerous and highly influential list of steii i :_ . ° l f° ' both eluding several of the bench of bishops and membe r s to act Rouses of Parliament, had signified their w g.. ° as stewards of the anniversary dinner, on f Earl of Shaftes next, when the president of the charity, th e te h report of the bury, has consented to preside. From are anxious to pro iilin 1 9th of Illay secretary it appears that the committee cure additional funds, to provide theuaerease of accommoda tion so much needed, and an earn twitstarice of the beneyoleat. Til/YRSDAY 13 13 14 NEW PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. The second concert took place last evening, st Exeter. hail, the following being the programme)7- PART I. • 1 1 '‘r 4\ Overture (Anacreon) Aria "I\Tu r einen Wu n sch," Herr Reichar: Gluck. Le Chant des Cherubins Bortnian Concerto in F minor, Pianoforte, M. Billet H. Wyld.. Liebeslied, "Mein Herz das ist," Herr lleichart ........................... Symphony in C minor Beethoven. PART . Overture (II Flauto Magico) II Mozart. The Island of Calypso, an Operatic Masque E. J. Lodes: 'Excellent as was the band on the first evening of per formance, its execution last night was, if possible, more polished and vigorous still. Both of the over tures were magnificently given. In that to Anacreon the rapid passage of the violins, bursting into a grand crescendo, was quite a blt.zD of brilliancy, and wound up the movement with electrical effect. The piano forte concerto by Doctor Wylde was executed by M. Alexandre Billet with much finish and brilliancy, which commanded great applause. The great sym phony w as g i ven w i th magn i f i cent effect, and the overture to Zauberfiote was another orchestral triumph, Herr Reichert was warrnly'applanded in his songs, the second of which, a German ballad, with a curious low choral accompaniment, re ceived an encoie. Mr. Edward Loder's masque, The bl an d o f Calypso, WAS composed originGily for the National Concerts, but in conse quence of their went of success the work was not performed. Mr. Loder has long been known as one of our most accomplished musicians, and its produc tion is therefore an undertaking quite within the province of the New Philharmonic Society, which professes to afford genius the hearing which is denied it elsewhere. Like The Sleeper Awakened of Macfarren, it had been prepared with an eye to the stage. The airs, duetts, and concerted pieces are connected together by recitatives, in order to give it the proper continuity when it may be required for a dramatic purpose. The Island of Calypso is a truly elegant and artistic production. It contains a series of exquisite songs. Calypso has two, one "Hymen chasing love one day," a co quettish piece of pleasantry, temptingly arch and piquant ; and the other, a romance, " From menz'ry'a spell I cannot flo," of a more scenic and passionate character. The tenor airs alloted to Telemachus con sist of an invocation to the genii of sensuality, and sentimental strain, "Must I say farewell for ever ?" eminently lo ve -l orn and pathetic. The soprano song belongs to E uc h ar i e, " Ob, beautiful as the morn," a soliloquy breathing the sighs of tenderness of devotion. In the bass songs of Mentor, " Take heed, take heed, a serpent lies," and " When youth in pleasure's lap is sleeping," there is a flippancy hardly consonant with the dignity of incarnate Wisdom. The concerted pieces consist of a trio for soprano, contralto, tenor, delicately playful and insouciant, and a variety of short choruses sung by the nymphs and fauns of the island—fifteen pieces in all, the last three constituting a masterlyfina/c—remarkable for freshness, melodic beauty, nervous choral writing, and ingenious orches tral treatment. The subject is taken trom the Tile maque (the dramatis personce being Calypso, Eucbaris, Telemachus, and Mentor), and the libretto of Mr. G. Soane details the extrication of Telemachus from the wiles of Calypso by Mentor. Mr. Loder's masque, produced last night, must be pronounced an unques. tionably first-rate work. The principal singers were Mrs. Sims Reeves, Miss Dolby, Messrs. Sims Reeves and Weiss, who all did their very best. The hall WU completely crowded. ADELPHI THEAT RE. A new extravaganza, intitled Mephistopheles; or, An Ambassador from Below, adapted by Mr. Robert Brougb, was produced last evening here with perfect success. It is based on Machiavelli'a tale of the mission of Belphegor. Mephistopheles comes from the regions below, on a mission to ascertain whether matrimonial catastrophes are more generally the fault of the husband or the wife. He commences his quest by visiting two wedded couples an Italian Marquis, the Marquis di B renca d or an d his wife, and his Lordship's gardener, Pepito, and his better half. When Mephistopheles arrives all parties are enjoyingthe intensity of the honeymoon. He interrupts the fe licity, for the purpose of investigation, by infusing himself into the nature of the husband in the one case, and into that of the wife in the other. He enters Pepito in a pie crust; and the Marchese drinks him in a glass of water—thereupon a gentle husband thrashing his wife with a stick, and a molest bride defying her spouse by a confession that she worships dragoons and adores diamonds. Happi ness becomes misery —cat and dog driving out the doves. There is a series of matrimonial imeutes, and in the end Mephistopheles, having satisfied himselt with the creation of the contrasts, appears to Mrs. Pepito and to the Marquis, acknowledging his inter vention, and reporting that he had come to the saga cious conclusion that " there are faults on both sides." One act comprehends the piece ; and, as it is occupied almost solely by Miss Woolgar, who personates the fiend, Pepito, and the Marchioness. Her singular versatility and clever distinction of character are dis played to consumate advantage, and we recommend her admirers, whose name is legion, not to omit see ing her in Mephistopheles. Mr. Honey, as a matter of course, sustained his part of the Marquis with ad mirable humour, and Miss Fitzwilliam was a charm ing Flora. There was a general call before the cur tain, and Miss Woolgar, amid genuine Adelphi ap plause, announced Mephistopheles for repetition. PolkaGQ siiiao He r r r S e l ectio n, (i,ll‘l6elV Majesty's i c)t ory. ''''' COURT CIRCULAR. ' WINDSOR, ...... WEDNESDAY. ,.. The following dined at the Royal table yesterday: —Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge, hi s Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, th e L a d y in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Lord and Lady Charles Fitzroy, Baron Knew. beck, and Lord W. Paulet. The band of the 2d Life Guards attended in the Castle . .during" Lucia . L. u. c. d i. i a n . . n d. dinner, Lammermoor" .d rn. p . e e r. r im. f0 0. r .0 m .r. : d Gs tur t r h a.t e citekan. followingc ooCooke. : I : uj u i t iin n .i ee e yian r. : pieces:— : F :a t s ' a i niello' W ' .11arch Overture, ..t ************************************************ Waltz, " Lucrezia" i.‘ ... a . God Save the jeto l k / c u oh, e , en performed the following Dense de Parapluies • • 1 afterwards attended,and 0 I c e or : Overture, s " , Bronze" • ....... Lindpainter. -) • e ...rintemps, ceur, " Le Cheval porteu " 1) Selectiontid eet t° ' u ( C I (Ist A ct ) . " 1 : *************** Auber. bridge, Mozart. by, the The Queen and the Prince, accom °nBl°w. DuchessTh of Cambridge, the . Princess Mary of Cam• the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, attended by the Lady in Waiting and Maids of Honour drove out in three open car• riages yesterday afternoon. The Equerries in Wait ing were in attendance on horseback. Earl Talbot has relieved Earl Verulam in the duties of Lord in Waiting; and Captain the Hon. J. Denman, it.N., has succeeded Colonel the Hon. N. Hood in those of Groom in Waiting. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Royal Children, took their usual exercise this morning. Major Cotton (Ordnance-office) and Captain A. E. Kennedy had an interview with Sir John Pakingtoa yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Sheriff Cotterell had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole at the Home-office yesterday. Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Reve nue, had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gen tleman. Major Robinson had an interview with Sir John Pakington yesterday. Sir Johnr Pakinton left town yesterday, for his seat in Worcestershire. Dispatches were sent from the Colonial-office yes• terday to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope• SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY.--Traffic for the W." ending April 12, 1852 : Passengers (8,521), :parcels, horses, and carriages ... £B7l 19 g Goods, cattle, &c. 1,013 12 Total .. 685 I 7 1 1, 642 17 2 Corresponding week in last year..• ' Perth, April 13. 1852. n u b e at r o present c2hG ii d r u e nr 0 under the prima. SEAMEN'S A STLUM.—The MERCHANT rated last evening at the London ' An excellent dinner wail dency of the Earl of Har_dwie r. twenty-fouth anniversary of this ° g Bathe, and when the cloth ti,,,nPasilivtatrnut,ion was conimeme,.. provided on the occasion b and the loyal toasts drunk, the or phanspriately addressed by the Noble Chair.. had been removed,na,_r the protection of:the society, to the boysae and 41 girls—were assembled in the a siular intelliseemedgent happy. The d f I k an fine-look- ()15 ma 1 ne ing b o d y o of th e institution to public wet- The claims pointed out by the support were po Earl of Hardwick Lord Radstock. e, fully a nd the treasur, and o thers, . er, Captain Nelson, stated that room, ar.nl.lyil'earpe—pate3bpap eland there were many deserving candidates for admission whom the committee were compelled to exclude from want of fund&. Donations to the amount of about 940/. were announced by the treasurer and the hon. secretary (Mr. Clarke), a n ' on , ss which were her M a j esty the Queen, 10 guineas; the Corpo ration of the Trinity 11 --uuse, 1001. (their 21st donation); the East India C om pally, 50/ Hardwicke, .; the Earl of Ellesmere, 51.; 50 guineas to the buildin,g fond and 10 guineas for th e genera l p ur p os es of the institt.'iltnti, the Earl of Mr. ex-Sheriff Ni co ll , 10 guineas , &c. The musical Are rangements, which were entirely satisfactory . , were under tile direction of Mr. Taylor. SILENC E .—Th e on ly t ongue allowed in the French Assembly, is that of the P re sident's bell ; alai even tl& we hear, is rauflied.—.Punch. /•I