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S cots and Sh orthorns; from other parts of England, 500 Herefords, Runts, Devons, Shorthorns, &e.; and from Scotland 540, horned and polled Scots, chiefly Iry r rctii way. The numbers of Sheep were considerably on the decrease. All breeds moved off freely, n,t prices fully equal to those paid last week, and a clearance was readily effected. Prime old Downs. is the V , 001, realiz9d 4s 2d. out of the wool 33 63 per 81bs. At least two-thirds of the Sheep were shearlinga. From the Isle of Wight 70 Lambs came to hand. The receipts from other quarters were moderate. On the whole the trade was firm, and in some instances Dorsets were the turn dearer. We were well supplied with Calves, the sale for which ruled inactive, at late rates. The Pork trade was heavy, but we have no change to notice in prices. Per Tillie. to sink the ofiaL s. d. to s. d. s. d. to v. d Inferior Beast S..• .. 2 4 2 6 Ptfericr Sheol! . 2 6 2 8 Second quality •• •• 2 8 3 0 Second quaff. Sheep 210 3 4 Prime large Olen •• 3 2 3 4 Coarse-woolleddittc3 6 3 8 Prime Scots •••• • • 3 4 3 6 Southdown Wether 310 4 2 Large coarse Calves 3 0 3 8 Ditto eut of the wool t 9 0 Prime swill ditto .. 310 4 2 Large Hogs 2 6 3 6 Sucklin: Calves —lB 0 24 0 3mall Posers ••• • a 8 210 Lambs ••••• • • • 4 8 6 0 Quarter old Pigs —l6 020 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT VA - RV-KT. Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. 3,419 • 17,920 182 I 380 I eott.EIGN -survi. V Beasts I Sheen. I Calve!. I Pigs. 433 350 145 60 A Statement and Comparison of the Supplies and Prices of Fat Stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, April 14, 1851, and this day, Monday, April 12, 1852. Per Blbs., to sink the dials. April 14, 1851. Apr. 12,1852. s. d. a. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior Beasts ... 26t0282 4 to 2 6 Second quali i t , i , ditto ... ... 1 O2B 3 0 Prime large sen ... 3 2 3 6 3 2 3 4 Prime Scots, Z 3 c. .. 3 6 3 8 3 4 3 6 Coarse and inferior Sheep... ... 3 4 3 6 2 6 2 8 Second quality ditto ... ... 3 8 4 210 3 4 Prime coarse-woolled ditto ... 4 2 4 4 3 6 3 8 Prime Southdown ditto ... ... 4 4 4 63 10 4 2 Lambs'... ••• ••• ••• ••• 5 0 6 014 8 6 0 Large coarse Calves ... .. 3 2 3 6 3 0 3 8 Prime small ditto ... ... 3 8 4 03 10 4 2 Large Hogs • - ... 3 0 3 6 2 6 3 6 Small Porkers ... 3 8 4 0 3 8 310 Beasts ... 3,75 3 : 419 Sheep and Lambs •... 23,770 17,9 - 20 Calves • 155 82 Pigs 4~0380 SUPPLIES ON SALE, APRIL • 15, 1850.--Beasts, 3,295; Sheep and Lambs, 19,830 ; Calves, 92 ; Pigs, 240. Apra 16, 1849. Beasts, 3,892; Sheep and Lambs, 20,800; Calves, 99 ; Pigs, 250. NEVITGALIM AND LEADENEtikIa.. Since Monday last these markets have been exten sively supplied with each kind of meat, derived chiefly from Scotland and the provinces. Generally speaking, the demand is in a very inactive stare at the late decline in the quotations. A few baskets of Mutton have reached us from Uamburgh. At per non& by the Careft.se. a. d. to a. d. d. to Iteef, •• 110 2 2 I Mutton, inferior •• 2 4 2 6 ••-- middling 2 4 2 6 ' middling.. 2 8 3 0 primelerge .. 2 6 2 8 -- prime •• 3 2 3 4 prime small .• 210 3 0 Pork, large• ••• •• 2 4 210 Via •••••••• .. • • • • 3 0 4 0 - small ••••• ••• 3 0 3 Lamb, 4s 6d te 5s hd. 1103iOUG8 AND werrhaanzzus. Coastwise, the arrivals of Potatoes have been but Moderate since our last report, but very large supplies have reached us from various quarters by railway. The demand is heavy, and late rates are barely supported. The general quality of the samples is remarkably good. Per Ton. I Per Ton. Yorksh. Regents. 60s to 80s I lientish Red Kid. —s to s Ditto Shaws ...... —8 to s Cambridge Lincoln. and Wis- !Kent Regents-- 60s to 75s beach .. Scotch Regents 6os to 70s'Essex Shaws ... —s to —s Perth Cups Forfarshire ditto. 55s to 60s Kent & Essx. Mid. —s to —s Common Whites. —s to &French sos to 55s rieweastls & Ber- !Dutch Whites —B to —s wick Regents.. —s to —s Chats 110ThOUGII BOP DIALRIKET. We have still a moderate inquiry for the finest new Hops, at full prices. In the middling and inferior kinds, comparatively little is doing.. Sussex Pockets 51 12s to 616 s per cwt; Weald of Kents, 616 s to 71; Mid and East Kents, 61 106 to 124 Yearlings, 3/ lOs to 5/ 10s; Old olds, 112 s to 2110 s. WOOL- Last week's imports into London were 25 bales from Alexandria, 79 from New Zealand, 2 from the Cape, 11 from Leghorn, 209 from Bombay, 41 from China, and 500 from Algos Bay. By private contract, very little is doing, at late rates. Steady shipments are still making to the continent. TALLOW. The amount of businet,s doing in our market is un usually limited, yet holders generally are firm, and prices are well supported. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 35s 6d to 35a 9d per cwt. Nothing doing for forward deliiery. Town Tallow in good supply, at 35s per cwt net cash; Rough Fat, 2s per 81bs. 1848. 1849. 1850. 1851. 27,276 30,668 34,954 38s 6d 36s Vd 406 3d to 'to Osed to37sod 408 6d 1,049 1,696 1,379 88,815 i 84,876 85,462 278 1,01 52 108,558 j 90,0,8 94,898 418 Od 388 Od 418 Od Stack this day .....! Price of Y. C. • • • • [ Delivery last week • - Ditto from June 1. . • • Arrivals last week • Ditto from Juno 1 . • Price of Town • • • • • • 7.439 bls Od toslsGd 9.3 91,688 1,437 90,99 E 101,072 388 Od 52s Od Lord Brougham has left Grafton street for Pali., en route to Pr ovence, w h ere hi s L or d s hi p i n t en d s to rema i n until the end of the month. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS (CRIMINAL JURISDIC 110x).—There is a Bill in the House of Commons to sift - bah the criminal jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts in c ertain cases. The Acts of sth and 6th Edward VI., chap. 4, and other statutes against quarrelling and fighting in churches and churchyards, as recommended by the Eccle siastical C omm i ssioners, are to be repealed Further it is Proposed to e nac t th a t a f ter t h e " pass i ng o f t h e measure suitno or proceeding shall be commenced or heard in any ecclesiastical court in England or Wales for defamation, or for quarrelling chiding, or brawling by words only in any church or churchyard, or for smiting or laying violent hands upon any other in any church or churchyard, or for mali ciously striking any person with any weapon, or for drawing any weapon with intent to strike another is any church or churchyard." PLOW OF Pam( WATER INTO THE THA81F5...... appears from the evidence bef or e th e Committee nowsitting on the water supply of the metropolis, that the immense 'volume of fresh water derived from the area of the drainage of. the Thames which comes over T e ddington lock and Jinxes with the water below is calculated at 800,000,000 gallons a day, or about 16 square miles of water, 90 feet deep. THE Loss OF THE BIRKENHEAD.—On Saturday last a special meeting of the Town Council of Portsmouth, over Which the mayor presided, was held for the purpose of Considering the best means to be adopted for raising funds to apsiet the sufferers by the loss of the Birkenhead. The bu siness of the day having been opened by the chairman, reso lutions were passed unanimously expressive of the sympathy of the meeting with the sufferers and for taking means for °Polling subscription lists. A resolution for calling a public meeting, to be held on Wednesday next, at the hall of the Beneficial Society of the borough, at 7 o'clock P.M., was also a.ll,ed, after which it was anno u n ce d by C a pt a i n St range , N. (through the chairman), that the officers of the garri son had volunteered an amateur performance at the theatre in aid of the funds to be raised, and Mr. Davey said he was authorised to offer the proceeds of any night that might be named of the Clarence Gardens, for the same purpose. A subscription was opened in the hall, to which the members of the council immediately contributed upwards of 1031., the mayor subscribing an additional sum of 251. from his own pocket. CHARGE 01‘ MURDER IN LivERroOD —Oa Satur day an Irish labourer, named Dowd, was committed for trial, under the warrant of the borough coroner, charged with the wilful murder of Thomas Conway, a labourer, aged 25 years. From the evidence it appeared that between 1 and 2 o'clock the previous Sunday morning, the prisoner and de ceased were drinking in a low whisky shop in Albert-street, when a dispute arose between them as to which knew the street best. They ultimately turned out and began to fight. A bystander seeing the prisoner draw a knife from his pocket. warned the deceased, who declared that he would fight no more, and turned away. The prisoner followed, and having caught him stabbed hi en in thescewith the knife, inflicting a severe incised wound above the left pelvis , six inches deep. The prisoner was secured, and Conway was conveyed to the Southern Hospital, where he died on Thursday. D EAT H or LADY died SPENCER.—We regret t o announce the decease of this amiable young lady, who was the eldest daughter of Earl Spencer melancholy place at Althorp, Northam 'which ptonshire, on Thursday ys 1 1 ) was only in her 19th year. It is night last. event took months since we announced the decease of the late Countess DYNEvon.—Thi s venerable noble f r some time an invalid, expiredlt at his ( lc, Oxfordshire, on Frida in se r t: lawahrroihoagdtobne;ar r.,, , The late peer was Jeorase, at t al o b n o e rat., in his 87th year. r ,. England, and late lord-lieutenant of then Rice, Baron Dynevor of vynevor, county Carmarthen, i t the peerage of county; succeeded on the . 93 death of his moth er , the late m arried 20th Octob er, 1794, baroness, 14th March, le the Hon. Frances Townshend , . third daughter of Th omas First Viscount Sydney, and - by her has had issue the Hon , • George Rice Rice Trevor. county, merited 27th No thenshire Militia. M.P. for the Lieut.-Colonel of . the Carman_ two daughters. has issue Fitzroy, by whom his Lordship .„ vember, 1844, Frances, eldest daughter of Lard Charles ONEERING .r.,N RAL'S ELECT' The venerable peer has also left six daughters. THE SOLICITOR-GENE GAGEMENTS.—The Exeter papers state representation o Kelly is positively pledged to contest the his committee that city at the next general election, and that according to implicitly rely upon his coming forward that Sir Fitzroy that on the pro mise. Meanwhile the Learned Gentleman has been elected for Harwich, and it is a curious circumstance, very day the people of Harwich returned him as their Mem ber Sir Fitzroy issued an address to the f r eeholders of East Suffolk, announcing his intention of standing for that division' of the cou n t y at the general election, in compliance with a nutnerously-signed requisition to that effect recently pre sented to him. How the Learned Gentleman will decide when the dissolution takes place remains to be seen.—Ad vertiser. FIRE IN 110LnoltN.—On Saturday evening a fire, attended with the loss of several hundred pounds' worth of property, broke out upon the premises of Messrs. Stannard, wholesale picture-frame makers and carvers and gilders, 4, Middle-row, Holborn, about eight o'clock. The flames were first seen in the back workshops, and owing to the com bustible nature of the stock they progressed most rapidly, so that within a very few minutes the whole range of work shops were one mass of fire. The various engines were early in attendance, and no time was lost in setting them to work; but, notwithstanding the firemen exerted themselves to the utmost, the fire was not sufficiently e xtinguished to prevent its extending further until half-past nine o'clock, by which time Messrs, Stannard's manufacturing premises and their valuable contents were destroyed ; the premises of Mr. Murphy, ironmonger, materially injured by fire and water ; and the house of Mr. Crossmore, hair-dresser, similarly damaged. Messrs. Stannard are insured in the Phcenix Office, Mr. Murphy in the Sun Office, but Mr. Crossnaore is uninsured. ExPF CT ED VISIT OF THE D U KE OF ti, ELL INGTOr.,; AT Cuum CAsTLL.—The 1 'ler4l - 1 hero of a hundred tights, it is expected will h onour the Earl and Countess of Erne with a visit for a short time, in the course of the coming summer, at their princely and picturesque seat oil the banks of Lough Enmvierniangetgaie, SUN, LITERATURE. POEiIIS FRO MY FIRESIDE. By Maria Goodluck. Darton. A pretty little volume of very simple and very in nocent verses, designed as "an affectionate offering" for " the young" —meaning children. Most of the pieces are fables, each conveying some homely mere,' ; and the whole book is dedicated " b y permission , " says the fly-leaf—en d that fl y -le af is a passport of itself—to Charles Dickens. ABSCONDING DEBTORS' ARREST ACT. With Notes. By Robert Malcolm Kerr. John Crock ford. A clear, concise, and practical digest of the Ab sconding Debtor's :Arrest Act has here been com piled by Mr. Kerr, advocate and barrister-at-law. the forms given as an Appendix will be found pecu liarly valuable for reference. THE ITALIAN VOLUNTEERS. By Emilio Dandolo. Longmans. This work is described as an authentic narrative of the organization, adventures, and final disbanding of the Italian Volunteers and Lombard Rifla Brigade in 1848.49, translated from the edition published at Turin in 1849. In the author's preface he observes that he hesitated much before giving these pages to the public, until, induced by the encouragement he met with from those he consulted on the subject, and his desire of lending his assistance to those who, de sirous of finding the truth, are unable to do so from the confusion and obscurity in which the period de scribed is involved : " I had accidentally been placed in such circumstances as to be able frequently to form a clear and precise judgment respecting various occurrences, which, for others, were either of dubious charqd9r, or liable to he falsely interpreted. From early intimacy and habits of friendship I was like a brother to the late Luci , ;,no Madura; for about a year I was his adjutant and secre tary for military affairs, and above all. his inseparable companion in the reverses which led him at last to the tomb. I h d, therefore, the means of viewing, in their trus light, the perplexing changes of events in which he and his c , :mrldeg were so lamentably entangled and ruined. Without any interested views or regard to piny fedi:7g, I have felt, in publishing this brief narrative, that I was paying the last tribute due to the memory cf my friend, and though far from confi dent in the merits of the style, I hope nevertheless to meet with some indulgence for the sake of the spirit of justice which it has been my constant endeavour to pre serve throughout. For my only desire in these pages has been to speak the truth on all occasions, and to be impartial both as to things and persons; so that if I have deceived myself I can at least claim the praise of honesty for my intentions." As a spirit of truth and impartiality is the most rare to find, though most valuable when obtained in a work of this sort, it is not doubtful that the present volume will be welcomed by all those who desire to study the course of events in the eventful years they describe. TRAVELS IN TA HT ARY, THIBET, AND CHINA. National Illustrated Library. This is the second volume of these travels, which derive interest and originality from the circumstance of their being descriptive of a region comparatively little known. Au engraving of the Mausoleum of a grand Lama of Thibet is prefixed, and the various il lustrations of the inhabitants, the scenery, and the ani mals of the countries delineated are very instructive. The extraordinary customs of the Buddhists are also related, and the reader will find the entertaining and the useful combined in a very agreeable manner. MEMOIRS OF EXTRAORDINARY POPU LAR DELUSIONS. 2 Vols. National Illus trated Library. By Charles Mackay, LL. D. A very interesting account of the various follies and superstitions of the past and the present. "The Mis sissippi Scheme," " The Slow Poisoners," " Popular Admiration of Great Thieves," form a conspicuous portion of the narrative. Bat we are surpris-d to find " The Crusades" included i❑ the number. Few will agree to place those exploits of chi valry and enthusiasm which have ever been sur rounded by poetry and romance by the side of " The Witch Mania," " The South Sea Bubble," Dick Turpin, and Jack Sheppard. There are also chapters descriptive of haunted houses, duels, and ordeals, the alchymists, and the magnetisers. The volumes are bound and illustrated in the usual excellent style of this library. THE STORY OF NINEVEH. THE BRICKSONS. Paton and Ritchie, Edinburgh. These works are intended for the young, and will be found to possess much that is beneficial. " The Story of Nineveh," as its name indicates, contains a description of that great city, its founder, its history-, and its ruins. " The Ericksons" and "The Clever B by" are two instructive and pleasing tales, by Miss Francis Brown, whose powers as an author are so well known. The first is a history of life in Norway, the second a tale of the mishaps of a clever boy who only considt:red hiccsPlf. They form a geat acquisi tion to Cho young, who must derive from their perusal both pletvure d prk,fit. A PICTURE-BOOK FOR A NOAH'S ARK. Chapman and Ball. An excellent zJulogical work, which contains de scriptions of two hundred animnls, with pictures which give a very good impression of them. There is a great variety in the subjects selected for repre sentation, and the descriptioni being clear and concise, are well calculated to attract and inform children. THE BOOK OF THE GARDEN. By Charles ill'lntosh. Part .1. William Blackwood and Sons. The object of this work is " to exhibit all that is known at the present day on the subject of gardening, and to make public the author's long and extensive ex perience and the original views which that experience has developed." It is to consist of two divisions —the first ornamental and architectural; the second practi cal. The present number contains the introduction, which describes the origin and progress of gardening, and two chapters which treat of the formation and arrangement of fruit gardens and garden walls. The following is extracted from the introduction : " The gardens of Solomon, the earliest of which we have any certain account, are described as having been of a quadrangular form, and surrounded by a high wall. The exact form and arrangement are still in most gene ral use. They contained aviaries, wells, and streams of water, indispensable in warm climates. " The gardens of Cyrus and other Persian kings were distinguished for their romantic situations, great extent, and diversity of uses and products, and were in their day reckoned among the wonders of the world. " The celebrated hanging gardens of Babylon furnish us with the first notice of terraces being introduced into gardens; and although llerodotua and others are silent on the subject, it is not improbable that these terraces had their usual decorations of parapets, vases, Pee., as we learn that they were planted with trees of various kinds. We also learn that the different terraces and groves con tained fountains, seats, parterres, and banquetting rooms, and combined the minute beauties of flowers and foliage with masses of shade and extensive prospects. Indeed most of the elements of a modern architectural garden are clearly alluded to in connexion with these arcient ones, if we except the great varieties of flowers and plants. Even in these, however. they were not altoge ther deficient; for we learn from Xenophon's Memorab,' " that wherever the Persian King Cyrus resides, or what ever place he visits in his dominions, he takes care that the paradicea (or gardens) shall be filled with every thing both beautiful and usetul ehe soil can produce." HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Johanna Wagner, for whom the Operas are disputing, but respecting whose ultimate whereabout we believe there is little question, will arrive in London in a few days. She is engaged (so we are assured upon authority altogether commensurate) at her Majesty's Theatre, at which great establishment she is to appear in the week immediately succeeding Easter. Romeo, in Bellini's opera of Capuletti ed I Illontecchi, is to be her opening character, a part in which she is stated to be beyond all comparison. A new opera by Meyerbeer, of course for his distinguished pupil, and this now world famous artiste is talked of as an early novelty. Cruvelli appears on Saturday as 21'orma, and instead of being on her way to Brazil, to which region operatic gossip had rather precipitately con signed than fort , os her, she arrived in London on Saturday. The grace ii..l,-cati. has arrived in the metropolis, and will appear extraordinary a new ball t. It may be cited as a proof of her dented in she was the h e roine popularity at Turin, that a new ballet, of which intertetirl English drama called Victorine, was performed no g heroine, and which hellet is founded on a very Madame Falcon' - th itnnes in succession, a fact almost unprecee_ next, in Fidelio.l "Aarrino.ved' DRURY THEATRa —The renowned singer history of this description of entertainment. Conter n "LA / i tic ..: ace this evening. and will appear here on Friday Another great attraction is the reduction of prices, which tak es ME. CHARLE S 1L AN.---We stated last week, on the authority of a had, in the most liberal ma t i r e arY, that Mr. Charles Kean two pounds a week of the emp lri , paid up all the salaries under who, but for this act of generosity , at the Princess's Theatre,. salary, through the unavoidable closing have lost a week's sequent upon Dlr. Kean's sudde n singisof the theatre, con learn that a slight mistake has bee n P r n it ! t on • We now of the salaries paid, which was all under three pseuds, in the limit of under two pounds a week. We need net fl illrulds, instead thits r 11 6 11 kind and considerate feeling which prompted g ['ion the donation to those persons in the theatre, who coiliir N3ected a week's salary, deducted from their .. little !ncon eEL lVPeire t Fleasure in inserting our este eme d Times. [We feel great d t enl ed correction of the un ers atement vie had Contemporary's of ageri 1 l'b ' act man a i erality, an made respecting Mr. Kean s . . the recipients than creditable to act not more gratifying to the generous benefactor.] a curious A Lola Montes has pub lished lances at the / hist ppeal ory of " in the New York Journals . She g sh e did her marriage at thirteen years to an old man whom on er not love. She invokes the ju stice of Heaven u h p Jesuit. enemies who plotted the rui n of her friend the good old King Louis of Bavaria, as " virtuo us and kind-hearted a gentleman as lives on earth." She i s p roud of her love _. for him, which is not of a kind to be asham ed of, and will be his friend while he lives. Lolas asserts that the Bavarian. Prince, Minister d'Abel, and Metternich of Austria, offered her four millions of frauds and the title of Princess, if she would aid them in their plans to control the King. Being concerned, at her request, he overheard the offer. By the Jesuit. and Attstriau Power Lola says she 1131 been deprived of her property, and she is now but a poor danseuse seeking her livelihood. "I have been vain, frivolous, ambitious, P,r9utl—but oyer vicicio,uover czuol." QUARTERLIES THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. CLXXX. A more admirable number of this distinguished periodical ha 4 riot for a considerable time past made its appearance. Diversified as the eleven articles esonstituting . .the contents are, they are each of them marked by intelligence, three or four of them being upon - Meir respeeiVe-Subjects really masterly disserta tions. A delightful chapter, in which " Sir Roger de Coverley" ai edited, from the ~" Spectator," by W. Henry Wills, iS passed under very genial criticism, is followed by a brief paper - publishing for the first time, "The Garland;' by. Horace Walpole—a curiosity of literature for Which the Quarterly is indebted to Mrs. Bedford, of Upper Seymour-street, the wife of the grandson of Walpole 'e confidential deputy in the Ex chequer., 'Written in 1761 in the most adulatory style thirpids the King, this " Garland " con trasts "stiaigely enough titit the " Memoirs of George IIIa" written in 1766, and penned in a tone scarcely less than scurrilous towards the Sove reign. It reveals deplorable insincerity in " lorry's" nature, and must tend more than anything yet brought to light, to injure his reputation. A review of the " Diary of General Patrick Gordon," is fol lowed again by a slaughtering attack upon some " Recent Epics,"--making mince-meat of poor Joseph Cottle'a "-Alfred," no less than of the "Alfred " of John Fitchett, attorney-at-law, and client of the muses--whose name was presumed by himself to be numbered with those of Homer, Virgil, and Milton. Then, again, William Richard Harris sutlers castigation for his " Napoleon "—a sort of sesquipedalian rendering of Alicon into metre. " The Sacred Incidents "'of some behemoth of a bard cal ling himself " Psychologist," are likew ise considered with h careful attention—the critic unfolding in their regard a project entertained by the author such as if realized would have utterly eclipsed the Crystal Palace and its contents, the Great Exhibition —yielding 1,000 per cent. and unfolding to the ravished senses of the beholders a quarter of a mil lion of evere feet of- pictures (representing every in cident from the Creation to the Resurrection), these pictures in their turn being illustrated by a poem and creed (delivered by a first-rate elocutionist) of propor tieeate dimension ! " Imagine," says the Quarterly Revieu',— "Imagine. Psychologist in his rostrum and the pictures in front of hini—the crowd with one eye on the painted scene, and the other on the author and designer' en thusiastically acting it—fancy his frenzied declamation, and the,band accompanying him in the musical inter ludes'—ard suppose all this to be continued for three consecutive days before the same spell-bound and enrap tured audience, and it is impossible to deny that it would • have been, as the prospectus promised, the most novel spectacle ever presented to an English public.' The nearest approuch to it—tor, we believe, the . famous tragedy in 25 acts, composed by Nat Lee in Bedlam, never reached the stage—seems to have gratified the days of Goldsmith, who paid five shillings to hear some Psychologist of Lilliput read a printed ode, of which Johnson said that bolder words and more timorous meaning were never brought together.' " The solemn passage in which the author of this colossal epic of epics claims to himself the copyright of all his ideas of these illustrations, is altogether too rich in its way to be omitted. Listen : " This work having been written with the intention of its being produced before the public in the form of read ings or recitations, to be accompanied by a complete series of dioramic representations—and upwards of two hundred and fifty of such, to illustrate the first two volumes, being now in progress by tho author—he is desirous of giving his own pictorial rendering to the conceptions contained therein, in order that his meaning should be telly embodied. He therefore makes the sub jects herein imagined to be copyright with the poetry, until such restriction is removed?' Well may the critic remark that the notions of Psychologist as to monopoly and copyright " are evidently on a par with the rest of his ideas "—seeing that he has in the above ! paragraph solemnly issued a decree that " no one is to paint a picture from any chapter in Scripture be tween the creation and the Red Sea until he shall be pleased in the plenitude of his power to dissolve the injunetion!" The Rev. Henry Stebbing is not alto gether overlooked for the temerity with which he has given to the press a work rather profanely entitled " Jesus ;" another wight, Thomas Hawkins to wit, being subjected in like manner to a literary flagellation for the nine books which be blasphemously designates " The Wars of Jehovah in Heaven, Earth, and Hell ;" while the 'Critic, in addition to all this, ventures to break a lance in the name of " Luther" with the Rev. Robert Montgomery. The article is altogether one of the most slashing; and sparkling, and satirical dia tribes on " Recent Epics ",that could well be desired by the most vehement antagonists of that bathos which has been happily termed the Art of Sinking ! The subsequent - contribution is a masterly treatise on the " Progress of Comparative Anatomy," opening with a panegyric on the immortal founder of the science, one of the giant minds of England, the great John Hun ter, and afterwards recounting the very wonderful development of the science consequent on the re searches of Richard Owen—the celebrated professor upon whose shoulders the mantle of Hunter is not incorrectly said to have fallen, and who is nobly and aptly styled the Cuvier of this country. One anec dote mentioned here of Owen is worth repeating. When he meditated returning to the navy as a surgeon, having been formerly on the books of the Admiralty as a midshipman, the young anatomist called upon his eccentric instructor Abernethy, to bid him farewell What is all this?' said Abernethy—' Where are you going?' " Going to sea, sir.' " Going to sea — going to the devil!' " I hope not, sir.' " Go to sea! You had better, I tell you, go to the devil at once'—reiterated g lorious John—dwelling on the temptations, the difficulties, the loss of time and fame that must be the result of so rash a step, and in sisting on another interview after the pause of a week. Owen revisited his rough but downright friend at the expiration of that time, when Abernethy proposed an appointment in the College of Surgeons. This was ac cepted—.-our youthful anatomist found himself happily associated in congenial labours with one of congenial mind; and so the navy lost a good officer, and science gained one of her brightest ornaments." Some among the more memorable results of the re searches of Professor Owen are thereafter enume rated. Political articles in the Quarterly for the present instalment of the year range in subjects from the " l3oheniian Embassy to England, Spain, &c.," in 1466, to " The - Old and the New Ministers" of 1852. A timely chapter is also given about " The Cannon, the Musket, _and the Rifle; with incidental allusions to other fire-arms. " California versus Free-trade" is the title of another contribution ; and, after an historical reference to the " First Ten Years of the Reign of George III.," suggested b y the " history". of bLord Mahon, by the " Grenville Papers," and by the "_Memoirs" of the Marquis of Rockinghani, the Quarterly indulges itself in a somewhat sarcastic criticism on the last romantic vo lume aholit the ".Restoration," from the pen of.M. de Lartiartine. ' -- - RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT NORTHERN. —TOW N'S LINE.—The public and the shareholders in this company will be glad to learn that this, line is now likely to be soon completed and openedier traffic, the various works on the Retford and Hough= contracts, about thirty miles in l eng th, being, by direction of Sir William Cubitt, under the manage ment of Mr. Billinton, C.E., of Wakefield. CORNWALL.—An extraordinary meeting of this com pany tO be held on the 21st inst. to consider and de termine upon the steps to be taken for constructing the main lino from Plymouth to Falmouth, the Board of Trade having authorised the abandonment of the branches under the provisions of the Railways Aban donment Act, and - 'the reduction of the capital autho rised by Parliament in 1846 from 1,6 00 , 0001 . to 1,125,000/. It is stated that eminent contractors are willing to undertake the construction of the line within the estimate. This line will join the South Devon Rail. way at Plymouth, and complete the line of railway com munication from London to Falmouth and via the West Cornwall Railway, now in course of construction, to the Land's End. - - DUBLIN AND KINSTOWN.—On Saturday last the an nual meeting of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company was held in _ Westland-row, Dublin; James __Magee, Esq., in the chair. The treasurer read a state meet of the accounts for the past hall -3 ear, together with theYrep - ort and long statistical tabl's of the working --of-the eemeern. -The report having been adopted, a di vidend of 3/.- per cent. was declared for the half-year endii% the 29th of Febrdary last; this, with 41. per cent. for tie previous half-year, makes a dividend of 71. per cent. on the capital of the company for the year just elided. Thanks were voted to the directors and officers, when the meeting Adjourned. . , VENTILATION of VIE HOUSE OF COMMONS.— Orii 4 atuiday. the first report from the Select Committee of ' the house of Commons on the ventilation and lighting of the House ' was - printed. The Committee state' that, "in consideration of the urgency of the case they have, since the commencement of their sitting, sat four days every week, acrd- have made a personal inspection of the works connected with the ventilation of the entire building. They regret to state :that they are not at. present in a condition to suggest a r: n ii,er y e.i s vT P e. e d c G i u fi rpe c e ': t a u l e t , eratiOns, either in the ventilation or lighting, c , l. n c a u t tl i t t e . d t :p e d e e r theanently to remedy the defects complained of. They,'hovever. recommend that during the recess Dr. Reid should re be allowed to effect the alterations described in his octo .p t o h r .l u ,i n r d s ir t c t o hme m sn i li s e io rv e i e s r io o n f 1 : and vor hssuabjheda twoto the membersapprobation e mmittee—Mr. Stephenson and Mr. Locke. The evidence IDabenobuilialn."Noites,s present moment being incomplete, the when Tp o ha : ri o i l m th e i t t l i t k i r t e_ d es es e i e r m ab b l i e es to r th ep ey ort w i i t ll to re t s h h e m H e o t u h s e e ir ; but Committee consists of Lord John Manners, ~, Discount Ebrington, Mr. J. L. Ricardo, Sir d ;scount Palmerston, Mr. Bankes, and Deedts, Mr, H . .. t i o l rties,r il t : ci zs t v ., : c ior, Mr. Cochrane, Mr. Independent of of Saturday, states— Ilrionid affairsc r. li ., e . n_ry, pFutnm P on 'd . caused during the week by N T o h li e tt il le consternationPs4iihersof b een g r e. r uoTn t e r l a i m us e S o t o n v i the o , for South.som e tvheearssu..dpdae,,nlt t a h is e ali g pe e rt n r e it ra n i c e rn an a htis s t 2 not ir tr , a ii ri ni b e p r i i r c e a d ;ti b i t a i t t i Vie.t .rn. li ailW av • e 41 1 1TAY ONDP a q .. ' .. knowna have caused his . onciencio affecting ' we arc t i i fi e t s b r a in ti e s i d o ' tg.h. out ;t 1; 0: 1i:. e de parture, and that thefe aro no 1852. 42,058 35e 6d Ito 3539 d 824 95,51, T E LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1852. SPORTING NOTES. No. CCII. THE FIELDS FOR TO-MORROW'S RACES AT NEWMARKET, &c. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. San,—There are five races on the card for to-morrow, three of which will not close and name till this evening; the starters for the other two are as follows: — Tuesday's Riddlesworth Stakes ; Ditch Mile. The Nebob, Bst. 71b. (Nat); Filly by St. Martin, out of Toga, Bst. 41b. (Norman); Rosary, Bst. 41b., or Magnes, Bst. 71b. (Robinson); doubtful. Newmarket Handicap; Clermont Course. Officious, Hardinge, Thu Proctor, Tophana (d.), Abderhaman, Coryphee, Odessus, Father Thames, The Old La d, In gratitude, The Lit tlo Savage, Delia colt, BardolPh, Ca racara, Pluck, and Maria. One of Lord Clifden's may also start, but having received no definite information on this head, I cannot say which, or whether any of his will go. The Riddlesworth, as I remarked last week, will be won by THE NABOB. - L or d Clitnen's couple are doubt ful starters, in co nsequence o f b e i ng n ot altogether s ound upon their pi ns; one , h owever , Magnes, in all probability, may be s t ar t e d f or th e e lf c hance. I have hitherto gi ven no ver y d eci d e d opinion on the Newmarket Handicap, I wi ll g i ve m y final one now. The field, as will be seen by the list of starters above, will be somewhere about fifteen in number, that is, it Lord Exeter should start one. As it is possible, in con sequence of her not being quite the thing, that I may be deprived of my former choice, Tophana, I must attempt to find a winner elsewhere. Officious and Hardinge both look mischi evous; t h e f ormer on account of her speed, and the latter i n consequence o f being jockeyed by Nat. The P roctor, t h ough h e w ill receive the assistance of that clever jockey, Young Osborne, I can not have for an instant. Abderhaman is good for nothing. CoryphCi, as cockboats are very fashionable things among the Sporting writers of the day, I shalt take a,s my wager boat on the present occasion; in other words, I consider her to be the only outsider worth an investment, and as she is in good work, and will be tooled by a respectable jockey (T. Osborne, I believe) her chan ce is by no means a bad one. Odessus will never do. Father Thames and the Old Lad are much of a muchness; both will run well and one may win, bnt I very much doubt the accomplishment of such a per formance. Ingratitude Ought to have a chance now, if she never possessed one beture, but, notwithstanding her light 'weight, I do not think her able to beat her com petitors iu this bout. The Little Savage, called halt bred, a very superior little fellow, and on this occasion may show the world that he possesses a geed turn of speed.. Mountain Flower, I understand, is in the mis sin g list. The Delia colt is of no account. Bardolph, in the best form possible, is a dangerous looking animel to stand against, but I cannot bay that I hold him in the same high estimation his friends and backers do. lam tolerably well convinced that he will obtain a place, but have very serious doubts about it being the first one; I shoulii recommend uo liberties being taken with him. Caracara will figure prominently in the ruck. Puerile is luck, and S narr y canno t s tand a a n iLY Maria is handicapped at no draw my rema r k s t o a c onclusion, alley be placed in the same cc a mah d otaer o uge t ; : ,rb t y t ao u . nf l 4 wpsn.o starter. r nsi tbge a l ttrdwo, To Pe i n th e a bsence of r roPhana, I should- select MARIA, BARDOLPH, an d CORYPEEE to o ccupy the first, second, and third places; and expect to see we foremost portion theof ruck consist of The Old Lad, The Little Savage, Hardinge, and Officious. The betting has undergone considerable change since Saturday morning; large sums have been invested on Bard olph and The Old Lad for the principal handicap, a good deal on Laptdiat and Sophistry tor the Column Stakes, a moderate amount on Grecian for the Claret, on Midas and Lamartine for the Port, and on Alcorau for the Thursday's 100 Soya. Stakes. The following are the latest quotations: — Craven Stakes-6 to 4 each eget Lager 'Agues and Waverley. 100 Soya. Ab. M.-10 to 1 on Livermero. 100 Suva. Cam. 0,_6 to 4on Ilex; 2to 1 each agst Hesperus and Wingemund. Tuesday's Rid dlesworth-5 to 2 on The Nahi); 3 to 1 agst Magner; 10 to 1 agst Rosary. Newmarket liandicap-3 to 1 agst Bardalph; 5 to 1 opt Maria; 6 to 1 seat The Old Lad; 10 to 1 agst Officious; 12 to 1 agat The Proctor; 12 to 1 aget Father Thames; 15 to 1 utast Caracara; 16 to 1 each agst Ingratitude and too 20 to 1 agst Har dingo; with the exception of The Little Savage, long odds offered agst any other. Column Stakes-6 to 4, 7 to 4, and 2 to 1 on I..apidist; 7 to 2 agst Sophistry; 7 to 1 agst Gleniuce; 8 to 1 agst Exotic filly; and 10 to 1 agst Khadidya. 100 Soya. D.M. (Thursday)-6 to 4 agat Alcoran, 2to 1 taken freely. Claret Stakes—Even on Ariosto; 2to 1 eget Grecian. Port Stakes-6 to 4 agst Midas, taken; 2 to 1 each agst The Prime Minister and Lamartine. Derby-1, 000 to 30 agat Augur. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. April 12, 1852. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. In the subjoined programme of the engagements for thin meeting we have prefixed an asterisk to the horses at Newmarket last night. MONDAY (THIS DAY). The Craven Stakes of 10 sous. each, and 50 added; 3 yrs old, 6st 61b; four, Bst 41b; five, Bst 131 b; six and aged. 9st• 51b; the winner to be sold for 600/, unless exemption from boing sold is claimed at the time of entry 1c.,, and horses for which this claim is made to carry 9lbs extra. A.F. A Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, and only 5 declared;if for three and four yrs old; the second to receive the forfeits, D.D7. - A Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft; for lour yrs old and upwards. T.Y.C. The Riddlesworth Stakes of 20 soya. each, h ft, for the produce of mares covered in 1848; fillies, Bst 41b ; un t r i e d sta lli ons or mares allowed 31b ; it both, Sib. Ab. M . ( 3 S u b s. ) colts, Bst 71b; *Duke of Bedford's Hugo—*Sir R. Pigot's b f by St. Francis, out of Prioress (in untried) —Mr. Worley's --, out of Oxonian's dam (stallion not declared). Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h ft, for the produce of mares covered in 1848, and not engaged in either Riddlesworth; colts, Sat lib; fillies, Bat 41b; those by '"Colonel Peel's Livermere " stallions or out of mares that never bred a winner, allowed 31b; it both, 51b. Ab. M. (4 Subs.) Touchstone, out of Hersey (31b)—Mr. Greville's Pro tection (31b)—Lord Orford's f by the Emperor, out of Camarillo. (Sib). Hesperus—* Mr. of 100 Boys. each, h ft, for three yrs old colts,',Bst 71b each. Cambridgeshire course. (5 Subs.) Colonel Peel's b f by *Lord Exeter's Ilex—Lord Exeter's Little John— *Lord Clifden's Wingenund— Duke of Bedford's Carrier (paid). TUESDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 aovs. each; three yrs old, ist; four, Bst 41b; five and upwards, Bst 1 llb; winner to be sold for 801,, &c. First half of Ab. M. Mr. Payne's Plate of 50/., for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. First half of Ab. M. Handicap Plate of 50/. for three yrs old and upwards. C ambridgeshire Course. The Newmarket Ha n di cap of 25 soya. eac h , 10 ft, an d 5 only if declared, w i th 200 hundred added, f or t h ree yrs old and upwards, the second to receive 1001. out of the stakes; the winner of the Northamptonshire Stakes or of the Metropolitan Handicap, 71b; of both, 101 b extra. Clermont Course. (58 subs., 25 of whom paid 5 sous. each.) Yrs at lb Yrs at lb Teddington ......... 4 9 0 Father Thames 3 5 9 Aphrodite ......... 48 6 *The Old Lad 35 8 Hernandez ......... 48 2 *lngratitude Payment 4 7 12 The Little Savage 3 5 8 *Officious ade *N i coll Grand Duke • 5 Ballagh out of *The Proctor Merry Peal ......... 4 7 4 C by Melbourne Tom Holtby ...... 4 7 3 out ofSallyWar- Knock Knoll ...... 4 6 10 foot b n y tain F F au lo g w h e - r a- 3 5 8 *To hang ......... ii _ 6 8 *Bardolh *Abd e rrhamann ... 4 6 8 *Caracarpa Haresfoot *Harpsichord ...... 4 6 4 *Royalty 3 5 0 sc o ryphee *Lady Agnes 3 6 2 *Pluck 3 4 12 *Odessus 3 5 12 Maria besl:ga—y Constantine 3 5 10 S narry....« 3 4 9 Old Rowley The Tuesday Riddlesworth. Stakes of 200 soya. each, h ft, for the produce of ma res covered i n 1848, co l ts, Bst untried mares or stallions allowed We atherguage (h untried)— * Lord (5 Subs.) *Dukel bt Rosary—*Mr. Magnes- - -*Colonel Peel's The 31b, if b,s o . Bty b ies c E N x a 7 e bo e brls fillies, b 000 f fßkirth. 8 by St. m lb o 4rtd. 1: zasa rtin out of T o n's *Mr. bloat six an'd aged, 9st 21b. T.YC. Subscription Plate of 50 1.; yrs old, 7st; three rs old and up wards. t;ree yrsoCldocuorlstesi four, 11fOarnd upwards; the second to Az Y kes of SweePsta 20 sousF in a n ch er to be sold for 200/ &e • . each; 5 ft only if de clared, iri Bst oec :a l pp, 1 b f o ; rri fi ta v ht five, , e e 9 0 3 1: r ; ss 0 io. Sweepstakes of 10 soy& each; three yrs old, 7st; four, Bst 811 i; five and upwards, 9 st lib; the winner to be sold for 150/. &c. Ab. M. receive the forfeits. Camb ridgeshire (late Abdela), 3lbs—Lord (M -urat half of Ab. M. .9 • f Bst 71b; General Anson's br c b Orlando out of the Princess (516 s) —*The Duke o f _.Bedford's eh e Hugo (31bs)— S Sweepstakes st fillies,ak e of 8 1 1 0 3 5 1b ° v ; o w . den's Hy me w l s—Lord Irleter's f by Beiram cut of Merope (3lns)—Lord la r sicsw f ~S 'S . by Alarm oat of Physalis (51bs)—Mr• , „ e 5... t. by Touchstone out of Event (31bs)—Lord Orford i t 4orlina (3lbs). and •f by *Mr. Batson's Khadidi a lon out of Exotic—Mr. Payne's G leuluee—*Col. Peel's Livormere, and b f by Touchstone out of Hersey (31bs) —Baron Rothschild's b c by Alartu out of Languish (31bs)—Lord Chesterfield's f (dead) t r . 1 Knight of the Whistle out of Dirce (3 lbs)—Lord Exeter's f (dead) by Phlegon, dam by Telocipet —Sir J. H aw l ey ' s Mice ricorde (dead) pilid— 'Lor d Chesterfield's cby the Knight of the Whistle o ut of Dirce (31b s )—L or d Clifden's c by L out ofib:i ycatcher—*L or d E xe t er ' s b f by St. Martin I : otra _... i r. Greville' s b f b y Al arm out of Jane (31b 3 ) — S ir J. H' ney's B o b M a j or (5 1b s )— Lord Orford's Fire Queen ( 3 I lns)--Zelina (31bs), and *Sophistry (albs)—*r. , Payee ' s Hirsut a —C o l . P ee l' s f by Slane out of lodines dam, and *Lapidist—General Anson's f (dead) by Orlando out of the Princess—Duke of Bedford's Sophistry —Lard (Eeaxdet d) by Cother atone out of Reminisce nce er's Martinet (paid). 580ixt;atrihdreueged, get 31b ; the yrs old, Gat 12114; TRUUSDAY. 3001, Th wf e oi nu S rn a , e 'u B s rs e tot rip b t 7!b i e o n clfil P vde l f o t so.; Handicap Plate of 501. for three yrs old and upwards T. Y. C. Handicap Plate of 701. for three yrs old and upwards. D. I. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soya, each, only 5 ft if de. clared, for four years old and upwards; the second to receive the forfeits. A. F. Sweepstakes of 10 !soy& each, for three yrs old, 7st 71b; four, Bat 121 h; five and upwards, gat 31b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 2001., &c.; If entered to be sold for 150/, allowed 7ib; for 1001, 12Ih; for 701., 161 b; for 40/., 211 h. D. M. Sweepstakes of 501. each, h ft, for three yrs old, that never won before the tune of closing for this stake; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b; those that have started twice before the time of closing allowed 41b; thrice or more, 61b; to be claimed at the time of naming. D.M. (3 Subs.) Mr. Carew's The Settler (61bs)—*Mr. Herbert's Odes sus (6110—Lord Derby's Longbow. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for foals of 1849; colts, fist 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; the produce of mares that have bred winners of 2,000 guineas, Grand Duke Michael, Derby. Oaks, or St. Leger, 71b extra; thoee by stallions or out of mares that never bred a winner, allowed 31bs. D. M. (6 Subs.) *Duke of Bedford's Weathergege (31b) *Lord Exeter's Stockwell (31b)—'Lord Magnes— *Lord Orford's Alcoran—*Lord Clifden's Hesperus— Mr. Payne's Glenluce. The Claret Stakes of 200 soya. each, h ft, for four vrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 2ib. D.I. (5 Subs.) *Lord Exeter's Phlegra—;sir. Howard's Greciau— Mr. Greville's Ariosto—*Mr. Mare's Recruit—Mr. Oshildestou's Mountain Deer. Match, 100 sovs., 25 ft, 84 71b each. D.M. Mr. Goddard's c by Auckland, dam by Redshank, cut of Problem, against Mr. E. 131tPxon's Ben Nevis. FRIDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soy. each, 10 ft, for all ages. T.Y.C. Sweepstakes of 10 siivs. each, for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71n; fillies, Bst 41b; the winner to be sold for 1501.; if enured to be sold for 100/., allowed 61b.; for 801, 91b; fur .50/., 121 b; for 251,, 161 b. Lust half of Ab. The Port Stakes of 100 sous. each, h ft, for three yrs old; colts, Bst 71h; fillies, Bst 41b, not named in the Claret. T.M,M. (4 Subs.) *Midas, Rui;nymede, Prime Minister, Lamartine. Sweepstakes of 100 soya. each, h ft, for three yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 213. D.M. (4 Subs.) *General Anson's Bull's-eye—''Lord Clifden's Sack but—*Lord Exeter's Ambrose—*Colonel Peel's Nabob. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs, each, for three yrs old fillies, Bst 71b each; those by untried stallions or out of mares that never bred a winner allowed 41b; only one al lowance. D.M. (6 Subs.) *Lord Exeter's f by St. Martin, out of Amina—Lord Exeter's f by St. Martin, out of Scarf (41b)—Mr. Payne's Hirsuta—*Lord Clifden's f Rosary—'Lord Orford's br f Sophistry (41b)—Duke of Bedford's Sophistry paid. Lamartine, Farber Thames, Grecian, and two or three more from Dilly's will be here to-morrow, and Prime Minister on Thursday. ENTRIES FOR MONDAY (TO-DAY.) CEAVEN STAKES. — Harpsichord, Little Savage, Wa verley, Lady Agnes. HANDICAP, D.M.—Guy Mannering, Recruit, Tele scope, Livermere, Eater. The races not expected to commence before three. MONDAY ' S RACEB.-7A3 Livermere will walk over for the Ab. M. 100 sots. Stakes, and Hugo for the Riddles worth, there will only be three races, viz., th e C raven , the 100 soya. Stakes , Cambridgeshire Course, for which Ilex, Hesperus, and Wingenund are left in, and th e D.M . Handicap, for which the following are the weights:— Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 bovs. each, 5 ft it declared. P.M. Guy Manneriug, 4 yre, Bst 11b—Exeter, 4 yrs, Bst 41b —Recruit, 4 yrs, Bst 71 —Telescope, 4 yrs, Bst—Liver mere, 3 yrt, 7st 21b. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY, APRIL 11. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of 'Wales, and the Princess Royal attended divine service in the private chapel of the Castle this morning. The ladies and gentleman in waiting and the domestic honsehould were also present. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent received the Holy Sacrament, which was administered by the Hon. and Rev. G. 'Wellesley, who likewise performed the service. The Queen and Prince, with the Royel children, walked in the Home Park this morning. SATURDAY, APRIL 10. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yesterday. His Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Co burg returned from town last evening. The Queen with the Prince of Wales drove out in an open carriage and four this morning. Lord Col ville attended on horseback. Prince Albert went out on horseback into the Great Park, accompanied by Prince Leopold of Saxe Co bourg, and attended by Colonel F. H. Seymour. The Princess Royal and younger members of the Royal Family took their usual morning exercise. The following had the honour of dining with her Majesty this evening:—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, the Lady in Waiting to her Royal Highness, the Baroness de Speth, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Sir George Couper. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge at tended divine service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the Communion Service by the Bishop of London, who also administered the Sacrament. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Oxford. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service yesterday. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated. A deputatson from the Royal College of Physi cians, consisting of Dr. Paris (President), Dr. Wil son (Senior Censor), Dr. Hawkins (Registrar), Dr. Burrows, and Dr. N a i rne , had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole on.,Saturday, at the Home office. Mr. W. Gore Ouseley had an interview with the Earl of Derby, on Saturday. at his official residence in Downing-street. Colonel Wylde had also an in terview with the Noble Earl. A deputation from the — London Necropolis and National Mausoleum Company, consisting of Mr. W. T. Voules (Chairman), Captain Gardiner (Director), Mr. Richard Churchill (Secretary), and Mr. H. R. Abraham (Architect), had an interview with Lord John Manners, on Saturday, at the Office of Works and Public Buildings in Whitehall-place. Mr. Trevor bad an interview, on Saturday, with Mr. Secretary Walpole, at the Home-office. SOAP AND WATER. (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) To the slang cry of " How are you off for soap," a practical answer has been given by the Committee for promoting the Establishment of Baths and Washhouses for the Labouring Classes. And really the answer proves to be most satisfactory. We do not wish to dis parage any of the numerous efforts made in so many different quarters to wash the Ethiop white; but certainly we do feel a much more lively and practical interest in the philanthropic action of the above admirable associa tion on the social and domestic habits of our own people. Soap and water may indeed seem to many a very unin teresting affair—a thing difficult to get up a display of stump oratory about, except of the most soporiferous kind. It is so disagreeable to get up an agitation about dirt, and to wage war against foul living. There aro no drums beat and trumpets blown at the head of such a movement, and as for banners, what could you hold up as a fitting emblem on such an occasion except a foul shirt? But, really, there is much more in this move ment than appears at first sight. For, see what grows out of cleanly habits:— First, health and comfort ; second, decency and self-respect; third, morality and virtue; fourth, religion. •No mean authority , has pro nounced cleanliness to be " next to godliness. ' It is a too notorious fact, that the dirty classes are the dan gerous classes; that vice is invariably found to be most prolific in the foulest and worst cleansed habitations. The moral man is generally bat a correct index of the physical man; for the moral grows out of the physical. Clean a man's skin, and you do something towards cleansing his mind. You may not thus educate his in telligence, but you prepare him for the reception of true refinement and wisdom. The report of the committee above referred to shows that the number of baths taken at the Whitechapel Model Bath-house during the year ending Christmas last, was 156,310; at St. Martin's in the Fields, 213,485; and at Marylebone, 173,157. The number of washers at the first place, during the same e period, was 43,462; at the second, 50,200; and at the third, 24,718. The total receipts of these three sessare lishments for the year were 9,1551 . 3s. id. There_ . also the Westminster Baths and Washhouses, opeesed,_!ra May last, and the Greenwich, opened in SeP h t e nw" ; where the results are equally satisfactory. S T he the number of baths taken in these five plepesr of washers total last year has been 647,242, and the numb those at 132,251. Similar institutions have bee!' eetablished in nut Liverpool country, the most important of which a re . . Liverpool (two), Hull, Bristol, Preston, a nd three have ham. Of these six country ___t_ been opened durilig the year. earrahbe income is satisfac. asonable interest on the tory, and su ffi cient to issue juust o n f o t t h a e bl e e x i p e e al money expended; but thpestruecruennuitartyhe riment, though important. have been improved, lure. The habits of thebsvpeeople been increased, and self their domestic comforts have yet beern we must not disguise from our respect respect encouraged • on y , ad d wasanoases are erected and .13 l a beginning has aa seves the fact, that must yet made. The baths without. The maintained by help take them up and fro m extend them in all distric t s . peopl e not the Bat the cultivation oar natural habit of cleanlines s t; what these public growth of a y. It requires to . be . carefu y encouraged, helped, and loitered; and this is b a th s and washhou ses are now doin g , The committee sa y, in their repo rt, thas:ssitis accommodation s atisfactorily proved that baths and wabhhouse , w i th adapted to different dis tricts, accor ding to the population, can be er ected at a cos t of 2,000 1., 4,0001., or 8,0001., exclusive of the charge for land,"--a su ggestion which we trust w ill have its effect upon philanthropic men throughout the country, and set them to work. It is to be hoped that the Legislature will contribut e th e i r m i te tow ards the same cause, by taking off the tax on soap during the --•rcoent 60.£81011. Mr. Samuel Wall J one ge94 at the QM COMO. 13 appointed colonial our ELECTION MOVEMENTS. HARWICH. On Saturday Sir Fitzroy Kelly, the Solicitor-. General, was elected without opposition to the seat for this borough, succesively filled and vacated (from various causeo, during the short space of 13 months, by Sir John Hobhouse, Mr. Thohy Prineep, and Mr. Wigram Crawford. Nor is the present Learned Member's connexion with the borough likely to be of a more enduring character. At best he would only have held on till the end of the session; but while in the act of procuring his return for Harwich the fatal termination of Lord Rendlesham's illness has created a vacancy for the eastern division of Suffolk ; and although in the negotiations which were pending with a view to the next Parliament, Sir Fitzroy's overtures for that seat were not very graciously received, the leaders of the Conservative party have in this sudden emergency found him the only man to their hand, and the form of a requisition, and his consent to offer himself as a candidate for East Suffolk, had all been gone through before even the Hon. Gentleman appeared on the Harwich hustings ; so that that borough wilt brohably see another—a fifth—election even during the remainder of the pre sent Parliament. Of the proceedings of the day, in which there was very little demonstration of feeling, a brief' record will suffice. Mr. FRANCIS HALES, auctioneer, and Mr. W. PRESHFIELD, surgeon, respectively proposed and se conded Sir. Fitzroy Kelly, as a tit and proper person to represent the borough in Parliament; and the Mayor (after asking it there was any other candidate to be proposed) declared the Learned Gentleman to be duly elected. Sir FITZROY KELLY, amidst the cheering of his political partisans, then stood forward and addressed the assembly, chiefly expatiating upon the capacity of Harwich Harbour for becoming the great emporium of commerce in this greatest of ccmmercial countries —commending the local efforts (in the steps taken for carrying out the. new Pier Bill) to contribute to that result, and promising all the aid which, as a public man or as an individual, he could afford to it. Passing from local to political subjects, the Hon. Member said he would glance for a very few moments at one or two of those great questions which were at this moment agitating the public mind. The country was no longer divided into the two great parties of Whig and Tory, but into two other parties, viz., the advocates of free trade, and those who opposed the further progress of that system. He should probably be told that it was premature at the present moment to enter upon that question, and that it was for the next Parliament to determine whether that system which bad already advanced so far shall be not only continued, but extended, or whether some attempt should not be made, so to improve, regu late, and modify the financial system of this country, as it affected both commerce and agriculture, tas to do something like equal justice to all classes of her Majesty's subjects.—(Hear.) But as the time must come, and that before they were many months older, when they would have again to select Members to re present them in Parliament, it behoved them to give this question, in ;Opts relative bearings, their best con sideration. He wished not to be understood as set- ting himself against the general principles of the sys tem which a deceased statesman introduced into this country. He believed that that system was right and just in principle—it was that of equalising, in a fair ratio, not only the import duties, but taxation gene rally, as diff use d among all classes of the pop ulation, whether agricultural , manufacturing, or ht commercial. —(Hear.) But when that which ought obe equa l and well proportioned was car ried ff oug too far, _ hey ought to consider whether it s o . far from being beneficial, will not beco m e destructive to the very interests it was intended its effects He knew he should be told to consider asanad ec s other . respects, as regarded commerce w navigation t they were favourable. This m a tter o f which those he was addressing were qualified to judge, and he asked them if those measures—the ex cess of them he meant—not the original measures conducted through Parliament in 1842, 1843, and 1844; but others which had followed, such as th e na vigation laws, had tended to advance the trade and prosperity of the harbour, or the success of its ship building ?—(Hear, hear, No, no, and a voice— ,, It ha'nt done it no hurt.") As to the perhaps more im portant question of the corn-laws, they were told that because 3 ..000,000 quarters more wheat had been im ported in 1650 than in 1846, that the people of this country bad of necessity eaten that quantity more bread than in the first-named year—but statistical returns showed on the other band that the decrease in the growth of corn in this country had been more .than to the extent of 3,000,000 quarters, so that in stead of that quantity being produced and sold by the farmers of this country, it had had to be purchased with British gold, and foreign growers had reaped the benefit.—(Hear, hear.) This was a matter upon which they would do well to bear in mind at the general election, together with a due regard as to what men were most likely to be able to advance their local interests; and for himself, brief as his con nexion with the borough would probably be, as long as he should be able, or in a position to serve it, in a national point of view, he should feel himself bound, by every tie of gratitude, to do so.—(Cheers.) The proceedings closed with the usual rounds of cheers for the new Member, the Mayor, and other popular favourites ; and about an hour afterwards the Hon. Member started for the Manningtree station, on his return to town. BRISTOL.—We still remain without a Tory csndi date, Mr. Hubbard, the deputy governor of the Bank of England, who was so confidently spoken of last week, being now out of the field. Various reasons are assigned for the withdrawal of the gentleman, but the explanation given by the leading Tories is that.he was found to be a Puseyite, which circumstance would place entirely out of the question any support from the Evangelical section of the Church of Eng land. There is now a talk of getting up a requisi tion to the present Conservative Member, Mr. P. W. S. Miles, requesting him, in the difficulty into which the party has been thrown, to forego his intention of resigning. The Liberal candidates, Mr. Berkeley and Mr. Langton, are certain of success. BODMIN.—In addition to the four candidates already in the field (Mr. Wyld, Mr. Lacy, the Hon. Captain Vivian, and Mr. Henderson), two other gentlemen have " come out"—Mr. Capel Whitehurst end Mr. J. Sidney Smitb, the latter being a Protectionist. CHATHAM.—On Thursday evening a meeting of the electors of Chatham was held at the Chest Arms Tavern, to receive a communication from the Liberal candidate, Mr. Romaine, relative to his intention of retiring from the contest. Dr. Ely was called to the chair, and the large room was densely crowded on the occasion. Mr. Romaine, after thanking his friends for their kindness and the support which had been offered him, said, from the experience he had bad in the course of his canvass, he felt it to be to their _ in terest that he should make way for a gentleman .n e t more weight than himself; and, after explaining e n reasons which had led him to this conclusion, Admiralh in troduced to the meeting, o f First Sir James Sterling, who had filled the offi c e Administra- I Lord of the Admiralty under the dre asivg as his success o r, o h r d been the electors, tion. Admiral Stirling, oaf e x fr t e e e nsi t o r n ad o e f . thHeefrwanas u a avowed himself an advocatei tc..dsy, not, he said, a free-trader es the last twelve prop_le, and would . support for years. e of protecting the voter of rc -rates, he t H he e o w re a t e ic a a l l e l e y f a a n v d eu p r r a ac b t l i e 'ca t l e ly the Church, c th h e is ballot , e, the h o e f r . re relieve the dissenter tinhboerdegard to chu rch-rates, la could be devised. f the property r income-tax, o tmost to As to th e that, he cbountshideerwedoutlhdemdeasifWiars itAut from their operation. a dead letter, but if it be re-imposed he should be said, had become i d es irous thatt should fall on real pro perty on the incomes ofthe • rather . trading on to classes. in ousi . the Jewish disabilities, the admiral said he would extend the gallant a same the Jews pri vileges to as were enjoyed by the other classes of t he community, considering them, as he did, to be e qually trustworthy. Having thanked his friend Mr. Romaine for introducin g him to the electors, Sir ( T im es announced to them his intention of com mencing his canv ass iorthwith.--Lord Mulgrave, who had been instr umental in introducing Mr. Romaine to the e lectors, expressed regret at that gentleman's in retirement, but said he felt con vinced that Sir James Stirling an efficient re presentative would be found. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and after giving three hearty cheers severally for Admiral Stirling, Mr. Romaine, and Lord Mulgrave, the meeting separated. CARDIGAN DISTRICT OF BOROUGHS. Mr. Pryse Loveden has completed the canvass of these boroughs, which consist of Cardigan, Aberystwitb, Adper, and Lampeter, with every probability of success, although a contest is not unlikely, as John Inglis Jones, Esq., of Derry Ormond, has, in compliance with a requisi tion from some of the electors, come forward as a candidate on the Conservative interest, and has com menced a canvass, but from the preponderating in fluence of the families of Pryse and Powell in this district, which they have always exerted in favour of the Liberal side, there is but a very small chance of Mr: Jones's ultimate success, even if he should go to the poll, which is doubtful. EAST CUMBERLAND.—The Carlisle Journal states, that an attempt is to be made by the Tori e s to get up, at the suggestion-of Lord Lonsdale, a requisition to Mr. G. H. Head, soliciting him to come forward for East Cumberland. The present Members, Messrs. Howard and Marshall, it is generally supposed, hove- ever, are secure of re-electiom. EVESHAM.—The electors here are determined that there shall be a contest, considering an uncontested election, for reasons well known to th onelves, a A rumour breach of their constitutional privileges- incoln is is current that Mr. Hobhouse, DIP, f to be a candidate on free trade and 7.4ibe or principles.l , Sir Henry Willoughby is expected to visit Evesham in a few days. GREENWICH.—The requisition to Mr. Chambers, to allow himself to be again nominated as a candidate for the representation of the borough of Greenwich, has been signed by nearly 1,300 electors, who pledge themselves to use every endeavour to secure his elec tion. Of this number, we understand, above 500 persons voted on the last occasion for Admiral Stewart, when Mr. Chambers obtained 1,244 votes; and although the whole of the electors who voted for Mr. Chambers at the late election have not signed the requisition, there is not one instance where any objec tion has been made to again vote for Mr. Chambers. His cause is gaining strength daily, and his supporters are working in his favour with zeal, activity, and efficiency. The leading Reformers of the borough, who stood aloof from taking any active part in the last election, are one after another giving their adhe sion to his party.—Kentish Mercury. GREENOCK —At a meeting of the electors of Greenock on Thursday, resolution s were passed de claring confidence in Lord Melgund. His Lordship was present, and a committee was appointed for con ducting his canvass. LAMBETH.—The following address has been exten sively circulated :—" We, the undersigned electors of the borough of Lambeth, feeling convinced that any attempt to re-impose a tax on the food of the people will meet with the firm and uncompromising opposi tion of our present Members, the Right Hon. Charles Tennyson D'Eynenurf - , and W. Williams, Esq., and assured also that their continued efforts will be used to amend our representative system, promote financial reform, and adopt measures for the advancement of civil and religious liberty, do earnestly invite the co operation of the electors and non-electors at large to secure the return of those gentlemen as our represen tatives in the ensuing Parliament." The Lambeth people, sinking all minor differences, have determined , to return their present Members; and to the above address there are already the signatures of upwards of a thousand of the most influential men in the borough. NORTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. The Nottingham Journal says that Lord Robert Clinton is prosecuting his canvass with so much success that his return for the division is almost certain. _ NOTTllieliAMTLiii;now three candidates for this borough, Mr. Walter, Mr. Strutt, and Mr. Gis borne. From their addresses, says the Nottingham Journal, it might be difficult to choose amongst them, for all are Free-traders, and all are Reform.irE , , the dif ference in the latter respect being only in degree, and in the former none at all. NORTH DEVON.—The Devon and Exeter Protec tion Society have threatened the constituency of this division of the county with a second Protectionist candidate in the person of Mr. George Stuckley Buck, son of the present Member (L. W. Buck, Esq.), in opposition to Sir Thomas Acland, who has confessed himself staunch to free-trade principles. After a great.deal of exertions on the part of theiPro tection Society to get up such a requisition as would induce Mr. Buck to stand, the affair has ended in a total failure—the candidate is with drawn, and the Protectionists are looking abroad for somebody else. Sir Thomas Acland will be sure to be re-elected it is said. If the Protectionists had not withdrawn their man, the Liberal party, which is very strong in the north of Devon, would have pro bably brought forward James Wentworth Buller, Esq., of Downe. (chairman of the Bristol and Exeter Railway) ; and it is asserted that be would have been returned in conjunction with Sir T. Acland. The Protectionists are now under great apprehension lest the Hon. Gentleman should be introduced. PAISLEY.-0a Wednesday evening a meeting of the electors and non-electors of Paisley was held in the United Presbyterian Church, St. James's-street, for the purpose of hearing Mr. Hely, who has come forward in opposition to Mr. A. Hastie. Bailie Telford occupied the chair. Mr. Hely avowed himself in favour of free trade, household suffrage, vote by ballot, and ' triennial Parliaments. He was opposed to the en dowment of Maynooth, and would, if elected, vote for its repeal. The sentiments of Mr. Haly appeared to meet with a favourable reception ; and a motion that he was a fit and proper person to represent Paisley in Parliament was passed unanimously. Mr. Haly, who practises at the English bar, is known as a clever political writer in some of our leading reviews and daily journals.—North British Mail. PRESTON.—Various communications have passed between Henry Raikes, Esq., of Chester, and the committee of the Preston Conservative Association and Registration Society, with a view to his introduc tion to the electors of this borough as a Conservative candidate. Mr. Raikes is son of the venerable Chan cellor Raikes, of Chester, and is himself registrar of that diocese. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the representation of Derby at the last general elec tion.—Preston Chronicle. SOUTH HANTS.—The Conservatives have resolved to send a requisition to Lord Henry Cholmondeley, to come forward as candidate for South Hants, and there is every reason to believe his Lordship will comply with such a requisition, and stand as a col league with Mr. Compton in contesting the county. As the requisitionists to Lord Henry will be the prin cipal persons who brought forward Lord Charles Wellesley, it is presumed that the latter will shortly cease to be connecter with South Hants. Sir John Barker Mill, Bart., and the principal of the Liberals of South Hants, will hold a meeting at Matcharn's Hotel, in Southampton, on Wednesday next, to adopt preliminary measures to secure the election of Sir George Staunton, Bart., for the southern division of Hampshire. SHREWSBURT.-Mr. Slaney, who has so long re presented this borough in Parliament, has, this day (Friday), published a valedictory address to his con stituents, in which be intimates his intention, at the close of the present session, to retire into private life. Mr. Tomline, who represented the borough from 1841 till the general election in 1847, when he was defeated by a small majority. has, during the last three days, been canvassing the electors upon free trade principles with the most complete success. His election be looked on as certain. Mr. Baldock, e i y p one of the present Members for the borough, and Mr. Heathcote are also actively canvassing upon the most ultra -Tory principles; party spirit runs very high. The choice of the electors e in all probabi lity, fall on Messrs. Tomli n (W hig) and Baldock (Tory). A second Whig candidate was expe c t e d, but he has not yet made his appearance. ocandidate coming for ward Sotmasirrox.--There appears no pro b a bi l i ty at presentas colleague of a C Cochrane. It is intended to call a public meeting of th e const i tuency of th i s b orou gh at the latter end of thi s wee k , at which Mr. and of m nss r rv ß ataiivileje VVillcoa d S Sir Alexauder . Cockburn, the present Liberal Members, will be present. OF THE STEAMER PORTO, AND GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. r ha e ne n ed c t e ohn i r n loyw the n t h loss is c i o t y f OPoaTo, MA RCH 3 0.—A most lamentable occur in s t t e a mgerre great e o s r t t o e ( e P h o e r t e t u r n g u e t e i e s e n ) , all her pas sengers (36 in number) having perished, seven of her crew saved. That unfortunate vessel sailed from this on Sunday morning for Lis bon, and from some cause or another bore up again after being as far south as Figueira, and on taking the bar last evening about six o'clock she struck on some rocks called the " Forgados," inside the bar, when the anch or was l e t go , b u t so mehow or other she drift e d, an d, no t answer i ng h er h e lm, sh e got em bedded in a ree l o f roc k s , w h ere n o aid coul d b e in sent to her ; and, night coming on, she went to p i eces e Joseph a few hours. Among the sufferers are Mr. Allen, of this place, and two daughters Ander son, from London, shipowner, who was t M h e r r . ac counteAonnder Destrees, French Consul at , this port; da Silveira of the Harriet, bound to Aus t ralia; Mons. Ander son'slllons nephew; Senhor Jose Pinto, Lison n ; e s ph en ew ho o r ftb e k e n e own . u Se . nhor Albano, of Placido Braga; Sen hor mercial Bank. Francisco Vieira de Sousa Oliveira, of the Com • Antonio e well j As yet no bodies have been picked up. Some of the leading Australian Gold Mining Com. but,- a s not has beingswug gea ellt la::: a c tua lly 1 ls engaged learned, . panies have already applied for Royal Charters of Inoorpo. tion and we believe that others are about to follow the ex ample. As the responsibility of the shareholders will be thereby limited to the amount for which they have sub scribed, we have no doubt that the charter, when obtained. will lead to an increased demand for shares in the compa nies, which have adopted so prudent and judicious a course. CONDEMNED MDEDERERS.—W. Rollinson, who wall left for execution at Bury St. Edmund's on Thursday isati_ has had an application made on his behalf at the las . t In:: merit. His life will be spared in consideration of ho r etched treme old age (83 years), and the remainder of 14 8 ,Z eits , O f existence will be spent in close confinement- . 1 "' near Guild- John Keene, for the murder of his wife's child execution is ford, is not yet actually decided, althougrhe Trefes, Justice IT n s° ti m l e th ii es iq e u s ir h ie a s q. fixed for Tuesday next. After several Coleridge, who tried the case, convicted, with her which are now in progress of being mad aa b e come to, al toisreprieve has yet been al be concluded, no satisfactory decisT a „, been started, it is tow's' probably be respite la d likely though, t h a f from o h m i s life the maydiffi c b u e l t s i p e a s r t sei h rhde a h. transmitted for Eliza Dowetree the m urder of their illegitimate paramour, Abel Ovens, for the commission o tion, Friday next. I before the day of execu ,y child at 11 . on . mout f h t ; he LOAD DUNSAis DEATH Or he death of this estimable nobleman. He had for a long tuna the cause which, we believe, w as at length of his death. He expired on. capti. , his . titles, P.N. auns ,,,y Castle on the night of the ith instant. He is succeeded Plunkett PNT In carle, tates by his only brother, the Lord Dunsany the peerage has lost one of its brightest ornaments, and the country one o f her warmest and most p a t r i ot i c d e f en d ers. H e was the u niform and consistent supporter of the monarchy, and the unflinching advocate of Protestant and Conservative princi. have Ples . cause But it to his many private virtues had endeared him, who will chiefly is na h o i: m numer o ou ss s . relations and friends, to whom sth of his loss. Lord Dunsany was born, the 48th September 1804, and was consequently, only in the year of his gßv his death a vacancy is created ii tile rep t , •- a g e. - puiplin Nvening 4(44 eaeluatlye poorage 9f Ireladt— be lee id re. r 64 )l ° I 1 01 1101 ... io 0 gs• 37 -- 1 1