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HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS BAY.) APPEALS. _ The opinions of the Learned Judges are, therefore, equally balanced, five in favour of, and five against the rate. On the motion of Lord TRURO the opinions of the '•Judges were ordered to be printed, and the further con aideration of the case adjourned. ELECTION OF SHERIFFS. Yesterday was the day appointed for the election of Sheriffs of London and Middlesex for the ensuing year. -The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presided in common hall, there being present several of the aldermen and 'common councilmen, amongst whom we noticed Alder 'men Wire, Carter, Duke, M.P., Sir George Carroll, 'Rut., Challis, Sidney, M.P., Salomons, Moon, and Finnis; Common Councilmen John Wood, H. L. Taylor, Godson, De Jersey, Heaps, Deputy Holt, Barnard, 'Manglattna, Dakin, Osmond, Deputy Lake, M'Gregor, :Blake, and several others. The sheriffs, Messrs. Cotte rell and Swift, and the under-sheriffs, Messrs. Millard and Hopwood, acre also present. The hall was well filled, but the proceedings were not of that interest which is usually felt upon such occasions. After the usual preliminaries, the choice of parties for sheriff took place. Several gentlemen were :nominated, but the choice of the citizens fell upon Mr. Alderman Carter and Mr. John Hulbert, a merchant of high stand ing in the City. The former gentleman, however, de alined to serve. Deputy HOLT then called the attention of the Hell to the election of auditors of the City accounts for the en suing year. He moved that Mr. T. Woodsell Booth, of the Distillers' Company, be ono of them.—Agreed to. Mr. James Gardiner was also elected. The following report of the auditors was then agreed to:— " We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, elected by the Livery of London, in Common-hall assembled, on the 24th of June, 1850, and 24th June, 1851, auditors of the Chamberlain's account of the Corporation and Gresham fund, and of the bridgemaster's account of the Bridge-house estate, do report as follows: . " ' That the account of the- receipt and expenditure of the Corporation of the city of London, laid before us to audit, was the seventh report of Anthony Brown, Esq., chamberlain of the city of London." The report gives the cash account from the Ist of January to the 31st of December, 1850. Subjoined is the abstract:—Balance on preceding account, 12,813/. 17s. 4id. ; receipts of the year 1850 (includin g the sum of 70,0001. for building the new House of Correction at Holloway), 257,4004 10s. 101 d.; expenditure, 247,931/ 14a. 21d.; balance of cash upon account on the 31st December, 1850, 22,2821. 13s. Hid. In the Gresham account the following results up- Peered :—Balance in the hands of the Chamberlain, nal. 6s. 11d. Bridge-house estates, balance in hand, 651. 130. The hall was then dissolved. • COURT OF ALDERAIEN. Yesterday a Court of Aldermen was held. The sheriffs and Common-Sergeant appeared in court for the purpose of making the return of the gentlemen elected to the shrievalty for the ensuing year. The names of Alderman Carter, citizen and clock taker, and John Hulbert, Esq., citizen and grocer, having been accordingly returned, the usual forms were 'observed. Sir PETER LAURIE took occasion to observe that a Mistake had been made with respect to the company to Which Mr. Hulbert belonged. In the printed paper, which he believed had been issued from the Town Clerk's office, it appeared that Mr. Hulbert was stated to belong to the Girdlers' Company, which designation Was perfectly correct; but in the paper containing an . account of the return of the sheriffs that gentleman was called a grocer. That was, he apprehended, an error fatal to the return. The Court took no official notice of the error, which to doubt will be corrected at the proper time. The City chamberlain and the bridge -masters for the Year ensuing were sworn in. The Court then proceeded to consider, with closed doors, motions proposed by Alderman Wilson connected With certain pribileges of the corporation. Their Lordships sat this morning to hear appeals. Tee Peers present were Lord Truro, Lord Brougham, Lord Torriogton, the Bishop of London, and the Bishop of Ssiisbury. GOSLING U. VELEY (THE BRAINTREE CHURCH-RATE CASE). The Judges attended to deliver their answers to the stions which bad been put to them in this case. This case, under the name of the Braintree Church Rate, has been so frequently before the pasha that it will be scarcely necessary to reiterate the circumstances. The parish of -Braintree has loeg been celebrated for its re tusal to pay church-rates, and has been involved in se veral suits before the Consistorial Court in consequence. The present case dates from the year 1841, when, in consequence of a monition addressed to them by the Consistorial Court of London, the rector, churchwar dens, !Ind parishioners, assembled in vestry, for the purpose of making a rate to repair the church. At that vestry an amendment was moved, rejecting the proposi tion for the levying of a rate, which was carried by a large majority. Upon this the defendant, who was then churchwarden, conceiving that the supporters of the amendment had abandoned their functions, made a rate of 2s. in the pound, with the usual formalities, in spite of the protest of the dissentient parishioners. To en force the payment of this rate a suit was commenced by the churchwardens against the plaintiff in the Cousisto rial Court of London, before Dr. Lushington, who decided against the validity of the rate. The churchwardens then appealed to the Arches Court, and on the 25th March Sir H. J. Fast gave judgment against the plaintiff, reversing the judgment of the court below, and pronouncing in favour of the rate. The plaintiff then applied to the Court of Qaeen's Bench, which refused the application, and tdeciued in favour of the rate. From this court the case next came before the Court of Exchequer Chamber, which in 1850 affirmed the judgment of the court below. Three courts, therefore, out of the four before which the case had come, decided in favour of the rate, and tho case was e now brou g ht b e f ore th e i r Lordships on a writ of error. The Learned Judges then delivered their opinions, 1 3r. Justice Talfourd, Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Jus tice Maule, Mr. Baron Platt, and Mr. Justice Coleridge being in favour of the validity of the rate; and Mr. Jus tice Crompton, Mr. Baron Martin, Mr. Justice Williams, • Mr. Justice Erle, and Mr. Baron Parke being of opinion that the rate was invalid. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. - - _ Yesterday a Court was held, for the special purpose of 4 eeiving a report from the Thames Navigation and Port of London Committee, " for sealing deeds of agreement filth water-works companies." THE GREAT NEW MARKET. Mr. ELLIOTT wished to know from the chairman of the Markets Committee what progress . the committee ir ti. ere making as to the purchase of land upon which to b the new market which was to substitute Smithfield "'"ket.—(Hear.) Mr. H. L. TAYLOR replied that the committee were OrOceeding satisfactorily in the purchase of seventy-two Ores of ground upon a site which he would venture to . 141 Y was preferable to any other that could be found in Z,very respect . It was a site so much more eligible than be Islington site that no comparison could for a moment " instituted between them. (Hoar, hear.) It was ( Witt) evident that Islington Market would stand no ° halloo of competition when the market of which be ° Poke should be erected. It was, he considered, neces jbßleY to state so much to the pablic, as he believed the gLOR Market Company were endeavouring to induce public to be the purchasers of their shares. — (Hear, taro That market had always been at failure, and tt lways would be hencetorward a deadly failure. He 'lade that communication fur the benefit of his fellow titizees. [Mr. H. L. Taylor was supposed by the Court to riade to the ground in Copenhagen. fields, about which It has been reported they have beea for some time ne totiating.] Mr. Deputy HOLT said money was so plentiful at tt'esent that every sort of speculation appeared to be gitimate. ,Mr. ELLIOTT said he supposed that Mr. H. L. Taylor's a bject in giving such an ans wer to the question was to everit his fellow-citizens from joining in any specula 1911 which was likely to be cru she d b y comin g in contac t , with the powerful influence of the corporation. The deeds of agreement were then sealed. THE MORE EASY RECOVERY OF SMALL DEBTS. UP on the motion of Alderman W IRE, the Remembran er was directed to draw ffp an abstract of the City of London Small Debts Extension Bill for circulation nongst the citizens, the subject being one of the neatest interest to all classes within the o p eration of ,k . qe Act. The Court adjourned after a very short sitting. t XTRAORDINARIE AND FATAL INSTANCE OF LOVE.—On Monday night Mr. G. S. Brent held an alest at the Prince Alfred, Lisson-square, Marylebone, on try Mead, aged 44, the wife of a respectable master baker. Z months ago deceased buried a favourite child, for whose k. - 4th she was inconsolable. She would go constantly to Zensat.green Cemetery, throw herself upo n the child's grave, d weep for hours. She would then gather the flowers that VW over the grave, bring them home, ,and leave them in Etter until they decayed, when she w ould eat them. Day er day she thus indulged her grief, and, upon returning C_lte last Tuesday week, after visiting her child's grave as "gal, she told her husband, children, and friends, that she 441 Y had a few days to live. She then had the mourning Ode for her children, which they were to wear for her, and directed her husband to have the dead bell tolled for : s r, refused all medical aid, nourishment, and consolation, 1, ( 1 1 til Friday, when she fell a lifeless corpse from her chair 4 the ground. Mr. Obre, surgeon, performed the autopsy, Ind ,found the deceased di ed of disease of the heart, produced (lis opinion by deep affliction . T he jury, whom the evi t4, his greatly affected, returned a v er dict in accordance with e Medical testimony. Tag WEATHER AND CRC,PB IN SCOTLA ND ' te, ll "gh of rain has now fallen for the g rowin g crops; but, t h 41 information from the north and fr om A y rshire, we learn 1 ) „,t moisture is much required there. Here wheat is now t i t 'rstin g into ear, an is d in some of the more forward fields the is fully out, and unusually large and well developed. t he oth er cro p s are ma king rapid progress, and the almost )441firersal flush of grass raked by the late genial showers, caused an unusual demand for grazing stock of all kinds. tFeral fields of hay are cut, but the damp weat her has re "cl operations. It seems, on the whole, to be a light Sea and i 3 the only exception to the most promising ap rice of all kink of crop that we have had for several 7 1 12.-- Scotsman.. 441 r (4, „—CTURES ON GOLD AT THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL ki ll .sl ;t3Es.—The council of the Society of Arts have ap.. Ve,„ t ed a deputation to wait upon the director of the Go rta.u,lll,nt Scool of Mines, to request that the eminent pro lejttTB of that school should immediately arrange a series of 1 ;4 t ee on gold for the instruction of emigrants to Australia; At)i, t is understood that they will endeavour to obtain the ver7 of these lectures in the ensuing week. THE SUN, LONDON, LITERATURE seems that my bad manner of pronouncing Italian, added to my fair compksion, and desire to push forward, had induced several of tho violent but not fight ing patriots to believe that I was an Austrian, and of course a spy. Many a man was sacrificed for less during the latter days of the war of independence —not where the Pielmontezo soldiers wer3 found, for they were ready to protect one, but in out of the way places, where native susceptibility or Italian pusillanimity had full play. “ I was followed from the inn door by a crowd, till at our arrival at the bridge of boats which crosses the Po, I had to meet a mob of at least a thousand men, all vociferating 'Tadeschi l' and Spia! ' followed by the consoling word 'Mortal' Happily for me I retained a moderate share of composur e; so Standing up in the carriage, I entreated a moment's silence, stated I was an Englishman, and asked if there was any one present who could read. This appeal was answered by a school master or a parish clerk, and to him I unfolded first my British passport, and next the special privilege I had obtained from Charles Albert. This last document was a clencher, as it was written in Italian, and bore all the official seals, and, confirmed by it, the validity of the passport was admitted. Had I not produced the Italian pass, the other paper would have been disre garded, or rather it exposed me to fresh suspicion, as no ono in reality knew what it meant, and the eagle at tached to the Austrian Minister's visa rather produced an impression against me. "I saw at a glance, however, that a new doubt was engendered, certainly not creditable to me, and if I were first stopped as an Austrian spy, it was clear I was now sent as one einvloyed by Charles Albert. The mob cheered me as I drove off, though one moment before they would have spilled my blood—but suah are the risks we correspondents run, though no lady thinks of giving us credit for our R V,.ntlirue” HISTORY OF TEE BRITISH CONQUESTS IN INDIA. By Horace St. John. Colburn. This interesting work commences with the intro duction of the English to India, and follows the hi,- tory of the establishment of their power to the present constitution of the company. It is a singular fact that the first English who proc ee d e d to India did so in the simple character of merchants, and the original charter of their association recognised no idea of political empire. "It h as ," o b serves the author, " been deprecated by the r e p resentatives of British ' power in the country, forbidden by p eremptory de crees of the Imperial L eg i s l a t ure, opposed by the supreme authorities in the Company, and, since 1784 especially, incredible pains have been taken to confine its limits. Their policy throughout has been opposed to territorial acquisition." The following extract from the second volume shows, however, that though opposed to territorial acquisition, it has nevertheless been their destiny :-- "The monuments of a genuine and pious civilization aro not pyramids, or pagodas, or towers, or columns, cr any of those huge trophies by which the daring but bar barian genius of a Pharoah or a Mogul endeavoured to perpetuate its fame. The achievements of the English in their Indian possessions belong to another order. " They did not appear to the natives like the Spaniards, as centaurs, wielding the lightnings of heaven, or like the Arabs, irressistible in their religious zeal, or like the Tartars in China, or the Gothic invaders of Southern Europe. They came without a plan ; they followed those who had dedicated the old Nestorian churches on the coast of Malabar, and in less than one hundred years accomplished the erection of an empire, spacious as that which nine centuries of Roman conquest, from Romulus to Trajan, were required to complete. Every ancient power has disappeared before them. The only independent princes remaining, are recent usurpations, and the governors whom their toleration allows to rule, are standing accusations against their justice, and the sincerity of their desire to promote the civilization of Asia." As we have before said, the work traces the whole history of British India in its political aspects, as well as in the more minute details respecting its in habitants. The style is attractive, and the informa tion to be gained considerable, and though not pos sessing the varied adventures of travels to fascinate the reader, it commands his interest and attention by its complete and consistent account of so important a subject as the political history of British India. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INTSITIITTION.—DUTiDg this week the institution has been visited by the Duke of Wel lington, Duchess of Northumberland, Duchess of Sutherland Duchess of Buccleuch, Marchioness of Exeter, Marchioness of Douro, and a large number of the aristocracy. ROYAL DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF THE EAR. — The thirty-fifth annual meeting of the governors and friends of this useful institution was held yesterday at the dispensary, Dean-street, Soho-square; the Rev. W. Brock in the chair. The report stated that the institution had been in operation upwards of thirty years, and during that time had been the means of restoring an important faculty to thousands, who would otherwise have been disqualified from following their daily vocations. During the past year, 1,029 patients bad been received, of whom 335 were cured, 129 relieved, and 502 remained under treatment; and in no case had the treatment adopted produced injurious results, where it failed to effect a cure. The patients generally consisted of clerks, needlewomen, domestic servants, artisans, dis tressed foreigners, soldiers, and sailors, who have received advice from Mr. Harvey, the medical officer, to whom the institution is chiefly indebted for its success. The principal causes of the loss of hearing are stated to be living in confined or damp localities, the want of due precaution against wet or dampness, uncleanliness, and insufficient or adulterated food. The mode of treatment has been purely constitutional. Operations have not been resorted to except in urgent cases, and the result is that none have been injured by the system pursued. In conclusion, the report stated that the funds had been augmented of late, although not commensurate with the great increase of applicants. Strict economy had, how ever, prevented any great increase of debt. They acknowledged a legacy of 1051. from the late Mr. T. Roberts, and the ready assistance of the clergy. On the motion of Mr. Clarke, who bore testimony to the able treatment adopted, seconded by Dr. Richards, the report was unanimously adopted. Other resolutions were also agreed to, returning thanks to the patrons, subscribers, and officers of the institution. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the business. ROYAL GENERAL PENSION SOCIETY.--- F rhe annual general meeting of this society for granting pensions to de serving and necessitous aged persons was held yesterday at the offices of the society, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly ; Sir Peter Pole, Bart., in the chair. The report of the past year was read and adopted, from which it appeared that there were eight men at 3s. 6d. per week, and 30 women at 2s. 6d. per week, who were receiving the society's bounty, twenty nine of whom were upwards of seventy ye ars of age. The receipts for the past year amounted to the sum of 3541. 175., when, after paying all expenses, there was a surplus fund in the hands of the treasurer amounting to 2351. 175., in conse quence of which it was determine4:to raise the weekly pay ments sixpence per week extra. INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM, WANSTEAD.—Yesterday the anniversary fete of the above institution took place in the beautiful grounds and building at Wanstead. The weather was truly propitious, and drew fourth a numerous and fashionable assembly of about 400 ladies and gentle men, amongst whom were Earl Manners, Lord R. Grosvenor and daughter, the Bishop of St. Asaph, Lord Calthorpe, Sir J. Morrison and lady, &c. The examination of the 280 children gave great satisfaction. Subscriptions were an nounced to the large amount of 5,53C1., which included do nations from her Malaty, Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, Lord R. Grosvenor, &c. MR. WILLIAM COBBETT.—Three returns have just been printed by order of the Hou4e of Lords, in addi tion to the one already noticed, showing the writs and ap plications for writs of habeas corpus and the number of actions brought by Mr. William Cobbett in the common law courts. In the Crown side of the Court of Queen's Bench 5 writs of habeas corpus were issued, and out of the plea side 19. In forma pauperis there were 14 cases, and in person, 5, making the 19. In the same side were 7 actions brought. In the Court of Common Pleas 4 writs of habeas corpus were issued, besides which 10 applications for writs were made to the Court sitting in banco, all of which, with the exception of one, were refused. In the same court two actions were brought, a2ndanpoplfieuarttihoeere were steps m tak a e d n e . by it In 3r the . Court of Exchequer 42 Cobbett or on his behalf, out of which 19 were refused. M r Cobbett brought 17 actions in the Court of Exchequer. Th e u rri dthcat3r2t of i Chancery by Mr. wrts of habeas co r p us hadret be en already noticed ea d applied for oa showed h o o fwe the Court Cobbett. CAMBRIDGE, JUNE 24.-MEMBERS' PzuzE MAN The prizes g i ven a nnually by the representatives in Parliament for the University to two Bache ors of Arts who compose the best disserta , ions in Latin prose, have been ad judged for the present year to Dr. Edward Henry Perowne , Corpus Christi College, and Dr. Spencer Perceval Butler, Trinity College. The exercises will he recited by their com posers at the commencement. No undergraduates' prizes have been awarded. LIBERAL BEQUESTS. ---The Will of Mrs. Marianne Becker, of Bath, has just been proved, in which a sum of about 28,0001. is bequeathed to various charitable and reli gious purpf.scq. Among th ese we .notice..,. The Church :11 :8 • sionary Society, 3,0001.; the Church P astoral Aid Society, 3,0004 ; the bible Society, low ; the Morayiati Missions, 10004 THE PERSONAL ADVENTURES of" OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT" in ITALY. By Michael Burke Ronan. 2 Vols. Chapman and Hall. The reader is particularly informed, at the com mencement of these books, that " they are not 'a ! reprint nor a richauffe of the correspondence from Italy in the Times." They are, on the contrary, perfectly original ; and the author has specially avoided making any reference to official statements, the object being to relate his personal adventures, and not compile historical facts. The anecdotes are written in a humorous style, and great ingenuity is displayed in their arrangement. They are evidently the reminiscences of one who writes con amore, and enjoys his pleasures over again in the recital. The events of his travels are very remarkable, and it is evident that he possessed the true spirit of a traveller, especially one seeking information, accommodation to circumstances, and the genius for contrivance and invention. This facility enabled him to effect his entrance where others found closed doors ; and on one important occasion he managed to convey authen tic reports to London of the Congress at Iveplitz, in Bohemia. This last achievement took place, how ever, at a much earlier-period. A great deal of infer., illation concerning the war in Italy is here given, and, from an intimate acquaintance, with many leading characters, the narrator has gleaned intelli gence of much value, which is made manifest in a novel and attractive manner. To all desirous of ex tending their knowledge of that momentous epoch referred to, and eager to become acquainted with the customs of those often discussed characters,.it will doubtless be gratifying to meet with ; these volumes. The following is a sample of his many difficulties : " I had at Plaisance to undergo the greatest danger that had occurred to me since the opening of the cam , paign. THE CASE OF DR. ACHILL' AND DR. NE WMAN. (From the Times.) It is curious to observe upon what narrow issues the spirit of party virulence and religious discord can cos eentrate themselves. The animosities of England and Scotland centred for a time on the disputed authenticity of the poems of Ossian, and Whig and Tory never en countered each other more fiercely than on the appa rehtly collateral question raised by the frailties of Queen Caroline. The long animosity which has pre vailed between the Churches of England and Rome has been stimulated to the highest point by aggression and retaliation, by political agitation and private contro versy. In no breast, however, does the flame of reli gions hatred burn so fiercely as in that of a convert. Would you hear all that can be said against the doc trine and discipline, of the Church of England? —seek it from the lips of a renegade priest. Would you hear the rabid tirades of Exeter-hall against the Church of Rome outdone? —attend the preechinge and read the publications of some apostate friar. Thus it comes to pass that questions of the highest dignity and lest im potence are brought down to the level of a personal brawl, and that the great cause of the freedom of pri vate judgment and the progress of the human intellect Is bound up with the questionable character of an obscure ecclesiastic. We cannot accept this issue; we cannot concede that this great controversy can be in the tligheest-degree advanced by attacking or defending the character of Dr. Achitli, and we feel that the scandalous and indecent matter which both parties, in their zeal to damage each other, have brought before the public eye, is likely to do more injury to the cause of morality and religion than any sectarian or controversial triumph can possibly counterbalance. In apportioning the blame of this public scandal it is impossible to acquit Dr. Newman of having been the deliberate cease of the revolting con flict we have just witnessed. In his eisal to destroy the evidence of Dr. Achilli against the Church, which fee, persons have condemned with more severity than himself, Dr. Newman did not content himself with general and sweeping charges, but entered into details of time, place, and name, which were, in fact, more in the nature of a challenge than a criticism. The challenge was as greedily accepted as it was vauntingly offered, and so, by the uantual consent of the professors of two rival religions which agree in teaching that " Blessed are the pure in heart," we have been involved in one of the most indecent investigations which ever sullied the atmosphere of a court of justice. What has either party gained by dragging these revolting details before the public eye? The Protestant supporters of Dr. Achilli have, indeed, succeeded in painting in very forcible co lours the known and admitted tendencies of the Church of Rome; they have shown how awfully the superhuman power which Rome places in the hands of weak and fallible mortals may be prostituted and abused. They have shown that before man shall be permitted to pry into the heart and probe the conscience of his fellow creatures, he ought to be invested with the perfection as well as the omniscience of the Deity. Little hes the victim of this frightful power to hope from the boasted discipline of the Church of Rome. The confesser shrouds the shame of a brother priest under the injunction of eternal silence. The religious orders connive at the delinquencies of a brother whose eloquence can support, and whose teaching edify, the Church. If scandal becomes trou blesome a change of residence removes all difficulties, and the Church is willing to let the discipline sleep which cannot be enforced without casting obloquy on the priestly character, and exposing the hollowness of the se'stem on which she builds her pretensions and from which she derives her riches. The dreaded Inquisition itself; that name of blood and terror, waxes mild in deal ing with merely moral offences, and reserves for heretics penalties which she is too merciful to impose on the erring sons of the Church. These things have undoubtedly been presented to us by this remarkable trial in a tan gible shape; but who is there so little versed in the his tory of the Romish Church as to require .three days of indecent details in order to convince him that if weak ness has compelled abstinence from her favourite sin of cruelty, the Church of Rome still permits to her minis ters scarcely less licence than of old in the indulgence of unbridled lust? It was scarcely worth while to pro voke such a discussion for the sake of enlightening those whose kn ow l e d ge of history was too narrow toinform them of matters so generally known and so well established. It is but a vulgar triumph, by stimu lating the coarse imaginations of the multitude, to draw down popular indignation on an antagonist. The ver dict in favour of Dr. Achilli, whatever be its effect in regard to him, leaves this part of the question wholly untouched. But, while they have been thus successful in damaging by these most exceptionable means the ob ject of their cherished aversion, have the ultra-Pro testant supporters of Dr. Achilli done nothing to lower their own character for fairness and impartiality, to im pugn their own judgment, and to bringcontempt on their own proceedings in. the never-ending controversy with the Church of Rome? How comes it that a man sus peeled in the relations of private life, subjected to penal ties which would have b een b ut a feeble retribution for his alleged vices and crimes, has only to escape from the prisons of th e I nqu i s i t i on, and to inveigh with sufficient bitterness and Pungency against the head of a church in which he was educated, in order to con ciliate for himself at once the friendship, the respect, and the affection of the Protestant party in religious and moral England? flow comes it that to denounce the . Pope and the Inqui s iti on supersedes the necessity of inquiry, of caution, and of probation? A man has no thing to do but to desert the belief in which he has been brought up, which experience informs us is seldom per manently exchanged for any other, in order to become a hero among p ersons w h o f i nd i n the revelations of the renegade Papist a stimulus to their cariosity which no other species of theological incentive can supply. Let his past life have been as suspicious as it may, the single merit of conversion supersedes the necessity of inquiry. Such a man is selected, above all others, to preside over the education of the young and pure, and to teach a religion, his belief of which is taken on trust. Thus it comes through the singular want of judgment and less singular, but more deplorable, itching for novelty of our pre-eminently Protestant leaders, that the defence of the doctrines of the Refor mat i on h as been for a m o men t identified with the career of a private person who has, at any rate, the misfortane to be the object of very numerous accusa tions- These things the supporters of ••Dr. Achillt have brought u p on th emse l v es, and, if they have wounded the . Church of Rome, the sword has passed through their own sides. There is but one party who can gain by hypocrites see t a s n e such a course, those whom Dr. Achilli calls " nega tive" Party, to whom Protestant and Catholic are both alike, to whom religion is mere priestcra . ft, its ministers per sonsthsd thingstsmfourmthmeeTken.s.owSfurcohm unchristian conflict both parties must arise weakened and discredited, and that the only gainer from such a ceremonies ndsmi le, struggle will be not the Protestant prosecutor nor the Roman Catholic ' accuser, but the infidel who sneers and the blasphemer who scoffs at them both. (From the Daily News.) The Achilli case is over. The huge scandal that has mcrsonwydeddisctuhsesions, is—so f newspapers, s and as th dhas the Queen's the topic of so and its reports are concerned—concluded? N Bencheversin since this journal was established have the details of such a trial found record in its columns, and—acting upon the rule laid down for the exclusion of such details as that of the Newman libel —never would such a case have been re ported by us, had it not presented an aspect very differ ent from those which characterise trials revealing mere gross but ordinary criminality. In the present case, however, no rule of exclusion could be permitted to operate—since it was impossible to separate the charges ag ;just Dr. Achilli from the animus of those who pro moted them. The case has been, in truth, a priestly quarrel, fought out in a legal court, with debauchery for the charge, and oath against oath in the investiga tion. It ha s no t b een the mere case of a criminal upon trial. The women who came forward at the instance of Dr. Newman, as witnesses to declare that the ex- Dominican priest had polluted them, wore not in court to ask justice against the alleged debauchee. It was not an investigation of the damage done to the Cephalonian by criminal conversation with his wife; nor was it an inquiry into the fitness or unfitness of Dr. Achilli as a member of the Church under the shadow of which he is accused of committing so many sins. The case had a wider scope altogether, and involved a variety of interests that rendered it imperative upon every journalist to give each fact brought forward in evidence, and every argument both for and against the accused. In short, the case was one between two rival Churches —the Church of St. Peter and the Church that had its foundation at the Reformation. It was a strife between the priesthood of Rome and the Evangelical Alliance— between a seceder from Popery and the most active agents of the Pope. The Papist slandered the Protes taut, and this disgusting trial has been the result. As the trial has proceeded, the interest in the public mind has grown from day to day, until it has spread—with the reports of the investigation to every corner of the land. When the case was first opened, the statements of the witnesses were so decided, so circumstantial, and so numerous, that the feeling ran strongly against Achilli—any second thought upon the subject being one of astonishment at the amount of systematic perjury committed, if the various allega tions against him were untrue. When the case of Achilli was opened, upon the cross-examination of the several witnesses, and subsequently by the examination of the ex-Dominican himself, that astonishment was not diminished, however much the balance of belief might have inclined in his favour. Indeed, long before the seve ral advocates had fulfilled their duty, it was perfectly clear that, on one side or the other, there was an amount of perjury positively terrible to contemplate. And when the balance of evidence turned against the Romanists, an additional and overshadowing horror arose at the idea of what ramifications the perjury seemed to pass through —of what men in high places in the Church of Rome might be implicated in the crime—and with what deliberate pertinacity the whole web of untruth had been woven, until it seemed strong enough to entangle and defile, if not destroy, any reputation, however pure, against whi c h it might bo turned. Many points of the trial and of the evidence provoke especial criti cism. Sir A. Cockburn warned the jury to be on their guard against the unconscious bias of any Protestant prejudices. This was an allowable enough oratorical flourish—a hint that Dr. Newman and his witnesses might not meet with absolute fair play at the hands of professors of an alien creed. Bat, on the other hand, it might be urged that the Italian witnesses really wete liable to suspicion on account of the manner in which they had been ferretted out and brought together. Dr. Newman sent over emissaries to Italy, who applied to dignitaries of the Romish Church and inquisitors to aid them is collecting witnesses to defend their champion, Dr. Newman, and disable their antagonist, Dr. Achilli —by blackening his character. This aid was willingly lent. Many Italians were naturally disposed to help their priests against one whom they deemed an apos tate. In addition, to refuse to bear evidence against Achilli might, at thi s moment, expose an y I ta li an to a charge of favourin g hi m. L ast l y, it was natura ll y enough stated by Eleanor Giustini or Vallenti that when first interrogated by her curate as to whether she could tell anything against Dr. Achilli, she inquired whether it would be "for her own good?" and was assured it honour of God." Unduls influence it is clear could be was " for the honour o f the holy C h urc h," " f or t h e , brought to bear on the It a li an witnesses; un d ue i n fl uence , if Vallenti can be believed was brought to bear on at least one of them. These proceedings cannot exactly be called unprecedented in an English court of justice. The charges brought against Dr. Achilli, end the means re sorted to for obtaining witnesses in support of them, re mind one of the trial of queen Caroline, and the green bag commission of Milan. Th e c h arges we re spread over twenty-six years of Dr. Achilles life; he was called upon to rebut charges of incontinence with persons not named, in places and at times not specified. It *as a terrible ordeal to undergo which no man unsupported by conscious inno cence, and even in that case no man not possessed of more than average courage, could have braved, The parallel with the case to which we hav e compared Dr. Achilles is the stronger from th e eutire breaking down of the evidence so unscrupulously brought together. We have no space to examine th e w h ole of that evidence in detail, but, taking it in group s or clatses, its weakness, its ir relevance, can easily be indicated. There was a Cathoic priest adduced to prove the general bad character of Achilli, and some documentary evidence was offered in support of his testimony; there were witnesses brought forward to prove specific offences is Italy, Malta, and the lonian Islands; there were witnesses produced to prove t ffecces in England. With regard to the first, the priest stated that at the tim e to which he referred he was a boy of from ten to thirteen years of age. Among all the priests- and monks of Viterbo, was there none who was then of m a t ure years to speak from actual obser vation to what the Younker spoke of from hearsay? He declared that A c hil li had • a bad character at Viterbo, but admitt e d that he did cot know why. Of the ex parte mem orandum of a policeman offered as a. substitute for records all eged to have b een de stroyed in the revelation, it is for unnecessary to sPeakt it was not received. But Mr. uartitgent of that court , a sol i c i tor , pro duced "an official copy of the iudene (the Inquisition) on D r . Achilli. , . This '`judgment," when examined, turns out t o b e merely the declaration of a notary that he had exam i ned the " acts " in the case of Achilli, and that it app ears from them that he bad confessed himself guilty of in continence with various women; and that for these offences en d "others re corded in the acts," he had su bmitted himself to the censure and punishment of the court and had been sus pended from the exercise of all priestly f unc tions. The so-called "judgment" is, in f act, at best, a garbled ex tract from the writings in the case of Achilli preserved in the archiv e s o f t h e Inquisition, When it : i s remem bered that in the proceedings of that court the prisoner is not confronted with the witnes ses against him. --is with examined in priv a t e ,—i s tortured interrogations and his answers recorded b y the I nqu i s itors in their own words,—even a f ull and certified COPY' of the whole written proceedings and the judg ment pronounced would be very equivocal testimony; but extracts of isolated sentences apart from the context, that might hav e th rown a different light on them, interspersed with the re mar k s of the extractor, are utterly worthless. They may be perverted by the mis takes of the excerptor, even on the assumption that ho made them in perfect good faith. ens f o r the females who swore to Achilles misconduct with them, Mt". Vallenti, for a woman in her ra n k of life, showed a most suspicious familiarity with the e tiquette of the con fessional. To one confessor she merely said she bad sinned with an ecclesiastic, without mentioning his name, because that is not customary; to named another she Achilli lest he should suspect other and innocent persons. The instruction of a more instructed, war , ' e an d expe rienced mind is here palpable. Th e other female, and her mother, swore that the father and mother had a accosted Achilli while making one of procession, which they would not have been allowed to do, The daughter, by way of making her story more pathetic, said her rather had died of grief on account of her s eduction—but of this the mother knew nothing! Th ese witnes ses, one of whom was exhorts d to give her evid ence " for the ho nour of the - Church," " for the hono ur of God,,, have been living for weeks together, talking over the evidence they were to give. Bat this is as nothin g com pared with the utter failure of the char ge respectina, a tailor's wife at Corfu. The tailor himself Ras brought to this country, but made a precipitate retreat, and refused to return, when he knew that the Lae pector-General of Police in the lonian Islands was here. I n lieu o f hi m was produced one witness, who swore that he had seen from a.distance a person of Achilles statur e leave the woman's door at night, and another of b ad character who swore that he bad seen the husband seize Achilli, though he confessed he had never seen Achilli before or since, and cons( quently could not kno w hi m It is strong corroboration of Acbilli's truthfulness that he frankly admitted the incident, the proof of w hi c h had so signally failed, and produced the woman to allow of her being cross - questioned. Of Mr. Reynolds, who spoke to an alleged offence at Zente, it is enough to sa— y that he is hostile to D r . A c hilli , who re b u k ed him for intem perance—that he admits he has varied in the reasons he has at different times assigned for suspecti ng Achilli— that in th e w i tness- b ox be betrayed his state of mind by assuming what he was afterwards obliged to admit he did not know—and that there are contradictions between his own evidence and that of his servant. As to the witnesses brought forward to prove criminality in England, their characters, as described by themselves, would be enough to deprive them of credit. And all of them admitted that they had been silent in cir cumstances when it is scarcely credible they could have abstained from making the charges now pre ferred—and all of them speak under the influence of anger. These and all other points of the case were doubtless fully considered by the jury who—after the three days' investigation had closed—deliberated amongst themselves for between two and three hours before giving their verdict in favour of Dr. Achilli. And what does that verdict do? It shows to the fullest extent that Father Newman did indeed slide from. the altitude of Christian faith to the de pths of unworthy slander. It shows that his zeal f or his new faith tempted him to leave logic, and argument, and learning—the proper weapons for his use —to take up a series of unworthy and slanderous allegations ready at hand in the pages of a Romish review, in which they had been placed by an anonymous but scarcely unknown writer. But the ver dict does more. It confirms the dark suspicions that began to accumulate wh en the Italian women came, one after another, i nto the witness-box to swear away the reputation of Achilli. Indeed, imagi nation is positively r Atetigued in the attempt to follow out thos e ra mifications of criminality suggested by the idea that the Whole case against Achilli mutt be one vast conspira cy-- defeated in an English I court of justice, but having • over half its organization Italy. Wholesale perj ury hasp it is c lear, been com mitted. What share had the original author of the slanders in the concocti on of this ca g se tor their defence; what share had Father Newman. in the procuring of thesewitnesses, whoseevidence has been upset; wha taime had the Romish priestly dance has in Italy in the build ing up of the case thrown into th du s t b y the verdict e of last night? All these tes thousands aid now ask, and there is little doubt bitthe neral answer will be one little favourable t o anyt fthethe reputations involved. Meanwhile wo m an . o , a I ride ourselves upon the full investigation that t, a e IT p Y e has met in our open court—so unlike the s eer ile e ribunal of the Inqui sition before which Dr. Achilli had formerly to stand. dedreturn..._ NAVAL IN 1 r-2-E-LIAGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 24. 1-1, ----14,3 Edinburgh, 56, screw gunnery ship, Captain Hewl ett good trial cruise at sea, returned(acting), having had a to Spithead this morn ing and into harbour to complete h p sa ro il c , e n e n d -or outfit this evening. good,ns all that could be has in this proved herself a g under steam. She 48 f ar as the Land's-end, g O o n i n , h g e r downcr cruise s u e n s d h e e r seaboat, both under desired i n a ship of her character. steam and sail, and is reported n beating Channel she is reported to h ave worked well and st down eered easy; and when under steam, to ha of between eight and nine knots e averaged a speed hour. When out her crew were well exercised at Cheer e grat gun drill, firing at an unmoored target, sailing rou nd . 1 & Altogether it, this experimental sea-going gunnery ship is reported of most satisfactorily. The a to her moorinpgsus,to-day ed Gram 50, afri gate, h as been taken . dv -ac The Lively naval lighter sailed t o.day, with stores for Rear-Admiral Corry's squadron at q t , eonstown. The Boat Brigade of the Portsm -n tlth Dockyard talion has been exercised last nigh t and the previous Bat night outside the harbour's mouth i ' ll firing blank cart ridge from their . bow guns, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Davis (master attend of t h e Royal Clarence Victualling Establishment), nod themselves of their several duties with they acquitted to their officers. Last night Capt a i n t ouch satisfaction ton, A. A. Hamil ton, second secretary to the Admiralty, accompanied Colonel Davis in his gig to see the evolutions of the bri gade, with which he expressed himself m ooh pleased. PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY.—Tbe Black t , ralty steam yacht, with Sir Baldwin walker,-,,agla Admi- Surveyor of the Navy, Mr. Stafford, Secretary to the Ad m iralty, and Mr. Grant, arrived from Portsmouth on Tuesday. The crew of her Majesty's steam-vessel Buzzard, Commander Debbie, were paid advance . on Tuesday, and she sailed yesterday for the West India and North Ame rican station. The frigate Trincomalee, 24, w.. ---- "rnre issioned yes ofterday b y Captain Wallace Houston, with a o nrop i emsnt 240 men. .. - OisatneaHma-trednWdieerk,e,air:::shheri:e rtigo.hdtaeyd The Tortoise lighter sails to-day, with 16 work on the Windsor Castle, at Pembroke, thei S r tz a t y P d o o i w n n t. caulkers, to off the port last evening, bound up Channel. B ombay, was fro TT m hhee Po E r S t ap s sr m tig o l: ut t h ldyi ; with supernumeraries. Encounter, steamingthe Highflyer,westw westward, thirtytl s s, mthis Ie Arrogant, east aoufd C Th ha ey nn a e r l e . ordered to call at port on Nl°afrylebone Court appointed gelnents for se e, place in i e r t t . o o i A n n c. Wednesda y ar o r Daniell y f oo t in the chair, been adopted in expense.mittee The the influentialn evening,ec e e necessary s eet yto the es ar a n as a reflec li took ous had been curing the re-election of Sir Benjamin Hall art. , and Lord Dudley Stuart, and it was unanimously determined to return Chairmantt h h e e Hon. case o Baronet atsariotrendeFtraa thatnn d c isstuhßeehuNradoebtlte proceedingi Lord o l r 8 d 0 f aan o d f d i t w atilolonweodn to o th li e e d c o o r o m st a i n tu t e f n o c r i f e o s rt t y ha y t ea su re c . h a principle A DELICATE SUREBISE.—A lady whose notions of propriety would not permit her to visit the theatre to see Lola Montes on the stage, determined, nevertheless, to gratify her curiosity. The danscuse lodged at the hotel where the lady boarded, and when Lola returned from the theatre, the latter walked softly to the door and peeped in through the crack. There, to be sure, was the lioness, seated at the table to a cozy supper, her companion being the peeping Iltd fo own hasbaud.—Boston Gazette. BRITISH ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COM PANY- BILL. Thrown out upon the ground that "Standing Order No. 176 of the House of Lords" was applicable, and had not been complied with, and ought not to be dispensed with. The following is a copy ot a m emorial about to be presented to the Prime Minister from the bankers, merchants, brokers, shipowners, and others of the large cities, manufacturing and seaport town s of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Inserted by order, GEORGE SAWARD, Sec. London, Jane 24, 1852. THE BUMBLE MEMORIAL OF BANKERS, MERCHANTS, SHIPOWNERS, MANUFACTURERS, AND OTHERS, OF THE TOWN AND PORT OF LIVERPOOL, TO THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF DERBY, PRIME MINISTER, &C. Sheweth—That your memorialists in particular, and the public in general, have lately sustained a great iejury in the loss of the British Eiectric Telegraph Company's Bill, under circumstances so wholly unprecedented, as to point to the absolute necessity of some constitutional measures being adopted to insure for the public an assi milation of those technical regulations of the two Houses of Parliament professedly formed for the protection of the public, and known as the Standing Orders. That wnile your memorialists fully admit the consti tutional and practical importance of separate inquiries being made in each House of Parliament into the merits of every Bill, they earnestly submit that common justice and common sense alike imperatively require either that ono inquiry in lintine as to matters of torus should suffice, or that the two inquiries as to matters of form should, by arrangement between the two Houses of Parliament, take place in the outset of every Bill. That the contrary practice often entails the following state of things:— A Bill is intreeiticed into the House of Commons. Tile Standing Orders are inquired into for days together before the examiners, who find them to have been complied with. Leave is therefore given to introduce the Bill. The Bill is introduced accordingly. It is read a second time, and large House fees in curred. It goes before a Select Committee, where many thousand pounds, great industry, and much time are spent in establishing its merits. The Select Committee reports favourably. The report is considered. The Bill is read a third time, and then sent to the Lords. Then commences the most grievous anxiety on the part of the promoters, not in respect of the merits of the measure, for all admit that it is just enough that a review of the merits (being in the nature of an appeal) should take place. But all this anxiety arises from the revival of the points of mere form with which all this costly process first began, viz., Standing Orders : In vain do the provincial public express their incredu lity that a measure thus far fostered by so much money, labour, and care, can possibly be allowed. to be wrecked in half an hour by the putting upon pure forms a con struction differing from that which had in the outset with infinite pains been put upon the same forms ; or by the sudden leap into life of a standing order long since believed and understood to be dead, and which had passed into desuetude for more than 21 years. The work of months of labour is extinguished, the parties have practically no appeal, and they go home to complain bitterly that they have suffered in a manner which no foresight could have guarded against, but which, nevertheless, a slight amount of co-operation and courteous understanding elsewhere might have wholly prevented. They have not the comfort of feeling that this Bill has fallen in a fight on merits, but as it were in an un worthy and obscure skirmish, which they would have avoided if they could, or they feel it to have been thrown into a mediaeval oubliette, the existence of which they could scarcely bring themselves to believe. That such has been the fate of one of the most im portant, useful, and necessary measures of the presete year. That your memorialists allude to the British Electric Telegraph Company's Bill, which, having been for four teen days investigated before a Select Committee of the House of Commons, was unanimously approved of by that Committee, and which was carried by a majority of 150 on the second reading. That the, following matters were, among others, proved before that Committee:— That the old Electric Telegraph Company had succeeded in drawing a hitherto impassable barrier or cordon around th e metropo li s , so that no el ectr i c communication can reach or leap) London by rail way but by tho telegraphs of the old company only. _ That the old company have effected that state of things by coercing or by inducing, for valuable con sideration, railway companies to exclude the tele graph of other companies from railways having termini in London. The chairman of the Great Northern Railway Company gave evidence before the Committee of such coercion having been effectually practised upon that reluctant company. That the chairman of the Old Electric Telegraph Company has a private signal, known as " A. K.," and that the moment any message with that signal is sent to any of such Company's Telegraphic Stations, all other business is instantly put aside and precedence given to " A. K.". before all messages, even those of her Majesty's Government, or of the Royal Family. That.the chairman of the Old Electric Telegraph Company has the telegraph wires carried into his own private house. That the public are highly dissatisfied with the present mode of conducting the electric telegraph communications to and from the metropolis, and earnestly desired, and by very numerous petitions to both Houses of Parliament, prayed (though prayed in vain) for the safe passage through Par liament of the British Electric Telegraph Company's Bill. That your memorialists, in speaking on a public sub ject, are fairly entitled, without imputing any motives, or desiring, or in the slightest degree intending to sug gest or insinuate anything unworthy; to say that in this great commercial country, where knowledge is indeed power, and where the first intelligence upon public matters of importance is invaluable, and may be indeed a source of untold wealth, these gigantic powers ought not to remain as at present in the sole keeping of the old Electric Telegraph Company, but ought to be at the equal service of the public. That the Select Committee were satisfied that the British,Electrie Telegraph Company's Bill would have remedied these public evils by accomplishing the follow ing objects:— 1. A compulsory power (subject in th e case of each railway both to the veto and to the regulations to be made by the Board of Trade) to take tele graphs along the railways so as to reach the me tropolis. 2. Limited liability (as to future matters), with out which it was clearly proved by most eminent witnesses to the Select Committee that no company could raise the capital, from time to time required to carry on the business of the public, and to erect telegraphs for the use of the Government, especially in the taco of the gigantic status and monopoly ob tained by the old Electric Telegraph Company by the means before mentioned. That this most important Bill came under the fullest consideration of the Government, and passed the House of Commons amidst the good wishes and congratulations of the public, and especially of that portion of the pub lic which is suffering so much from the present system, and which knows how to appreciate the inestimable value of the progress and development of one of the greatest boons which a beneficent Providence has of late years given to mankind. That, on the suggestion of the old Electric Telegraph Company and their allies, this important measure has been treated as deserving to be thrown out, because, in pursuance of a Standing Order (No. 176), the British Electric Telegraph Company had not deposited in the Bank of England the enormous sum of 225,0001., being three-fourths of the maximum amount contemplated to be raised under the powers of the Bill from time to time, as the extension of telegraphs might be required, which sum, under the circumstances above detailed, it is alto gether unnecessary for your memorialists to say the company could not raise and deposit and the raising of which sum, moreover, in the first instance would be a most extravagant and useless proceeding, inasmuch as the very nature of these telegraphic works is their gra dual extension as exigencies from time to time arise. That your memorialists desire to make every state ment within the strictest bounds of accuracy, and, there fore, they respectfully beg that careful inquiry may be made into a statement which they have reason to be lieve, viz., that such Standing Order had slept in desue tude for about twenty-one years, until the 21st of June, 1552—in fact, during a time sufficiently long for a new generation to be born and to grow up. That the said Standing Order was made so long ago as the 2d of June, 1824, to meet the bubble companies, which were the offspring of the then monetary excite ment, and is opposed to the whole current of the modern amended Standing Orders relating to public works; and, as an evidence thereof, your memorialists state the striking fact that it applies just as much to railways, water-works, gas-works, &c,, as it can by any ingenuity be made to apply to electric telegraphs; and that, (had it not happily fallen into desuetude) its application would as effectually have prevented the existence at this moment of almost every railway, &c., in the kingdom, as ,its recent application seems unhappily but too likely to keep this country behind all other countries in the use and spread of the electric telegraph. That in the case of several public works analagous to electric telegraphs, not even a subscription contract is re quired by the Standing Orders, and in the case of no other public work whatsoever do the Standing Orders of either House of Parliament require more on that head than the following:- 1. A subscription contract to the extent of three. fourths of the estimates. 2. One-tenth only of the three-fourths so subs scribed to be deposited in the Bank, And yet, in consequence of this revival of a Stand ing Order passed many years before electric telegraphs were known, end when railways themselves were only just beginning their existence, it will be quite impossible for an electric telegraph company to obtain the same footing as other companies of vastly less importance, unless such Electric Telegraph Company can do what no other company ever could do, viz.—fiud and actually deposit three-fourths of its capital as a condition, pre cedent to getting its Act giving it incorporation like railway, gas, and other like companies. That the evile complained of ill the numerous peti- FRIDAY EVENING, J UNE 25, 1852 SPORTING NOTES. No. CUL THE NEWCASTLE MEETING—N.RETROSPEC FIVE GLANCE. TO TEE Sett,—The OF THE SUN. past meetin g at Newcastle hes resulted in some untoward cons, ae Which will materially affect some of th e great tikes of the summer and au tumn. Tuesday' s races were remarkablevictory of Lucie in the N ort h Derby, in the Members' Plate Handicap. in t ?, to the bolti ng o f t h e Marinea fur the _ and for th t of The Cutler ll could hardly have l os t ; and the me at was ovv acolt, who otherwise la past under-estim a t e d, new in tt for some time flavoured by a moder a t e we i ght, aho form and first time in his ex i s t ence that heed for the sessed of considerable sp ee dy powers, beatin, WaB lx)s that lass filly of M r . M e ikl am ' s, Evadne— as he did others, including ,The Italian, Maid of Team aci al ten and Pelopidas. This race of The Cutler it must be t r e. : - ' membered was only for a mile, and at that distance ; moderate weight, he will be found very dangerous daring the present year. The fact of Azeth being dead amiss did not reach im e in sufficient time to enable me to give it publicity so as to prevent money being thrown away on his chance for the Second Triennial Produce Stakes, or the loss of many p.p. bets about him would not have occurred. If he had been in anything like form, it is perfectly clear to any one that the Miss Whip colt would have stood no earthly chance of defeating him; as it was, Lord Glas gow's colt quietly walked over. That clever filly of Mr. Bell's, by lago out of Miss Eliza, 'yclept Ann Eliza, managed to beat Osborne's Lambton very cleverly by a neck for the Tyro Stakes; Charming Woman finishing a bad third. Both Ann Eliza and Lambton are useful animals in a second-rate field, but would have very little chance if pitted against any first-rate class two years old. Happy Joe somewhat astonished his friends and the public by winning the Trial Stakes cleverly from Sham rock, Brawn, and five others, including Agnes Wickfield and England's Glory. This performance of Happy Joe's, who previous to the race was valued at 50 pounds ornnder, found him a new proprietor at 200 sovs. Here it must be also borne in mind that this victory was obtained over the T. Y. C., and that any distance exceeding that would be completely against the horse, as his qualities are those of speed for a short distance, but without the power of staying. The Produce Stakes on Wednesday were won some what unexpectedly, and yet very easily, by Sir C. Monck's colt by Touchstone out of Garland, who beat the favourite. Lord Fauconberg, the son of Birdcatcher, and Alice Hawthorn, without any difficulty by two lengths. The Northumberland Plate resulted, as I and every body else expected, in favour of Mr. Meiklam's slashing colt Stilton, who won without any difficulty under the pilotage cf Aldcroft by half a length; Colsterdale, giving only four pounds for the veer tc the victor, being second, Cossack a bad third, Snowdrop fourth. Caracara fifth, the gelding by Morgan Rattler sixth, Stafford seventh, and Nee-sham, who finished his racing career by breaking down, last. The race was run at a fair pace from end to end, and well tests the merits of Stilton as a race•horse. The immediate con sequence of his victory was of course his elevation to the rank of first favourite for the Goodwood Cup, for which he stands a capital chance, and not more than 3 to 1 is obtainable about his winning it. This victory, however, entirely spoils his chance for any of the great handicaps of the present year, for ho is sure to be dosed with a stiff weight—too stiff to win, I calculate. Mr. Meiklam's rattling filly Evadne, after carrying 6st 61b, and running second to Th e Cutler at 7st slb for the Members' Plate on Monday, comes ou t on the following day with Est I llb up, and beats the Knight of the Garter, receiving but 10Ih f or the year, for t h e Free Handicap, by a head, after a beautiful race, walking over the same day for the third Triennial Produce Stakes, Pelopidas being afraid to meet her; and yesterday finishing her three days' performances by defeating that wonder of other days, Nancy, rather easily than otherwise, by three parts of a length. These per formances are very superior, and prove that getting a distance and speed are qualities she is not deficient in; her victories this week having been over the mile, three quarters of a mile, and two mile courses. She must no be forgotten. It i; an old saying, that " it never rains hut it pours," for Dawson, after having swept the Northumberland Plate Free Handicap, Third Triennial, and Gold Cup, brings out his Chief Justice, who is evidently much im proved since last year, and wins her Majesty's Plato very easily with him from the Marinella colt, Presto, and four others, on the Wednesday; and the Corporation Plate, with Sit 71b up, beating a good field yesterday. Such luck as this is not often seen. The greater part of the good things this year seem destined to find their way into the northern stables. Sir Charles Monck's Brother to Vanguard, after beat ing Lord Fauconberg on Wednesday, was again victo rious yesterday in the race for the Grand Stand Stakes, beating with considerable ease Anteverta, Lambton, Roger Thornton, and Nestor. In my opinion this horse is quite equal to his brother ; and being so, will often bear Sir Charles's colours in the van; more over, he is very susceptible of improvement, his present condition and appearance being not altogether of the most blooming description. The Gateshead Lottery Stakes being over the two mile course, suited Pelopidas to a nicety, he winning. rather easily from Happy Joe and that curiously named horse The Varmint. The Speculation Plate and Scurry Handicap require no comment. The three southern meetings of Bibury, Stockbridge, and Winchester, I shall make a point of dilating upon to-morrow.—l am, Sir. &c. _ _ THE SPIRIT OF THE TETRP. SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE. NEWCASTLE-ON-TINE RACES.—THURSDAY. The Gateshead Lottery Stakes of 10 sm. each, p.p. an d 50 added, the second to save his stake; three yrs old. colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b. Two mile 3. (14 Subs.) Lord Eglinton's Pelepidas (Marlow) 1 Mr. Dawson's The Varmint... (Cartwright) 2 Mr. Morris's Llappy Joe (Be, ham) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Pclopidas. Won easy by a length and a half. The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 says. each, p.p., for three yrs old, 6st 1013; four, Bst 51b; five, 9st; six and aged, 9s 31b; mares and gehlings allowed 3;b. Two miles. (12 Subs.) Mr. Meiklam's Evadne, 3 yrs (Aldoroft) 1 Mr. Martinson's Nancy, 4 yrs (Marson) 2 Betting-7 to 4on Nancy, who was beaten cleverly in a good race by a neck. Tho Corporation (Handicap) Plate of 60 guineas. Once round and a dis. Mr. Williams's Chief Justice, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (T. Lye) 1 Mr. Hesseltine's Lough Bavrn,,4 yrs,6st 91b(Aldcroft) 2 Mr. Walters's Mary Nobbler, aged, 6st (J. Hall) 3 Mr. Walters's Maid of Team Valley, 7st 81b (Arnold) 4 Mr. J. Anson's Haricot, 5 yrs, 7st (Dickson) 0 Mr. John Osborne's Kathleen, 6st 131 b (J. Osborne) 0 Mr. Goodwin's Ls Gazza Ladra, 6st 81b (Charlton) 0 Mr. Altardyce's Fancy Girl, 3 yrs, 6st (Chilman) 0 Mr. White's Snowdrop, 3 yrs, sst 31b (Carroll) 0 Mr. Harrison's Lindrick, 3 yrs, sst (F. Bates) 0 Mr. Barker's bg by Roscius, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b (Goater) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst Chief Justice, sto 1 each agst Haricot and Kathleen, 6 to 1 each agst Snowdrop and Roscius gelding, and 7to 1 agst Lough Bawn. \V on in a cantor by a length, the same between the second, third, and fourth. The Speculation Plate of 20 sovs., added to a sweep. stakes of 5 sovs. each, the second to receive 10 soya. out of the stakes, and the winner to be sold for 2001, unless entered for a smaller suns. Once round. (8 Subs.) Mr. T. Lister's Brawn, 3 yrs (501.), Est llb (Carroll) 1 Mr. Meiklana's Cleveland, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Aldcroft) 2 Mr. J. Gill's bc by Melbourne, 3 yrs (Chilman) 3 Mr. Hardman's Gumflower, 6 yrs, 7st 71b ...(Arnold) 0 ' Mr. Spence's Miss Lavinia, 3 yrs, 6st llb ...... (Wclls) 0 Mr. Dawson's Miss White, 3 yrs, sst 71h ...... (Bate s ) 0 Mr. H. J. Thompson's br g by Morgan Rattler, 7st 41b Betting—Even on Cleveland, and 4 to 1 agst Bravyno th sse Wme.on by a neck, tho second beating th e t hi rd bY ara n , The Grand Stand Stakes of 10 soya. each, 5 ft , and 50 added, the second to save his stake, for two and three 3rs old. T.Y.C. (10 Subs) Sir C. Monek's Vindex, 2 yrs, Est 121 b „(Charlton) Mr. J. Dawson's Anteverta, 2 yrs, Est 91b, l, Mr. J. Osborne's Lambton, 2 yrs, Est 121 b •.(Aldcroft) 2 Mr. J. Gill's Hecate colt, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (,)::. Mr. F. Walker's Roger Thornton, 6st 12\1 Holmes) ~0 Betting—Even on Lambton, `) to 1 ao, b (Aroold) a _' 3to 1 agst Anteverta. Vindex made (Arnold) (! ning, aud won a fine race by a I, ri g; Virri t c h ix o t ru n n u_ r t „ ennaoerci where." a e l A r ed n :e t, e v e r t a beating Lambton by a head; the, short The Scurry Handicap of 3 sovs. each and 20 ad second to save his sass. 'LI" C (15 Subs.) yrs,' Bs Y t . s' 8" Mr. T. Lister's Brawn, 3 yrs, 6„ 1 " . /w e ll s ) 1 Mr. C irter's Farmer's Boy, 3 ~ ' 21b .. b . ..... k (Arnold) 2 Mr. Brown's Rattlecap, 2 :yr , Y 4 -s, 7st 51 (Carroll) 3 d, the Mr. Barker's Tordesillas, 5 st 61b 9 . 1 . b . .. .( J. Holmes) 0 Mr. Spark's Presto, 4 Mr. Wright's Miss Flyawa .,, , 4 r .. 7;lolb(J.Osborue) 0 Mr. Skeene's Lola Montes , yrs,s 7 8 1 7d) (Dickson) 0 Mr. Dawson's EmPryston: .) 7st 41b...(T. Lye) 0 ...... (J. Sharpe) 0 Mr. Cook's Tom pinch ,`'' , 0 3 rs, ...... (Alderoft) 0 Mr. Wentworth's E[afe-e, Y;rs', 6st 10 11 3 ~,(Charlton) 0 ' Mr. J. Gall's Sham 1- ' 3 " A t 121 b (J. Gill) 0 roc,,, 2 yrs, ---, 1 agst Rattlecap, 6 Betting - 5 to 2 agst ,4 to stone 7 to 1 apt to 1 each agst Farmer's Boyard Emery stone, Brawn, and 8 to 1 a qt H a fod. Won by a length, third, g'Tric, leng ths between second and STOCK B RI DGE RACES.—THIIRSDAY. The Thi rd Year of the Second Triennial Stakes of 10 '"s• each, for four yrs old colts and fillies; the winner pay to ri— s2s s ous. towards expenses. Two miles and a a halt. (36 subs.) NIL Pormey'a Idaugertisep sst bOlb .......(4, Day) 1 tions of the public have thus ..been unhappily rivetted upon them, and the parties who were active and ener getic in endeavouring to remedy these evils have been greatly and unexpectedly discouraged. Your Memorialists, therefore, humbly pray that the above important public facts may be taken into your Lordship's most-grave consideration; and That such measures m'ay be taken, or represen tations made, as to your' wisdom may seem best calculated to procure the assimilation of the Stand ing Orders of the two Houses of Parliament, and their uniform and concurrent action in the outset of private Bills; and r To amend such Standing OrdOiC in such re spects as may be necessary to preventlhoir impeding the duo progress of the wonderful improvements of, and the answering the great necessities of, the pre sent generation. And your Memorialists will ever pray, &o. M Clifden's Harpsichord, Bst 101 b.... .(F. Butler) 2 Mr. R. Eswall's Iracundus, Bst 101 b ........ (Rogers) 3 Duke of Richmond's Antigone, Bst 2lb ...(Flatman) 4 Won with difficulty by a neck. Iracundus was beaten off, and Antigone broke down. Run in 5 min. 4 ecs. The Second Year of the Third Triennial Slttkes of 10 sous. each; for three yrs old colts, Bst 10Ib ; fillies, 83t 51b, &c. The winner to pay 25 sous. towards e x _ penses: One mile and a half. (43 Subs.) Lord Ribblesasle's Kingston, Bst 71b Mr. Parker's Joe Miller, Bst 71b (Goater) 2 Mr. Herbert's Lithograph, Bst 101 b (Sly) 3 Mr. Dorrien's Chief Baron Nicholson, Bst 71b 4 Betting -6 to 4on Joe Miller, 4to 1 agst Kingston, and sto 1 agst Chief Baron Nicholson. Won in a can ter by three length's, the same between second and third. The race was not timed. _ _ The Mottisfont Stakes of 15 son. each, 10 ft, and 100 sovs. added; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b. Winners once 51b, twice or more 71b:WFa. The winner to pay 25 son. towards expenses. ".1.1C.C. (45 Subs.) Lord Clifden's b c Cheddar (F. Butler) 1 Mr. Howard's Vaultrers (A. Day) 2 Mr. Mile!don, jun.'s Prevention (Rogers) 3 Mr. R. E. Cooper's Miss Tennyson ...(Bartliolomew) 0 Mr. C. Dorrin's Golden Plover (Kitchener) 0 Mr. Farrauce's Miss Emma ... (H. Goater) 0 Mr. Greville's P eac h (Flatman) 0 Mr. H. Hill's Ireland's Eye (Moon) 0 Mr. Vickers's Lascelies (A. Coo•ley) 0 Bating-7 to 4on Vaultress, and 4to 1 each agst Cheddar and Prevention. Won cleverly by a length and a half, Vaultress beat ing Prevention by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 27 secs. The Stewards' Plate of 100 sovs., added to a Sweep stakes of 10 sovs. each, h tr, for three yrs old and up wards. The winner to pay 10 son. towards expenses. Two miles. (62 Subs.) Lord Palinersten's Buck:born, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (Cowley) 1 Lord Clifden's Poodle, 3 yrs, 6.;:: 101 b . (G. Mann) 2 Mr. Osba!deston's 11 , „untain Deer, Bst 4d) ...(rheas) 3 Mr. Lord Enfield's T. a d ie s i t ir i sll ey e ' r s n C ,l i n in d e cz t. , r, , e 4y s r 3 i, r3 B , t Bst 4 1 b (A. ib. l . l .(Eiatm D a a n y 4 )) 0 S Mr. J., . i 2 41 e t o s t' Father Kate, yrs, 6st 101 b (Kendall) 0 Sir i). - , -;0 1 ;.:-. k, T ,s he E li i 3 c l o a t c , 1 3 Doctor. Bst 41b...(Abrahatn) 0 • , ir R. p• , (Burn) 0 t 8 ., " l ing-5 to 2 a4st Won cleverlyi7b..; , Buckthorn, 7to 2 agst Poodle, 6 ° ' e aeh agst Her d and Mountain Deer, Bto 1 agst Black Do nan 'z 4Clincher ctor and 10 to 1 a st 3 xrs,sl2 l b second place 50 secs. son. each, for two yrs ,8 a w le o n n th by an a d a' ne la c ti k l . f. R A an fin i e n r 3 sce na f in or . The First Year of ,the Fourth The winner to pay 25 son, towards expenses. old.i ' ngs (IP Subs.) Mr.Osbaldes/on's S. to MountaLfurelpor Bst Th al . ett) 1 5 ib ___________________ 5 Stakes, (R.o g 1 e r of o 1 2 0 Mr. Armstr6ng's Placid, Bat Duke of Richmond's Cuckoo f, Mr. J. Powney's Cineas, Bst 7/b ................ (A.DaY) 4 8;•.2.1b...... .. ..(. katman) 3 Mr. Vickers's Psaltery, Bst slb t . o . . i .... ....... cuatoro _ Betzing-2 to 1 eget Cineas, 5 6to 1 egst Sister to Mountain Deer. gat t and 50 to 1. agst Psaltery. - 0 1 agst Placid, Won cleverly by a length, two lengths between Cuckoo 01, coact and third. Cineas a bad fourth. Kiwise in one min. 29 secs. The Stakes of 5 son. each and 25 added, for t wo & yrs old rind upwarSub s. Winner to be sold for 1 5 01,, c. T.Y.C. (6 s.) Mr.Armstrong'sThebloor, aged (801.)8st 61b (A.Day) i. Mr. Mcgenis'sPe.,lma f, 2yrs,(soo4stl3lt(Humpage) 2 Mr. Dorrien's Chaplet, 4 yrs, (100088t21b(Kitchener) 8 Mr. S. Scott's Joy, 3 yrs, (100 L) 7st 21b (G. Mann) 0 Mr. Earratme's Terpsichore, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (W. Days) 0 Mr. T. Smith's Lady Octavia, 2 yrs (501) 4st 131 b 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst Palma filly, 3to 1 agst The Moor. Won by two lengths. Time 1 min. 23 sees. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, and attended by Major-General Buckley and Colonel Bouverie, went yesterday morning to Westminster Hall, and afterwards inspected different parts of the New Palace of Westminster. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness also paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester H Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Helena and the Princess Louisa, took a drive in an open carri•ge and four yesterday afternoon. The Equerries in Waiting, Major■ General Buckley and Colonel Bouverie, attended on horseback. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice', and attended by the Duchess of Atholl. the Honourable Caroline Cavendish, Lord Byron, Major- General Buckley and Colonel Bouverie, honoured the Royal Dalian Opera with their presence last evening. Viscountess Canning has relieved the Countess of De sart in her duties as Lady in Waiting to the Queen, and the Hon. Caroline Cavendish and the Hon. Flora Mac donald have relieved the Hon. Amelia Murray and the Hon. Lucy Kerr, in their duties as Maids of Honour in Waiting to ter Majesty. Her Majesty's private band attended after dinner in Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. He: Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Lurd James Murray, ho noured the Haymarket Theatre with her presenale last evening. The - Marquis of Westminster had an interview with the Earl of Derby, yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing-street. Viscount Torrington had also an interview with the Noble Earl. A Deputation on behalf of the London and North- Western Railway Company, consisting of Captain Huish, Mr. Carter, and Mr. Stewart; and a Deputation, on be half of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Com pany, consisting of the Hon. R. H. Clive, Mr. W. G. Ray, Mr, Knox, and Mr. Walker, bad an interview with the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, yesterday, at the Board of Trade. The Marquis Camden had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole, yesterday, at the Home-office. Mr. Hildyard, M.P., had an interview with the Right Hon. J. W. Henley yesterday, to present a memorial from Whitehaven, against compulsory pilotage in the Mersey. The Knight of Kerry, and Mr. Herbert, M.P., had as interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Smillie, Advocate-General, South Australia, had an interview with Sir John Pukington yesterday, at the Colonial office. A deputation from the British Beet-root Sugar Com pany, headed by Mr. Robert Oxland and Mr. Henry Valiance, had an interview with the Right Hon. J. w. Henley yesterday, at the Board of Trade, Dispatches were sent from the Colonial-office, yesterday to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, the Governor of Malta, and the Governors of H ong . Kong and Ceylon. A deputation from St. Anne's, Westminster, on the subject ot the Metropolitan Burial Bill, had an interview with Lord John Manners on Wednesday, at the (A ce f Public Works and Buildings, Whitehall-p1at,..,... he d e o ., putation consisted of Mr. Joseph George (churchwarden); Messrs. Divid Lexigo, Richard Hsylett, Jemcs Chatfield and H. Reeves (owcrt.ecrc); and Mr. Joseph surgeua'.ugers , , CREI%IORNE GAIWENS. The fine weather has given the CrEtnorne Gardens a fresh start; and on what may be called the second open ing night of the season—that of Wei nesday—there was quite a gals. The grounds were der,,ely crowded—the tneatre, the tents, and the dancing arena at once. In the course of the even i ng a b ' al kon ascent took Ow?' Mr. Coxwell being the adventurer; a n d a new ballet, m which the Cushui e Eisters - gracefully and pi c t uresquely h ppear, an d which is very go t up, Nva , bighl aP u P e r s_ elated. We understand that a regular trotwe ° e(lither attractions, too, are announced, and on th trians commence their performances next Monday' ether mr. Simpson requires enly bl ue sky to proce ed in summer campaign. wholea brilliant gentleman died DEATH OF WILI o IA xt- T vox, Egg s —The above near Naples, on the 13th inst. He was nearly a l Pava ', G e orge Lane Fox_, Esq., of Bramharn-park, Yorkshire,related and N gr. Sackville Lane , Fox, M.P. e wa s A-ttahC, c the 11 °' Willian Temple a lam- Sion at the Court of Rung F er dinand of Maples. TRE D at L ---.... LA NE - _‘. P A RLIAMENT.—We are enabled to confirm the statementISSOLUTION ‘,. ormed Sunday paper, relative Opposition to a usua lly well- i! we made on Monday, in • to the ti however,yet fixed. The prorogation, the folluwin g Tues is - s - , • Le dissolution is not, l e on Thursday next, the Ist iti ,i 5 eZ PeCted, will , ri; , _.,,en's dissolui e g llte pairiliament in person. The day of J u l y, but it is suppo sed t_, a dissolution will be deferred tilt A " The Lord Chamberlain has issued the dissolution, to the House of Lads en the day of his tickets of abut leaves a blank far the day. Her Majesty but t yesterday visited the new Houses of A spent a long time in going over them.— Parliament, and •'' and Prince Alba Advertiser. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANTo—The presented a petition to the House s ing that they may be allowed to proceed with of Lords, Pra. , _ and that the standing orders may be dispensed their Bil/ , a with. nE ,SHERIFFS' DINNER TO THE JUDGES.-011 v the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex gave a very Wedues-! ° -' t dinner to the Judges, at the Albion Tavern, Alders gate . eleaan et, The chair, as usual upon these occasions, was gate-stroeccup occupied by the Sheriffs Cotterell and Swift, who, in prcTOT:rssof the Bill have jointly the course of the evening, alternately proposed the different Among the guests w e o b se r v ed—Lord John R usse ll , rfP s :Vice-Chancellor Turne r , Mr. Justice Erle, M r . J ust i ce Talfourd,. Mr. Justice Crompton, Baron Martin, Alderman Sir W. Magnav, Alderman Sir G. Carroll, Alderman Hooper, Alderman Sir J. Musgrove, Alderman Moon, Alderman Fin nis, Alderman Sir R. W. arden, Alderman Carter, Mr. Ser geant Manning, Mr. Sergeant Herbert Jones, Mr. Sergeant Bellasis, Mr. Sergeant Wallenger, Colonel Phillips, Captain Erskine, Captain Hire, R.N., Captain Gordon, Sir G. E. Hodgkinson, D. Nicoll, Esq., Hon. J. Dormer, Mr. Ryland, Mr. Locke, Rev. Dr. Rice, Mr. Secondary Potter, Mr. Deputy Harrison, Mr. Norris, Mr. Barber, Mr. James Th omson, Mr. Mr. Plumley, Mr. C a tty, M r. Under- John Wood, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Stoner, Mr. T. T ownelye, Rev. Mr. Calvert, Sheriff Millard, Mr. Under-Sheriff Hopwood, and about 50 other gentlemen. GLASGOW, JUNE 19.—Cotton---There has been very little demand for cotton this week, and sales have been made only to a small extent. The better qualities of Ame rican, however, continue steady, but a decline in the mid dling and lower classes of 10. per pound has taken place. For goods and yarns the demand is less active, and manu facturers and spinners are disposed to meet buyers on more accommodating terms. The finer counts of yarns are still, however, very high. Iron—pi g iron market steady , a fair demand existing. Hold ers require 40s. cash for m.n . war rants, and 41s. open. Th e advance has, however , c h ec k ed business, there being f ew transactions at t h ese quo t at i ons. Manufactured iron is in good 61. per ton ; rails, 6/. net. Bars, from 51. 108. to Four boatmen were drow ned at Lymington on demand: Saturday, by attempting to a state of intozicAtion. reac h a 's&sl in the Creek fhild