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lo it o no f reo , THE QUARTERLIES. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. No. C-YCIV. Although there are no less than ten contributions 1 1 4 the current number of the Edinburgh, we doubt tifieh`whether a single article amongst them will :.taio'even a temporary amount of popularity. Not t the papers in the April instalment are altogether , ,of talent, or that they are without being suf 4eutly, diversified, but that the talent displayed is ,J I?ugl.lout (for-the most pirt) dull and scholattic, ulods ans . dogmatical. Suggested by the Nou- Leueg Calises Celibres, the opening article, is a kind biore:phical sketch of " Tronson du Coudray," Whose name we should rather have seen among the 1 ` Unsuccessful Great Men," who are celebrated z i n such a very congenial spirit by Pro -I.e.ssor Creasy. The argument upon " Nationa l E ducation" which follows is a dry an d didactic repetition of facts already again and again teiterated—from the laborious volume of Mr. Wyse, now her Majesty's Ambassador to Greece, down to the most recent number of some of our pro vincial contemporaries. To some extent, however, iii thiS - article we can for repetition for the sake of the".Rhilanthropy, by which it is no IeSS glaringly distinguished. A review of "Farioi's Stato Romano," is followed - by a chapter on "Athenian Architecture," and this again, by—the most important contribution in the present number of the Edinburgh—the paper on " Investments for the Working Classes." The introductOry " sentences of 'the article here particu larized, are, unhappily, of almost universal applica tiou:-= "We have often had occasion to remark on the ohs etacles and perplexities; the hidden perils, the opposing riskythe surprising and unforeseen dilemmas, which beset the path of active beneficence, especially when attempted on a great scale. The ditfimlty of doing good is at least equal to its ltixury. To the conscientious and the thoughtful the path of philanthropy is one of briars and thorns. On the one hand lies toe shame and re proach of witnessing a vast accumulation of misery viithout an effort to relieve it: on the other the danger —even Moro clearly apprehended in proportion as our experience is wide and our inquiries deep—of aggra vating the evil we attempt to ositig Ars. On the one side :t!° the sin of the Levite Who looks upon'the woine:ed and b l nrt e t .eoog 'victim, and pesses by, either in shritikteg sensi tir. 9r i n sheer despair: on the other lies the risk, from ignorance or incaution, of pouring in oil which shall eah solhe wounds to tester, and w i ne w hi c h shall stimu late the fever. It is no easy matter to steer between Boyne. a n d Charybdis; and we should deal gently wiih the Pilots if only ho be cautisus and mod as—who, in Shunning one peril. incurs shipwreck from the other." root' reargus O'Connor's involvment with reference to his land scheme, .is, in the course of the argument, ac counted for in a.manner which is clear, without, of ? ° _ T ur "- , being satisfactory. After an estimate of ° ll tv liriox's Liturgy," comes a criticism of M. st.‘`, —.7°11131 biography of "Mallet du Pan." Strangely graceful is the opening of what, at a first glance, seems u° be very d r il y suggest i ve , name ly, the review of Roebuck's Whi g Mi n i s t ry o f 1830." In the course t f , t hese , preliminary remarks to a political review it lq t o in. in reference to the respect and gra / "e in. which the venerable Samuel Rogers— sdeeistedly rara axis in terris, *rogue simillirna cygno, 17 1 ,1 11 ,a4much as he is both a Poet and a 13.inker)—is w ,,TY the public up to this very moment—" It bruei indeed., have been extraordinary if the poet of ',Letnory should not live in our recollections." A ntltiee of " Squier's Nicaragua" is succeeded by a Pa i Per on "Lord Derby's Ministry and Protection"— P a Per unquestionably free trade, but also unques ..°Ottble Whig —as Whig as might have been expected Vrer the l ivery o f b u ff an d bl ue. A n d s o the num the ,Edinburgh., is brought to a conclusion. ' • rE ,LIT6RATURE. JESUIT IN INDIA. One Volume. Burns d Lam c urious volume, an in some bert. respects really extra- Ltdiriary in its rev e lations, is the one here published. lit i r e ,.."°unts the progress made by the Jesuit mission the" in Southern India during the last few years, b a ki v Wr iter--evidently a man of singular intelligence -4...14g qualified himself for the task of inditiog the 1 4 1, K -4147 's by four years spent in the midat of the °lll3 he enumerates. Sir Harcourt Lees is dead, ills true, but we have still amongst us men interested L wat ching the movements nearer home than the schira mission of the disciples of St. Ignatius de Y° l.o . Indeed, the development of the Society of 4,s to England is amongst the number of those tmakable events which arrest, by the force of o e iLve . r.Y, singul a rity ' a nd importance, the atten rof, most indifferent spectator. • During u ' er a' years the Jesuits have extended, .._flebserved, it may be, but none the less securely t" -that account, the wondrous influence exercised by theta. t a nnw-a-days scarcely less effectually amongst f th e Penple of these islands than amongst any other o e . various races of Christendom. It behves every 4 -, therefore, really solicitous to forward the cause truth in religion to scrutinize keenly the course t i p r r s e u s ea din tey this unassuming but dominant association. g their ranks over the whole of the habitable of the globe, the Jesuits are every where ac itiewQ by the same mo ti ves , sw ay e d by the same Theystrugglin g t owar d s t h e same ac hi evemen ts. 'gy are d i ff erent l y clad, it is true, in different re -100., speakiog in th ose diff erent reg i ons a different guage, a n d a d opt i ng towards their different inhabi tants very different kinds of demeanour. But in all Other respects the Jesuit is still the Jesuit, nothing m ore' and nothing less than the Jesuit, be he in the trainthe leofe his General at Rome, be he a resident at Stonyhurst, be he in the streets of a ria, or in th e so li tu d es o f H in d os t an , floating over the oriental seas, or threading .the forests of America, Pass ing under th e l uxur i ant f o liage of the south or e ve r -.the sterility of the northern snows. it i., con ierjllY, not waste of toil to pore over the pages ev e " let us into the secret movements of the Society, .' 1:1 When these movements are so far removed from 4 Own observation as the southern portions of the static continent. We remember the almost inspiringawe e effect of that scene in the Jail Errant, in ~.„"1 1 Eugene Sue described M. Rodin as bending 1 , -. 1 7! a globe representing the earth, the surface of t ZS,,h was marked in red dotted lines, with the j-: e 4 of the footsteps of these übiquitous 4 114 missionaries. Here, at any rate, is a uti le which enables us to trace those footstepsdirection, somewhat more comprehensibly in one j e r e ec tinn, namely, into the southern quarters of our ` 4 'an territory. The scene of the missionary la bours: there, described by the anonymous traveller, j e rnbr snes part of the Carnatic, the province of Tan r,e,s. and the country down to Cape Comorin, coin taing, in fact, the southernmost extremity of Ilin sfstnn, and being designated the Viceriate of Madura. th l a t uateditt from about 7.51 to 11.50 north 1 ititude, i;;:',..c k linaate is very relaxing, from the perpetual heat ing sometimes 100 Fahrenheit in the day time, and falling only l'2 degrees by midnight—cholera Ptevaleet, and &most luvariably in its most dais- Itliaern"" intensity, by reason of the previous exhaus -I.4:.(::ritehree i r is that the mi s sionaries are described as ssieh au . d the Preserver un ° 4l4 -13-ahma the Creator, V h not merely in , and i .Siva,olatryor believing but,heldes these , selected 'Sometimes, as in - by the most Schew , the Destroyer— : estroyer— symbols worshipping llotl Sal. grovelling fetichism. the instance of the petrified shell -granan, this idolatry descends even to the in e t le, a deification - of th e f rea k s of Nature, b ranc hi ng o ff mythology alt oge th er so i ntr i ca t e as t o ren d e r all ° Other Mythologies numerically insignificant by rnparison. A ccor di ng to t h e account given by th i s ,"tie volum e , th e t e mpt a ti ons t o a d venture upon the ishours of Christianizing the. Hindoos—fcr the Mus roalen, in the present state of things seem t o b e Peless— are anything but persuasive in a worldly tense; the dwelling of the adventurer 'being a mud "t) thatcte4 with palm leaves, his bed a mat spread ° „ ll Ptenks, his food rice, occasionally accompanied by the flesh of some lean and tough poultry. Yet, by / t e ane such as these, it is dteslared that upwards of . is " 0,000 idolaters in that quarter of the globe alone ye been 'redeemed to a belief in Christianity. K ° weeer, the matter here considered is one demand `ng the serious attention of the public—aiding them, as these state men ts cannot fail to do , in their effort tO n ",nlPrehend the progress of the Jesuit p art y in 11 --g i. i . and by watching the movements of t heir brethren -etneostan. ZLE A " K HOUSE. .No. 111. By Charles Dickens. • IVlAtared and raeltowed in style, " Boz" is as fresh as flye r h in on Bleak House, which seem ed i ° two first numbers to commence in a subdued to 411 1 auch as even filled our mind with disappoint 81ft+ has already in the third number developed it with a vigour and rapidity that promise to ren der 4 trot Unworthy of the pen of our incomparable aov elist"--one who, without extravagance, may b csll d.. _e.d the L e S age o f hi s generation.. Extrci3ing o f a lng his lifetime an influence that Le Sage never tried —re a d by thousands and thousands almost the instant of publication—his green numbers 0 5 9 n g simUltaneously on the tables of the artizin and the patrician —we exult to find a genius possessini ~0139.w"si bility,sr in some respects so very solemn in its re. always displaying itself in the inculk ',On. or, the worship of the gooq, the gentle, and the u'autitul. Seldom has the large heart of Charles r tl kc , 4.' l ens revealed this tendency more conspicuously lar, i .. n the May instalment of hia new fiction. Esther. becomes more loveable than ever (uncon eivusly to herself) in the writing of her autobio- L 'P V . Mr. Jarndyce himself, capital fellow bgla he is, w ith hi s perpetual terror of the ess.- - 4 ) and his uncomf o rt a ble liability to he "floored - g'lrl" his hi s nose put out .of joint by his friend former s c ho o l f e ll ow Lawrence Boythorn , who literally bursts i n t o th e narrative, takes the reader's Partiality b y storm, and gives promise of b ein g one of the most glori ous creat i ons o f th e author, to whom „ world is already indebted for such beings as Old iValler, and Tom Pinch, and Captain Cuttle, sad Trari.ll — mon, and John isMr.jultellini, tuid_ TILE SUN Dick Swiveller. His roaring voice, his intense superlatives, his boisterous laughter, his grey hairs, his youtig heart, his good humour, and his canary, all —win upon one immediately. A terrible dragonoess of a Mrs. Psrdiggle (with her five , restrained boys) is introduced in like manner, and sweeps us away in spite of ourselves, into a visit to the hovel of an Aband on ed brickmaker. Ada and Either are of the party who are thus characteristically addret.ksed by the lord and master of the hovel, 4- the brickmaker - - -------- - "1 wants a end of these liberties took with my place; I wants a end of being drawed like. a badger. ,- Now you're a going to . poll-pry and question according - 6 custom—l know what you're a going to be up to. W e ll! You haven't got no ecea..ion to be up to it. save you the trouble. Li my daughter a washin? Yes, she is a washin. Look at the water. - Smell it! That's wot we drinks. How do you •hke it, . and what do you think of gin, instead! An't my place dirt)? YEA, it is dirty—it's nat'rally - dirty, and . it's nat'rally onwholescme; aid We've had five' dirty and ouwnulesome children, 53 is all decd in fonts, and so much the bettur for them, end fur us bel sides. Have I read the little book wct you left?. ' No', I an't read the littl e b oo k wut you left. There ati!t no , body here as knows how to read it; and if there w'6,9, it.' woulo'ot be suitable to me. It's a book fit for a bsbby, and I'm not a bahby. If you woos to leave me. 4 dol t, .1 should'nt nuns it. H ow have I been conducting of 'my' -self? Why, I' ve b een d run k f or th r ee days;: and I' d ' a. been drunk tour, if I'd a had the money. Don't I never meau for to go to church? No, I 'don't Dover wean for tngo to church. I shouldrit be expected thre, if I . did; the beadle's too gee.-teel for me. And how,clid my wife Rot that black e y, ? Why,, I giv' it her; an d i f s he. says I did'nt, she's a Lie!" - Before Ada and Esther leave - the room, but after Mrs. Pardiggle and her children have departed, the' poor child, in the arms of the brickmaker's wife, dies: " Esther!' cried Ada, sinking on her knees beside it. Look here! 0 Esther , my love, the little thing! The sufVring, quiet, pretty little thing! lam so sorry for it. lam so sorry for the mother. I never saw a sight so pitiful as this bf-fore I 0 baby, baby.!!"' While they are still there, a poor woman, calling out "Jenny ! Jenny !" hurries in and falls upon the neck of the bereaved mother. " She lied no kind of grace about her, but the grace of sympathy; but when she condoled with the wo man, and her own tears fell, she vranted no b?euty. I say condoled, but her only words were Jenny! Jenny 1' All the rest was in the tone. in which she said them. "I thought it very touching to see these two women.' coarse and sh,bby and beaten, so united; to see What they could be to one another; to see how they felt 'for one another; bow the heart of each to each Was soft ened by the bard trials of their lives. I think the best side of such people is almost hidden from us. What the poor are to the poor is little known, excepting to them .elves and God." Our friend Ilarold Skimpole appears for a moment in this number, but in that moment utters thoughts anent the Bel, that we should have liked to have re ferred to the consideration of Dr. Watts. It is at breakfast, and he is eating honey when he thus dis courses : " He had no objection to honey, he said (and I should think he had not, for he seemed to like it), but he pro tested against the overweening assumptions of Bees. He didn't at all see why the busy Bee should be proposed as a model to him; be supposed the Bee liked to make honey, or he wouldn!ttio it—nobody asked him. It was not necessary for the Bee to make such a merit of hia tastes. If every confectioner went buzzing about the world, banging against everything that came in his way, and egotistically calling upon everybody to take notice that ho was going to his work and must not be interrupt , d, the world would be quite an insupportable place. Teen, after .11, it was a ridiculous position, to bS smoked out of your fortune with brimstone, ao sson as you bad made it. You would have a very mean opinion of a Manchester man, if he spun cotton fur no other purpose. He must say he thought a Drone the embodi ment of a pleasanter and wiser idea. The Drone said, unaffectedly, ' Ysu will excuse me; I really cannot at tead to the.shopl I find myself in a world in which there is so much to see, and so short a time to see it in, That I must take the liberty of looking about me, and begging to, be , trovided for by somebody who. doesn't , want. to look about lane.' This appeared to Mr. Skim pole to be the Drone philosophy, and he thought -it. a very good philosopny—always supposing the Drone to. be willing to be on good terms with the Bee: which, so: far as he, knew, the easy fellow always was, if the con-. sequential creature would only let him, and not be so couceited about his honey." . .By the way Esther obtains some delightful .nick 'names, .snoli as Old Woman, Cobweb, Mother Hub= bard, and Dame Durden. And, by the way, again, this same 'Dame Darden has a love passage in the, ninth chapter-Mr. Guppy formally filing a declare- tiou, or in Other words "popping the question: The scene is described with infinite hutiidur., After Guppy, has depatted, of course rejected—, .saith Esther ; I sat. there for another hour or rciore, finishing my books and paynients, a ndgeiting.through Plenty 01,4 - siness. Then, I. arranged my desk, and put everything, away, and was so compoEed and cheerful that I thotight, I had quite dismissed this unexpected incident. But, when 1 went up-stairs to my room, I surprised tcyself by beginning to laugh übsut it, and then surprised myself still more by beginning to cry about it. In short, I was in a flatter for a little while; and felt us if an old &acid had been more coarsely touched than it ever had been sines the days of the dear old doll, long buried in the garden." l'he closing chapter of the number has reference to Soagsby, Jew stationer, of Cook's-court, Cursitor-street, who is 'described as emerging from tea, " greasy s .warm, herbaciousond chewing; to Mrs..Sn . egsay, wife of the aforesaid,- whose sharp' nose is 'ssid to laaVe'been " like a sharp autumn even ing, inclining tohe frosty towards the ehd," to Glister' ('. by some supposed to have been christened Ku guSta"); their poor slatternly servant girl, who ".has' fits," -and. who regards with such laduairation " the little' drawing-room up stairs always kept, as one may sayi; with its'hair r inpapersand its pinnafore on." Besides these, we -are introduced again to Mr. Tulkinghorne the solicitor of Lincoln's Inn-fields, whom we accons - - pany to - Krook's rag and bottle shop, and up to the mysterious second-floor lodger, " The Law Writer e " , strongly suspected by ua and by others, we opine, to be one of ,the,family of the Jarndyces. So ends,, the number on the threshold of his apartment. • EINE ARTS. • . THE HOLY FAMILY. Painted by Murillo • engraved by Bridoux. 11.1 1 .Lectn. A. superb line engraving of this celebrated master piece has very , recently, been issued from the'esta .. blishment of Mr. Thomas APL?an of the HAyriaarket: Of late'years the graver has been so genetrilly super -, seded by the mezz ,tioto-rubber, and the 'etehing nee'dle, that We'regard With very peculiar satisfaction its employment in the highest. department - of whit 'may be - called in a - twrotold - aeuse the "imitative art" par excellence. More:partiqatl: larly :are we rejoiced to witness the appr-orarute., o f line.engraving with anything like superior preten. - siona about it, when the artist has selected fee, representation some more than uqualli original. Precisely thus is it witb reference to' the' magnificent production before Us, in which the'mas ter•skill of A: Bridoux hai admirably ititerpreted-the , Master-genius of Murillo. It is now many years' -ince the " Holy Family," painted by Murillo some where about 16&l (namely, in -the forty-seventh year of his - egrei and twenty-five years hafore bia demise), came to be regarded as amongst the noblest evidences of bis-,powers by the people of, this country. Produced originally at Cadiz for the Marquis of Pedroso, the picture was valued accordi to •Ceari aqintidez at 800 pesos of 15 reals or 600 crowns - 0 being ultimately bought for the 'English nation in 1837, together with Rubens! " Brazen Serpent," for the sum of . 7 0 -350/ . ., and deposited in the National Gallery by order of the; Government. Every one who has visited' that Maim, .oholy repository, of the artistic treasures 'of p t - 04! Britain must have paused be fore that, i f_ before no, other picture in the collection, in admiration...lt is numbered, indeed, with the masterpieces, of the' whole gallery, with the "St. John," also by Mu rillo, Leonardo o oGn , t uha w rei dd i t ooE h , the " Ecee Homo" and the " Mercury a teaching Cdinwdapariitlrdha,;ntcaotafeaCaiont,hrdcreeggio," with the "Susantaah hw ' r \L atth ot it a nh n de d • ,t h ,h i n s e aD D isoi a na u gt g ara h o t f e ”L rs ao i' .r. ' zarus" of Sebastian del Piombo. To expatiate ow', :he more conspicuous beauties ot " Holy Family". of Murillo — the y c f e e lk at s u ti r a a l - countenance of -the Divine', the s se a r n e d ne m Child, the lovely anadtermneadlitteantidvearnasespsecotf:: he Blessed Virgin, exquisite colouring, the' of St. Joseph—the matchless grouping, and all the. other glorious e s v it e io n n oti w t on of ld pl b a e ce w h o e r r s e e , th b a a n ttah the pathos ; pectiliarities of the, solemnity; that erfluous, and a 1, 7 e are en-; . Bild ransferred ebbed to remark that they are a u o f t w he oulel ani b P e ° to the engraving by the skilful hand'of with one exception, of course—that of colourin" 4%110 plate, which is 23 inches high by 20f• wide, doe signal hofiotir to Mr.l3ridoux, while no inconsiderable portion of_ credit will be reflected upon the establi s t,4 ment bf Mr. M‘Lean by the issue of every successive ig I impression. • . . . . packet, Captain --PLYMOUTH, WED; , wick steam. NESDAY, MAY 5. t Thursday, ssw the Penim hich left this port last Elarvey, w SouTHAMPTON 12),.:A S I Capt Brooke=i, solar and ' Oriental Company's steamer a tan ' • - L B Y ri M m ° B l.l". —say, live or six miles an hoar—bound Docks the slay the 'Mediterranean. She left Southampton ished about twenty- in the Needles Passage, in a thick fog, - g w o i i t u h g .t a h t e h m alf ai s ls pe f e o d r she sailed , before at 2 so r.m., and had thus accom six miles in sixteen hours. Had threading the trance to the Bay of Biscay, while she was t . sho'would have crowed the Channel and have made the en s t uad-the difficult navigation of the Southampton 'water. from Plytnouth k Needles Passage. On Sunday morning, the 2d tustant, a t half-past ten o'clock,. the' Peninsular and Oriental Comp an y' s steamer Madrid,, Captain Weeks, from Spain, was seen. by a fisherrean - to the southward of the Eddystone, within two hours' ssil of Plymouth. 'Sh e arr i ve d a t S ou thampton., on Monday night, and her m a il s reac h ed London on Tuesdayforenoon. Had the Madrid com e into PIN-rneuth, her Ittters . would have reached the metropolis on, ilondav-'-inore than t wen ty-f wr ilogre..earlier than by the ceuree'athipted: LONDON, PARLIANENTAIVK DIVISIONS (From the Votes aad Proceedings of the House of Commons) wEISSESDAY ~ A SY 15. , . ::. : • . • T&IsiIANT RIGHT (lII:ELAND) BILL. - - Order reAd,,,ler. rsumiren•. j , thfit. ftvrtlifr ' p ro ceeding. on Amendment PrOpesed to Q u estion, " That the Bill be now , ; retel---n---isecorrd—tianer , Ind which Amendment waste leave out thCiiord " now;" and; at the. end of the Question to add the words" upon thiS day six months:"QUeAtion again prop.4Sid, 1 " That, the word ' now stand part , Sir T. at' the Question." Further proceeding resumed; Question . .• put, Tue Hoi so divi,'.ed':— . _ . MINORITY —AYES, 57. . Adair, R. A. Heard, J.-I. ---- .- O'Brien, John. Armstrong, Sir A. HemHiggiti,s,AlGwexrganeder , . 0 0: c H o r n 1 T en , M. . J. Barron, Sir 11. 4ass, M. T. Ho w4rd, P. 11. . O'Flaherty, Anthony . Bellew, R. M. Atyvard, Sir It, Ferfect, ItobQrt, Blalce, M. J. i Keating, Rolcie.?i , Fewer, Nicholas Height, John s P f '. ' -Kehgp,,Willlern - Rawdon, Colonel Berke, Sir T. J. Kershaw, Jarites —,. • Reynolds,jolm Bullet, P. S. i ,l„§A-tess;. , ccc , ll2, -- Sadleir, John Castlereagh, Vise. 11PCMiagh, w,.T., Scrope, G. I', Co.htlen Richard Magan, W. 11. Scully, Francis' Cd,On, ' W. 11. Maher, N. Scully, ViriCant ' Coirhally, M. E. Meath CL. ThamaS Sullivan', Michael .. Dei,'ere,ux, J. T. Mahon, o%,ormart Ten»ent, R. J. • Fo_i; Richard M. 11iliipao. Rohert Thonapson, Colonel Frouch, F. e.,7lfonell, Wiliam „' ,Waliiley, T. COW, IVyndham Moore, o,j,ki __ ~, ,IValinsley, Sir J. ,GracO. 0. D. J. Murphy, F. *,, '.. r .. TILLEnsi. Grattan, Henry Norreys, Sit D. __'-: 'Crawford, W. S. &cote, John Nugent, Sir.Fercy Roche,:E. B. • . ',if i MAJORITY—NOES, 167. Adderley, C. E. .li)(sncan, Geerge Lowther, Henry Anson, Viscount ' Dfincombe, A. - Mama:tighten, Sir. YE. Arkwiright, G. Dunne, Colonel - - „Mandeville,: Viscount Bailey, Craw:hay Du rre, C. G. Manners, Lord C. Bailey, Joseph East, Sir J.- : _ Manner% Lord J. Baillie, 11. J. Edwards, 11. ' March,jEarl of Baßlock, E. H. Egerton, Sir P. Morgan, 9. 13ankes, G. Egerton, W.T. - , Naas, Lord Barrington, Lord Farnhatn,-.E. —:- ...Napier, Joseph BArrow, W. H. ;,. Ferrer, James -- Nevid, Joseph Bennet, Philip ,:" --- -r." Fellowes,,E. :-. Newport,. Yiset. Beresford, William ~.,Eertluson, Sir.ll,-, , Noel, G. J.. Bernard, Vi- could; .“ Ylnyer, John O'Brien, Sir Lucius ' Blair, Stephen ~F orbes, Wm. - Paeke, C. W. Blandford, Marquis ~, Fordyce, A... 8 .-- =. Pakington, Sir John Bonham-Cartir, Z. J' Forester, d:C. -'_ . Palmer, Robert Booth, Sir It. G. Forster, M. i : Patten,.]. W. Bowles, Adififtal ;Pox:, S.: L. . . Pennant, Colonel Brernridge,Richara ~'-rreestun, Colonel Philips, Sir G. It. Bridges, Sir B. Freshfield, Y. W. Filkington, James Bristo, M. , , Fuller, A,. E. - Pugh, David Brooke, Sir A. '..- Galway, -Viseettrit . Pusey, P. Bretherton, J. . Gilpin. Colonel , 7 Ricardo, Dart - lan Braqe, Lord E. •' .--* tiore, W. It".. 0. - Richards, Richard Brnce, C. L. Goulburn, Henry. Rushout, Captain Buck, L. W. Granger, T. C. Sanders, George Banbury, William .., flreenall s Gilbert Seynaer, IL K. Bargliley.4l . prd, , , , ,.f '.•.,, :Gwyn, KoWel •- • Smyth, Jr hn George Burrell, Sir C. - ''' 'Raiford, Sir H. - ' Sinollett, A. Carew, W. IL role Hamilton, Geo:-A.. Somerville, Sir W. Carulleild, J. M. Hamilton, J. IL, , ,' Stallard, AugustuS Cayley, E. S. Hamilton, x.orac. Stanley, Edward Chichester, Lord J. - Flardinge, 0, S. Stuart, H. Child, Smith HaStie,, Alexander Stuart, J. Christopher. R. HaYes, - SWE: Sturt,lieray G. Clements, Charles Headlam, I'ITOSNaIf. ' Tennent, Sir J. Clerk Sir G. dieneage, G. IL - , • - Thesiger, Sir F. Clive, R. H. VenleY , 4y.W. • - Thicknesse, IL A. Clive, Henry B. Hildyard; T. B.T._' Thornely, "Thomas Cobbold, J. C. Hill. Lords __F Trollope, Sir J. • Coehrane,A. pi . ;,,,7 Hope, Sir .: Tyler, Sir G. Cocks,'. Z: " ' Hotham, Lard-:,Tyrell, Sir J. T. COdrington, Sir W. Hughes, Wi;B:7 -- f Verner, Sir W. Collins, Thomas H ume, Joseph --- Vesey, Hon. T. Colvile, C. R. Johnstone, Sir.J. Villiers, Viscount Conelly, Thomas Jolliffe, Sir W.,H. Vyse, 11. R. IV . 11. Corny, H. ~,---.' i ~.5' (Jones, Captain___ - Walpole, S Walsh, Sir J. B. Cotton, W. FL 'Kelly, Sir F.' Darner, Colonel , , ,Knox, Colonel Welby, G. B. Davie, Sir H. ~--'"- --': 'Knox; W.:.8: - - : : Whiteside, James Davies, D. A. S. Langton, W. H. Worcester, Marquis Denison, Edmund ~ ',laennard, WYnn, 11. W. DOct, J. W. Lennox; Lord A. • Yorke, E. T. Dodd, G. Lennoi., Lord 11 G. , Drunalanrig, 'Viscount ; Leslie, C P.. _ TELLERS. Drummond, Henry - long, W. ' . Bateson, T. Drummond, Home _Lowther, Colonel Mackenzie, W. F. er Yesterday, et s t h e • • PARLIAMENTARY:: = COMMITTEES'. WORCESTER AND HEREFORD RAILWAY. other uWAiti. after a4ireereteced iequiry, andeoperesition on the part of the Great Western Railway. — nt Committee, consisting of M. -Childers, Colonel Peel, and others, passed the preamble of this Bill,promoted by the LOndon and North-Western Railway, for making a line frera Worcester 4bliereford; with branches to the city of Worcester, to Malvern,' and to Lrdbury. The Bill also tithes powers to enter into ereorleing , arrangements with the Midland and London and North-Western Corn• p.lies, to whom it will giTe ,access to andeootnmunication with the districta!Of SetetbeWales; The estimated cost of the line is 220,0001. Evidence was adduced on the part of the Commissioners of - the Severn, Navigation t o show thatthe propotedtfiXed-bridge below Worcester, p a rrying thb 'railway :across e" the ,Severn, would annihilate the r avigation at thelimenf high tides, and that .4 would be necessary to _hays a swing or draw bridge, Th e promoters of the railWaylpropied a fixed bridge as specific height and spar and that vessels at the time of high tides sho uld la y up': at. Worcester. Ultimately elating were introduced, 'Raying dee matierlo the juris diction of the Admiralty. The . 'Parliamentary and Cotner expenses .ef , prosectieieg -the Bill for this line are said to amount to betereen4o,ooo/ and 50,000/. :LON]) )N AND NpWrit-WESTEAN I RAILWA.X.—The Qbnetnittee, in reporting the preamble 'of this company's e r go Bills, state that the object of the first is to effect ar rangements with regard 44: capital, and for enlargement of the stations at WelVehOn - and Kilburn; and of the seco nd, for newe:lietie near Oxford, -to connect with the Backinghamshire railmaltaiated,. the' Oiford, ,WOrceeter, arid Wolverhanateton,etnelto effect arrangements between the latter etoniPticY anti' thee London and North- Western. The Committee report that the financial object of the corepany is'. to enable _them to convert, by degrees, their existing debt into irredeemable ,stock, bearieg annual 'interest not exceeding three and a half per cent., such new or debenture stock to have priority of interest or dividend over all existing prefe rence shares or stock of the company; but inasmuch as the debenture stock will only be created instead of mortgages or dehetures bearing on an average a far higher rate of interest, which interest has now a priority -over all preference shares ci stock of the company, tho Committee did not desm, the crcation- of the debenture stock tee, be a " ' g rantin g of preference or priority" Within the araningof the 128th standing -order, or an t4teration of the terms of , any existing preference or. 'priority, within the needing .of the 129 -h standing order. The C o mmitteeamereete - t he B d ill by declaring the expediency of creating a dthenture " me w i t h - -ahe interest not exeCeiieg '3I-p-er cent., instead of an in terest positively of 31 per cent. GREAT WESTEAN RAILWAY.----- X eateruay tua uom ,mivee on this conapany're for the purchase and, transfer of the Kennett and- Avon Canal, for making • errangements with the Wiltseßetmereote and Weymouth, t passed the and fur additiereal workeet Didoe , preamble. O FREE-TRADE 'PROTECT NISTS. present Adminis- The only remedy propene& by-the iration lies silkily in maintaining the existing commer -6,11 policy of the country: e Our friends of the Protection press, if they would-he true to their own colours, must prepere to furbish eire' same of their best samples of in Vective against the Derby"'" traitor" a nd the renegade . Of Buckinghamshire. In . what reti ne ct does th e reluc tant adhesion of the preskt_Firsf Minister to the doe, trines of Free Trade ditfer_frorn their recognition by that great statesman who, -4o his country's lost, was snatched away from as, except in so .far that he has been more slow to i diteernthe policy which this country eould not but pursue if -it w ould - raeintain its rank in the scale of nations? What kind of "pledge did thei, let 3 Sir Robert Peel give To the great Conservative F ar yin 184 e which can for a moment be compared ;with the pledges given lay,Lord'a7rby as chief speker- Man and recognizd leeder,oi thii Protection patty'since 184t3 ?It Sir Robert was traitor, what is Lord is ? Let it not, heereeer, before thonaent supposed !,that we wish the Quie,tilians a nd Cicero of monopoly ice) turn their! keens against -- the leaders of the present Administration. iFor the ~Slip- of decency let them at Most leave off calling of hard names.' acd recognize ; results which any 'hut &blind - man win perceive. If there ';! be any " treason," or any such - heavy matter' in' Lord ' l Derby's present Position, it is that he liad'not the num liness to act as Sir Robert Peel did at a far more mo . mem one time.ee No 'alien , can meke a great, sp eech.in more efficient style than the. present Premier when he fairly sets about it. Why does . ,he shrink front ilia odium of acknowleMeg his Misteke, seed admitting in the face of the country and of his own followers that he was Ira , taken?" Oh I hilt the elections are coming one we must not alienate the Totes of eureeivoliartisatie. We must not completely destroy the ifittlibn -faith bf the agricultural constituencies!" It would _ e ppear to any'unprejudiced . observer as though pope„Sir, Rebert had risked far more . than this, and bad expetiedJefihielf to stormOf Vitu peration which would not reach Lord beeby'sehead. - If is, however, of the Protection writers and the Protection press that we are speaking-et the present moment. Why do not they, even at the twelfth hour, make a tardy at tempt to escape from the mud through which they have been too long dregged ley every blockhead who on any hustings or at any Pretend - 01)1e( meeting throughout the country has stood up-tiered - a - his' little quantum of non sense to tbe.kterattlra of Protection?: - - It had i Leon ntintion-th epeak of the last shifts and c h a uswoltheTrotectietkwriters, but a feeling of cam punetiou envereemes us *Vail atT the last moment. Why tVtirnOtioVermen ep.whese 'position 'so much ridicule is aiitiehed?!! Rather let us entreat the public to look the eitherlftlye-flitilfiliftlatelhe example which themselves had set. We will not ton curiously remark upon their cunning argumentsfer proving that there is a subetan tial difference between the - fiscal - policy of the late and the present Chancellor -06 e Exchequer. • Mr: Disraeli may have:;euloigieed the! success of the Free-trade policy and maintained it in his present WO. . That is nothing. He has not adopted the formal terms ofSirCharles Wood's motion „nor, as far as we are aware, borrowed the Right Hon. 'Gentleman's hat—that is everything. Be, 'it so. It is as absolute a certainty as anything-can be which is predicated of human beings, and tot-the wisest. of their species—that ore six months and out the calumniators of Sir Robet Peel, the professional discoverers' of mares'- nests, the! literary . gtievineetitongers where no grievance' existed, still hemp_ turned froth the error of their ways. They will b -It Free-trade nag . pace ent articles, and ascribing the salleationnf their -.country to the very men who haie oppoilidethi* with ' ape icy from the first. Content the result, let us not be o ver-carious about the process. Let taitecid need! assly sounding the self love even of those who — are , 1 • east , Times. catitled to such reserve: REMOVAL Oi' 'l TiiE it EdiSTRAIt-GTNER;Lc(b;;ICE apply y t tSoonit ParliamentsET -ll6n fo s r E 6, :-•= ti It A c h t s a s 1n 13 .41a e e d n nidn f g o 4 u;ide existingnecessary A to t for object r g o l f s t the a registration .ofen amendment - introduced deaths,tahneaabroeilan, above Act tAha m ee,t a si t - i r i i ; si ade e r s olitfai mmce T oe mno h tn e ., mmoonnsd day, isL o t r o d a 'J lt o e b r n a_ ll c l l 4 4 li tme n e r o s t ,. providing, thatithe offices of the - b e ße.giste.ortf:,,lont:lnternredsBl,e'Rnstehvoeffilnitiee situatedA 'within:, the cities 'O . tomion or Westminster; a i i ti 1 h saoNm i D e g , pe et-p lace, Lo expedienti , n i d nfa ,:)u favour 9ft to e ‘ B 'a o c es a r t d e the department ,of the Regi s t rar -G i l i t er i :l t T i d i °l. "1 °.9 shortly- at 6. t1; 1-t riiiiiVe to"new offices, vvhich have been some jie l 4 in PPOr4iOP/itt CorTfird College, iiv the vidiov i ia l Of the Wadon_ INLersity... -17P+ cr ‘,./ . THURSDAY EVENING, SPORTING NOTES. No. CCXXI. THE RACE FOR THE CHESTER CUP AND THE FIELDS FOkt "r 0 MORROW. TO TITS EDITOR OF THE SUV. Sin,= —My reinarks on the Cap were, for the most part, correct; the four horses that I selected to cenuPY the foremost pwitions includt d Joe Miller and Stilton, the first end second; Duc an Dburras hid to give place to his stable companion, Cockcrow, that being the nog selected by Lord Waterford to win with; and HothorPe , tho remaining horse of my team, though in splendid conclition;was unable to give two stone for the year to the winner. The running of Joe Miller and Stilton at Epsom was reversed, in this instance ; fis on the Pown ll , Stilton beat Jae in a canter by the same distance that Jle yesterday beat - Stilton en the Rootlet). The true nature of the Handicap running of the year was borne out yosterday by that for the Cup. as the first and second for the Metropolitsn, and the first for the Noehemptonshire S'takos, obtained the first, three places; Poodle finishing n goad third, and the much talk( d•of 'Dena . % a fair f6nit JO6'S victrlry was almost a repetition of the Red D.;er gime iu 1814, as he had the:lead pretty nearly from the commencement to the finish, never having been headed after he had tekeu the command of the van. The race was run at a good pace,: the time being ;4 min. 6 sec. The , immediate effect of the result of :the race for the. Cup wits the .appearanco of 'Joe Miller at 15 to ,1 for the Derby. His chance for . the great event on the Downs of Epsom is of a very inferior kind, as tho.publie will finil it' being 11 slightly different thing to, carry 4st 10Ib a t Ch ester , receiving vveight from nearly. every , thing in the race, a n d bearing Bst 71b in the Derby 'at l eve l weights, with the best horses of the year. Ia my notes yesterday I forgot to state that Bethge lert and MArry Bird would be first and second for the Triennial Produce-S!akes, and the inforination will ba of little or no service now. Omissions and mistakes vviil occur in the beat ordered state of things. Seven stakes figure On the lis t for to-morrow, three of which—the 5 sovs. Handicap, Ladies' Purse, and Grand Stand Cup—close and name, this evening. The Wirral Stakes will, all probability, terminate in a . walk over; the owner of the fill y by Orlando out of the Maid orAeon being the r ec i p i ent of the forfe i ts . The Eaton Stakes may possibl y be contested by the Black Doc'mr, Bess of Hardwick, and Cslot or Ibis, BESS OF HARDWICK and CALOT occupyi n c, the first and second places, with the Black Doct or in le third posi tion, and Ibis last. The Cestrian Stakes will be contended for by Scipio, Stratagem, and Water Lily: STRATA GgX and Scipio filling the arst and second places, Water. Lily third aad last; The field for the Chezhire Sake, I believe, will con sist of Mountain Deer, itie Marquis, Goldf%der, Black Doctor, Ephesus, Cardinal Wiseman, D a k tr, and Merry Peal: GoLDritmEß or MERRY PEAL, t h e former f or choice, looking most like business; the Marquis close up. The Betting on to-morrow's events is as fol lows : —Cestrian Stakes-2 to lon the field. Wirral Stakes-3 to lon Maid of Avon filly. Cheshire Stakes —3 to 1 agst Goldfiuder; 4 to 1 each agst M erry Peal, Joe Mi!ler, and the Black Doctor. Eaton Stakea-6 to 4 apt Calot; 2 to 1 agst the 131ack D3ctor. I am, Sir, yours, Szc., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. May 6, 1852 . SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Corinthian Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, for all ages. Gentlemen riders. 7 fur longs. (6 Subs.) Mr, Morrie's Haresfoot, 10st 51b ....(Copt, Lille) 1, Mr. Davies's Gaylad, 6 yrs,'lot 51b. ..... ... (Owner) 2 Mr.Dawaon's naEmerystone, 931441) (Mr.C.Boynton) 3 Mr.H.Frencit'sflappyQueete6yrs,lo4sll3(Mr.Garnan) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Haresfoot, and 7to 4 agat Emery. stone. Won by half a length. Rua in 1 miu. 27 sec. First year of the Second Triennial Produce Stakes of 10 sous. each, h ft. with 30 added. T.Y.C. Mr. Drewe's Defiance. Bst Est (Charlton) 1 Mr. Worthington's Jaquenetta, Bst 21b (J. Osborne) 2 Betting-6 to 4oa Defiance, who waited until the half distance, and won a well-contested race by a neck. The race was not timed. The Tradesmen's Plate of 200 sows., added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 soya. each, 15 ft, and only 5 if de clared;. the second to receive 50 soya, out of the stakes, the third- to save his stake, and the winner to pay 25 rum. towards eipensos. The winner of either the Northamptonshire Stakes, Metropolitan Stakes, Newmarket Handicap, or the Somersetshi re Stakes, in 1852, to carry 10Ib extra, or of any other handi- Cap race of the v a lue of 2 00 soya.; including the win . ner's own stake, 51be. extra. Cup C o urse , about two miles and a'quarter. (210 Subs., 81 of whom do• blared.) Mr. Farrance's Joe Miller, 3 yrs, 4st 10Ib (H. Goatee) 1 Mr. Meiklaufti Stilton, 3 yrs, sst 81b (Aldcroft) 2 Lord Clifden's Poodle, 3 yrs, sst Sib ...(T Sherrard) 3 yrs, Mr. Whieldon's B en i to, 3 4st .........( Fordham) '4 The followi n g a l so st a r t e d, bat were not placed:— Ur. Martinson's Nancy, 4 yrs, 9st (F. Marsoe) Mr. Mengart's-Russborough, Bst 71b ...... (E. Keegan) 0 Mr. Osbaldeston's &fountain Deer„ Bst 61b ...(Hiett) 0 Mr. E.. Phillip's Truth, 4 yrs, Bst 2,1 b .•••••(J. Doyle) 0 Mr. Mosely's Al onzo , 5 yrs, Bst ......• ••••(Simpson) 0 Getters' Anson's Backbiter, aged, 7st 121 b (Charlton) 0 Mr. Grevillo's Ariosto 4 yrs, Tat 101 b ...(Dockeray) 0 Lord Wilton's Lady Evelyn, 6 yrs, 7st Sib (Flatman) 0 Lord Eglinton's Hippelytui, 4 yre, 7st 81b (J. Sharp) 0 Mr. Phillips's Le Juif, 4 yrs, 7st 61b ,...(Knott) 0 Mr. Palmer's Goldfinder, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (W. Sharpe) 0 Mr. Clark's Old Dm Tucker, 7st 51b (G. Mann) 0 Mr. Saxon's Black Doctor, 7st 51b ...... (J . Osborne) 0 Lord Waterford's Due-an-Dburras, 7 8 t..,(1). Doyle) 0 Sir NV. Bootle's Retail, 6 yrs, 7st ......,,,(Kitchener) 0 Duke of Bedford's Heso Homburg, 4 yrs, 7at(Esling) 0 Mr. Nete.s Birmingham, 4 yrs, 6st 12113' ...(Knight) 0 Mr. Morrie'e ,litingerford, 4 yrs, eat 1011)...(Bashani) Mr. H. Hotlaorpe, 4 yrs, Est 1016 (Arnold) 0 Mr, Langshaw oa Gholab Siugh, 613 t 10lb (IL Neap) 0 Lord , Waterford 'a Cockcro w , Est ga ) (W. W ynne ) 0 Mr. Martineon's Viow Halloo (It b) ...(E. Iferrison) 0 Mr. Fisher's l3reba, 4 yrF, Gst 415 (Rickman) 0 Mr. Farrance's CardinalWiseenati, fist 41b (J.flYnte) Mr. Drinkald's Dulcet, ag e d , 64 ( Pwn s ) 0 Delamere's Harp, 4 yrs, eist (Atnerton) 0 Djaraey's.lndia.n. Warrior, Mr. R. Stewart 's VVilmont, 5 fir. Thomas's na Siste r to Fi ? r:C : e t r s , l' s it s ib t i l ° o 7 l b b •(( ( r J 6 . hB D ilinni oy iat i bn o )) ) 000 111 Osborne"s Merry Bird, 3 yrs. sst 61h ...(Carroll) 0 Mr. Pillitig's The High Saeriff,.set 611a(T. Sherwood) 0 ,Ld.Waterford's Redwood O'Hanlon, sst Sib (Garvey) 0 • Mr. Copeland's Lady Anayott, 3 yrs, sst (Kendall) 0 rbillips's lion-i-noor, sst (car sst 31b)...(We115) 0 Mr. W. D. lieltey's Ulric h ) 3 'Richard • Mr. StiXols 6 I rtnamer, 4st 1011)...(Quinton) fe ll rs Oat 121 b (A. Dodd) 0 Mr. Greville's Scarecrow, 3 Mr. Hill na Barley Sager, yrs, 4 i t 71b ...(S te geles) . Pitt be' Vampy re, sped, fist kr (0, 14 to , 1 , agat Nancy (0 , Betting-7 to 2 agst Stilton (9, Bto 1 eget ,Loe ABL- Y re, 4st 81b ...(Cliff) 0 Major est 1011 ) (GlasehroCk) 0 100 to 6 31.);9t Goldfinder, 20 to liesgstt°BleBg, Lady Evelyn, 25 to I eget Indian Warrior, 30 to 1 apt po;.?die„ . 33 to 1 eget Cockr o • tor, - 35:toi. agat 'Harp 0 14 20 e r t r o Y l p a i g rd si )• 50 to 1 agst, High Sheriff, yr, 33 to 1 agst Black Doc and - 50 to 1 agst 'any other.- Lord t% aterford 'decbred to, wit With wCeekrow., Joe &bit er made n ear l y a ll the runnitre, - ariti on - in a canter by a length and 'a .. half. Poodle good third,- 13enita Run in 4 min. 6 sec: • foarth Black Mo tints tor . 60 Guiness given by the Members for the City, added td a sweepstakes of 3 sues. each, the latter to go to the. second. Onet round and a die. (11 Subs ) Lord Waterford's Sharavegue, 3 yrs, Mr.'E. Part's Sanita, 3 yrs, Est 10lb (Ellett) 2 .J Mr. . Osborne 's Lady pr ,„ n Est 121 b (Doyle) 1 Pr, 7st (Osborne) 3 Mr.. E. Buckley's Royal George, 6st 121 b (Charlton) 0 {;apt. If arceur. Sir C. Ruslaout , 'srlee" o , 3 pi, fist 1016 ... (Archer) 0 4 agst Sanita, 2 to 1 egst Lady Agnes, 's Buthdale, 3 yrs, 6.:t 121 b (Arndd) 0 g6estoSharavogue. 13. 13 .d e 4 tt t i o ng i — s Won cleverly by a length, the saran between second and third. Ifer'Majesty's Plateloo guineas. Thrice round. Mr.. Spence's St. Michael, 3 yrs, T at 21b... (Ch a rlton) 1 ht r .S W tea 41*( 1 1113 , 4 yrs, 9 s t 21b (Doyle) 2 yrs., 7st 2lb (W. sharpy) 3 J. °borne's Priam the Thi rd, L°r.a te r r t f ' ° s r ß d :t a n T sh tl e e e, M 3 7st 216 (Basilan)) 4 Mr. Meililtrea Paddy Bird; Pi, 7st 21b...(Arnield) '5 Betting--Even bn MarqUiS, 3 to 1 agst Paddy'Bied, - 4 to 1 sgit St, Michael, and 4 to 1 apt Banshee. Won cleverly length between second and tilitd, by andthhaelf a leng th, sam: between third and fourth, Priam l!beaten of Ruh in 7 min. 8 i.e. Tue cramblo Handicap of 5 Bova, each, and 30 added. Three-quarters of a mile. (11 Subs.) Mr. Shirley's Miss Lanny, 4. Yrs, 83t 41b (W. Sharpe) 1 Mr. Mangan's Tailored, 4 yre, B s t 716 .. . (Keegan) 2 Lord Ch e sitx others al e t o fi t e li;s rfb2r•L Won elh b treoi ht (T. Smith) 3 Six . exit: length. LATEST BETTING A T cliEsisEß. (B Y 'ELECTRIC TELEG RAPH.) THE 'DEE STARES. • 3 to 1 agst Hyacinth 3 to 1 agst Attack DERRY. • 8 to l'agst Alcoran—t Mon 9 to 1 agst Robbie Noble 11 to Paget Claverhouse • 12 to 1 asst Stockwell 4 *,3 , ititio,,e_ 15 to 1 agst Kingston ‘.14 • , 15 to 1 agst L ittle• H err y sees 3_t;F•, 15 to 1-agst Joe 50 to '1 agat Augur • ROYAL- Tkl&MEs YAURT CLU B. • The entries for the G rand C h allen g e c up , open to all royal yaclita s closed at ten o'clock last night, at the Piazza Coffee-house, and are as follow : Cygnet, 35 tops, lion._ Igr.Lambt on . m egge ito, 50 tons, Lord Lo ndeaboro ug h. • Volante, 48 tons, J. L. Craigie, E,, :i , Mouse, 15 tonv,,G. E. Browne, N. War Ilawk,'66 tone, G. Bartlett, E v i,. Pauline, 35 tons, C. Brandetb, Esq. The race is appointed for the 14th instant, from Erith round the Noro Light and back. The Ruby steamer has been chartered by the club, end will leave Condon-bridge at half-past nine in the naorning. .The band of the Royal Blues will.be in attendance. ABOLITION OF TIIS SUNDAY FAIRS IN BATTERSEA FIELDS:--The Commissioners for the new park in Battersea Fields, have just Issued a notice of caution w hi ch has been widely circulated,- and will have the effect of sup. pressing this Monster nuisance, and wholesale desecration of the Sabbath. The f ollowing is a copy of the notice - issued :—" Caution. — N o ti c e is hereby given, that on an d after Sunday next, the 9th of May, 1852, all persons seen trespassing in B a tt e rsea -fields wit h horses, d onkeys, cock shies, Varrows, &c., on a Sunday, will be tak en i nto cus tody, and all such persons so offending during the week, without proper authority, will be taken into custody, th e i r hbtaeo impounded, and the owners dealt with according to •law." . MAY 6, HER MAJESTY'S STATE BALL The Queen gave a State Ball last evening at Buck hthe i nobility n and u egde,n sadtr3, o n : j a r : two thousand invitations irghaaa Palace, which was mos t numero us ly atten d e d by to her Majesty's gracious permission - dispensing with the Court mourning on this occasion (except for the ladies of the household), the ball presented the brilliant . and magnificent character usual at the State receptions of the Sovereign. The grand hall was decorated with beautiful flowers. This hail, composed of white marble and supported by marble columns, has two recesses or alcoves at the foot of the gruel staircase'; thsse ' were filled with the choicest plants, grourei with excellent taste, springing from a border of Mosses and mignionette, the one group surmounted with a beautiful specimen of the " acacia artnata," and the corresponding group with the " erslea Indies alba." The sculpture gallery adjoining the grand hall was filled with sofa Whirs and-settees for the accommodation of the visitors. The grend staircase was brilliantly illurninatd; at the foot wore two tripods, hearing a mass of globes of light, interspersed with cut crystal, the upper portion of the staircase being hung with whole-length portraits of various members of the Royal Family. The ante-roc m at the top of the staircase is a most beautiful specimen of internal decoration, The arched ceiling is supported by 'columns of white marble with gilded capitals. This room contains Gibson% statues in,marble of her Majesty and hifelloyal Highness Prince Albert, in which colour is sparingly dad with much delicacy' introduced in the ornaments and drapery. This apartment leads to the green drawing-reern, the-throne-room, and the picture gallery; and on the other side of the picture-gallery are the yellow drawing=room, the saloon, the ball rootn, and the supper-room. The throne-room was appropriated as a second ball room, the orchestra was formed in the deep alcove in which the throne is situate ; it was but slightly raised shove the floor, mud the front was hung with draperieS of crimson velvet embroidered in gold. The ball-roeme which has a massive arched roof of great magnificence, being pannelled in architectural eompar(ments, profusely enriched with gilding, is sup ported by columns of crimson scagliola of the Corinthian order with gilt capitals. The permanent orchestra is a gallery at the north end. The haat pas, on which the seats of state - were placed for her Majesty and Prince Albert, was covered with crimson. The draperies enclosing it were of amber-co loured satin and white lace, and at the back, forming a back-ground to the seats, was a most brilliant assort ment of beautiful flowers, rising to a considerable height above the seats. The draperies were surmounted by a broad and massive gilt cornice. Full-length portraits of her Majesty and Prince Al bert, by Wintorhaltor, ornament this apartment. Adjoining the ball-room is the supper-room, having a. deep recess at the end, within which a buffet was ar ranged, on which the more exquisite specimens of jeeelled and ornamental gold plate were meat effectively displayed, with the aid ot a background of dark crimson and numerous lights from golden candelabra. This room contains the portraits of George IV., in the robes of the Garter, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, placed in the middle, with those of George 111. and Queen Charlotte, by Gainsborough, on either side, Frederick, Prince of Wales, and the Princess of Wales, and the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland. The tables for the supper were ranged round three sides of the apartment. The Yeomen of the Guard lined the grand ball and staircase under the command of Captain Kincaid, the exon in waiting. Captains Bellairs and Rickfords, exons of A the ti c ,, o r rjo o s , f were a u l r s o se o f p i r h e the Palace lawn, with the ba nd of the regiment. eF li o L ot Guards was on duty on The company began to arrive at the Palace at nine o"cleek, those having the entrée alighting at a tempo rary entrance in the garden, and the general company entering from the principal portico. and T Princess the lIo ) , a Highnesses et se arriveds the Duchessatten of o'clock, C a a m t t b e r n i d d g e.ci e . by Lady Suffield and Major Baron Knesebeck.. Then. Royal Highnesses were received by the Maids of Ho nour, the Grooms, and the Equerries in Waiting, by whom they were ushered to her Majesty. Soon after ten o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert were conducted by the Lord Chamberlain from the yel low drawing-room, through the saloon into the ball-room. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, and were attended by the Mis tress of the Robes; the Countess of Charlernont, lady in waiting; lion. Matilda Paget and Hon. Mary Seymour, maids ot honour in waiting; the Lord Steward, the Vice Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comp troller of the Household; Lord Polwartb, lord in wait ing; Sir Edward Bowater, groom in waiting; Lord Charles Fitzroy, equerry in waiting; the Pa g es of Honour in Waiting; the Groom of th e Stole to the Prince; Lord George Lennox, lord in waiting to his Royal Highness; Lieut.-Colonel Francis Seymour, groom in waiting to his Royal Highness; and Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, equerry in waiting to his Royal Highness. ' The Queen wore a dress of white tarlatan over white watered silk, trimmed with black and white flowers and diamonds. Her Majesty's headdress was composed of a wredth of black and white flowers and diamonds. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge wore a dress of black net over black glace silk, embroidered with black bugles, the stomacher ornamented with pearls and diamonds. Her Royal Highness's head dress was formed of a magnificent tiara of large pearls and diamonds, with black lace lappets. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary wore a dress of white net over white glace silk, elegantly trimmed with white bugles and white roses, with ornaments of pearls and diamonds in the stomacher. Her Royal Highness's head-dress was composed of white roses, pearls, and diamonds. The assembled visitors followed her Majesty and her august circle from the saloon and picture gallery into the ball-room. A quadrille was immediately formed, and the Qieen opened the ball with the Duke of Beech utile the vis being bin Royal Highness Prince Albert end her Royal Highness the Princess Mary. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived at half-past ten o'clock, et:ended by Lord William Paalet and Major the Hon. James Mr..edonald. The ball having been opened, dancing was com menced in the throne-room with the " Quadrille of All Nations." The brothers Labitzky attended with their orchestra in this ball-room, 'and played the following dances : WALTZES. Flying Letaves Lovely Rhine ... Strauss. . Tory Labitzky. The Berthe (Ist amp) Summer Night's Dream ______ QUADRILLES._ Qudrille of All Nations Martini St*thof Alartha Strait s. POLKAS. Allce Vieeha Labitz'Ay. The Royal hlarienette ., T. Browne. GALOPS. Military The Laura Keene The quadrille band of Mesrs Ccote cnd 'Pinney were stationtd in the ball-room,. nr,d perforined a nuciber of quadrilles, wabz polkas, end galops. R4resbtuents were s.erved during the evening-to the numerous assembly in the green drawing room and the garter room, and between twelve and one o'clock supper was served to bar Majesty and her illustrious guests in the state dining room. The service was entirely of gold pixie, and some of the most beautiful specimetis of ar tistic skill in the precious metal 3 were displayed on the lang tango of.tables on which the repast was laid. Single fbwer3 of great. beauty, nod groups of plants in full blossom, relieved occasionally the gorgeous mcgnificence of the golden service; the whole being brilliantly lit with gold candelabra, COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Princess Royal ceinardzitaligeo nod four. Alice, took a chive yesterday in an open four. The Equerries in Waiting, Lord 'Charles Fitzroy and Lieut.-Colonel Hon. A. Gordon, at tended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse backyesterday, attended by Colonel the Hon. C. Grey. The Deka and Duchess de Nemours visited her Ma jesty yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses also visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at Clarerce Home, St james'ii. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent dined with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester last even ing at . Gloucester House, Piccadilly. The Education Committee of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council had a meeting yesterday at the Council-oftice. Present, the Lor d President, the Earl of Derby, the Marquis of Salisbury, Sir John Pakington, the Duke of Northumberland, and the Right Hon. J. W. Henley. A deputation of stesm.owners, consisting of Mr. Thomas Thompson (Hull), Mr. Charles Wlver (Liver pool), Mr. A. Bannister (Mayor of Hall), and Mr. W. H. Pearson, had an interview with the Bight Hon. J. W. Henley end Lord Colchester, at the Board of Trade. The deputation was introduced by Mr. William Brown, M.P., and Mr. James Clay, M.P. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OW$ CORRESPONPENT.) COWES, WEDNEstia.i.—The Dutch barque Japara, Which was on shore at - the bad of tar Wight,. was towed to this harbour by the Queen steamer between nine and ten o'clock this morning, and is now (nom) alongside the Medina Commercial- Wharf, preparing to discharge the remainder of her cargo. There have been no, pumps going since she etrited, nd she appears to make very little water. She-is it very fine ship, and if her masts had not been cut away would very soon - -have been ready for sea again, .: The wind and weather have been much in her favour, o r Op would never have floated out of that disastrons bAy. The g rass and spring corU is suffering very much from the continued drought, as aro the gardens; the wind has been from the north , and east, almot continuously, , f or more than three months. _-_,...—.....--..............—.. DAPARTLIZ,E oF .TD UNITED STATES MAIL STEAM-SKIP ATLANT-IC.-le4erdaY forenoon; about eleven a s i c l r s e f w or 'stthee'allmn. shiped o'clock, the United States Nail steam-shp Atlantic, Capta'n West, left the Mersgy for New York, with tipviards of 'siity tat-sastrsgearn6'ca' British' America. ecrlf! and d oil li t e the same hour the a' bound for Philadeir Lciivt:Trofpooml ananchdoltelltialalsdoellpehfatheempra4nv phia, with seventr-eight passengers and a full cargo, con stain, c hiefly 4 attpcbot9r and Dirnlipsikam p o s . - . . . 1852. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S LEVEE.—The following officers were presented at his Grace's levee yes terday :=-Rear Adwir.il Wauchope ' Admiral— Geeselin, Rear Admiral Sir James Sterling, Rear Admiral Robin son, Rear Admiral Cator, Sir Henry Hast. Captain Richard Devonshire and John F. Appleby, both of 1838, have accepted the retirement. Commander Norcott, - 1.838,z and Commander Cator, 1851, have been appointed to the coast-guard. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam sloop Buzzard, 6 guns, at Devonport; is ordered for-immediate commit-- Bien, but no efficerc have as yet been nominated to her. A sad accident occurred on board the .Amazon % 26, Capt. Barker, lying iz Plymcuth Sound. W e under stand. that in striking the topgalltintmast, it came down by the run, when one-man was killed,' and four others seriously wounded. • PonTssroLlTll, WBDNESDAY.—His Royal Highness the Comte d'Acpila, Lend High Admiral of the Neapolitan fleet, and Suite:, arriVid at thia pert this afternoon to in spect the chief .objects of interest. • The Q teen, 116, Captain Wise, was towed, into. bar boor this afternoon by the Sprightly and Echo steamers. The 'Supt,rb, SO, Captain Purcell, exerciiird her crew in gunnery this morning at Spithead with shot cud shell at target - . . . Tho Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris, struck Com modore Mariires broad pendant last evening tit sunset, the Comm Bore having gone on leave. Tne Winchester, 50, Captain Loch, C. 8., bent sails this morning. The stesua•frigats Highfl)er. 21, Captain Matson, will be ready to go 'to Spithead this weak. The court-martial on the suiviving cfficers and men of the Birkenhead bids hir to last several days. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—Her Majesty's steam vessel Vixen, 6, Commander F. L. Barnard, having on board Sir Charles Hotham, the Envoy to. Brazil, and suite, sailed yesterday for Rio Jan e i ro . _ . Her Majesty's frigate Amez )n, 26, Captain C. Barker, which arrived on Sunday from Portsmouth, went up harbour on Monday, with unbent sails, and commenced _taking out stores, preparatory , to being paid off. Her Majesty's ship Rodney, 92, Captain C. Gra ham, now in the Sound, is 150 men short of her com plement. The crew of the Britomart, 8, Commander Lieseltine, were paid wages ou Monday. The frigate Leander, 50, Captain Dacres, was taken out of dock on Monday, and masted on Tuesday. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, MAY s.—Commander F. N. K. Wasey (1850) to study steam at the factory at Woolwich Dock yard, vice Commander Bowyear, passed. Commander Michael do Conroy (1848) to study steam at . the factory, vice Captain Cospatrick B, Hamilton, passed. Commander Philip do Saumarez (1845) to study steam at the factory, vice Lieutenant Richard Moore, passed. Commander Henry I. 'aeon (1842), to study steam at tho factory, vice Lieutenant Macdonald Bourchier, passed. Lieutenants Macdonald Bourchier and Richard Moore, having completed a course of study of steam, were severally examined as to their knowledge of steam and marine steam engines by, Mr. Charles Atherton, chief engineer at Woolwich Dockyard, and on passing satis factorily received their certificates accordingly. The Herald, 28, Captain Henry Mangles Dunham, was visited to-day by a great number of ladies and gentle men, who were conducted over the vessel by Captain Denham, who showed them the arrangements which have been made for the long stay of the Herald on the sur veying service in the South Seas, and the numerous pre sents intended for the natives of the islands in that part of the Pacific Ocean: • LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD. A court-martial, consisting of Bear-Admiral H. Pretcott, C. 8., president; Captain Chads, C. 8., of the Excellent; Captain G. B. Martin, C 8., of the Victory; Captain Scott, of the Neptune ; Captain Henderson, 0,11., of the Blenheim; Captain S. T. lanes of the Sampson; Captain Robinson, of the Arrogant; Captain Loch, C. 8., of the Wiricheater; Captain Warden, of the Retribution; Captain Symonds, of the Arethuss; Cap tain Harris, of the. Prince Regent; Captain Matson, of the Bighflyer; and Sir G. L. Greetham, Deputy Judge- Advocate of _the Fleet, assembled yesterday morning at nine o'clnek, on board the Victory, to try Mr. R. B Richards; master's - assistant; J. Bowen, T. Dunn, able seamen; A. Stone, ordinary seaman; and John Ashbolt, stoker, for the loss of the 13irkenheasi, or rather to in vestigate the conduct of the survivors of that awful wreck. The witnesses' called when our report left were Thos. Coffin, who had the first middle watch on the bight of the wreck; Thomas Daly, of the first watch, and look out man on the forecastle; Colour-Sergeaut Drake, on the poop when the ship . strack; JohnArehbeld. gunner, , in bed when the scold: at :happened; and Mr. W. Col bane, assistant-surgeon, in his cabin at the time. All those witnesses were subjected to close and lengthened examination, and deposed to a great num ber of facts connected with the dis34ter; but nothing calculated to alter materially thk main incidents already before the public. One of them stated, that had the boats remainsd near the wreck, and not pursued the sohpont-r, more lives aright have been saved; but all seethed to egree that bath on board the ill-fated ship and after she had sunk every 'effort was used that, under the circumstances, was practicable. The cc:1101ft; of the boats stated that they could not, without datip, take in thore than they held; that they heard no urirsAtL4znd, car:ea of ,distrdts which they did ii6failit76 E te a liraffici z haaiineS4 of the surf, in their judgment, ren&reet landing impossible; and, in short, that they awed far the bast in the trying emer gency. As to the course which the ship was steering, it was l roved that she was some thro3 miles from shore, which, however, was not visible in the darkness; that the soundings were taken; that the rate of speed at the time *as 71 1 2 - heeds; that a light had been discerned shortly Mere the catastrophe wok place, and that the sound of the serf was not di,tioguibhable. It was also shown that the boats were in part , et order for launching had - time permitted; that the captain was perfectly col• lected, and that the orders which be issued were obeyed; that the eagiace wore hacked for two nanntea after the Chip struck , and that she )ielded to them; that in ten minutes the fires were completely extinguished, and that she went down in less than hdf an hour. Questions , Were put to the witnesses, not only by the members of ' the court-martial, bat by the prisoners, and at six r m the Court was adjourned till to-rasrrow morning. EXPERIMENTS WITH ANCHORS. WOOLWICH', MAY s.—Two anchors, in addition to those 'previously described, were delivered at Woolwich Dockyard on Monday last, one by an American named Isaacs, which has an arrangement to prevent what is technically termed "fouling." The other, by Brown, Lennox and Co., Admiralty contractor, differs only slightly from Sir William Parker's. plan .in section and in length of shank, end with a palm more spear-shaped. The testing the seven anchors for trial with the usual strain applied to anchors of similar weight whoa tie.- livored for service commenced on Monday afternoon by placing one of Lieutenant. Rogers's anchors, weighing i 9 cwt. Sibs., in the tasting-frame, and applying a strain or 19i tow, when the first tested U. nil was found to have defiemed s.l6ths cf an inch, and the other 5.161h5, both returning to their original position when the strain was withdraan. On Mr. MAGI): son's anchor, weighing 21 cwt. 14 1 b., being subjected to a strain of 21 tons, it 00- fleeted #, tba point of the palm extending.* when mea sured twin the, shank, and the other aria gave exsctly the same result, the palms returning to within * of their original position from the &Election and to their entire origiasl position when ectaasured from the shank. Brown, Lennox, and Co's. anchor, of 20 applied, cw t .- 3 qrs. 10,1.., on having a strain of 21i tons deflected ii and it from the shauk, both wans giving u a o and,.. lh r e i a s4 r a w c a, anchor, 1 similar result, and on the strain being withdrawnarms resumed deiLction was entirel removed, their original position.. , On Tuesday , Pi c • ~rame. and a of 21 cwt. 141 b., it i n n d to deflect : 1 , of was placed . in the te sting 1 strain of 2 ; il, tons applied, plat of the arm 1.16 th end w an inch, 11, D d the distance of the p ri. , 2r a aawraga ve a similar from the shank, and the other a t both arms re result. On the strain beir2gwl?y r. Trotman's anchor, sumed their original p weighing 21 cwt: 1 qr.,°hsititladha' strain of 21i tons ap plied,t e .point of the arm extending and deflected i-, .theother. belles -. arm 3-16. from the shank; and on was 1 without any extension of the deflection s.. of the arm, and on the strain being ' withdrawn the deflection returned to * and the arms to their. or i g i.., nal position. Mr. Honiball's anchor, weighing 20 cwt. 3 qr. 71b-, had a strain of 21i tons applied, and the deflection w as' i, and the extension of th e arm ,i 00 exactly the- same result. Or; a nd the* ottedi arm' - the strain -being' withdrawn the first tested are returned to its original position, and the deflection of the oth er to within *, and to its entire original position when measaredlaam the shank. Lieutenant Rogers'a we i g hing 20 cwt. 1 q r . ovas kedge anc hor, placed in a testing frame, and on a strain of 21* tons being applied, th e deflection was 1 inch, the point of the arm extending 1 of a n inch from the shank. The deflection w h en the other arm was tested was 1 3-16th inch e s, an d the ext ension 1 of an inch, and on the strain being withdrawn, the deflection on the one side returned to 6.16 and the arm to its original position. The deflection on the other side returned to .-I of an inch and the arm its original pp. to 'Alien. The anchors are now lying on the - to be transferred to Sheerness t o c wharf, r ea dy ontend for the palm of superiority as rcgards their holding properties,- and will subsequently be brought back to Woolwich dockyard to-undergo an ultimate 'or. breaking -, in order to determine the greatest degree both of t th and holding properties , thesix n tw ay o a lr o e f a fi t essentialsa str eng th r g an anchor. oors and six of the most eminent Shipowners, assisted by Mr. Atherton, chief engineer it Woolwich dockyard, have contented to net as jurors on this occasion. Oat of rather more than 30 persons who exhibited anchors at the Great Exhibition in 13yde-park last year, 6. have responded to the invita tion to submit their inventions to actual tests and prac tical trial -.; :or superiority. The anchors and tested wi.h at their stocks,'' were weighed Yesterday a Court of Directors was bold at the East India House, when lieutenant: General' Lord Frederick Fitz-Clarence, G.C.H., was appointed Commander-in -Chief of the company's forces on the Bombay establishment. LINCOLN'S INN, MAY s.—The following members of this s,,ci,ty have been called to the bar ' and were sworn in this evenin g i n th e H a l l :—Jobn Buck , M.A. ; Richard 0 Turner, BA.; William J. Potts, Eig ; Charles Lees, B.A. Francis 0 Adams, ; John b. Smith, B.A. ; and Augustus A. Vausittart, PRINTERS' DRAMATIC SOCIETY. —His 11°y 31 Highness the Duke of Cambridge his sent 101. to th tart' of th 9 Printers' Dramatic Society, performance at St. James's Theatre, on Satu (f ri th; Almshouse in aid of ala i lt a g y m f a o a e r te th n e r thuds of the Printers' Pension •Sotlell 8 " Endowment Fund. DEATH OF MR. ALEXANDER MACKAY (From the Chloille'e.) I; is with sincere regret that we record the death, on his way kome, of Mr. Alexander Mackay, the author of the " Western World," and lately the Commissioner to - India of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Mackay was for many years connected with this journal and we cannot withhold from his nezne the trib u t e d ue to the memory of an able coadjutor and of a valued • friend. By Mr: Mackay's untimely fate an opening career of great promise is cut short. Endowed with high mental qualities, possessed of a clear iutellect and acute and rapid powers of reasoning—a keen observer, and an in stinctive lover of truth—Mr. Mackay added to these gifts a most amiable disposition. These powers had been as certained, and Were in the - act of being applied to im portant Philo Purposes, - when the climate of a hot country; acting upon a naturally delicate constitution, cut him off = not, however, before he had to a great ex tent completed his task. Akxander Mackay was the son cf Mr. Mackay, a mach-respected banker in Inverness, and was born in that town abdut 1820. He was educated at the neigh bouring town of Eight, and afxrwards at Aberdeen. Family 'arrangements led him first to Canada, where he was destined for the colonial bar, end for some brief space praCtised with repute. Journalism, however, seems to have had more attraction for Mr. Mackay than profes sional practice, and accordingly he soon became the con ductor of a highly respectable newspaper in Toronto. After residing in Canada for several years, and travelling over a great portion -of the provinces and the States, he re turned home in search . 'of . a wider sphere than could be afforded by • colonial life. He was speedily engaged in connection with this jourtlal, and so highly were his acuteness and logical ebililLies estimated, that he was sent out again , by the Morning Chronicle to th 3 United States, for the purpose of• examining the diplomatic bearings of the treaties as to the Maine boundary,lnd observing the feelings of the . American public on the question. His letters upon these subjects were replete with most valuable information, and with t c h le e ar gr a e n a d t logical reasoning. Not long after his return, Mr. Mackay publishd his " Western World , " ability and comprehensive grasp of which were at once acknowledged. The book was indeed pronounced to be the best and most complete work ever written upon the Transatlantic Republic. Its success was great and immediate, and the volumes became at once a standard Authority upon that most important subject. The author's connexion with this journal Was prolonged for some time afterwards. As one of our specie' correspondentr, engaged in investigating the condition of the English rural population , Mr. Mackay rendered important serv i ces to the question of Labour and d d a t u h n e e P ea o s o fu r il y turned while histo versatile other topics pe o f pen was wa s general frequently dite .e . rary and political interest. Af ter t h e sett l ement of t h corn - law question ho devoted himselt to the topic of the suffrage; and his pamphlet upon our system of represen tation, with its analyeis of the constitution itu tion of the House ofnfrCzemramonnns,tbheecaqinaeosatitoenxt-ohr which h t a large class of Re itreated, and was that od quoted id r. i a e in k Mackay the determined House oi te de n v a o m t t enms s i .E el r f to om political life. He joined the Reform y livered many able speeches at public m p ee r tin'e b •s and de. in metropolis upon the franchise question. He had th e be fore him the hope of ultimately entering P a rli ament; but he consented for a time to withdraw from hom e - politics, and to accept from the Lancashire cotton interest a mission to India to investigate - th e possibility of extending the growth of the plant in our Eastern possesciens. Somewhat more than two years ego he departed full of hope and spirit. He died on his passage home. The subjoined extract from one of our Manchester contem poraries will give additional particulars, besides ehow ing the high character Mr. Mackay had earned for him• self iu the East. Oar melancholy task is over when we again express oar heartfelt sorrow at the loss of a highly promieing author, a rising politician, an accomplished gentleman, and a most amiable man. (From the Manchester Examiner and Times.) I - is with feelings of deep regret that we announce the death of Mr. Alexander Mackay, the Indian Com missioner, appointed by the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Mackay left this country on the 20th December, 1850, under the moat favourable auspices— being accredited and recommended to the Chamber of Commerce of Bombay by the Chambers of Com merce of Manchester, Liverpool, and Glasgow, and carraing with him the full confidence of the mercantile and manufacturing public connected with the cotton trade. The object of his mission also received the unanimour approbation of the British press. and we have reason to know that it was regarded with goad will by the leading members of the Administration. The main purpose of his appointment was to ascertain by an unbiassed but minute investigation on the spot, the real obstacles which prevent an ample supply of good cotton being obtained from the East Indies, and the causes which impede the extension of our commerce with that country. The mission was ono requiring great industry, intel ligence, and sound judgment, on the part of the indi vidual selected for the arduous and responsible under taking ; and it was peculiarly fortunate for the inte rests represented by the body with whom the mission originated, that they were able to secure the services of a geatleman so' eminently qualified in every respect to carry out their views; Mr. Mackay's inquiry embraced . % multitude of details, all bearing on the main subject of the mieeion—such as the menus provided by the ladian. Government to promote the internal as hell as the ex port trade of the country over which they rule—the nature of the roads by which the produce of the interior is brought to the cozet—the means cf inter communica tion between neighbouring districts—the state and ineusg mint of docks, piers, quays, &e.—the condition of the ogricaltural population, and the circumstances which tend to stimulate or repress their industry—the nature of the land tenure, particularly with reference to the security of the cultivator—the amosnt and kind of taxation, and the mode of levying and connecting it— all departments of iegairy reqiuriog minute and im partial perannal observation. Oa his arrival, Mr. Mackay was cordially received by the B3n3bay Cnarnber of Commerce, end every facility afforded to him for the prosecution of his inquiries, which were continued Curing the whole of lat:tt year, and the results of which have beea from time to time transmitted honer. The infilence of the climate of India, was, however, too much for a constitution not naturally and he was compell ed to terminate his labours s r e ob nn u e s r t, than be had anticipated, and endeavour to regain the country. In a letter ad dressedsnttoai f o t e n s o C t f h o a m t returning m be er i e c r e b t y 3 h u - o e tt:h e , a sh v te i Bombay n tni g h ee e tsi au C me s t e n r his s ee r :. e einem had disabled him, he had succeeded in traversing hisdtoatdhehl4 England, latthrochb the greater portion of the cotton field of the . Preaiden . cy, as to the condition, wants, and pros , portant conclusions and that he bad from actual observation arrived at Ira. the g reat district in question, b h •an h h e e cotton hnpe tame e t of India s A n p d r E il, ng b l a a t ad h „ is torna-heisinreturn ho . me, by the of re newed health, to make the informion_ e a gathered Ce fth d a f t i common c srt : ra f e l' lni t t i; : t e 7 t s o i h v e . e , g s t ru t o a i d t .t e i u h c a i e l p i ta ly coiled until th r h o . c 3.l l s r t i. t o).:T d ot e nti s e t t i hf n ue e l d ie vu t e o stelu b gi e jt of e tech day he breathed Lttl -s • We e are told that rap , 11 to he suirs•red lit is until within hell an hour of his death, to t h a t rind no retained r in Inverness aiLdttehesuFltunre, havieer, preview to LIB the care of e o l s a f s t e t n e l , r 1 e t ( o l 1 ovr filleetsepegaeurri e to th b e e r t d r e e t razi a tt r e e d e te n i a h t i a e il b lefi r da o m th iel e l mercantile -gentleman, below),UU, made a ddres.sed by Mr. Arthur Lethete, a his ivill and couffitd -gentleman, who was on board the j.aza .. 3a the president of the Cha mber of Commerce. With the regret ineeperehle from the Afr. Marken' is mingled a tenting of setuntimely fate cf maio object of his mission he iefaction that the not been left untecoin pthhed. " At sea, on beard the Ele .n. Cempany's steamer • AYdalie A 1 , pri 17, 1852. " MY c3= ar She—y ou Mr. Alexander Mlclia 11l no doubt have heard from suff,red Indid, he yeY: tha t his health having seriously the steamer_ of the 3d 3 about to leave the country by would bene fi t him. l ast ., in the hops that the change This however, was not to be. His strength gradually ,failed, until the evening of the 15th, when the doctors abscess of the liver burstsuppose that en into the lungs, already diseased, • • and sa fteetion end consequent death ensued. I am glad to say that ho suffered little until with. in half an hoer of his decease, and until then also re tained the full possession of his faculties. The captain has confided to me his papers for delivery to M r. Thomas Mackay, o f I nverness, whom be has left his sole legatee and executor, under a will drawn•up• a few hours before his derith. These I purpose to send b y the first steamer , to - Messrs. Arbuthnot, Ewart, and Co., of Liverpool; and I have s u ggested to Mr. Mackay that on their arri val he should select those of a private nature, and ar range with those of Mr. Mackay's friends on whose behalf he came out to India as to the disposal of the remainder. "Itis at Mr. Mackay's own request, made when all hope was at an end, that I now address you; and soy further information respecting this sad affair I shall be most happy to afford you, on your addressing me a line, to the care of Messrs. Artbuthnot, Ewart, and Co., where I expect to be about three weeks or a month hence.—Meantime I am very truly yours, "ARTHUR LATHAN. " Thomas Bosky, Esq., Manehester." • GREII7.' MEN. THEIRMOMENTS Or ComPosirrox.—Boasuet com poSed hie grand sermons 'on his knees• Buliver wrote ' his first novels in full dress , scented; Milton, before commencing his great work, invoked the influence of the Holy Spirit; Chrysostem meditated and studied while contemplating a painting of Saint Paul. Bacon knelt down before composing degre work, and prayed for light from heaven. r could compose well without first declaiming forsome time at the top of his voide. Bentham composed after playin g a prelude on the organ, or whilst taking his ar - den. Saint a ntelEntaculur" an ~postprandial" wa lks in his g Bellitr composed his Meditations c midst the woods. C aw E. com posed his verses w ith the roar of battle in hi i „ ars ; for the Portugue se p oet was a sol di er. nitro wrot e hi, fi n est pieces in the lucid internals of madness ; Mill dwar;trefihyi his Byron, smeisdruiYigihnt: 1 s morning ; rdoui ro .e L sea a t scrapsi eP:a f ut-*m id . morning, and wrot , " t'll lox our in v. at rlght. Li F n aina wrote his Fehles chic fly under the shade of s, t ree . 6 ',.--- 01 1 wrcto most of bin Thoughwt:ioieuvralitltkliDgaou, re °wa rm: et his hy•rnoments. Luther, n i ktn s,,paper, his dog lying at hi s i co ,. Iticirio Clcaposed his verges calvin 113 g, always had studied in . his bet them in aloud voice.--Eliza Cook's journal -- - -- h . The convict William Baldr y, w o WO -left for execution at the recent Suffolk assizes, for attempting to murder his wife by means of administering arsenic" bag b e en reprieved during her IL.tjesty's pleasure. He will be Bent to come p enal "tt i Me l 4 f9t Oa reouiadet of ..