The Sun. — London, England, 1852-06-29 00:00:00

COURT CHICULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen y esterday, at Bueltinghqm Palace, end partook of fuertheon with heir Majesty mid Prince Atecr. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princ , J of Wales and Prince Xfrild, and attended by Colonel Bouverie, went to the Egyptian Hall, at halt past nine o'clock yesterday morning, and honoured the representation of Mr. Albert Smith's " Ascent of Mont Blanc" with his presence. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended . by Co lonel the Hon. Charles Grey and Colonel Bonverie, went at half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon to the Artillery Ground, Finsbury, and reviewed the Hon. Artillery Company. The Princa wore his uniform as Captain-General and Colonel of the corps, and returned to Buckingham Palace at a quarter to six o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur and the Prin cesses Helena and Louisa took a drive in an open car riage and four yesterday morning. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Viscountess Canning, the Honourable Ca roline Cavendish, Lord. Byron, Major. General Buckley, and Colonel Bouverie, honoured the performance of the French Plays last evening with their presence. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday at her residence in St. James's Palace. A deputation of Buenos Ayreau Bondholders and others interested in ;he prosperity and commerce of La Plata, had an interview with the Earl of Malmeshury yesterday, at tho Foreign-office, respecting the British debt, and the appropriation of the guano, &c., of Pata gonia, towards its liquidation, as well as to benefit the agriculture and trade of England. The deputation was headed by Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., and Mr. David Robertson (chairman), and consisted of Mr. George Dickson, Consul-General of Buenos Ayres; Admiral Sir George Sartorius, Mr. Joseph Tasker, Mr. James Ramsbottom, Mr. Robert Frederick Gower, and Mr. Louis Vernet, Captain Stopford Claremont has been appointed by her Majesty's Government to attend upon his Highness Said Pacha during his stay in England. An agricaltural deputation, on the chicory question, had an interview with the Earl of Derby and the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at the official resi dence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing street. The deputation consisted of—From Yorkshire, Mr. Robert Denison (Waplington), Mr. Jonathan Hat , rison (Pocklington), Mr. Wilberforce (York), Mr. W. M. Milner, M.P. (York), and Mr. Barker (Dunnington). From Northamptonshire, Mr. John Wallis, Mr. Draper, Mr. Bates, and Mr. Stc .:kburr. From Lincolnshire, Captain Beasley, Mr. Raithby, Mr. Joel Sharp, Mr. Edward Sharp, and Mr. Short, From Suffolk, Mr. Rodwell (Alderton), Mr. John Pretyman (Ramsholt), Mr. Moore (Darmsden), and Mr. Wood (Coombs). From Oxford, Mr. Steane; Herte, Mr. Joseph Bennett; Cambridgeshire, Mr. Marshall (property also in Nor folk); and from Essex, Mr. J. E. Marriage (Chelms ford). The deputation were introduced by Lord Ho- Unto, M.P., E. R. Yorkshire; Mr. W. M, Milner, M.P., York; Hon. Octavius Duncombe, M.P., N. R. York shire; Hon. Captain Duncombe, and the Right Hon. R. A. Christopher, M.P. Sir John Owen, Mr. John Ellis, and Mr. Rose had in terviews yesterday with Sir John Pakington, at the Colonial-office. A deputation of the Directors of the Fastern Archi pelago Company, consisting of Ma. H. H. Lindsay (Chairman), Captain C. P. D. Bethune, R.N., C. 8., Sir J. N. R. Campbell, K.C.N., and Mr. Henry Wise had an interview with Sir John Pakington, at the Colonial office, yesterday. A deputation upon the subject of emigration, from Ragged Schools, had an interview with Sir John Pa kington yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The deputation consisted of Mr. William Locke, Honorary Secretary to the Ragged School Union, Mr. J. G. Gent. Secretary to ditto, Ur. R. Mountstephen, Mr. F. Cuthbertson, Mr. C. Haselden, and Mr. A. Anderson. Lord John Mannersleft Lownyesterday,fo7 Colchester. A deputation from islirgton, consisting of Mr. T. Duncombe, Mr. Thomas Lewis, Mr. John Lowe, Mr. James Pike, Mr. Robert idoore ' and Mr. Cornelius West, had an interview with M:. Secretary Walpole on Saturday, at the Home-office. M. S. Kerbedz, General-Major du corps des Ingo- ' nieurs de Voies de communications de S. M. l'Empereur de Russia, and M. Charles Drouet, the Belgian Chargé d'Affaires, transacted business on Friday at the Railway Department of the Board of Trade. A deputation from Marylebone, consisting of Lord Dudley Stuart, Dr. Sayer, Messrs. Whitmore and George, accompanied by Mr. W. E. Greenwell, vestry clerk, had an interview with the Right Hon. J. W. Henley on Saturday at the Board of Trade. GOLD DISCOVERIES IN AUSTRALIA.—Further papers, in addition to the official correspondencb presented to Parliament in February, and which contain the dis patches received up to the 20th of January have been is sued. They include the reports of the Colonial Commis sioner, which fully confirm the previous accounts of the ex tent and value of the auriferous deposits. They also contain the Acts of the Colonial Legislature for the preservation of order at the gold mines; and the dispatches of the Secretary of State on the promotion of emigration, and the suppression of desertion from shipping, &c. BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 28.—1 t has been officially notified that " the Roman Catholic Provincial Synod of Eng land" will be opened on Tuesday next, the 6th of July, at St. Mary's College, Oscott, near this town. PRINCE ALBERT " A COLONELLING." Prince Albert has during this week been out several times with the brigade of Foot Guards at morning drill in Hyde-park. The circumstance escaped general notice in consequence of the Prince being in the uniform of ;he Guards. We were much gratified to see the steady rod skihal manner in which his Royal Highness handled the brigad::, the movements being. without exception, of the practical ' and not the showy cha racter usually practised. The wise heads at the clubs shake them and wag their tongues that a'l this savours of an early appointment to be Crounander-in-Chief, in spite of all the rumours of law objections. We do not, however, think so, but are of opinion that the Prince is rubbing off some mili tary rust so apt to visit soldiers more in courts than camps. — Naval and Military Gazette. A HOLIDAY AT SOUTHAMPTON.—Yesterday was observed as a universal holiday at Southampton, in com- Memoration of the coronation of her Majesty. All shops Were closed, and same thou? — ads must have left the town excursioning. About 200 went to London in an excursion train. There were picnics in the New Forest, boat excur sions on Southampton Water, steam trips round the Isle of Wight, and every horse raid conveyance in the town were engaged by the holiday seekers. All the cricket-grounds in and round about the town were occupi:d, and shooting Matches took place between the Southampton Rifle Club, the Hampshire Yeomanry, t'ae Royal Engineers, and the Pensioner:. About 500 perso is visq; I Southampton yester day from the Dorch( ster line in t r excursion train, and in the middle of the day tbe-e was a grand procession through the town of several hundred members o' the benefit societies known as Forester., with banners and bands of music. All the Foresters din: .1 toge;:her during tt e day, the Mayor of Southampton, Sir A. Cockbura, M.P., Mr. Willcox, M.P., and several other gentlemen, d'ning Nrith them. These holi days are not unfrequent in the ..outh of England, and the unanimity which prevails amongst all classes of employers in.consenting to such relaxations from labour, is remarkable and highly to be commended. bliss Burdett Coutts visited Exeter a few days ago, and received much attention from the clerey. An amusing story pertaining thereto is told, by the Western Times, of the Rev. Prebendary Hole. Seeing an elegant ladylike per son in the cathedral, fol'owed by a man-servant in Miss Cout s's livery, the prebe dr j made up to her, and volun teered his cervices to show her the c Abedral. Those services Were accepted, and he prattled oa. atJat her liberality, all that he had heard of her goodly 7s, and, fivally, placed the claims of a certain institution before the lady. The lady nodded an easy acquie,.ceuce in al he said, bat gave no farther sign. It afterwards turned out that the Rev. Hole had been doing the polite to my lc iy's•maid. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.—At the quar terly meeting of the Comitia Majora, held on Friday, June 25, the following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diplonr were admitted members of the College :—Dr. Winn, Finsbury-square; Dr. Schulhof, Suffolk- Place, Pall-mall East; Dr. Gore, Worthing; also Dr. Hyams, Duk , ,streer, Liverpool, and Dr. Dunhill, York, were ad 'flitted extra licentiates. _ z . • THE D ISSOL UTION.—THE ELECTIoNS.—We un derstand that the writs will be issued on Thursday evening, in time for the post, and that the election for the Metropolitan Boroughs will take place on the follovvieg Week. The election for Westminster, it is understood, will come off on Tuesday.—Morning Aatxrtiser. The President of the French R.public has awarded a gold medal of honour,' second-class, to Captain Funes, commanding the Spanish Ship La Teresa, for saving the crew of the French veAsel'La Louise, wrecked off the Western Islands, and conveyitig thein to the Havannah, where he generously - refused to accept the indemnity offered him by the French Consul. DETERMINED SUICIDE ON PRIMROSE,BILL.--001 Saturday afternoon, Dlr. Brent held an inquest e t a he Ade laide Tavern, Chalk Farm, on George Lens, ag twenty nine, son of Mr. Lens, dentist, 25, Norfolk-street, Middlesex Hospital. Williani Latty, rged twelve, the son of a sur geon, - said he was Walking on Piirorox-hill on Thursday Morning with his cousins, when they heard the discharge of a pistol ;. and upon locking in the direction whence the re- Port came, they saw the deceased sitting on the grass. He Naas chirging a pistol; and having finished, he put on Ma gloves, laid himself down, opened his waistcoat, and then placing'the tamale of the pistol opposit3 his hear', dis charged it. He 'rolled over three times end moaned. Wit ness immediately gave the alerm, when, with assistance, de ceased was' removed t0..81r. Holman's surgery, where that gentleman pronounced life extinct. Mr. Lens, deceased's father, said that deceased, served who W 39 most amia ble, had h een ' a clerk.and , teaveller, . a n d in that capacity at. the : COMMERCIAL ; TRAVELLERS' SCElOOLS.—Yesterday Cape. But the head of the. firm having shot himself, de- the half-yearly general meeting of the subscribers and friends ceased loathis situation, end returned home greatly disap- of this useful charity, founded in 1846 for, educating orphan Pointed. Since his return, he had w r itt en a book on geology, and necessitous children of the above body, Was .held at the colonization, and the diggings, but cou ld no t get it pub- Londdn'Tavern ; Mr. Masterman, M.P., took th e c h a i r. Th e lished. He also made several ineffectual efforts to go to chairman in the course of his speech called attention to the Australia. These disappointments greatly grieved him. state of the lurid for' the' erection 'of the schools. and ex lie left home at ten o'clock on Thursday mor n i ng , and the pressed a hope that.the public would supp or t t he committee - suicide took p l ace a t e l e ven. The pistol was one of a brace in their good work, The report stated that the. subscripe given him upon going to. the Cape.—Verdict, e Insanity." tiling for the half-year had amounted to 2,4161. Oz. bd., `and that the annual subscriptions had increased- greatly, greatly, 112DE-PARIC.—An important improvement is in ax tirls.ptSse and 57not beingequirivealent to 14 per cent. There are course of being effected by : the Woods and Forests Dep art _ tnenVin the drive and promenade on the north bank of the time t asylum 117 children, consisting of 4 Serpentine, and extending. from Hyde-park-corner to Ken- in The total amount received for the buildin g g boys. time . fund up , sington-gardens. . This portion of the Park has, for some to the present .10 300/' Mille'' • , was , .report having bepn. tim e past, been adopted as the principal promenade and adopted, the meeting elected 7 boys and 3 girls from a list of drive, instead of, as formerly, between the point where the 21 candidates. • Marble arch now stands and Hyde-park-corner, and the ' Tag - INDIAN COLLECTION. — The sale of the second narrow state of the road and also the pathway have long portion of this collection, which tvtis commenced ye i sterday, been felt to be a very great inconvenier ee, although formerly. realised only 370/, the beautifully rufaid marble chess , table amply large enough for the comparatively limited use made fetching no-More th an 471., and a large proportion of the Of them when the point of attraction was in the other direc- things, the rich textile fabrics especially, going at exceed Lion and where there was su ffi ient space for every purpose. ingly lew paces, As an exampled the bargains obtained, This i 3 now being remedi e d by the widening of the road to a we may mention that th ree b un dl es o e black ostrich feathers, - C onsiderable extent , and the formation of a new gravel walk each containing abeut 100, brought 55., while the most on the north aide of the road along the whole line. The valuable of the kinkobs from rough k, a crimson - silk and Works. are progressing rapidly, and the Is port i on w hi c h h as gold brocade, long shawl, • h " an d gold' , with ,a fine deep green ten completed evinces the improvement which will be yards border, li wide and 3 y ar4s ion , was effected in, this attractive portion of the Park for the Public for 131. 15s. 1 knoc ked down co n • , venienee. The old wooden railings will be replaced by a I The friends of Count d'Or4ey will reg - ret to hear Liandsorne Iron railing, more in character with a portion of ' that for sometime past that gent!. ' - • 1 th -man hag suffered severe y e Park now so much frequented. in his health, and that his medical ' TH E TEA TRADE, JUNE 28.—There was a falling- Serious men are not withput uneasiness on his account. IL has been eOo ' off last week to the extent of 004 60 004 • ia the . , • deli- mended eta-bathing,' and is to. leave Parie ' ° ' r P vetfew days. tor 'Dieppe in a 45 ; w hi c h were 501,0431 b. • ‘ . .. THE IRISH QUARY'EitLY REVIEW. This magazine contains a notice of the survey of Ireland, by Dr. Pery ; a long account of Cock burn's Life of Jeffrey, with a selection from his cor respondence, a detailed description of the streets of Dublin, which affords considerable instruction on many points of national interest. The last article is on the poet Moore, which after narrating the events of his life, eulogising his talents, and proclaiming his worth, conclude'j by expressing an earnest hope that the country he served as a ptriot, and adorned as a poet should seek to do him honour ; an enduring monument it is said is raised in other cities and in other lands to the memory of the great departed, and the birthplace of the bard should not be found want ing in the cause. T E . LITERATURE. Ai °DERN POETS AND POETRY OF SPAIN. By James Kennedy, Esq. Long mans. - Those interested in tine psi-us:A of foreign llri - ature, if unacquainted v. , ith the language, N vill fi n d thi,. work a greet acquisition, while those who regard it as an English col3position will find cause to thank Mr. Kennedy for some very pleasing and superior verses. He has select,d (,)f the principal Spanish poets from 1744 to 1817, and has given short sketches of their lives, and translations of some of their writings. In the introduction he observes that. " Those writers are very much mistaken who suppose that consequent upon the long domination of the Moors in Sp in there are to be found in Spanish literature any of the exuberances of style which are considered th© i principal characteristics of eastern poetry. In all the Moorish ballads that are hand, d down •to us those cha racteristics, hoth in thought and expression, abound as much as in the poems of wore eastern nations. But in even the earliest Spanish ballas, contemporary with the Moorish, a very derided riff renew is to be observed, as they show, on the contrary, a simplicity of expres sion and-prop r i e ty o f t h ought which prevent an extraor dinary contrast not on l y the early poctry otherto the Moorish, but Ulse to European eountries. - This favourable distinction has continued to the preSent day. The poetry of the northern nations of Etirope has been marked by extravagances thl'oug-hour as contrary to common sense as to good taste and nature. That of the French school has been -distinguished by en affectation, a sentimentality, and straining after effect, all equally removed from the true feeling of poetry. Even the Italians in their poetical works have indulged in strange absurdities, the more remerk%ble froin the geed taste that has pervaded their other woilts of gensuS. It is ;. only in English literature that we can find writers: im bued with the same vigour of thought. and..-depth of poetic feeling as the Spanish, and it is .therefore only with thorn that the latter can be classed in considering the relative merits of the poetry of chif,3rent nations." The reader of this volume will doubtless agree with . , these remarks, as many of the poems are remarkable for a stateliness and dignity of style which .are well suited to their subjects. Some of the shorter pieces of Martinez tie la Rosa must, however, be excepted, and the only specimens given of the writings of the Duke de Rivas. These are chiefly remarkable for an easy and graceful measure. The author notices a peculiarity in Spanish literature which is somewhat singular:— "While in other countries the poets were generally to Ire found among the classes dependent on the rich and powerful, in Spain they were persons generally of the highest climes. Some were of royal rank, others were eminent as statesmen, and others, if not of the same high station, were yet equally engaged in military ser vice or the active business of life. Three of the most favourite poets, Garcilasso de la Vega, Maurique, and Cadahalso, died the death of soldiers from wounds re ceived in warfare. Ercilla, author of the chief poem in the Spanish language, which may be considered an epic, was a participant in the wars be so graphically describes. Cervantes' received three wounds at the bathe of Le panto, by one of which he lost an arm. Calderon de la Bares pasged many years of his life in the campaigns in the Low Countries, where he gained great military re putation, and Lope de Vega was one of the few adven turers in the ' Invincible Armada' who were fortunate enough to return to their native c , untry. Such men were not likely to indulge in dreamy idealities or idle reveries. On the contrary, they were only calculated to adopt that peculiar manliness of style and sentiment which their successors from example, from national character, and from being placed in similar circum stances of life, have continued." In the introduction, from which these remarks are quoted, the author gives a slight account of five other writers and a preliminary non on Spanish pronun ciation will be found of great assistance to the stu dent. Those who are not students will find this in teresting work a great advantage as treating of a literature but little known in this country in a very attractive manner. The following is fro m the epistle of Tomas de Iriarte to his brother on his travelling to various countries : " You, who' forgetful of this coast, now seek Those of the east and north to contemplate, Forgive me, if iarenvy I may sped i , Thlt to indulge it has &lowed you fate The tasteful curiosity! to view With joy the land so famed and fortunate, Which erst a Tully and a Mare kne w To which Rmilius, Marius service p a id, Which Regulus and the Scipios obeyed. Long would it be and idle to recall The triumphe, with their blazonries unfurl'd Matchless of her, that once of Europe all Was greater part, metropolis of the w or k', I only ask of you, as you may read, How in Avernus, destined to succeed, Anchises shoiv'd Zneas in long line • The illustrious shades of those, who were to shine One day the glory of the Italian shore, Now you, more favour'd than the Trojan chief, Not in vain prophecy but tried belief, From what you see, by aid of history's lore To admire the lofty state which Rome possess'd The which her ruins and rernriins attest." A JOURXEY 10 NEPAUL.-11.1urray's Rail. way Reading. This is a journey to Katmandu (the capital of Ne , paul) with the camp of Jung Bahadoor,, the am bassador who visited this country last year, with a sketch of his career and his policy. It also contains a description of the country, the inhabitants, their distinguishing features, the temples, the scenery, and the various adventures of the journey. So much entertainment in so small a compass may well autho rise the hope of the writer, who trusts from the in terest "which was manifested in the Nepaulese embassy during the short residence of Jung 'Baba door in England, that a description of the romantic country and independent court, which he came to represent, may be acceptable to the English public." MODERN GEOGRAPHY SIMPLIFIED. Simms and 111 . 1ntyre. This is a second and revised edition of a new and simple arrangement of modern geography, chiefly for the use of beginners. Notices of European discovery and sketches of the ruins of ancient cities are added. There is also an account of the commercial products of various countries, and a pronouncing vocabulary. RESEARCHES IN THE SOLAR REALM. By W. M. Higgins Hall. Virtue and Co. This little work treats of the situation of the earth, the laws of the solar realm, the orbits, motions, and physical conditions of the superior and inferior planets, and the constitution and orbits of the cometary bodies. It is well suited to the scientific and philo. phical, and not less so to the student of astronomy. It contains an illustration of Halley's comet, as seen by Struve Oct. 12, 1835. • HISTORY OF FRANCE. John Cassell. This work contains three volumes in one, and is a history of France from the earliest period to the pre bprit time. It is illustrated with portraits of the Kings and rulers of France, from Plaaramond, in the fifth century, to Louis Napoleon, the ruler of the pre sent day. It is, therefore, complete in its outlines, and, though small and concise, it is not less so in its details. THE GIPSY'S DAUGHTER. 2 Vols. Newby. This is a very romantic tale, inched, to many it will doubtless seem an improbable one, but the people it concerns are, above all others, mysterious in their life and manners. Sibyl, the heroine, has many strange vicissitudes in her career, and finally ends her existence as she commenced it, in a gipsy tent. In the interval she passes many years in Spain the wife of a proud grandee of its haughty nobility. He dies sud denly, and she abandons her elegant house, her hirge fortune, and influential friends to return to the dells and dingles, the woods a n d w ild s of her gipsy race, and her early home. LONDON, THE FINSBURY BOROUGH. TO, Tab _EDITOR OF TEE SUN. Sia,—ln your first leader of the 17th inst. you sustained Mr. Wyld's right of succession to Mr. Wakl-y's position as the representative of this bo nroteg,h by an examination of his political principles, havieg said, in some observations leading to this ana• - lysis, that " his capacities, apart from his office as legislator, have for many years forced upon him the attention of the community as one of the most emi nent of Eying. geographers." In these days of in trigue for Parliamentary power, when it is next to impossible, to predicate what men's future conduct in Parliamerit will be by reference to their latest pro fessions, it may be sound policy to obtain from even well-known Liberals a declaretion of their political principles,and they will cheerfullygive it, as a necessity of the times. Per unknown men this pnlicy is ini prim's. Bat necessary as it is become to make all candidates feel that, if elected, they go to Parliament to honestly sustain the political principles of their con stituents, and not the vagaries of their party leaders, elector's , will hazard their purpose if they do not act, continuously in this matter. Let me state their' danger. A man is ambitious of, a seat in Parliament, and he happens to have sotaie ieflaenee in a county or a borough, but be has only a dreamy feeling for poli tical principle ohis intellect has never enabled him to push this - feeling into a neble mental power. In this event what is his conduct, as shaped for him by elec tors demanding his declarative consent to their cate gorical principles ? Why just this. He studies them, and /elite forward addresses conforming to them, duly prepared by some practised writer, and simply tested by, such. proclamations the man shall seem to be as fit: for Parliament as he. from whom the electors might have acquired their principles—as he who in a first Parliamentary career had furnished proof that the principles were practically his own. It is in cases of this sort that electors will do well `to ponder before they give their votes—to look at the antecedents of the candidates, and to ask them selves, by a reference to them, which man is most likely to do us credit, end himself honour, na a Le gislator ? It will be well for them to ponder the fact, that the mind of a Member of Parliament ought to have been enlarged by more ennobling processes of thought than are necessary for the respectable manage ment of peddling mercantile affairs and mechanical corporate duties. There should have been such as educatlon of the intellect as would enable it to Comprehend every measure presented to it for consi deration, or tested by a given principle ; and this quality of mind is rarely generated in a counting house. s' it is not 'destroyed in counting houses, but a mere ledger-man rarely possesses it. Is there a man opposed to Mr<TYold at all likely to have received this impOrtant :education Y - I think not, And nostelet us recur to your observation on Mr. Wyld's notoriety, as " one of the most eminent of living geographers." He is, and I wish to arrest attention to this fact, for the purpose of explaining what his prefessional studies have done for the educa tion of his intellect in his charLter of Legislator, For myself, I only know him for the knowledge his useful prufession has produced, and the quality of mind it has engendered ; and I take leave to give it as my firm belief that Parliament does not at present possess ten men equal to him in respect of statistical acquirement and apprehensive power on such sub ject& Were it not inviduous to do so, I would give the names of the men who may be his equals on this point, but I would, at the same time, flatly deny that they are his superiors. It would be a strange thing if he were not thus qualified, for it is within my in formation - that, - lor years past, and in dis charge of professional purposes, he has been in familimecommunion with the most eminent statistical thinkers of the age in all parts of the world, and so his mind is ripened for such investigations. Know ledge and power such as his will be increasingly wanted in Parliament, and I ask what equivalent qualification is possessed by any candidate opposed to him or likely to be'opposed to him For some time past I have had to notice suggest. tions from editors in our London papers that Ma caulay, or Dickens, or Jerrold should be pressed to stand for Finsbury. I now field that Macaulay has gracefully declined to do so. The repentant men of Edinburgh should have the brilliant essayist and historian. He is worthy of them, and were it not for his History I should regret that they rejected him. History, how ever, he would not have written bad he remained in Parliament, for he has said that absence from Parlia mentary - excitement was necessary for a man girding himself for a great literary work. Let the great his torian's assertion he pondered by those who would thrust other literary,men into Parliament, however inferior their position to his. Macaulay is not to be had. He goes to Edin burgh ; and may he represent that piece so long as he can wag his eloquent tongue! As to Dickens and Jerrold, it would be a national calamity to distract either of them from the literary labours they both so admirably discharge. They belong to the commu nity, and it is to be hoped that the men of Finsbury have too much sound sense to drag either of them from his proper vocation. Is it supposed that their time is not fully occupied ? Would any man make either of them less a writer that he may become a struggling and questionable Member of Perliament, to say nothing of the chance of signal defeat at t'.ie hustings ? Rejoicing in the certain return of Macaulay to Parliament for Edinburgh, it were idle for me to deny that literary men never make sound politicians in our English conception of political capability. For this eminent man I have neither reproach nor fear. The quality of his literary labours has necessarily sobered his mind. But there is an important consideration which I think ought to prevent every high-minded Liberal from appealing to the Finsbury constituency at this late period . be the eanvass, and I submit it for the judgment of the thinking public. Would it be manly for any Liberal individual recognised as a gentleman, on any borough influence or personal prestige, to come for Ward as a candidate at this, the elev enth hour of a can vass f rom o ther Liberals? Upon the turf the horses start together and fairly struggle with each other to the winning-post ; and I have never heard that it was a d m i s sible to let in a fresh horse just at the end of the race. Would it not be true wisdom, b o y n e r v n e l e r s y c as safe onsideration, t t i b o n n s , e t o n s c t o a ri b t i ro a i sb l ed r f a o c between re brutes men ? w e live in strange political times Men seem to be diverging from the manly arrangements which used to make ambition look very like, virtue. Now a-days every detestable trick is considered fair if it have the sanction of apparent success. Let us, how ever, hope that there is lofty honour in the eminent men whom others are endeavouring to drag to the hustings. If Ibe right in what is due to their own self•respect, they will bide their time for Parliamen tary position, and, when they feel the right time come, advance to the field of contest at the manly hour, like true men. Fin A s pa u r r t y nte fr en oma st l! lam of opinionconsideration thatsconne tbctedis withthe Finsbury matter 'deserves public, notice.—l am, Sir, &c., London, June 24. ANNIVERSARY OF HER MAJESTY'S CORONATION. Yesterday being, the fourteenth anniversary of her Majesty's coronation, banners floated in the breeze on the top of Somerset House, the Admiralty, Tower, Mint, and other Government establishments, and from the mast-heads ` of several of the vessels lying in the river. A merry peal was rung from many a church spire, on which banners were hung out in honour of the day. No review took place in Hyde Park, to the great disappoint ment of many persons who visited the park at an early hour in expectation: that there would be a grand military display there, and beyond the booming of the Park and Tower guns, echoed back by those of Woolwich, no mi litary exhibition took glace. PORTSMOUTH; JUNE 28.—The anniversary of our Gracious Majesty's coronation was kept to-day with all, due observance. Bv,the express desire of the Mayor, B. Bramble, Esq., tee townspeople closed their shops, and kept a general holiday. Holidays- were also given to the people of the dockyard and to all persons con nected with the Government departments. At eight o'cl'otk the'thips and Vessels, including yachts and mer- . chentmen, dressed in colours in honour of the day, and RoyarStandard flags waved from the garrison, the dock yard, Mr:Hollingsworth's, and other flg•staves. At noon the ;guns of the Platform battery, and from the men of war at Spitbead and in harbour, boomed forth Royal salutes. The day was very fine, and thousands of persons took advantage of excursion trains and excur sion steamers, and all seemed from their noisy hilarity to be enjoying' themselves amazingly. The beautiful bells of,St, Thomas's Church were ringing occasionally, and Sinithsea common, which now forms (thanks to the late governor, Lord Fitzclarence) a beautiful place of recreation, was crowded with crieket players and pro menaders. LIE REV. Va. ACHILL' AND - HIS :.CHAPEL.—On Sunday minting a vast number of persons, attracted by curiosity arisng.out of the recent prosecution in the Court of Queen's Bench, ,fiocked towards the chapel in which Dr. Aehilli ;Ales for some time past officiated, under the impres sion alit he would allude in' thetonrse of his sermon to the circumstances attendant upon the trial in which he was so prominentl y concerned. The chapel in w hi c h th e RevAlen tletuan hag hitherto officiated is a small, unpretending looking building, situate in. Dufour-place, leading out of Broad-street, Golden-square, a neighbourhood in which a great number of Italians reside, the majority of whom, how ever, remain in connexion with the Roman Catholic Church, It is said that amongst these persons Dr. Aehili was making many converts, and that his congregation, at first a very small one, was gradually increasing until the charges just in vestigated were made against , him; when his audience dwin dled so rapidly Oat ha was compelled to abandon his Minis terial labours. Accordingly those who on Sunday repaired to DufoUrt4place, eager to catch a glance of the doctor, expe rienced a great disappointment on learning that the chapel had been closed for a month past. THE HONOURABLE ARTILLERY • CoirANY.—Yes terday Prince Albert - reviewed 'the Honourable Artillery Company, of Whiab corps his Royal Highness is colonel-in chief. His,Royal Highness and several military officers of high standing ekpressed themselves in'terms of the highest approbationy both as b the apper7auce of the company and the pre'Oiaion 0 their movements. - N i TUESDAY SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. Fltr-M THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIME.—Of all the different ways by which man kind achieve gr i- atitess the most singular and lest saaa factory has been tek n by her Majesty's present ad visers. It any one veer° candidly to ask himeelf why it is that Lord Darby and his followers are in possession of the sweets and emoluments of offic", the only reason able account he could give would be that they are chosen to rule us because they lacked the log,cal acumen which wou'd have enabled them to see throtgh the transparent fallaejses of an exploded economy—because they had not thecandour to pay that deference to the teaching of ex perience which they had denied to the dictates of reason —because they had not tact sufficieri; to catch the spirit of the age, or enough readiness.and versatility to shift a position which every one but themselves had long seen to be untenable and absurd. Such be'eg the characteris tics of what used to he celled the Protectionist party, tbe presept Ministry were, selected because they embo died these qualities in th e very Lghest degree. The criterion Lord Derby . look e d tee i n se lecting advisers for here 4ajesty was a , a 1 i n th e cau se of artificiel ecareitY, and, wit, re this was : efound . -in -a epe - cial , degreo,. ,:the,: -qe,alification of eupeerior talents cud,' aptittide for business was ,disregarded; The - one pi.nciple on .which the Ministry awere chosen, Which they embody, which they advocate, and of which they are the liveliest and most earnest, living represen tatives, is the enormous faith that the many are made for the few, the consumer for the prodacere the nation - - for the Ouse, and the, poo r f or the rich. ~It i s very ne cessary for tin? electors of the United Kingdom to bear in mind that, a.latever may n ow b e 'i a i d ; it was on pro tection, and protection etone, that the Derby ,Cabinet was built All other prof ess i ons, whether o f P r o test a nt zeal, of a desire for legal reform, or of dread of demo cracy, are mere accidents, the substance end the essential having always been protection. I t i s , we'say, very ne cessary to remember these things, because,'although protection has been in te rms disowned, Ministers have place; found nothing new to put i n i ts i t i s d ea d, and has left no avowed successor. If the Derby Ministry were to speak candidly in aPpealing to the votes of the ,country, they would say that they ask for.our sup port because tney have alway s held opinions which the rest of the country ut terly abhors, and b ecause , having abandoned those opinions, they feel them selves entitled to our person a l confidence. Now , as t o the first of these grounds, we f ee l ourselves constra i ne d to say that such striking eviden ce of an imperfect sym path), between the Ministry and th e na ti on bodes little .onger continuance of their union; as to the second, the disclaimer h as been made with so bad a grace, and with the - retent i on o f s o many principles equally groundl ess and odious, t h a t it does not entitle the culprits of P rotection to a comp l ete amnesty from the followers of F ree trade. We rejoice, of course, to hear that the endl ess good as likely to result from a t abuse of their great leader for his change of opinion h 5 5, for the future, be come a topic too dangerous for as ention •; and that the desire to raise the price of food i s disowned w ith as much earnestness as it was wont to b e Proclaimed. But we are sorry to see, and cannot bat f ee l it as an insult to th e ee common sense and intelligence of the nation, that all those principles from which the doctrine of P ro t e ction rigor ously follows are restated and i ns i sted upon in almost every Min'sterial 'address. We are reminded that the agricultural interest hrs been n ; ena uetly treated; that it is distressed by exposure to unfair competition; that it is the duty of the Legislature to foster every interest, and take care that it be properly. remu nerate d ; an d that it is the intention of Lord Derby ' s Government "vernment, by some means other than protectiveduties, t o owners and cecupiers of the soil. Now all this i s, we apprehend, not merely Oise in theory' and discreditable in statesmanship, but an entire misrepres entation o f the feelings of the people Of this count ry. It is net , m erely egainst the abuse of import duties for the purposes of Protection, and the taxation of th e consumer for the benefit of the producer, that the nation compensate the has manifested such unmistakable repugnance. Protection is odious in itself, butit is still more odious as a m anifestation of that unfair and partial spirit of government which deals with 4.7,ht5, but ac cording which a to the degree of pressure community may enable a class to exert on the G overnment. W e claim to b 3 equal before the revenue as b efore th e law. We rill not pay taxes t o any class, normen, not according to their individual ~.1 w ill we assume upon our shoulders the burdens which no duty in Go vernment to foster the welfare of classes, and no mission to reconcile their disputes, so long as those disputes are occasioned by the de s ire of one clas s t o live either di redly or indirectly at the expense of a nother. We have r ightfully belong to it. We recogni zed not merely shaken off Protection; Wego verned by men who regard our intere s t s from a protec tive—chati anti•national point of vieisw. ,froTmhae principles on whi c h free trade is narrow, unsound, and wle not be cased are more valuable than free trade itself, for the one is only the c orrection of a particular abuse, while the other, when well understood and fairly applied, fur'- nish guarantees for progress, equality, and justice. We shall never be able to tolerate a Government the sympa thies and feeli ngs of which are oppo sed to our own, which insults u s by bewailing abundance, and still looks for consolati on to. any causes likely to b r i ng b ac k that scarcity w hi c h it dares not enforc e b y leg i s l at i ve enactment. Free trade must not be tolerated as a great evil, but accepted and embraced as a great good. No idea can be more absurd than that any Government can be permanent in a free country whose sympathies are in a contrary direction to those of its citizens. We must not only have abundance, but we must have Minis ters who do not grudge us its enjoyment. Are the peo ple gorged and satiated with the necessaries of life, and anxious to return to a sparer diet and more ascetic fare? Do they read in the increasing abundance which every Quarter's Revenue discloses symptoms of decline and ciecay ? Do the meat and the bread, the coffee and the sugar, and all the other homely luxuries of the poor man's board, come to him in such lavish abundance that he has learnt to loathe them, as the Israelite in the de sert did his dear-bought banquet of quails? If so, let us by all means take the shortest cut back to the blessed state of want and scarcity from which a few short years have delivered us, and, without troubling Lord Derby to rack his brains for a Enccedaneum, let us bolt the pill of Protection at once. But if, as we rather think, there is no disposition to curtail th ese t hi ngs —if every individual of the community, though content t o bear his own bar dens, is determined not to assume those which right fully belong to his neighbour, let us return men to Parliament determined to resist not only Protection, but every alternative, substitut e , or equivalent which the in genuity of Lord Derby may sugges t. While the Go vernment was still Protectionist, we we re told that Par liament wag to meet in th e autumn f or th e purpose of considering measures for th e relief of the l an d e d inte r e s t. Protection is disavowed, but the meeting of Parliament is still to take place, and measures of relief to the landed interest are still announced. The country can have no confidence in the spirit in which these measures will be prepared. Many candidates have announced before hand their intention of voting for them, be they what they may, merely from reliance on the spirit of undue favour to the landed interest by w hi c h they believe Lord Derby to be actuated. It behoves the friends of free trade, therefore, to be careful in choosing Members friendly, not merely to the letter but to the spirit of free trade—not merely to unfettered imports, but to the wide and comprehensive principles of the absolute equality of all clssses in matter s of finance. We do not went merely the absence of Protectioneany more than we regard a man as our friend and benefactor because he does not pick our pocket. Live. We want, in fact, that gurrantee for good govern ment which nothing but a fair recognition of sound economical principles, and an earnest desire to carry them out in their own way and ; We want something posi general election was ever pre :Meaning addresses as the contest ---- in their true spirit, Can pre ceded e o dc s e s k a le R i b y yo a Ns ff ol o m r c d La t nE e r u u which is to occupy the first half of July. In former times, if candidates used conventional language, consti tuencies at least understood on which side each aspirant was likely to vote, if returned. el the present occasion i t i s perhaps possible to discover, through a cloud of election address implies an intention to support Lord D er b y; b ut even th i s w ords, that a particular style of s lenple pledge is, in most instances, limited by the very confidence l:e h r ie m h the promised adhesion. The trust which an expectant and justify u a s e t co b al e pa su n p y posed to be grounded on a belief that the latter will carry out some definite line of policy; but, at this Point, all further in vestigation is baled. Some one or two hundred gentle pktreomi e b s s e i r on p s ig ( o l e sin t gentle men are resolved to assist Lord Derby in doing—nobody can discover what. If the Ministerial Party were likely to form a majority in the new Parliament, there would not be much difficulty in understanding its present intentions. There are always reasons enough for standing by the actual holders of office. The' real difficulty will arise when, in the course of the autumn, a change of Govern ment occurs. It is really impossible to understand what the ex-Protectionists will attempt, or profess, or wish for.' Mr. Disraeli made it his business, during three sessions, to teach them how a campaign in which they were engaged might be conducted with the beet hope of success. Li resuming his place as leader of the Oppo sition, he will be called upon to provide his friends, not only with tactics, but with a cause. The agitation against the supposed " burdens on land" was always understood by the party to be an underhand and in genious contrivance for carrying on the battle of Pro tection. The landowners know how triflin g would be the utmost relief which they could seriously ask ; and they certainly have no intention of relinqui s hing the local powers which must necessarily b e trans ferred to some central authority, i„ the event of the Consolidated Fund being charged with the amount of the present local burdens. It is scarcely worth while to bring together a large Parlia mentary minor ity, who, as soon as Lord Derby is driven from office, will have no principle of cohesion whatever. The fallacious hopes of the existing Cabinet are based on the personal differences which are supposed to divide the Opposition. But more far-sighted politicians un derstaud, that general agreement on the immediate questions • of the day will ensure sufficient unity of action so long as Lord Derby is in power. The formation of a new Geverutnent will, no doubt, require concessions; but it is the tendency of office to consolidate an imper fect un i on by the multiplication of common interests, and by the habit of joint resistance to the same oppo nents. The present minority of the House of Commons suffers little from active dissension, notwithstanding the resentment of its more tenacious faction at the open apostasy o f t h e pure Ministerialists. Party union, whether it depends on personal or on political grounds, is always strengthered by the possession of office; but some principle, good or bad; is required to mak e an O p position respectable. We assume that there is no doubt as to the result of the elections. Even the loudest friends of the Government have ceased to effect sanguine hopes of success. The counties cannot add ten supporters to Lord Derby's ranks, and he can hardly exp ec t the broil ghs will give him one additional adherent. The Roman Catholic constituencies in Ireland are naturally indignant at the Maynooth agitation, and at the late Procinx - ition. The Goverment might fairly have at- EVJENING, JUNE 29, 1852. tempted to conciliate allies who, in many cases, are comparatively- indifferent to economical questions, whilst they are unifereely hostile to Lord John Russell. But the objects to be gained by flattering religious an a - tipathiee in England lay nea rest to (Alici vision. It was, therefore, determined to go to the country on the No-Popery cry, and even Lord John Manners has ap pealed to his constituents in the character of a zealous ultra-Protestant. It is curious to observe that the genuine bigots of Colchester are not satisfied with so suspicious a conversion. , As the candidate, however, he gratuitously tendered the sectarian i ssue, he can scarcely complain if he is himself sacrificed to the pre judices of more thorough-going zealots. The events of the next fortnight or three weeks will show whether we are mistaken - in ‘believing that the conflict of par ties is virtually decided. The remoter conse quences of the election will only appear when experience shall have shown - the nature of the questions which may - require early solution. It is satiefactury to observe that none of the more distin guiehed Parliamentary leaders aro in any serious danger of exclusion. The battle of the next five years will, to ull'epPettratee; - be carried on among the same coin batents who have hitherto represented the various sec tions of the House of Commons. Mr. Mecaulay, should he be returned for Edinburgh, will probably be the most prominent accession which any Parliamentary party 'will receive. Among' the great number of new can didates, there may, perhaps, be a few who will rise above mediocrity; but, in all probability, the mem bers of the last two Cabinets will form, together with three or four distinguished Liberals of other sections of the House, the leaders of the undoubted anti-Ministerial majority. In the fresh combinations which must neces sarily be formed when all parties get a new start, it is not iniprobable that the relative positions of many po liticians will be materially altered.. Parliament and the country will at legit demand that something shall be done to carry out the sound principles which it is so easy to profess. Practical ability ought to have its turn of office, when we have so often witnessed the failure .of party dexterity to accomplish even its own petty purposes. The first object is to secure the country against the success of a retrograde policy; but candidates ought to recollect that . something' further is required than a mere negative protest against reaction. In some of the addresses. of Liberal Members, a long series of Parliamentary votes is recorded, with the view of enforcing the claims of the respective writers to fu tare confidence. Yet it will appear, on investigation, that, in nine cases out of ten, the measures which these candidates boast of having supported have still to receive the sanction of Parliament. It is true that defeat is no proof of incompetence; bat when a legislator appeals only to laws which he has not succeeded in passing, there arises a presumption that he has either chosen his objects without judgment, or pursued them with insuffi cient ability. In most cases both charges would be found to apply, even though the reforming politician was in earnest, when he gave his useless - votes. There are surely many practical improvements which the Repre sentatives of the metropolis might have aided in effect ing, if their political conduct and character had given them the influence befitting their position. Lord John Russell, indeed, belongs to a different category from that in which the metropolitan Members generally must be ranked; and Sir William Molesworth's exertions on be half of the colonies do credit to the judgment of his con stituents. With the remaining representatives of London we should perhaps have little quarrel, if they sat for ob scure boroughs in remote parts of the country; but it is unfortunate that the capital of the empire should return Members to Parliament, scarcely one of whom would he recognised by any political party as fit to hold any con siderable office, or to be entrusted with the conduct of any important question. The new candidates who have come forward in some of the metropolitan boroughs stand, for the most part, on the same dead level of insig nificance. With few exceptions, they are ready to ac cept any and every popular pledge; but we see no reason to believe that any one of the number will assist in the passing of a single useful measure. Mr. Conyngham, who is seeking to be returned for Westminster, forms en exception to the purely common-place character of the metropolitan candidates. With his political opinions we profess neither concurrence nor sympathy; but we can at least understand his reasons for coming forward. It is not undesirable that the extreme doctrines which pre vail among a large and intelligent class should find ut terance in the House of Commons. Mistaken theories of economy would be corrected by discussion, and a re presentative of the creed of " co-operation" might per haps prove the most efficient preacher of the true laws which regulate. competition. If the ultra-democratic candidate for Westminster should, contrary to expecta tion, succeed, moderate politicians will at least have the consolation of reflecting that no very influential member of the Liberal Tarty will have been excluded by the change in the representation. Lord Maidstone's preten sions to represent the city of Westminster require no serious discussion. If the leaders of the Ministerial party had hoped for success, they would have provided a more formidable candidate. The metropolitan con stituencies, with all their faults, will scarcely be guilty of the error of furnishing Lord Derby with a sup porter. SPORTING NOTES. No. CCLIV. THE LUDLOW MEETING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUX. Sir.,—To morrow and ThursdaTtSe good people of I Ludlow have determined on showing a better bill of fare than is usually the case with them; five stakes have already closed, and two or three more have yet to do so, consequently there will ha no lack of that great de sideratum of racing meetings—sport. The Ludlow Stakes, once round and a distance, about one mile five furlongs, has obtained an acceptance of a dozen this year, and probably may have half that number Bst 10Ib, looks un of starters. Old Clothworker, at commonly dangerous, and I think, if they mean him, he will just do the trick; if he fails, Osbaldeaton or Cobnut will Probably su pply the vacancy. For th e Fi ve S ovs, H an di c ap, not having seen th e ac ceptances, I must make a bit of a plunge in the dark, and sel act The Oakley Park Slakes it would be ridiculous to Miss Fanny or Theorem for the winner. attempt 2. winnin g Election. • The pri nc i pal races of the second day are the South Shropshire an d Cup starkire 'own hands with his his Selina or Clothwe er b for the former Mr. Parr would seem t o h ave th - e race in principal opponents being Cobnut and W o r cester. 'is The Cup Stakes, I should say, will go' into the Stanton stable, with Kitellyer or Prime Minister whichever they, may pl eas , to Start; shou l d happen that they start neither, I shall expect to see Clethworker and Butterfly in the first Chelmsford Races come off likowand second places : it so to-ai Or COW and the follOiving day, but are of so uninteresting that it will be quite u se l ess to Haz a r d any comments ar a nature upon them. To-morrow ow _...... I shell take a glance a t the sport to come ure off on Thursday at Salisbury. Betting is not over brisk at the present moment, rp lating for the mo s t p ar t t o th e races at Goodwood. 'ar,-; Cumberland Plate has caused a little speculation, and but a little; Calculator being deemed as great a certain ty for it as Stilton was for the Plate at Newcaitle.—l am, Sac June 29. TIIE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. * SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The room was very fully attended, and in settling on past, and operating on future events, a good deal of busi ness transacted. The following were the latest quota tions : CUMMERLAND ?LATE (cAniasnis). 2 to 1 agst Mr. G. Barton's Calculator 4 to 1 agst Mr. J. Osborne's The Proctor 5 to I agst Mr. Heron's Colsterdalo THE JULY STAKES. 6 to 5 on Lord J. Scott's The Reiver GOODWOOD STAKES. ' Bto 1 egst Mr. Williams's Chief Justice—taken and afterwards offered 13 to 1 egst Duke of Richmond's Houlakin=taken and afterwards offered 16 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Cariboo 100 to 6 agst General Anson's Champion—taken and afterwards offered 20 to 1 agst Mr. I. Anson's Haricot—taken and afterwards offered 20 to 1 agst Mr. Douglas's Don Pedro—taken and afterwards offered 20 to 1 agst General Anson's Backbiter—take 25 tol GOODWOOD CUP. 3 to 1 eget Mr. Meiklans's Stilton—taken 4 to 1 agst Lord Ribblesdale's Kingston—taken and , afterwards offered 8 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Little Harry—taken 9 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Hobble Noble—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Parker's Joe Miller—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. A. Aumont's Heroine—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. J. M. Stanley's Teddington Stilton and Little Harry were backed for a good deal of money at the quoted odds, which, nevertheless, were currently offered at the close. DERRY. 20 to 1 agst Lord J. Scott's The Reiver—taken 22 to 1 agst Mr. Powney's Cineas 25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's Iturworth—taken 33 to l agst Mr. Bowes's West Australian 20 to 1 taken to two or three hundred pounds about The Reiver, the backer offering to go on, and 4,500 to 200 about Cineas. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. FINsBURY.—At a numerously attended meeting of the electors of this borough, held last night in the National School-rooms, Denmark-street, Islington, it was unani mously resolved to use every exertion to return Mr. Duncombe at the head of the poll and free of expense. Duncombe addressed the meeting, and professed his utter inability to understand why the Liberal interest was about to be split up by so many rival `candidates for the borough. A numerously attended and highly re spectable meeting of the friends of 3lr. Alderman Challis v7as alto held at the Crown Tavern, Clerkenwell-green, last evening, when the Alderman attended and addressed the meeting at considerable length. The exposition of his political sentiments gave great satisfaction, and re solutions were adopted pledging the meeting to untiring exertions on his behalf. SOMERSET (EAST).—Mr. Arthur W. Elton, of Cleve don-court, has addressed the electors of East Somerset shire on the Liberal interest. Ho says, "I am loth to commit the cause of Free trade to the weak and unwil ling guardianship of a Ministry who have abjured Pro tection with their lips, but who yearn for it in their hearts." Mr. Elton declares himself to be firmly op posed to violent and ultra-Democratic changes. SURREY (EAST).—Mr. Alcock and Mr. LOcke King offer themselves for re-election. WORCESTERSHIRE (EAST) -Mr. Robert Clive, whose name was recently mentioned as one of the candidates for East Worcestershire, has no intention to come for ward against Mr. Foley, and will offer himself for the borough of Ludlow, WOLVERHAMPTON.—Tbe Hon. C. P. Villiers has issued a very long address to his constituents at Wol verhampton, announcing his desire again to represent them in Parliament. Mr. Thornely, his colleague, has has also applied for a renewal of confidence. WESTMINSTER.—Mr. W. Coningham, the new candi date for Westminster, met a numerous body of the con stituency in the Pimlico district last night at the Wind sor Castle, Vauxhall-bridge. Ho was very favourably received, but doubts were expressed df his success, from the late hour at which he had come into the field. The subject of the evening's addresses was the dissection of the late conduct of General Evans, showing that on 14 most important votes of last session he was away from the House altogether, or when present spent his time squabbling with Mr. Cobden—and these were votes for the reduction of the army, navy, and Church expendi tore. Lord Maidstone has at the last moment come forward as a candidate for Westminster on Conserva tive principles, and professing his intention to support the Derby Administration. MARYLEBONE, . Last evening a public meeting of the electors of this borough, registered in the parish of St. Pancras, was held at the Vestry-hall, King's-road, Camden Town, for the purpose of taking steps to secure the re-election of Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart., and Lord Dudley. Coutta Stuart, as Members for the borough. Mr. W. BILLETT, churchwarden ' occupied the chair, and observed that the coarse which had been pursued by the present Members for the borough had been such as to entitle them to the good...opinion of all who appre ciated-the benefits derived from en honest and indepen dent system of representation. Be therefore hoped that the meeting would so far acknowledge the previous exertions of the present representatives as to pass a resolution approving of their conduct, and expressing a determination to support them at.the ensuing election. Mr. T. E. BAKER proposed, and Mr. W. DYKE se conded, a resolution to the effect:—" That the conduct of Sir Benjamin Hall and Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, as representatives for the borough of Marylebone, emi nently entitles them to a renewal of the confidence of the constituency within the parish of St. Pancras." Some discussion took place, in the course of which Mr. Cooper observed that the conduct of the Hon. Gen tlemen as the xepresentatives of the borough, had far exceeded the estimate he had formed of then, before they went into the House. _He was one who had formerly opposed Lord Dudley Stuart at public meetings; but since he had represented the borough of Marylebone, the electors could not mention any occasion on which he had given a vote contrary to their wishes or expectations. The resolution was unanimously agreed to. Mr. DONALD FRAZER then moved, and Mr. STOCKTON seconded, that Sir B. Hall and Lord D. Stuart having for so long a period faithfully and honourably discharged their duties to their constituents, this meeting approved of the principle of returning those gentlemen to Par liament at the ensuing election free of expense to them selves. The motion was carried, and was followed by a resolution (proposed by Mr. Hilles, and seconded by Mr Furnss), that a committee be formed for. the purpose of ensuring the return of those candidates at the ensuing election, and to co-operate, with other committees for that object. It was .then resolved , that a subscription be opened in furtherance of the foregoing object, arid the business terminated with a. vote of thanks to the chairman. ARRIVAL OF 246 SAIL or MRTICIIANT SHIPS IN THE THAMES. —Yesterday no fewer than 246 sail of mer chant ships entered inwards at the Custom-house. Of these 93 arrived from foreign and colonial ports, 42 coasters, including the regular trading steam-vessels, and 11l colliers. Among the first mentioned, are the Cornelius Grinnell, from N e w York, 1,221 tons; Dinapore East Indiaman from Cal cutta, 789 tons; the Syria from Port Philip, 542 tons—this vessel brings 11,500 ounces of gold dust from the Australian diggings ; and the Regina from Sydney brings 10,280 ounces, the estimated value of both freights being 86,500/. The Victorine from Charente, 800 tons, and the following East Indiamen, all nearly 1,000 tons burthen, viz., Gloriana, from Coconada ; Coringa, Madras and Cape of Good Hope; Tu dor, from Calcutta and Cape of Good Hope; Mary Stuart, from Penang; and Heroine, from the Mauritius and St. Helena. The arrivals from the West Indies and South America are also very numerous, and the reports from the outports state that a large Sleet of shipping from foreign ports is coming up Channel. CRICKET. THE GENTLEMEN OF KENT v THE GENTLE MEN OF ENGLAND. This annual match, notwithstanding the unsettled state of the weather, attracted a fashionable company. Upwardii of thirty carriages, filled by the fairer portion of the population and a large number of the members of the Marylebone Club, with many ladies on horseback, were at Lord's on this occasion, and bad it not been for a threatening atmosphere, the number of spectators would have been, as in former days, something consi derable. Our limits at this particular moment will only permit us to place before our readers the state of the score at the close of the play for the day:-- GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND. E. Hartopp, Esq., run oat 12 A. Raygartb, Esq., b Pon- R. Skelton, Esq., c A. tifex --• - 2B Mynn, b Fredericka 32 W. Hammersley, Esq., not G. Cooke, Esq., b Frede- out lO ricks 11. Vernon ' Esq., c An- Sir F. Bathurst, c Fenn, b drews, bFredericks 1 Norton . Hon. S.' Ponsonby, b J. Parker, Esq., b Norton Wiles ... ..... .... . ..... . 8 Byes, 10; Jeg byes, 1; W. Williams, Esq , b Pon- wide, 10 ... 2 tifex ... ...... .. ... GENTLEGIEt W. Blynn, Esq„bßathurst 3 H. Peel, Esq., b Bathurst 6 H. Smith, En., c Cooke, b Skelton W. Norton, Esq., c Wil liams, b Hammersley OF KENT. 132 N. Felix, Esq., not out ... 16 A. Mynn, Esq., not out ... 13 Leg byes, 2 ... 2 THE NEW CRYSTAL PALACE. A melancholy though original attempt w a s made at Sydenham yesterday evening to rouse the feeling of the inhabitants against the erection of the Crystal Palace in their neighbourhood. It appears that a Mr. Cole, from London, arrived in the - village a few days since, and immediately waited upon many of the householders with an alaiming statement of the disastrous conse quences that must inevitably ensue to the people of Syd enham should they be unfortunate enough to obtain in their locality the prize that had been greedily sought by some half-dcsen other districts. lir. Cole's singular canvass, as might be expected, was anything but suc cessful; but he had the hardihood, nevertheless, to post the walls of the place with placards announcing for Monday evening, at the Greyhound Inn, a meeting of such inhabitants as might be desirous of avoiding the threatened " nuisance." At eight o'clock some fifty or s ixty of the inhabitants of Sydenham duly met, but full two hours before that period Mr. Cole had prudently re quested the waiter to summon a fly to the door, in which the mysterious gentleman suddenly decamped. In his absence the Sydenhamites who had answered Mr. Cole's summons formed themselves into a meeting, and passed resolutions approving of the Crystal Palace scheme, and , of its removal to their district. THE IMPROVEMENTS AT KENNINGTON-COMMON.— Men are already engaged for the preparation of the works consequent upon the passing of the Bill for the improvement of this once popular pl ace o f amusemen t. The common has long been in a most disgraceful state, nearly all the fencing being broken down and carried away. There were a great many declivities of the ground, and already many hundred loads of earth have been laid down for the levelling of the surface, preparatory to the common being laid out, it is be lieved, as an ornamental garden. The smaller common od joining St. Mark's Chureh is in as bad a state as the other, and this will, probably, undergo a similar adornment. The inhabitants of the locality will be much benefited when the whole is completed ; and, as a new town has sprung up at the back of.the common, the property in that part will be greatly enhanced, while the new garden, when laid ont and planted, will be a great recreation for the inmates. FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday last a fatal colliery accident took place at Elton Colliery, situate between Bury and Bolton, Lancashire, under the following circumstances:-Four men and a boy were descending the shaft in a cage, and when they had descended seventy yards, the plug connected with the winding wheel suddenly be came loose, so that, the engineer having no longer command of the rope, the men were immediately precipitated to the bottom of the shaft—a distance of sixty yards. Two of them, named Robert Unsworth and Fletcher Jackson, were killed on the spot. A third, named George Bradley, had his arm torn off, and there is not much probability of his reco very. Thomas Platt, the fourth, has hiS leg and arm broken, besides being injured in the back. Henry Chad burn, the boy, 14 years of age, had his leg and arm broken, and was otherwise bruised. Both the men who perished were married, and each had four children. The plug had never been known to get loose on any previous oc casion. INCOME•TAX.—A return to the House of Com mons, in continuation of a Parliamentary paper, No. 27 of the session of 1851, has been printed. It contains returns o f the number of persons charged to the income-tax in the years ending the sth of April, 1850 and 1851, divided into classes number under the Schedules D and E. Unde r the former, the of persons possessing incomes under 1 501. a year was, in 1850, 34,944, and the amount they p a i d was 74,855/. ; in 1851 the number was 33,867, and the amount pai7 3,232/. There are statalso to have b een 23 pereons in with incomes above 50000/. a 50,1961.; and in 1851, 26 pe r s ons, , year, who paid who paid 54 ,827/. trildel the latter, 21,445 persons, with incomes under 1691, Paid 45,4781., in 1850; and 21,897 persons, in. 1851, pai d 45,7551. The total amount collected und er s c h e dule A was, in .1850, 2,652,951/. ; i n 1851, 2,6 41,630 L Under Schedule B, in 1850, 316,940/. ; in 1851, 310 , 546 k Under Schedule C, in 1850, 714,925/. ; i n 1851, 746,184/. Schedule D, in 1830, 1,529,6111 ; in 1851, 1,553,615 E Under,e Schedule E, in 1850, 334,473/. ; in 1851, 331,53 7 , 1 :, ' l 'i f. Under total collected was, in 1850, 5,578 900/ • 051, 5,56 ") , " ' ~ ; m parliamen tary PRIZE MONEY. —It appears by a return printed on Thursday, that the total a m°ll 9,-, t°f unclaimed army prize- money, from the 18th Januar y. 1809, - d. to the,3lst Decembe r , 1 851, a mounted to 1,405,5551.195. i t Of this amount 720,051/ . was paid to clainian' si. 97,73o/. was 57,801/. was z paid for expenses in curred in executing acts; of the annual paid for the Royal H ospital in ditninn /1.0 the Commis- T vote ; and the bala nce, 30,000 k, was pai d i sioners• of Woods and Forests for appropriation Royal Military Asyl um. pria tion towards the RAILWAY THE WINEING•III , T HE AND the House of Lords on Acrs.—A question was decided Provisions of the Wind ing-up which is of great interestin to those 'connected with railway schemes brought within tb l e ately been expressed by Acts. An opinion ,bas lately projects as had not many of the judges that such railwa y formed into a. company were proceeded far enouh not within the meaning of at rest by the decision of the be the Winding-up Acts. The ' question has now been set House of L or d s , who decided that these inchoate rail way companies are withinlve the Winding-up Acts. In this decision the Lord Chancellor and all the. judges present con curred. e, • .• idP with s h a memorial from Sir John the ChancellOr of had an interview Jubnstm! Scarborough, S the Ezeheqk aturday.r o n - IMPERIAL PAR ROUSE OF LORD PATENT LAW AM' Lord COLCHESTER movec amendments to this Bill be agree. Earl GRANVILLE thought th better had the amendments of th_ eluded. Lord BROUGHAM considered the Dill was a great improvement on the old patent laws. Ho was not dis poeed to recommend their Lordships to disagree on the subject of these amendments, end by so doing endanger the Bill for this session. Lord CAMPBELL was understood to concur in the view taken by the Noble and Learned Lord. Earl GREY thought their Lordships, even at the risk of rejecting the Bill, ought not to concur in the arnerel meats, because they would interfere with the rights of those colonies in which there were representative assem blies, who had power to grant patents--u power now proposed to be superseded by the authority of the Crown. On this question he had so strong an opinion that he should more their Loedships do not agree to the amendments of the 18th clau;e. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that the Crown already had the power of granting patents to the colonies. Earl GREY replied, if the Crown had that power— which wes doubtful—the Crown had practically waived it. The amendment was withdrawn on the gallery being about to be cleared for a division. The amendments of the Commons were agreed to. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT BILL. The Earl of DESAR f moved the third reading of the New Zealand Government Bill. After a few words from Earl WALDEGRATE and the Earl of DESART, The Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Nisi Prins Bill went through Committee. SUITORS IN CHANCERY RELIEF BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the third read ing of the Suitors in Chancery Relief Bill, with the amendments. Lord LYNDHURST begged to call the attention of the Hou se to a ma tter personal to himself in connection with this Bill . O n a former night, when the House was in Committee on this Bill, something WE3 supposed to have fallen from him which inflicted considerable pain, as he was informed, upon a Learned Judge who sat in the other Rouse of Parliament, for whom he (Lord Lyndhurst) ente rtained the most sincere re spect. He had not th I acquaintance of that Learned Judge, n es eacupied his present persona had be spoken to him since he had practised before him (L ord Lyndhurst) when he (Lord Lyndhurst) held the Great Seals, and he Lad con stantability, and his courteous bearing. office ; but that learned person reason to admire his leernin, eloq uence, his ng ' d He (L ord ynd hurst) considered him, in short, ey e v wayworthy of his distinguished parent when at the r- b a d he had every reason to believe that he had m e i - an spending high character since he had be en raised to the bench. Nothing, therefore, was furthe r f d a rnm his (Lor Lyndhurst's) intention than to make that might be painful to that Learned Jundygeobservation The matter in question arose out of a disjoneted(ear.) discus sion on the Bill before the House, which, a s the Com mittee sat until a late hour that night, their Lorde t ismight easily suppose was not very accurately reported. In fact, ho (Lord Lyndhurst) was suppose& to have made some observations on the Master of the Rolls. when, in truth, ho had not said a word up on th at sub ject, the matter being entirely foreign to him. The facts of the case were shortly these:—lle (Lord Lyndhurst) had stated them before a very thin House, but their Lordships would permit him to state them again. The Bill in question was founded upon the report of a Select Committee. The Master of the Rolls was a member of that Committee. That Committee recommended, in the strongest terms, the abolition of the office of the orders in course; but, thinking it might be proper to except some orders, it proposed to transfer them to the register in Chancery. The object, however, was to abolish that office. Sir S. Roniilly then held the office of Solicitor-General; since then he had been raised— very properly raised—to the office of Master of the B e lls. When the Bill before the House was brought in, his (Lord Lyndhurst's) attention had been directed to the circumstance that no attention was paid in it to this recommendation of the Committee. Nothing, in fact, was said of the obvious intention of the report. Some gentlemen of great respectability, members of a society for the improvement of the law—the Metropolitan and Provincial Law Association—bad accordingly petitioned their Lordships on the subject, and they had requested him to introduce their petition to the House. So far from there being any provision for the abolition of the office in question in the Bill, or the adoption of the re commendation of the Committee in the manner in which it was worded, at the very time the Bill was under eon sideratioa—in November last, the Master of the Rolls, upon the appointment becoming vacant, appointed to it a very young man, an articled clerk to an attorney in the City, who had not completed his articles. That was made matter of complaint, and he (Lord Lyndhurst) was requested to bring the subject before their Lordships. He thought it his duty to do so, and he did not refuse. He had asked for some explanation of the circum stances, but he had received none. He had called the attention of his Noble and Learned Friend on the woolsack to the fact. Was he wrong, therefore, in pressing the question? And be asked the House whether they did not believe that if the Master of the Rolls was in his situation, he would not have considered it his duty to follow the same course as he (Lord Lyndhurst) had done on that occasion? If the matter bad been referred to a Select Committee, which, as his Noble and Learned Friend on the wool sack justly stated, could not be in consequence of the lateness of the session, the subject could be easily ex plained. But there had been no explanation until that moment, and he (Lord Lyndhurst) contended, therefore, that he only did his duty in calling the attention of their Lordships to the subject. "A. Committee had been, as he said, appointed—the learned person in question was a member of that Committee—the report of that Com mittee recommended a certain coarse with regard to a certain office in the court of which this learned person Was the head a short time after. Bat in the Bill brought in ostensibly for the purpose of carrying out that report—in fact, purporting to be founded on it, there was not the slightest reference to the remarkable recommendation in question. As far as he (Lord Lyndhurst) could collect from what passed on the sub ject in the other House of Parliament, the learned person in question had had nothing to do with the pre paration of the Bill. He (Lord Lyndhurst) was, how ever, while in ignorance of that fact, bound to assume that, being a member of the Committee, and the Bill relating to the courts of equity, of which he was one of the judges, this learned person bad taken part in the discussion of the measure, and had been advised of its contsets.—(Hear, hear.) He (Lord Lyndhurst) trusted, therefore, that when in the next session of Parliament he should mo ve for the abolition of the effice in question, he should ha ve the support of that Learned Judge in the other Hous e . The office of the woolsack had been cut down with a n unsparing hand; that of the Master of the Rolls had been entirely spared. He asked his N o bl e and Learned arned Friend if that was not true? There was not office held under the Master o f th e R olls which had beea single touched in the Bill. When h e (L or d Lyndhurst) n men tioned these circumstances h e had only which he believed to be st r i ct l y true, stated facts therefore, his duty to s t ate t h em. This considered it, per son, in reference to th e o ffi ce underlearned ported to have stat e d th at the office notice, was id by salary, not by fees that the f Was now Pa.. to the office were put an end to , and formerly Vi o l 1,0001. a-year given instead. 0 2 and s 1 012 7 but where did this sa lary come from? It came out Fund. So that it was actually of the Suitors' Fee of the fees of suitors in the Court of a paid 05t office elle n If tee was abolished, in a „, rY ce - the recom mendations of the Co • rdance with „ Inmates ) of which that Learned person was a Member, that a-year would be saved to the publi l,OOOl. 0 . There was another point which he (Lord Lyndhur st) ba d adverted to. He had stated that one clerk • o h . nee r y had 2001. a-year salary, while t wo el i - e t h e dfice of the Master of . It appear the Rolls had 3 00/ ed• however, that 3001. was given to the M h e Rata, and that only one Master t clerk was appointe d w ith salary. But there was a provision in the B'll w t which the Master of the Rolls would be b y an o ffi ce into two clerkships enabled to div ide of 1501. a ye ar ach. H e (Lord Lyndhurst) regretted that in th e serg e blivg discussion which had taken place on th e Bill that l this was n ot sufficientl y p oin tsd out! He h a d said enough, he trusted, to satisfy their Lord shiPs th at he was s u lly justified in stating what he had stated. It was his duty to press the subject on the at tention of the Committee on that occasion, end he had Perform e d it. He hoped, however, that the explanation wo uld be satisfactory to the L earned st he h a d given Judge in question, and he begged to say that he would feel the greate st regre t if what he stated then or subse quently any pain to that Learne d person. gavee to the Bill, h Wi t h respec t e wished to put the n House n its guard again s t a ll measures ; 0. up from the other House at th a t l ate per i o d o f t h e session, coming as well as age;nst all a lt era ti ons ma d e i n Bills in their last stage. In the Bill before the House, for instance, a certain amount on retir e ment was g i ven t o officers of the Court of Chancery; and there was a pro vision Parliament should not be effected, which was perfectly Just. That proviso was, however, struck out on the re port or the third reading in the other House; and, con sequently, had the Bill been passed in that condition, those retirements which under the Act of Parliament would equal two-thirds of the salary of the individuals after 20 years' service, wouid have been reduced to half that amount. The difficulty was that it was a money clause. Sooner, however, than do such en act of in justice to individuals, he (Lord Lyndhurst) would have voted against the Bill, but fortunately the defect had been remedied by a machinery which he should not at tempt to describe, cud the proviso restored. Under these circumstances he should vote for the measure, and he hoped it would receive the sanction of their Lordships. Lord BROUGHAM had not the least doubt of the facts es stated by his Noble and Learned Friend, and he fully conctered in all that had fallen from him respect ing the high character of the Master of the Rolls. He (Lord Brougham) regretted the absence of his Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Truro) who would have been able to explain the pros! , ions of the Bill; especially with respect to the power of appoint'ng two clerks vested in the office of the Master of the Rolls. Lord LYNDHURST had informed the late Lord Chancellor that he had intended to make this statement. From the information be had received respecting the office of the orders of course, he was satisfied if it were abolished one clerk would be sufficient. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. COMMONS ENCLOSURE ACTS EXTENSION. On the motion of the Eerl of LONSDALE, the Com mons Enclosure Acts Extension Bill was read a third time and passed. - ' ..... .... Li.TPiafes4,„:, - -4 , 0.4 ,'.. -,... ." / .6, I = Itial ,h, , • g. ~.s , :EN.. ' .....C. 44.- -'• . A 4 , a th •,,,,,: -:..';': ;)i sa to. 4 ., :,,," -.. / he Bit . 0.. :-., .e, : ,b4 1 he Commons . en ex-