The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-14 00:00:00

LITERATURE. ADM 7. or , the Clouds of the Mind. By - G. P. R. James andfaunscll B. Field. Boone. Independent of any claim that this hook has to public favour from the intrinsic merit (:0' its composi tion, it has that of novelty. We learn from the pre face that the authors, while enjoying a summer tour in New England, were struck with the idea of writ-- log a prose work of fiction, in emulation of Beaumont lad Fletcher. The authors state that— " Each has contributed as nearly as possible an equal Portion with the other to the work, and that there is not chapter, not a page in the whole work on which each hand and each mind ban not laboured. If, as possibly Will be the case, the curiosity of some individuals may be lit ululated to inquire which portions are to be attri buted to the one author, which to the other, wo fear we can aff,ird them no further indication than that whi c h their own knowledge of either of the men or their habits ( f thought may :apply. And yet we will venture to add that this clue may very frequently lead them w rong, as it is more than probable that the sentiments and opinions of the one may, in many instanc es, bo attributed by the reader to the other." This is an error into which one would be very likely to fall ; for, without being previously aware of the double authorship, the read er would, in all Probability, believe the work to have emanated from one Pen. Thus far great praise is . due to Mes...rs. James and Field, but as regards their joint production we cannot but regret that they should have been at the Pains which they evidently have to produce a work of fiction i n f e rior to one which either might have singly produced. Undoubtably there are passages of decided merit and well-written descriptions to be found, but we cannot overlook the u ncalled for introduction of incidents and persons in no way connected with the thread of the story, and the no less extraordi na ry way in which they are i disposed of. The pl o t i s re markably simple. Adrian s a young man of good family, possessed of great abilities, but who likewise entertains some very vague notion with regard to the difference between man and the brut e crea ti on , a n d conceives that mankind differ from o another in in tellect and understanding according to the length of their pedigree and the pureness of the blood of their ancestors ; he nevertheless falls in love with the daughter of a fisherman, whilst he is engaged in the unpleasant occupation of dr e d g i ng f or the dead body of afriend who has b een d rowne d. Ti m e wears on, and while the youth is wavering between love and prid e , th e f at h er o f hi s b e l ove d i s killed in It piratical brawl, in which the hero of the tale is in aome way implicated, and over the dead body of the father Adrian ma k es a p ro p osa l of marriage to the maid, to whom he has never before even hinted his admiration. She eagerly accepts him, but discovering, ft short time after marriage, that although he tenderly loves her, he is ashamed of the fisherman's daughter I , l a. a wife, she wr it es a touching farewell and leaves him ; btu discovering, soon afterwards, that she is 'Sprung from some ancient family, she returns to her husband to find that he has overcome his pride, and Would rather have received her back as the fisher 14cn, 8 daughter than as a princess. Such is the tale tit "Adrian," which, be its success what it may, at least disproves an old proverb as far as works of fiction are concerned, viz., that "Two heads are better than one." 'LARET AND OLIVES. By Angus B. Reach. Bogue. As we expected from the title, Mr. Reach gives us all account of the countries in which grapes and olives ab ound ; in fact, just a sketch of his rambles through t he h sout of France and the Pyrenees. In the very co mmencement the author gives us the following Pleasing intelligence Alt sensible readers will be gratified when I state that I have not the remotest intention of deseribing the lir4l eology of Bordeaux or any other town whatever. Whosoever w an t s t o k n ow the height of a steeple, the length of an aisle, or the number of arches in a bridge, !Ist betake themselves to Murray and his compeers. I 'will try and sketch living, and now and then historical I ' ll ' 3 oe—to move gossippingly along in the byewa) s 'Viler than the highways—always more prone to give a Rood legend of a grey olctle than the correct mea- sur ement of the height of the towers, and always seeking to bring up as well as I can a varying, shifting picture, yell throned with humanity before the reader's eye." And ill this he keeps his word ; the book throughout 1: diversified with anecdotes and legends of every with light sketches of the country, and the 'lnners, customs and superstitions of the inhabitants of the v ar i ous districts through which he passed. Th ere is an amusing history of the grape and the vintage, and scenes in which the author was both an -Ye-witness and an actor. Of his first initiation into the Plucking of the grapes he gives the following n d ISing account There are no idle spectators at a vintage; all the rid must work, and so I speedily found myself with a In the pair of sc i ssors i n m y h an d cutting off the bunches t he midst of an uproarious troop of young men, young ti 4 " 3 , and children. At first I was dainty in my selec ri °t l of the grapes to e.© chosen, eschewing the under thi)! and the over.ripe. A damsel beside me observed fil l °. From her woolly hair and very dark but merry M artiniqu e I imagined her to have a touch of Guadeloupe or blood. Cut away,' she said. every grape it b o es wine.' • Yes, but the caterpillars.' They give ri te ri Yes, but the snails." 0, save the snails for said a little girl, holding out her apron full of 'ai u td shells. What do you want with them?' I in fr4e• .r n e c i . l. Boil them and eat them,' said my juvenile I looked as kance. You can't think how nice b er Y . ,are with vinegar,' said the mulatto girl. I remem bered '" our owe a pp et ite for periwinkles, and said nothing, t added my mite of snail flesh to the collection." The surprise o f th e au thor at the appearance of the Landesis shepherd on stilts, and the Bey of Arcachon w ell depicted —together with the superstitions and to ends of the Landes, their primitive mode of living , d the pertinacity with which they adhere to the -- I,"ge 3 of their forefathers. It is but lately that they -ve been induced to milk their cows, being under theth ey belief th a t L an d es cows neve r gave milk, nor were th persuaded even when the cow was milked before eir eyes, say leg— " les that one may have a little, but Landes cows Rive no milk. " On e of the principal objects of Mr. Beach's stopping „, " Age was t o v i s it J asm i n , th e pl easan t p oe t o f Pro ," en ce And Languedoc—the "Last of the Troubadours." J , B lnin's songs and rural epics are written in the patois al t• " e country, and that p a t o i s is the still almost un altered Lan.ue d Or—the tongue of the chivalric estrelsy of yore. But Jasmin is a Troubadour in a nother s ense t h an ava ili ng hi mse lf o f t h e t ongue of rnenestrels, he is a Troubadour in reality, for although he publishes his songs, and is such a favourite with the p eo pl e t h at h e m i g h t li ve i n a ffl uence, yet h e . not touch a farthing of the money so obtained, but distributes it in public charities, preferring to gain his livelihood in the bumble condition of a coi f feur and barber ; nevertheless, his self-esteem is great, he is of opinion that God only made four Frenchmen poets, viz., Corneille, Lafontaine, Beranger, and Jas min: After narrating the peculiarities of this extra ordinary man, the au th or remarks : might hardlyhavrdly know wh en my i nterv i ew w i t h J asm i n tiro of talk? ended for he seeme d b y no means lik e ly t o ing, and his t a lk was too good, and too curious not to b e li st* , ha let ua for 'a nrd to w i t h interest; but his sister, who lig d nce f that ther e m oment, com i ng back with the i nte l- w the shop. I hastil y t„kas quite e a gathering of customers in my hand like a vice, en d y leave, the poet squeezing immediatelyonr thereafter dashing into all that appertains n a g irons, scissors, razors, and lather with just al to m h ._ arent energy and en thusiasm as he flung into petry and language." r hapsodical discourse on FRANK FORESTEICs-----F— -STATES ING OF THE UNI TEI pH AND FISH- Henry William Herbert. a full n In this interesting work the angler will find • ......y an complete description of all the those which afford sport and require s g kli s e t:pno fi , i s t h aedr ( db i re • ers e ts : in their capture) of N orth America, Who some time ago published "Field United States," has been very particul a r ass in.. the correctness of this volume, and has cited some of the ,t!:103 first piscatoral naturalists to support his opinions, The work is embellished with upwards of forty highly 'oislaed illustrations, and concludes with some excel ?: l ent advice, not only as regards the capture of the i s il but the all-important one o f cooking him. This r ,:ok, although it may afford amusement to the casual "el% is more particularly intended f or the sports -11.'", to whom, whether at home or abroad, we trust t may be of service. ENGLAND AND SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH BETWEEN IR ELAND.—There are now three projects in the field for this P, ll rPose, two of them bein in connexion with the Electric. 'telegraph Company, who have a choice of routes, one of about 64 miles between Holyhead and Kingstown, and_ 'pothe r of 21 miles between Portpatrick on the coast of entland and Donaghadee. The latter will require 44 miles _' B B of wire than any other route, and will consequently be carried out at half the time and cost, and be completed, it is " P e cted, before June. "BATH BY DROWNING,—About a quarter past ten li ° 'elock on Monthly night, a holiday visitor to Woolwich, .s t l 'led. Josiah Cooper, of 5, Ernest-street, Whitehorse-lane, W e l'neY, when attempting to go on board the Essex, Noah o olwich railway steamer, lying alongside Roff's Pier, fell t o the river Thames, and was drowned, and the body has tw ° , been found. The deceased was a young man about 1,1:,, n ,tY-two years of age, having brown hair, and dressed in eti lc shooting coat end vest, with cord trowsers and Bin tker boots. His brother was so grieved and excited when 4 ue accident took place that it was with great difficulty 1141 be restrained from jumping into the water, when both Would have been drowned, owing to the darkness of thea night, of cpdn informs us that the Elder Brethren Trinity House, under date of the 6th instant, have Shall an order that every pilot cutter under their direction th ad 11 ,_ave a log-book, which shall be regularly produced to stat e e ,cmmissioners at the outports periodically, and shall a,i, l ue following particulars :—The date of year, month, the position of pilot cutter at noon and at mid ' De e.i't; the name of vessel boarded or spoken with; her rig ; ,;. liPn` 1111; lo to; name of the master ; where from ; w h ere positiion of the vessel boarded or spoken with ; th e ipn,ll and its force ; name of the pilot by whom boarde d or q 1" and remarks. We consider this order b oth impor tant, necessary, and useful in sundry respects; and, further ' bett ei it will tend to bring forward the young pilots to be a u rt 1 4- informed class of men than those now retiring from ' 14 tInitiag but Wativorthy wad udwuri 01)107. 4 444 b tri • THE SUN, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE It is many years since R o ssini's Italiana in Algeri had been heard in this house, se, that its revival last evening is nearly the same as the pro duction of a novelty. It was produced at the Cevt-nt garden establishment in its opening season of i , 1847, aan when the cast included Aiboni, Salvi, i4ar Revere. The opera of L' Ituliana was one of Rossini's early compositions, and contains some of his very sweetest and most gracefully piquant strains. Per haps, indeed, none of the master's works, with the exception of the Barbiere, are more thoroughly cha racteristic, m ore full of that easy flowing melody, more lightly and delicately instrumented than the opera under question. Charming, however, as the partition is, the work has never maintained a perma nent footing upon our stage. Now and then it has been played, admired, and, as a whole, forgotten. One reason for this state of things is, perhaps, the difficulty of always, or often, finding a contralto possessed of vocal and histrionic powers sufficient to enable her to carry off the entire weight of the female interest. The great and fatal objection, however, to the opera is the utter silliness and no meaning of the fable. Still, however, the lightness of the scoring, yet its full effec tiveness—the flow ofspor rive fancy and the freaks of high animal spirits, so wonderfully interpreted by the compo sition—are in themselves sufficient to render the work musically, if not dramatically, immortal. The reader will perhaps recollect that the story of L Italiana consists in the setting forth of the style in which a clever Italian damsel, taken prisoner by the Alge fines, manages to get on the weak side of the Bey, who has quarrelled with his principal wife, and who is bamboozled by the fair captive and her friends into undergoing a number of absurd rites of reception into some jocular Italian order or character, and finally set to eating maccaroni, which he applies himself to with such total absorption that he does not perceive the escape of his bewitches and all her Italian friends, who jump on board a vessel, at which the Bey can take only the futile vengeance of throwing his wig. All this puerile absurdity is conveyed in a series of charmingly light and vivid musical compositions. Madlle. Angri made her re-appearance last. night, and was warmly received. She sung admirably, giving the sportive scenes with a subdued but very agreeable feeling of raillery, and introducing florid bravura passages with the greatest effect and off-hand bril liancy of execution. The possession of so excellent a contralto is a most valuable acquisition to this house. Signor I3elletti was warmly greeted upon his appear ance as Mustapha. He made up and looked the Orien tal magnifico to perfection, and was always full of in telligence and quiet character in his expressive little bits of by-play. His extreme facility of vocal execu tion qualifies him perfectly for the florid music of the part, and his excellent style and severe justice of into nation made his performance a real treat. There is no more zealous and conscientious singer than Belletti. He is never imperfect, and, if he seldom raises what is termed " enthusiasm," he as seldom fails to satisfy the public. Such artists are rare ; and the warmth of reception and frequency of applause bestowed last night upon his impeponation of the character of Mustapha, many parts of which we have never heard sung so effectively, showed that the audi ence fully appreciated his value. Signor Calzolari was the Lindore, and was heard to great advantage, being peculiarly adapted to this style of music. He was warmly applauded in the air " Languir per una belle," and in the buffo duet " Se inclinassi a prender moglie." Signor Ferranti bustled energetically through the broad comic part of Taddeo. The small part of Haly was efficiently filled by Signor Mercu riali ; and Mademoiselle Feller, who played Elvira (Mustapha's wife), deserves especial mention for the competent manner in which she executed a promi nent soprano part in the finale to Act 1. The or chestra, under Mr. Balfe, was excellent. The over ture and the trio " Pappataci" were encored ; and the accompaniments throughout were deserving of praise. The opera was well received from first to last, and would have been still more heartily enjoyed but for the interpolation of a ballet divertissement between the first and second act, which suspended the interest for a lengthened period. Mademoiselle Angri, Signor Belletti, and Signor Calzolari were recalled at the end, and more than once in the course of the perform ance. The rentrie of Mademoiselle Sofie Cruvelli, in her great part of Norma, with Lablache as Oroveso, and Gardoni as Pollio, is announced for Saturday. The Queen's box was occupied by the Marchioness of Downshire, Lady Mary Hood, Miss Poole, Major Cot ton, Colonel Hood, Colonel and Mrs. Scott and party. Amougt the fashionable company also present in the theatre on this occasion we remarked the following:— His Excellency the Russian Minister, Baroness Brun now, and Mdlle. de Brunnow, the Countess of Flahanit and Mdlle. de Flahault, the Countess of Harrington and Lady Jane Seymour Stanhope, Admiral and Mrs. Hatton and the Misses Hatton, the Right Hon. the Fo reign Secretary and the Countess of Malmesbury, the Countess of Bradford, his Grace the Duke . of Leeds, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord Saudys, Lord Saltoun , Sir Thomas Barrett Lenuard, Bart., Lady Paulet So merset, Lady Lenuard and party, Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart., Lady Woodford, and Miss Woodford. Sir John Bayley, Bart., Lady 13ay1ey, and party, Sir Henry Webb, Bart, Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P., Lady Howard, and Miss Howard, Captain Smith, Mr. J. Golsworthy, Miss Caroline Bellew, Mr. George Hudson, M.P., Mrs. Hudson, and Miss Hudson, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, Mr. Trelawny, M.P, and Mrs. Trelawny, Mr. F. Coates, Mr. Store*, Mr. W, Delafield, Mr. Richards, M.P., Mr. Stephens, Mr. Mar tyn, Lady Flower, Colonel Loekyer Freestun, M P., and Mrs. Lockyer Freestun, the Hon. Misses Somerset, Mr. Montague Gore, M P., Mr. Barton, Mr. Brandt, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Inglefield, Mr. Curtis, Miss Gould, So. kIUNG_ERFORD HALL, STRAND. This establishment, which commenced under the special direction of French managers, has had its success in some degree impeded by their not knowing how to cater properly for the palate of a British pub lic, and although the locale is perhaps one of the best situations in London for a bazaar (upwards of twelve millions of persons annually passing to and fro through the market), yet the display of goods on the various counters was of a description too trifling for the solid taste of English people, however well calculated it might have been for the Paris Boulevards. The Diorama of Chevalier Bouton, advertised in our co lumns of this day, is, nevertheless, a splendid ex ception to this criticism on our part. We understand that a complete alteration is about to take place. Foreign influence will no longer exist—Hungerford Hall is about to become a purely English concern, under the sole direction of a sound English adminis tration, calculated in every way to inspire public confidence, and deserve, we doubt not, the support it will eventually receive. Possession of the theatre is already contested for by various candidates for public patronage. It is admirably adapted for representa tions and performances, inasmuch as, from its pecu liar construction, every person, without exception, can see and hear distinctly. That pleasing and popu lar singer Henry Smith commenced his entertain ments there on Monday evening, and will continue them throughout the week, this evening excepted. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Cooper, whose admirable and scientific lectures on the " Rise and Progress of Popular Music in England" have already been pro nounced by several of our contemporaries as extremely interesting and instructive, will shortly give at Hungerford Hall Theatre a new musical entertain ment, entitled " The Excursion Train," of which much is most favourably augured. As Englishmen, we most cordially wish the greatest success to the new administration. RETIRING PENSIONS TO COUNTY COURT JUDGES. — The following new provision appears in the amended County Courts Further Extension Bill, which has just been printed. The Bill has passed the Lords, and the provision was added in Committee by the Commons—" That it shall be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, by any order or orders to be made by him from time to time, on a petition presented to him for that purpose, to order that there shall be paid quarterly out of the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain and Ireland to such of the judg es o f th e C ou nty Courts as shall be afflicted with ee some permanent infirmity, disabling him from the due ex , ution of his office, and who shall be desirous of resigning the tee, an ann u ity or c l ear year ly su m of money for the term of hie lif e, not exceeding In tbe:lr Sultry which s-hall Was to County Court s a u t ch two-thirds of the yearly judge shall be entitled to as a judge of a the time of presenting his petition." Tux be or GERRARD'S-HALL, BASING-LANE, CITY.— Gertard' ays of Stowe it was by many believed that pole in the ~, rmerly the habitation of a giant, who being 41:440 feet long and 15 inches round, and used a whose skull a six feet long hold five pecks, and that his great w house of 0r1Y8.7- Troy. Respecting ; and one of his teeth weighed the parish may " On the south side of this _pole, Stowe this staff, which was probably tentlah nithigh h 1 pounds .sb one n n e e vaults, and with arched gate of e " t re on e, blinded upon arched Normandy. The same is now a eemernbronught from Cane, in travellers, commonly and corruptly called ptly cal istery, tor receit of of a giant said to have dwelled there. _? ttierrard's-hall. hall of this house sometime stood a 1 large fi r °. thereof, and by som e • e ' Pole which reached to the roof e said to be in th by Gerrard e wanes, one of the staves used the same length, Whletiiear which there stood also a ladder of of the staffe." , I ,,(as they sa i d) dto ascend to the top . „ ~ ue Great "ire serve the ancient o " St ery, except the crypt, and about eight or nine fee front was built soon l_ 1 ! x e t th e •laneafter th e stable-yard. The Ba sin g remarkable feature, except the effig y of and presented no , ntil the last few d s ° °; B ' . • which was u of Gerrard, the giant,This figure may be stationed in a niche above the entrance.d Gog and Magog, in the work of the same artist who carved Guildhall. —The Builder. A Chamberlain (the STATE BALL.—The new Lor— , com mands to Marquis of Exeter) has received her M a j est y 's issue invitations fur the first grand state ball at Buckingham Palace, on Wednesday, the sth of the ensuing month. The. first fete dux.sante of the season will be given on the usual scale of magnificence. The commercial accounts from India are more, en couraging than for some time past. There has been consi derable transactions at Bombay, although further arrivals had checked any advances in prices, and at Calcutta the de mand was active with a prospect of continued improvement. The Chinese markets were steady, without alteration. • NEANDER'S LIBRARY.—The library of the late eminent Dr. Augustus Neander, celebrated throughout Ger many for its completeness in theological works, has just been purchased on behalf of the senate of the University of po- Ch"teri in the etate of New York. LONDON, EASTER AMUSEMENTS, We resume our notice of the.. Easter Amusements, having been unable to give, all of them„ in our paper of - yesterday. CosmonAiUA..—This .old-establi-bal exhibition, which now forms part of the Prince of Wales's Bliziti-r-iii-RegenOtreet; has been re-opened for the Easter holidays. The views are the same as they have hitherto, been, consisting of Mont Blanc, Grand Cairo, Edinburgh, Mount St. Bernard, the interior of St. Peter's, &c., which, in some cases, are accom panied with illusive atmospheric effects. This ex hibition is the oldest in the metropolis, but the inge nuity with which nature is portrayed, by means of optical contrivance and dioramic artifice, always amuses, however much the process itself has lost the charm of novelty. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—The popular fame of this old-established haunt was proved by the at tendance on Monday, which, though not quite so great as usual, was still very considerable. The features of the place are of the same character as they have hitherto been, that is as to utility. But no thing, on the other hand, can be more interesting and diversified. The galleries are filled to overflowing with numerous works of curious invention, in which the mechanical genius of the age is amply exempl fied ; while the products of art are not wanting to give grace to the developments of mechanism and in genuity. - We need not remark that the great topics of the day, if they refer to anything admitting of public exposition, are here invariably the subjects of popular elucidation. Thus 'we have periodical lectures by Mr. Crispe on fire-arms, more particularly with a view to the rifle, and th© dif ferent locks . suggested by modern contrivance. Mr. Pepper and Dr. Bachhoffner are also to be met with daily, and the talents of these two gentlemen as public instructors are well known. Few men in the same sphere of action have evinced a greater skill than themselves in accommodating their strictures to the homely and uneducated intelligence of the lower classes ; and to individuals in these ranks of life— thanks to their co-operation—the Polytechnic Insti tution must have been of vast and immeasurable be nefit. The miscellaneous branches of the establish ment are replete with pleasant and entertaining varie ties. The dissolving .views, of which an entirely new set has been painted, are the best of their kind. Then there is the chromatrope, besides other optical toys. In the lower hall the diving• bell, which seems to be co-existent with the institution itself, is an unfailing source of delight, as it has been for years past ' • and an individual whom we have not yet heard, one Krausz de Fehor, is announced as the possessor of four octaves of voice, and the singer of thirty-six dialects 1 The Easter attractions at the Polytechnic Institutidn are therefore as multiform as they can well be, and we may be sure they will not be overlooked by the holiday-maker. CATLIN'S AMERICAN GALLERY.—In the north-east corner of Waterloo-place Mr. Catlin's gallery of In dian life, and the prairie scenery of North America, invites inspection. Few collections, having a direct and specific purpose, have been so popular as this. It consists, we need hardly observe, of a profusion of portraitures of the aboriginal inhabitants of the vast wilderness of North America, taken during Mr. Cat lin's residence in those districts in which he volunta rily spent a considerable number of his early years. The paintings are executed with spirit, truth, and freedom. But a most valuable and characteristic fea ture is that of the costumes brought over by Mr. Cat lin. TheSe; hung upon figures the size of life, are placed about the room, which it seems to people with striking fidelity of nature. Mr. Catlin is generally in attendance and delivers occasional lectures on the habits of the " red man," assisted by individuals clothed for the purpose, who illustrate the war-whoop and various curious customs, no doubt to the life. CUMMING'S AFRICAN MUSEUM.—The gallery of Mr. Gordon Cumming at Hyde-park-corner, like that of Mr. Catlin's, is both curious and informing. The collection of a courageous and enthusiastic sportsman in the interior of Southern Africa, it has a peculiarity of its own, -The arms, costumes, and domestic implements of several of the Kafir tribes are here brought together ; besides the skins of a variety of wild animals slain or captured by Mr. Cumming. An hour or two may, therefore, be well spent in this singular exhibition, which is one of those assemblages of objects that could only result from a peculiar love of adventure, great personal hardihood, and indomitable perseverance. SPRINGTHORPE'S WAXWORK. This cheap gal lery of waxwork has lately received several additions ; and to those whose funds are not very profuse it may reasonably be recommended. The collection, which bears some resemblance to that of Madame Tussaud's, is by no means. small. The various agremens of establishments of this kind are provided. There is a band of music; and there are also moving pictures, musical toy, a rock harnionicon, and the like. Mum mies, murderers, and monsters are exhibited in sepa rate chambers ; in fact, the taste of the populace in its widest and lowest sense, has been considered to the utmost. SALLE ROBlN.—After a short tour in the provinces, M. Robin, whose magical dexterity has already se cured for him a considerable share of public patronage, made his appearance on Monday evening with a new and enlarged programme of mechanical and optical illusions. It would be vain to attempt to enumerate the various, inexplicable sleight-of-hand tricks which this accomplished wizard enacts, to the infinite de. light of the juvenile portion of his audience, and which, in times gone by, would have earned a very different treatment for the performer than the deserved approbation which now greets him. It is sufficient to say that the Soiries Parisiennes furnish to children one of the most entertaining amusements in the me tropolis, and are therefore peculiarly worthy of a visit during, these holiday times. SAVILLE HOUSE.—The German , gymnasts, under the superintendence of Professor la.rosso, continue to go through their feats of strength and dexterity at Saville House, Leicester-square, where they have been located for a considerable period. These ex positions of bodily power, and expertness in the art of balancing, have probably never been surpassed. The entertainments are varied by an act of " Poses Plastiques." CHICKENS AND FLEAS.—MT. COlltelO'S apparatus for hatching chickens upon the old Egyptian principle will, no doubt, command its visitors during the holi day time. The process is most effectively illustrated at the rooms of this gentleman in Leicester -square, where broods of chickens are daily brought into life by the hot-water stoves, so judiciously adjusted as to temperature as to represent practically th e p recise incubatory heat of the parent bird.—ln the same house the spectator may also " assist" at the performances of the Russian Fleas, which are wise in their genera tion, and go through divers feats after the manner of other fleas who have escaped " cracking," and been taught polite accomplishments. PRIVATS PICTURE Gaw.EatEs.--Grosvenor, upper Grosvenorstreet ; Bridgewater, Green-park ; Staf ford House,- St. James's-park ; Ashburton, Picca dilly; Sir R. Peel's, Whitehall-gardens; Samuel Rogers's, 12, St. James's-place; Hope's, Duchess street, Portland-place; Bevan's, 4, Hamilton -place, Hyde-park-corner; Bridel's, Eaton-square; Gibbon's, Hamilton4errace, llegent's-park ; Meeld's, Grosve nor-street; Sheepshanks's, Rutland-gate, Knights bridge. Tickets may be bad on application to the ~.. proprietors. PUBLIC BUILDINGS, &c.—St. Paul's Cathedral (ten till dusk); Tower of London (ten to four) ; Monument (nine to dusk) ; Westminster Abbey (nine to dusk); Westminster Hall ; Greenwich Hos pital (nine to dusk); Guildhall (ten to three) ; Custom-house (nine to three); Mansion-house (eleven to three) ; Duke of York's Column (twelve to three); Mint (eleven to tbree) ; Woolwich Arsenal and Dockyard (nine to eleven, and one to four) ; Deptford Dockyard (ten to three); Chelsea Hospital and Royal Military Asylum (orders for the Botanic Gardens to be obtained at Apothecaries' Hall) ; Christ's Hospital, Newgate-street (tickets on appli cation) ; Windsor Castle (Mondays, Tuesdays, Thurs days, and Fridays, ten to four ; tickets from principal printsellers). • FREE EA.aparnorts, &c.—The British Museum, open the whole of Easter week, except Saturday, from ten till four. The East India House Museum, on Saturday only, from eleven to three. The Na tional Gallery,, in Trafalgar-square, the whole of Easter week, except Saturday, from ten to five. The Vernon Gallery; Marlborough- house, open under the same rules as the National Gallery. The United Service Museatu, in Middle Scotland-yard, every day by orders from members. The Society of Arts, Adelphi, everys_day, , except Wednesday. College of Surgeons, in Lincoln's Inn-fields, on Monday, Wed nesday, and Friday, by orders from members. Mu seum of Economic Geology, Jermyn-street, every , day, from ten till four. The Soane Museum, Lin- Lon sg d a o t n e-s t t i m Antiquities, colo's Inn-fields, every Thursday and Friday, from ten to five, in the months of April, May, and June. Litinteaa Museum, Soho-square, on Wednesday and Friday, by or ders from members. Medical Museum, dellY'*Hospital, daily. Saull's Museum of Geology, Al iTtihesti,r4cia Liverpool-street,ys,ttteleven B Museum of street, dai ly,re Tuesdays, Museum o f the Asiatic Society, Grafton eleven to ue fo sa ur aYs ' Wednesdays, and Thursdays, from street, Tuesd . Entomological Museum, Old Bond e, from the Royal Institution, twelve to four. Museum of ten to four. 'on, Albemarle-street, daily from daily from ten to dusk. Missionary Museum, Blomfield•street, Leices ter-square, daily, f rom Zoologicalter, to Museum, Dulwich Gallery, d a ily, except Friday, ticket obtainable byi obtainable from the principal p it p from ten Court Palace every day, except Friday,,. ten to four. Botanic Gar dena, Regent'` rallit by , Orders from Members. LothiGEs.—=PaParr S°ll°-square. Pantheon, eon,t Lowther Bazaar and Ox ford- stree • ~ Arcade, Strand. 1 Pantechnicon, Pimlico. isuriiiiton 1 Arcade, Picea z r i'vr I dilly. 'King-street / 3 a A§ / tul an - squate. Baker- street Bazaar. Prince of Wales's Bazaar, Regent street. Western Exchange, Old Bond-street. Ba zaar, Langham-place. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY. The additions to the royal dinner party yesterday were her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cain bridge, his Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, the Lady in waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Sp e th, Colonel the lion. C. B. Phipps, Baron Knesebeck, and Lord William Paulet. The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance during dinner, and performed the following pieces: — Overture, " Sicilian Bride" Waltz, " La Magicienne" Selection, " Die Z iuberflote" Polka ......... ......... Koenig. Irish Melody, "As a beam o'er her face" Moore. Pas Redoub!e, " I Martyri" ........ Donizetti. The Queen's private band afterwards attended in the Castle and play E d the following selections : Overture, " Le Philtre" Selection, " Mlrguerite d'Anjou" Meyerbeer. Choeur et Dinse d'Armide Gluck. Finale, " Martha" ..... His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, rode out on horse back this morning, attended by Colonel F. IL Seymour. The l'rince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and younger members of the Royal Family, took walking and pony exercise. The Earl and Count ess o f D erby left town . - yester day afternoon on a vi s it to the Duke of Ri c h mo nd, at his seat, Goodwood, S ussex. The Judges, Queen's C ounse l , &c., w ill no t assem ble at the residence of the L ord Chance ll or t o mor row (Thursday), the first d ay o f Easter T er m: The Judges will take their seats in their respective Courts at Westminster at the usual hour. The Bishop of Manchester had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole, yesterday, at the Office. Home Dispatches from the Governors of Hong Kong and Ceylon, and also from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. PROPOSED NEW PENAL SETTLEMENT. Sir James Matheson, M.P., p roprietor of t h e I s l an d of North Rona, has offered it as a gift t o Government for a new penal settlement. This i s l an d i s situated in the Atlantic, in latitude .59 deg. 7 m i n . 1548 sec ., and longitude 4 deg. 4 . 8 min. .50.45 se c. west. It forms part of the Lewis property. I t li es 38 m il es of fLewes,level formingo a nearly equila teralf the sea. On a triangle with it and Cape W rat h . I ts hi g h est N.E. pint is o f 3 t the Bofeuettt above the clear day Cape Wrath and the Lewes and Harris Hills can be seen without glasses. The island re sembles a long-necked decanter, with its neck towards the north. Its greatest length is nearly a mile, and its greatest breadth the same. At its n o rth en d a b ou t half a mile of its length . variesin breadth f rom 10 t o 20 chains. Half of this portion is stratified rock, without a particle of vegetation. The eastern shore of this part slopes gently to the s ea ; th e western , . though rugged and broken, but 90 f ee t i n h e i g ht. The southern portion of the island is broader and more elevated, averaging three quarters of a mile broad, and the two hills not less than 350 feet high. The seaward bases of these hills form pre cipitous cliffs, inaccessible in many places. The rocks round Rona are few and small. Gouldig Beag and Gouldig Mohr are the only rocks, more than two chains from the shore. Another is dangerous rock, seen at low water, near the S.W. point, dangerous to navi gators anchoring in the neighbourhood. The soil of Rona is good, and the pasture, though not luxuriant, is beautifully green. Except about .50 acres the whole island is arable, interspersed with a few small rocks. A small p a rt of the south side had been culti vated, and produced excellent barley. It is now rented as a sheep farm. There are five or si x ru i nous huts upon it. Th e sma llest is said to have been a church. There i s a l so a graveyard, in which is a rude cross without any inscription. There are n e ith e r rats nor mice, and but very few birds in the island. There is no peat moss, and not much sea-weed. There is sufficient spring water on the south shore. Seals are numerous, but not easily killed, and cod-fish are abundant. The tides rise from five to ten f ee t, an d th e s outh wind prevails. The best landing places are Poul Houtham on the south, Skildiga on the west, and Gevah Sthu on the east. So well sheltered is Gavah Sthu, that three vessels anchored at its mouth six years ago, and remained one night. But such a thing had not occurred before, and has not been repeated since. The island con tains 270 acres, three-fourths of which are arable. Some years since it was inhabited by several families, who lived by fishing, and on the produce of the soil ; but in attempting to land on a stormy day, all the men war lost by the upsetting of their boat. Should Government accept Sir James Matheson's offer of this island as a convict prison and penal settle ment, it will combine the advantages of Portland prison and a penal colony in New South Wales, being near enough to be controlled by the home authorities through directors of prisons for Scotland, or through a separate board of commis sioners ; and fr om th e sma l l s i ze of t h e i s l an d, and its loneliness, it would have all the terrors and none of the attractions, of tra nspor t at i on t o A us tralia. The cost of maintaining a conv i ct a b oar d i s 401. a year. The cost of maintainin g a convict in Rona would not exceed 151. a year, and this on 1,000 convicts for four years would save 1 00,000 1 . The c li ma t e and soil being favourable, the arable parts of Rona might be cultivated by the c onv i cts as a gar d en f a rm. This would be a good training for such convicts as might afterwards emigrate, and it would considerably diminish the expense of the establishment. All other kinds of labour usual in prisons, could of course he done at Rena. A s a pr i son made of ga l van i ze d ir on may easily . be removed from one place to another, a great difficulty is obviated as regards the expense of buildings, which, af ter serving their purpose i n one locality, became usel ess , as now the transfer f rom one locality to another is provided for.—Observer. THE DERBY CABINET AND CHURCH PA TRONAGE. It will be remember e d, that we alluded to certa i n cir cumstances two week s afro, which we stated would afford a decisive test by which the ecclesiastical leanings of the Derby Government might be ascertained. We men tioned that two days previous to the appearance of our article, a clergyman had died, who held a living in Col chester, worth 5001. a year, and that within three hours after his death—almost before the breath could well be said to be out of his body—The Tractarian clergy of the town and neighbourhood met together, and drew up and signed a most urgent memorial to the Lord Chan cellor, in whose gift the living was, praying him to ap point one of the most rampant Puseyites in the county, to the vacant church. That memorial was presented, and its prayer supported by the semi-Romanist, Lord John Manners, to Lord St. Leonards, and the latter Noble and Learned Lord has acceded to the application. The ultrA-Tractarian has received the appointment, and is now the rector of the church in question. This fact sets the matter fully and finally at rest, as regards the way in which the Church patronage of the present Ministry will be dispensed. The Lord Chancellor can not plead ignorance of the Puseyisra of the party whom be has appointed to the vacant living. He has made the appointment with a full knowledge of all the circum stances. No wonder that the Tractarians hailed the advent of the Derby Ministry to office with unmeasured exultation. The matter is one of great gravity to the Church, and bodes sdrious ill to the Protestantism of the country.—Advertiser. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, — The paragraph in your paper of the 12th inst. in respect to the C ardiganshire Boroughs is incorrect, as the Powell family have always supported Church and State, and the present county Member is a staunch supporter of the present Government. Your obedient servant, A CARDIGANSHIRE FREEHOLDER. Brompton, April 13, 1852. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH TO TIICE°BMitPiLs'ETToir CHANNEL. —The O F IANNEL.—The Electric Telegraph. throughCorn addition to the advan- Bristol. I n range of wire, 118 places the commercial tages available thereby, as regards the immediate trans mPainleYS,hfarovme just co n p t l e et ed their mission of shipping intelligen ce . from the Bristol Channel, community of Bristol, and . the adjacent west of England districts, in direct telegraphic communication not only with London, but by means of the cross-country stretch of tele graph, already in exis tence istol and Gloucester, and Birmingham an d Der by, . connects the west of England with those towns, as well as with Liverpool, Manchester, the north of Scotland, and the whole of England. Several hun dred men are now employed upon the link remaining to be completed between Bristol a n d Exeter, of about seventy three miles, and which it is expected will b e fi n i s h e d b y June, and so complete , with t he , exception o f minor commu nities, the telegraphic network of the COURtry. THE BAR THE MEMBERS OF AND THE NEW PARLIAMENT.—It is ascertained that about one hundred members of the bar are already fairly in the field, as candi dates for a seat in the coming Parliament, and it is deemed probable that thirty or forty sn oremay e r eturned,—in which case about seventy lawyers will be me m b ers of the new legislature. The prospect is not a very pleasant one for the reporters; nor does it aug ur well fo r a strai g h t f orwar d manner of transacting t h e busiirss of t he country. It is not unlikely that some steps may be found necessary to restrain the otherwise interminable volubility of t hese learned gen tlemen. It may be found expedeie Fr n to limit the length o f speeches in Parliament. In thench Charnber, when they had liberty of discussion th e re, t h ey resorted t o a par ticular form of procedure , which, w hen had recourse to three times, brought the debate at once to a final termina tion.—.Adrertiser. Mr. Heathcoat, M.F., the colleague of Lord Palmerston in the representation of Tiverton, and the emi nent silk manufacturer of that town, has had a severe attack of indisposition, from which, however, the Hon. Gentleman iti understood to be 5100 Y rec°Yeril3g. WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 14. 1852. SPORTING NOTES. No. CCIV. THE FIELDS FOR TO•MORROW'S RACES AT NEWMARKET, &e. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. FIR,—I n m y an ti c ipations of the N ewmar k et H an di cap, I find I w as , l i k e a ll m y c ontempor ar i es o f the sporting press, on th e wrong scen t ; I, how ever , ta k e the credit to myself of being the only one who imagined that the winner had a chance of catching Mr. Clark's eye first. I i my remarks of Monday last I observed, that Father Thames would run teal and might win, but at the same time entertained some doubts of the accomplishment of such a performance. The race with respect to the fa vourites, barring Officious, was a most ridiculous affair, not one of them showing in front after they had Ira_ versed a moiety of the distance. Maria and Bardolph were in nitliculties early, and Poodle had some trouble to struggle home fourth. Father Thames, some half dozen pounds better than any of his antagonists of his own age in the race, went away with Officious some Nance and a half from home, stoutly contested every inch of ground, and woo, by good jockeyship on the part of Cowley, in the last few strides by a heed; Teridington, with all his weight, finishing a respectable third. The Riddlesworth was won, as I prediee , l it would be, by The Nabob, who passed the chair a very easy winner from Weathergago by a length, the stick•legged Magnes being a had third. In the 50/. Handicap Plate, Cariboo, giving stones away to everything in the race, had it all his own way, and won in LI common canter. The 501. Plate for Two Tears Old produced a pretty race between the Estelle filly and Gossip, the firmer winning, not without considerable difficulty, by a head. The list for to-morrow consists of eight stakes and a match; of these five have yet to close and name. The fields for those that have closed ar e as follow: 100 Sovs. Stakes; Ditch mile—Lord Orford's Alcoran, Bst 71b; Duke of Bedford's Hesperus, Bst 71b; Lora Exeter's Stockwell, Bst 41b. Mr. Payne's Glonluce and Mr. T. Parr's %Voathergage, Bst 41b each, are dubious runners. 50 Sovs. Stakes; Ditch mile—Mr. Parkinson's Odessus, Bst 11b, walks over. Claret Stakes; Ditch in—Mr. Greville's Ariosto (Nat), Mr. Howard's Grecian (A. Day), Lord Exeter's Phlegra (Norman), doubtful, Mr. Osbalduston's Moun tan Deer (Robinson, I believe). Match, 100 25 ft; Ditch mile—Mr. E. Batson's Ben Nevis receives forfeit, I believe; at any rate he will win, as Mr. Goddard's colt by Aucland is not " the thing" at present. My opinion on the 100 Sm. and Claret Stakes re mains unaltered. ALCORAN and GLENLIICE (if the lat• ter runs) to be first and second, with Hesperus and Stockwell third and fourth for the former; and ARIOSTO the winner of the latter. The betting in several particulars has undergone some alterations since yesterday morning. The following are the latest quotations: —Claret Stakes-5 to 4on Ariosto, evens taken freely; 2 to 1 each agst Grecian and Moun tain Deer; sto 1 agat Phlegra. 100 Sovs. D.M.-6 to 4 each agst Alcoran and Glenluce; 3to 1 each agst Stockwell and Hesperus; 10 to 1 each agst Magnes and Weathergage. Port Stakes-5 to 4en Midas; 2to 1 each agst Lamartine and The Minister. 100 Soya. D.M. (Friday)-6 to 4on Nabob. 50 Soya. P.M. (Friday)-2 to lon Sophistry, by Theon. 2,000 Guineas- 4 to 1 each agst Homebrewed and Lapidi st . I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. April 14, 1852. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. CLOSE OF THE BETTING ON MONDAY NIGHT. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Bardolph Bto agst Maria (t) 7to 1 apt The Old Lad I Bto 1 agst Officious TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 4to 1 agst Homebrewed I sto 1 agst Lapidist CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 apt High Sheriff (t) 25 to 1 apt Merry Bird DEBBY. 6to 1 agat Hobble Noble 30 to 1 agst Alcoran 13 to 1 agst Claverhouse I 30 to 1 agat Chief Baron 1.7 to 1 sgst Lapidist Nicholson 25 to 1 sgst Augur (t) 1000 to agst Phantom (t) 30 to 1 agst Kingston (t) 40 to agst Kg. Trumps 950 to 150 was laid five times agst Hobbie Noble, and 5,000 to 200, besides several other bets at the same figure, against Augur, whose decline is attributable to an unfavourable trial with Voltigeur and Radulphns. Claverhouse, Alcoran, and Phantom, were vary firm in the market. TUESDAY'S RACES. Handicap Plate of 50/., for three yra old and upwards. Cambridgeshiro Course. Mr. Greville's Cariboo, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (Flatman) 1 Captain Lowther's Chopkins, 3 yrs, sst 71b(Stegglea) 2 Mr. Stephenson's Solyman, 3 yra, Est 51b...(Toovey) 3 Mr. Walker's Patriot, aged, 6st 101 b (T. Perry) 0 Mr. Rayner's Gaylass, 4 yrs, Est 101 b ...(11ammond) 0 Mr. Wentworth's The Scourge, 3 yrs, 6st 51b(Cowley) 0 Mr. Wigram's Peacock, 3 yrs, Sat (Carroll) 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst Cariboo, and 3to 1 agst Chopkins. Patriot and Chopkins got away in front, and jointly made play until near the Duke's Stand. Cariboo then took up the running, carried it on to the end, and won, hard held, by half a lengtb. Solyman a bad third, and the others beaten off. Gaylass and Peacock lost start. Run in 2 min. 6 secs. Plate of 501, fur two yrs old; colts, Sit 71b; fillies, Sst 41b. First half of Ab. M. Duke of Richmond's Estelle bf, Bst 41b...(Flatman) 1 Duke of Bedford's Gossip, Bst 71u .(F. Butler) 2 Mr. Mare's Breastgirth e, B , t 71b (Simpson) 3 Lord W. Powlett's Guava, Bst 41b (Rogers) 0 Lord Glasgow's Sister to Caracaru, Sit 41b (Charlton) 0 Mr. Rayner's Mrs. Bull f (W. Dray ton) 0 Lord Clifden's Altitude, Bst 41b (Pearl) 0 Mr. J. Perren's br c by The Libel, out of Almeria, Bst 71b (J. Arnull) 0 Betting-6 . to 5 agst Gossip, 3 to 1 agst Guava and Estelle filly. The Estelle filly made the running throughout, and after a flue race up the cords, won by half a length, Gossip beating Breastgirth colt by a neck. This race was not timed. The Tuesday's Riddlesworth Stakes of 200 soya. each, h ft, for three years old; colts, Sst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. 31b and 51b allowed, &c. TIM. (5 Subs.) Lord Ribblesdale's The Nabob, Sat 71b (Flatman) 1 Mr. T. Parr's Weathergage, Bst 41b (Charlton) 2 Lord Clifden's Magnes, Bst 71b (Robinson) 3 Betting-5 to 4on Nabob, who waited on Weather gage into the cords, and won very easily by a length. Run in 1 min. 23 secs._ The Newmarket Handicap of 25 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 200 sovs. added, the second to receive 100 soya. out of the stakes. Clermont Course. (53 Subs, 23 of whom declared.) Sir R. Pigot's Father Thames, 3 yrs, sst 91b(Cowley) 1 Duke of Richmond's Officious, 7st 81b...(Flattnan) 2 Mb. J. M. Stanley's Teddington, 4 yrs, 9st (Butler) 3 Mr. J. Osborne's The Proctor, 7st slb (J. Osborne) 0 Mr. Baton's Abderhaman, 4 yrs, bat 81b...(G. Mann) 0 Lord Exeter's Tophana, aged, 6st 81b...(W. Harlock) 0 Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Agnes, 3 yrs, 6st 2lb (Garvey) 0 Mr. Parkinson's Odessus, 3 yrs, 53r 121b...(Harding) 0 Lord Cliiden's Poodle, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Toove) ) 0 Mr. Magennis's Ingratitude, 4 yrs, sst 81b( Hather ton) o Mr. Rogers's The Old Lad, 3 yrs, sst 81b (Hera) 0 Mr. Mare's c by Faugh-a•ballagh, sst 71b...(Pau1) 0 Mr. C. Robson's Bardolph, 3 yrs, sst 61b ( Wells) 0 Lord Glasgow's Caracara, 3 yrs, sst 61b (T. Smith) 0 Mr. G. White's Pluck, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b (Steggles) 0 Mr. William's Maria, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b (Carroll) 0 Betting-3 to 1 agst Bardolph, 4to 1 agst Poodle, 6 to 1 eget Teddington, 8 to 1 agst Maria, 8 to 1 agst Old Lad, 8 to 1 agst Officious, 100 to 6 agst Pluck, 100 to 6 eget Lady Agnes, 20 to 1 agst Father Thames. Odessus took the lead at starting, closely attended by Pluck, Maria, Poodle, and Caracara, Officious well up, and Teddington in the rear. They ran in a body at a good pace to the turn, where Caracara, Father Thames, and Bardolph showed in front, Officious lying fourth. Half way between the turn and the chair Father Thames and Officious singled themselves out and raced home, the young one winning a splendid race by a head, Tedding ton a very good third, and Poodle a bad fourth; the rest tailed off. Ran in 3 min. 11 secs. _ _ The departure of the last train shortly after this race was decided prevents our giving it so fully in detail as we could have wished. The attendance this afternoon included the Duke of Rutland, Earl March, Lord C. Manners, Duke of Bed ford. Lord Glasgow, Lord Ribblesdale, Lord Maidstone, Lord Clifden, Lord Sidney Osborne, Lord Enfield, Count Batthyany, Sir Robert and Lady Pigot, the Hon. General and Mrs. Anson, Hon. Captain Lowther, Hon. Francis Villiers, Hon. Agar Ellison, Hon. Henry Forester, Hon. Major Pitt, Hon. Captain Rous, Colonel Peel, Colonel Newton, Colonel Angeratein, Mr. Ore ville, Mr. Batson, Mr. S. R. Batson, Mr. Payne, Mr. Gratwicke. Mr. Portman, Mr. S. Graham, Mr. Drink ald, Mr. S. Crawford, Mr. G. Fitzroy, Mr. J. M. Stan ley, Mr. E. W. Hughes, Mr. Crommelin. BETTING AT FIVE O'CLOCK. TWO THOUSAND GUINEA STASES. 9to 2 agst Homebrewed I sto 1 agst Lapidist CHESTER CUP. 9 to 1 apt Stilton (t) 25 to 1 agatll in . barg essello 14 to 1 agst Scarecrow (t) 2 5 to 1 agst Merry I.3ird 20 to 1 agst Hothorpe 40 to 1 agstlndian.arrior 18,000 to 600 was laid agst Poodle t his morning In One bet. DERBY. 6to 1 agst Hobbie Noble 20 to 1 agst °cello a 13 to 1 agst Claverhouee 20 to pt Augur 16 to 1 agst Lapidist 33 to 1 agst Alcoran There are only three races for to morrow, v iz. , the Column Stakes a Selling Piste, and the T.Y.C. Plate. Minus walks , over fort he Handicap Plate. ItiEWMARKET, TUESDAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY. Sul:serziation Plate o f 501; T.Y.C. Sanita, 3 yrs—Guy Maoncring, 4 yrs—c 1 )Y Venison out of Glee, 3 yrs—iiiliket, 4 yrs—Dividtud Little Savage, 3 y rs—Grecian, 4 yrs. " 3 rs— Sweepstakes of 10 sons. each, vtinncr to b e 1501.. &c. sold for Harrier, 3 yrs—Vanguard, 6 yrs—Necklace, 5 yrs. ihEdicap Plate of 501 . Ninus, 5 yrs, walks eve-r. LAT EST BETTING ON TUESDAY NIGHT. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRApII COL UMN sTIKEs. ) 2 to 1 on Lapidist. CHESTER c up. Bto 1 agst Stilton (t) I 20 to agst 15 to 1 apt Scarecrow 60 to 1 agat Sophistry othorpe(t) FLYING D UTCHMAN' S HA 2 to 1 apt Voltigeur NDICAP. DERBY. 16 to 1 agst Little Harry uu to 1 agst Alcoran. 18 to 1 agst Augur BETTING UP TO ONE O'CLOCK. COLUSIN STAKES. 2 to 1 on L3pidist. Mountain Dear arrived this morning. NEWCASTLE -ON-1 YNE SPRING MEETING. The Hunters' Stakes of 10 soya, each, p p, the second to save his stake; 12't each; thorough-bred horses 101 b extra. Once round and a die. (9 Subs.) Mr. E Johnson's Jack of Aconlb (h b) (Mr. Gregson) 1 Mr. B Kil!erby (h b) (Owner) 2 Mr, Fife's Nancy Banks (h b)... (Owner) 3 Bob Acres (h b), (Mr. C. Reed), Chanticleer, (h b) (Mr.Featherstonhaugh), and Fanny (h b), (Mr. Purcell), also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Jack. Won cleverly by nearly a length. The Ladies' Plate of 10 soya., added to a Sweepstakes of 2 aorta each, for all horses, 12st each, &c. Heats T YC. (S S u b s .) , Mr. Johnson na Child cf the Ilia, 4 yrs (Ankle) 1 1 Mr. Rudcleek's Gracy, aged (J. Simpson) 0 2 Mr. Smith's Scarlet Rinser, 4 yrs (Mr. C. Hoed) 0 3 Mr. Blacket'a Theory, 6 yrs (Nlark Noble) 0 0 Mr. Laing's Wor Helen, aged ('dr. Dunlop) 0 0 Mr. Dsvy's Gay Lad, a. (Mr Featherstnnhaugh) 2 dr Mr. Brown na The Stranger, 6 yrs (.1. Pattison) 0 dr Won easy by two lengths. The Welter Stakes of 3 tovr. each, and 15 added, for four yrs old and upwards, the second to save his stake. Two miles. (S Subs.) Captain Wood na Miss West, aged (Owner) 1 Mr. Grcgson'a Count Boruwlaski, 5 yrs (Owner) 2 Mr. Graham's Mysticle 6 cry (Mr. H. G ra h a m) 3 Mr. Lampl ug h' a The litiver, aged (Owner) 4 sto 4 fl.. ' St Miss W es t. W on c l everly by a length. The Lark Stakes of 1 soy. each, and 5 added, for two yrs old and upwards, T. Y. C. (15 Subs.), were won cleverly by a length and a half by Mr. Currie's Annie Laurie, 2 yrs (W. Grieveaon), beating Axwell, 2 yrs, (G. Prince), and 12 others, a f ter a very fine race. MORE GOLD. Accounts from . Australia have b een rece i ved by the Overland mail, v i a Ceylon. They reach to the 10th January, being three weeks later than the previous advices. As far as the richness of the mines is con cerned the details continue of a striking character, but a total failure of water at Mount Alexander, in the colony of Victoria, and too much wat e r a t th e Turon and other localities of the New South Wales mines, had seriously checked operations. Up to the exhaustion of the water at Mount Alexander, which seems to have occurred rather suddenly, the returns obtained by all parties realised the most sanguine expectations, and the correspondent of the Sydney Herald at that place states, that after full and re* peated inquiries he was unable to meet with a single person who bad been unsuccessful. With the dry weather, however, the earth bad become so bard that it could only be broken with a pickaxe, and a general desertion was therefore taking place. Four months would most probably elapse before work could be recommenced. This compulsory retirement, however, would be likely to lead to new explorations. The accounts of the conduct of the population at Melbourne are not favourable. Scenes cf violence and depravity had been common, and they are alleged to have been increased by the influx of the convict population of Van Diemen's Land, which is within thirty hours' steaming distance, the deck fare from Launceston being 21s. With regard to the New South Wales, or Sydney mines, it appears that all the indications on the Turon continued to promise great results after the subsidence of the floods. Meanwhile new deposits had been discovered in what is called the Maneroo district and about the Snow y River, which it was be lieved w ou ld prove of a remarkable Victoria character. The Sydney writ ers contend that th not richer tha n th e i r own, and that e th mines are duce is solely o w i ng to the larger numbere greater pro employed. This, h owever, does not agr of p . e tb rso tb n e s fact that disappointm en t s are frequentl y w ith spoken of at Sydney, while no ne h a d occurred at &int Alexander. The report made to the Government byi Mr. Hargrave, upon his return from his exploratory expedition, had not yet been allowed to transpire, and it was consequently rumoured that it was too exciting to he published until after the harvest had been got in. The proprietor of the gold field in Frede rick's-valley had proposed to make over his title to that spot, consisting of 1,033 acres, to a comp any to ,be called th e W en t wo rth old-field Com pany, with a capital of 30,0001., in 3,000 shares of 10/, each, of which 25,0001. was to be paid to himself, the remaining 5,0001. forming the work ing funds. The price of gold at Sydney had fallen to 60a. per ounce, and the miners in consequence held back their earnings. Nevertheless, on the 9th January, the ship Kate sailed for London with 49,274 ounces of dust, valued at Si. ss. per ounce, and amounting to 160,1411. From Adelaide, South Australia, the latest dates received at Sydney were to the 24th December, and it is probable that the next arrival would bring news of equal wealth in that colony. A reward of 1,0001. having been offered by the Government for the discovery of any gold fields that should yield 10,0001. within two months, a Mr. Stephen, a barrist e r, h a d announce d hi s know ledge of two very extensive districts, and a day had been ap pointed for him to proceed to point them out. There were, also, rumours of db•coveries in many other localities in the neighbourhood of Adelaide. Ex pectations wero likewise entertained of the confirma tion of similar statements from Van Diemen's Land. A fine specimen of quartz gold had been shown by a man, who asserted that he had found it at Hobart Town, and that it existed there in abundance; end there were other less questionable stories of deposits between Launceston and George Town. As resp€ cts general intelligence, there is nothing by this arrival of importance. A meeting had been held of the Sydney Railway Company, at which a report was read an nouncing that Earl Grey had sanctioned the proposal of the local Government to grant a guarantee of five per cent. on the first 100,000/. capital subscribed, payable either in London or Sydney. The prepara tory works of the line were proceeding slowly, the number of persons employed being only 73, and, as an engineer was expected from London in the course of a few weeks, it was proposed to defer any more active steps until his arrival. The news of the plan of the home Government for a two-monthly line of screw-steamers had just arrived, and had been re ceived with the anticipated derision. Great difficulty was still felt by the shipping for want of crews, it being found impossible to check desertion, although in every possible instance the authorities enforced the law to the fullest extent. Among other cases the master of a brig named the Julia Percy had been sentenced to a fine of 50/. or three months' imprison ment for enticing two seamen from the ship Scotia. IMPORTANT TO RAILWAY TRAVELLERS. A case of some importance to railway travellers was tried at the Doncaster County Court on Monday. An action was brought by Mr. Fairfax Fearnley, of Bishop field, near Bawtry, against the Great Northern Riilway Company, to recover the sum of 581. 18s., the value of a dressingcase, containing v4rious articles of jewellery. &c , which was lost under the following circutristances d ir t On the 20th of December last the plaintiff the booking-office at the Wakefield station of the .k L ats for shire and Yorkshire Railway two first-class to himself and wife, intending to proceedd E 15 Express) did but, as the train (the Great Northern onlyP as far purchaaaenc, not stop at Bawtry, they were booked rerat a quarter neaf uld be no train to as Doncaster. On urrivine• at Do past 5 P.M., and finding that b there w u o ,bt a sa f e place for Bawtry until 9 P.M , the plaintinffesuof A the porters showed his luggage in the interim. 0 duced to kave the dresgi j ~ )g. him a private room, and on of the place, plaintiff was in his assurance as the safety whilst he and Mrs. case and other articles there, two at the • an b h a o d u r vicarage. Fearnley went to spend . n, s hortly before nine o'clock, left or it to the booking atthetbveatleasing-easo was ruiching On returning It porter had removed it -. they found that turned out that another pfrom the room where Mr. FearnlrY ......_,. office, where luggage vv;? u st ur i all y deposited, and doubt. it whence, no had been 0 en. Mr. Blanchard, d,d on behalf of the defendants, • barrister, conten de d I . from Wakefield conveying . the plaint iff to Bawtry by • e the h a n , y -a- entered two special two separate trai .o3 into both f • contracts with bl e , 0 which they had fulfilled. They had conveyed f him t and his luggage from Wakefield t o Doncaster iasae y, a .., ou afterwards from Doncaster to Bawtry in .. ,safety;, and the company were not liable for the loss that had occurred in the interval between the j e urneYa- The porter was a bailee without hire, and thou; n bound to take Stich in care of the prop e rty l e ft by t h e plaintiffhis possession as ho would of his own, yet he was not responsible for its loss, except gross and culpable the negligence could be proved against him. His of the def e nd ants. Hon Judge (Mr. W. Walker) decided in favour Yesterday SCENE AT A FIRE. Yester dtlY morning, at a few minutes betore four llpo'clock,os.,the inh a bi tants o f N assau•street, Middlesex Hospital, most painfully excited. It appears that as a police - constable was passing along the abovsnnamed Rost he pe rce i ve d d ense b o di es of smoke pouring forth the basement floor of the premises No. 15, in that thoroughfare, occupied by Mr. Charles Lansfield, a car penter. I.le succeeded iu arousing the inmates, con sisting of not fewer than nineteen persons. These who were iu the lower portion of the premises, upon opening their doors, found smoke pouring up the stairs so furi oasly that if they remained another minute they ungies tienably would have perished. Thirteen persona, ilew- Gvor, succeeded, at great risk, in gaining the street, but six who were in the second flour, un reaching the stairs, were driven back by the hot smoke. Having again entered their apartment, they made their appearance at the front windows, and besought the spectators to fetch a ladder and rescue them. They were informed by tha police that the escapes of the Royal Society had been sent for, and that they would arrive in a few seconds; at the same time they were urged to remain where they were until they arrived. the dense smoke, however, began to pour into their room in such bodies that suffocation appear , d certain, One woman then got to the sill of the window, with an infant in her arms, a nd was j us t i n t h e act " jumping out with the child (four other w er e w omen o Royal screaming at the same window), when the s conductor ciety's fire-escape re ac hed the ho use . The (Weaver) having placed the machine in f il o :es of six house, mounted and succeeded in saving 1" Bde persons. The engines of the London faremen n r i cga found and of the parish were soon on the spot, when th tha t the flames were raging in the workshop in the lower part of the premises. Tho engines having been set to work, the firemen succeeded in extinguishing the fire. Unfortunately the sufferers were_ not insured. The cause of the fire is unknown. ~i ~ . ~ 1 TREATMENT OF THE .DEAD IN TOWNS The annual mortality of London is about 56,000, or 154 per day, an d a l l t hi s enormous mass of dead and p u tri fy leg fled], with slight exception, is deposited— %e cannot say buried—in the very midst of the sur vivors. Nevertheless, the sacred feelings and affections mixed up with even the empty shells or tabernacles once inhabited by those nearest and dearest to us, blind the mind to the abominations and the horrors of these intramural deposits. Were half the number of the bodies of dead horses, or double the number of those of dead cats and logs, allowed to rot amongst them in heaps, such as the metropolitan vaults and graveyards now contain of not less rotting, not less pestiferous abomination, we believe there would be little difficulty in arousing a periodical resolution to get rid of such an evil, could it have ever existed. As it is, the most salutary mode of procedure we can think of is, reiteratedly to disabuse the puklia mind from the notion that their dead are treated in their ihtramural deposits one whit more decently or reverently than if they had been so many dead dugs or horses. Cholera, typhus lever, consumptions, apoplexies, sudden deaths, measles, scarlet fevers, small pox, and last, though most important of all, vroaps, that slower poisoning whirl lowers the vitality and impairs the stamina of the entire nation—such are the fruits reaped from sowing in corruption such as this. That the plague in Egypt uniformly arises first in the close vicinity of the graveyards of the towns, has been fully established. And can we wonder that disease and pestilence are engendered, and life destroyed by noxious emanations, such as these ? "We make for ourselves the poison which we breathe: in our perverse blindness, we sow decay, and we reap death." Nay, to complete the circle of iniquity, we sow death and reap decay—we infuse a leaven of mortality in the midst of the mortal mass, and leaven the mass of mortals slowly but surely thereby into masses of mortality.— The Builder. NOTICE TO MARINERS. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. SAILING DIRECTIONS FOB GULF ST. VINCENT. After making Kangaroo Island steer E IN. ' through Investigator's Straits, between that island and Althorpe Island. Should the wind be from the eastward, you will find no difficulty in beating through the straits, nor anything in the way more than is pointed out in Flin der'a chart. If boupd up Gulf St. Vincent great care is requisite to avoid Troubridge Shoal, situated on the changestai r s r a o s f s the ee m west side of th e entrance, as t h e fl ood t id e t h roug h Back aeotoans,trong, particularly on the full and directly upon the shoal; therefore, coming from t h e westward, the course should not bie altered until Point Marsden bears S.W. by W.PV., when you will be about ten miles from the high land in side Cape Jervis, named in Flinders's chart N.W. Blus when yon may shape your course for the light vessel N.N.E., 40 miles distant. For about six leagues up the gulf the land is high and bold; but above that the shore becomes very low, with hummocks of sand upon it; and the same description of coast prevails to the head of the gulf. After passing the high coast land, the water shoals far out, and in some places (when within the distance of ten miles from the light) five fathoms will be found at a dis tance of four miles from the beach. Be careful of your soundings, particularly at night; and in running up to the light, keep as nearly as you can in between five and six fathoms water—not approaching inside five, as within that depth the water shoals suddenly; and if you keep outside six fathoms, you may pass to the west ward of the light and not see it. In these soundings you will make the light ahead, which may be seen twelve miles from the deck of a ship. The shoal—called the Bar—at the entrance to the port, bears N.E. one mile from the light vessel. When you are are within a proper distance, a boat will be sent to you from the light vessel with a pilot, and to receive all mails and letters. Should you sight the light in the early part of the night, you may anchor anywhere to the southward of it in six fathoms ; or keep under weigh until daylight, taking care to be to the southward of the light, and as near it as possible in the morning, as the tide answers early. Where the light vessel is moored, in lat. 34 deg. 44 min. S., the anchorage is safe; but a good full scope of chain is required, never less than 50 fathoms; and if it blow a full chain. Never let go the second anchor if you can avoid it ; rather give more chain, as your vessel will ride much easier with one anchor down than two. When bound down the gulf steer from the light vessel S S.W., which will keep you in sight of the land on the east side of the gulf, and out of the influence of the tide through Bucketairs Passage, until you are to the southward of Troubridge Shoal ; but on no account shape a course that you may fancy will enable you to weather the shoal (thereby laying the ship's broadside exposed to a rapid tide running directly upon it) until you are sufficiently to the southward to shape your course down the strait. In beating do;viatfiegulf, never exceed a distance of ten miles from the larboard shore (as the opposite side is shoal), and be careful, when standing in, to have a cast of the lead, as it is shoal a considerable distance off, until you get down to the high land. In some places to the northward of Holdfast Bay, there are not more than five fathoms at a distance of within four miles from the beach, and the water shoals very quickly that depth; but where the high land fronts the sea, the chore is steep, except a reef that lies a mile off, about three miles to the southward of Roldfast Bay. The flag-staff at Holdfast Bay is in latitude 34 deg. 58 min. 28 see. S. In moderate weather endeavour to be as close to the land as possible by suriset, when you will be certain of the wind off the land, which will lead you down the coast. Do not allow yourself to bo thrown off until you are well down with Cape Jervis, and to the southward of Troubrhige Shoal, which is an extensive flat, and only in the middle shows a patch of about 200 yards at higa Ships bound down Investigator's Straits, meeting a strong westerly wind, and wishing to anchor, will find good holding ground close in on the east side of Point Marsden, in six fathoms water. When besting care must be taken not to stretch too far inside Nepean Bay (Kangaroo Island), as about two miles inside Point Marsden a long sand spit, dry at low water, extends a distance of seven miles ! N.W. and S.E. This danger should be guarded against by timely soundings. Vessels coming from the eastward through Backstairs P ass age, and bound up the gulf, should night be ap proaching, mast keep on the north side of the Passage, and haul round Cape J!>rvis—all that coast being quite bold. When the gulf is open, shape a course N. by E. if E. for the light vessel. THOBIAS LIPSON, R.N., Naval Officer and Harbour Master of the Province of South Australia. Port Adelaide, August 12, 1851. AT TILE HEAD , Harbour blaster s ome , Port Ad e l a id e, T S , pt. 2, 1851. - SAILING DIRECTIOON:F G OA F PO I TT. WAKEFIELD E E F N IE T L . On l eav i n g the light-ship steer N. W. W., until within miles of the western shore, when the west a t t he t n he be he i a n d a o f a f ir t w he ay gu b l e f t , w w ee il n l Mangrove Points, and may shape a course northerly, towards the head of the gulf. From Sandy Point a spit projects off three and half miles. A flit also runs one and a half or two miles from Mangrove sbnilexufaolisfoeuurv:etdoNll. mYmo Point; therefore, great care must be had in the use of the lead. Opr.site Sandy Point the soundings will be five and four and a half fathoms. Having cleared the spit, run for the flagstaff at the ent rance o f t h e r iver, which will bear N. by E E., or N.N.E. Bring up whenever the water may suit. us the bottom shoals gra dually, end is composed of soft well-holding clay. When beating up or down, above Port Adelaide, the lead must be attended to, as a bat4e extends the whole line of the eastern shore. At a distance of 20 miles above Port Adelaide light this flat extends as far off as ten miles from the lend, which lies so low as to be barely discernible. On the west side of the gulf a shoal exists, from Ist. 35 deg. 11 min. to 35 deg. 20 min., which causes the water to shoal suddenly from eight to three fathoms. Tuos. Lit-sox, Harbour Master. AN ENCOUNTER WITH A BOA.—Mr. Mason, in his recently published work, " Pictures in Mexico," relates the following circumstance, which occurred to him while loiter ing along a shady path in a forest:—" I stepped aside for a moment to admire a rich tuft of large purple flowers, my mule having plodded on about eight or ten yards ahead, when, as I turned from the flowers towards the path, a sensation as of a flash of lightning struck my sight, and I saw a brilliant and powerful snake winding its coils round the head and body of the poor mule. It was a large and magnificent boa, of a black and yellow colour, and it had entwined the poor beast so firmly in its folds, that ere he had time to utter more than one feeble cry, h e was crus h e d and dead. The perspiration broke out on my forehead as I thought of my own narrow escape; and only remaining a moment to view the movements of the monster as he began to uncoil himself, I rushed through the brushwood, and did not consider myself safe until I was entirely free of the forest." niciapfasowfilthate SEVERN NAVIGATION.—There has just been printed by order of the House of Commons, in a Parliamentary paper, a report of Mr. James Walker, the engineer to the Admiralty, on the navigation of the River Severn. At the request of the Admiralty Mr. Walker made his report, dated the let of September last, and he also furnished an addit.iontaol report in the following month. 51r. Walker was requir d .. 3 thei sr the''o.l:Pie:r fo‘c-t7.great magnitude. report in what manner, and to what extent, the tida_l_ h o oo s v t i g gation of the Severn might be improved betweenotnve'inuenta and the town of Worcester; whether such might be carried out in independent atages, i reclamation l u i arl mdrespective e l avcneodrsat might stages, t g a hw g t e h s e , and incurred. Captain The reports de cents of the navigation outlay ; and whether, if the improvepinutilie benefit would be of the Severn were carried out, B fu e l e ly cheyha d commensurate maa with s;utrvernentioned, the important.e of the notththe he o e r t i d i i n e e a r de°lrnttbilinc execution,icot:eernts and scribed the several pc"their great public benefit. Mr. alterations expected. and . . , u oje , ANS. — During the week , inn off-handed opinion, than the re suitWalker states that and he has given rather rideration to which he of a deliberate con was expected to commit himself. G Aiwa...T.- there has been an immerse Termans into Liverpool Mr. Sabel, Ti-nv OF Tile ERM ro ute for America- • • el, the head of the Mooitielde en r° • establish the ment, has himself . emigratio n superintended the : e t a 1,200. This immensei n establishment nu was received and quartere.d two street wit hin days, and by to-day the whole will have left t h e port in different ve;.sels for America , A • • about 100 are destined. for New Orleans, a few for Canada, and the re. mainder for the St ' ates.— Liverpool Journal. BAD NEW S FoR BREAD EATERS.--The Dovir Telegraph, of last week, contains a strongly-worded article in favour of a dutycorn. Immediately pr ecedin g the effusion, the editor on that ilia writings Axe "under 4 , assures the reader the patronage of the Queen."