The Sun. — London, England, 1852-07-28 00:00:00

.....-• 1003 i June• 73 70 P 70 P os lo siCES 102 LI TE RA T CHRISTABELL E ; or, A nge l Foot Airs. Robert Cart wr i g h t . 3 Vois, sskte ns ' By In the pr e f ace o f t hi s work the authoress°breermLarks that it i s wr it ten i n t h e same spirit, an , d , with the same views, as her form er nove l of "Lam: endeavoured to show the effects in c! a As of religious As she there 13 t ti training on a g if te d m i nd, qual tried to exemplif y t h e b enefits f present tale she has tion on a mi n d o f e a religious educa hap!, be doubted whether the gli7lece.ndltchmaarayc'tepreeri Christabelle are t h e best calculatedaato impress this moral on the rea d er, though certainly the numerous trials that b e f a ll the unfortunate heroine are sufficient to overwhelm the, best regulated u iind. The com mencement of th e work is descriptive of travels in t t he le being. written in a very entertaining a , and c onveying the information of travels in the m re agreeable and interesting form of narrative. The authoress is evidently well acquainted with the ancient an d modern cities which she describes. The following is taken from a voyage up the Ni le : "No style of art strikes the mind with such deep im pressions of surprise and admiration as that of the an cient Egyptians. In the remains of early Indian anti quity there is much to surprise, especially in the rock and cave t emp l es, but little to admire; beauty has no place beside barbarism, In the finished works of t?!0 Greeks, again, there is everythiez to admire; but their very perfecion implies so advanced a state of science, as well as of art, that it rather lessens, or more properly overe,)tnes the sensation of wonder at anything which so gifted a people could undertake. The arts or Egypt, howev e r seem to hold a middle place; retaining as t h ey do much of the grandeur of the earliest works of civilized man, they excel at the same time in the finish with which those works have been executed; and they Combine in a way that no other country can exhibit the sublimity of conception belonging to all the vast labaurs of the great Asiatic monarchies with a sense of beauty in form and of dignity in expression which belong to bosh the period which preceded and to that which fol lowed them." ROBERT BLAKE, ADMIRAL AND GENE RAL A7' SEA. By Hepworth Dixon. Chapman and Ball. The naval history of this country during the seventeenth century, at which period England, for the first tine, became mistress of the teas, under the rule of. Cromwell, has been passed over to a great extent by historians, and the volume before us is highly accept- Itble as an authenticated book of reference concerning t he wars o f t h e C ommonwea l t h . The character of o ßl ake seems to have been religious in the extreme, ulounlike many Puritans, he w as consc i ent i ous, and wed his strict rules from a sense o f d u t y , an d not of ` e lf aggrandisement. He had, too, an ill•pro -11810ned and altogether inefficient fleet to contend blma the most intrepid an d s kilf u l a d m i ra l t h at ° ltlnd ever produced. N o t, a s i n th e p resen t ti me, ed up t o the profession, but, like Cromwell, a en untry g en tl eman, a t t h e age o f f or t y h e fi rst b ecame statesm an , and shortly afterwards was appointed admiral of the fleet, when he effected the first naval reforms whi c h ever t oo k pl ace i n R ag l an d . Si nce the time of the Crusades, when Richard Cour-de -4lnti read the southern powers a lesson of the con tempt in which the northern states held their supposed IMpregnable strongholds, an English ship of w a r h a d s ot entered th e Mediterranean waters. Blake's fleet othe sh ort space of s i x months humbled the power th I „ L 'IY, and the whole of the African pirates, even to BuTu:toman ports. Re was the first sea general a 0 ever conce i ve d t h e i dea o f the possibility of a l P reducing a land battery. The tactics of this extraordinary man and those of Nelson were the tsame, viz., t o un d er t a k e an d execute what others had e ,nted i mpract i ca bl e , an d to i ns i st on the indispu ,l°le authority of the British on the seas . C romwe ll ', 4E leed unbounded confidence in him, a l ways l eav i ng ` s3 his discretion the choice of following his sug gestions rather than his orders. After his death ri On L e of the most unpopular and disgraceful a c t s o f narles the Second was to desecrate the tomb, and Insult th e of the most virtuous . and self remains de l, vo . ted admiral that ever trod an English deck.. Although, evidently prepossessed in favour of his h t u h . -3 7, t, Mr. Dixon has given a very fair account of div_er.siTetatnedrsadventures of Blake, with reference to and reports written at the time. OLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. A lecture of a very interesting character has been in the comae of delivery duricc, the last week upon the ma nufacture of needles. Vlwhen the lo ss o f t h e only needle einthtelle day is e,o gn r o pe e by rhaps vii " lege, is likely to alarm or e'en trouble us—if a needle is wanted, it is at, once to be had, and hence we never trouble ourselves to ascertain how it is made, or where it comes from. Few are there who will not be surprised at the amount of labour required in its production, no less than sixty-seven separate operations being necessary to its i-P'rfeer ' i On• The Pointing, from its hezardous and deadly character, e the m eans xcites consid Dra b le interest, as also which have been employed to ameliorate the condition of this unfirtunate class of our fellow -creatures. The machinery used at the Polytechnic to ill us t ra t e thi s instruc tive subject i s the invention of Mr. Morrell, of Studley, who (curious enough) has introduced all the improvements in tne making o f nee dl es w i thin the last 4 V"Y Years. Ills last for clearing out the eyes seems to have rendered this multunt in parvo perfect. TER SWAIN AND HAWKEY AFFAIR.—In COHN- Lai9uence of the evidence given during the recent courts-mar. held upon Captain Hawkey ant Lieutenant Swain, of the vv oolwich division of Royal Marines, Captain Hawkey de cided upon proceeding against Lieutenant Swai n i n a civil action for damages, and it was originally intended that the case should have come on at Maidstone on Saturday, th e 24th instant, on the opening of the summer assizes for the coun ty of Kent, the notices of action h av i ng b een served, d a number of witnesses subpoenaed to attend the trial. -,Aentenant Swain, on receiving notice of the action being , e ?nnnenced against him, immediately adopted measures for 1- 3 defence, and retained three of the most eminent counsel c'n the Home Circuit, and subpoenaed a large number of 'itnesses ; but after incurring great expense he received no tfit ica on Thursday evening last that the plaintiff had thought to countermand the notice of trial, and the cause, if it is intended ever to try it, cannot be brought forward until the nest spring assizes. SPOLIATION AT THE CHANCELLOR OF THE Ex" CLlEquEtt's. Yesterday notice was issued, offering 51, re- Ward yinery of the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P., at l fughendon Hous e , B ac k s, and besides stealing and carrying off a large quantity of ripe grapes and cucumbers, had thrown open the pit frames and done considerabl damage. ROYAL COLLEGE or S rheo examinationslo v following gentlemen, having undergoneUßtheEn°elieB. ?liege at a tor the diploma, were admitted membersetif the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the Messrs. Reginald Bayley Walters, Winchest er • AtlfreLdust.;.— ger, South-street, \Vest-square, Southwark; Thomas Couch, Polperro, Cornwall; Henry Osborne, Northampton ; Thomas Brookes, Whitchurch, Salop; Alfred Edmund o ra : brief, Collumpton, Devon ; Henry Wm. Prattenton Ilrydges, New York; Richard Ifosking, Marazion, Cornwall; J ames Wm. Duffy, Chili, South America; and Henry Sacheverel Edward Schroeder, Australia. VENTILATION OF RAILWAY CARRIAGES,--A plan Which appears to be well adapted for introduction during the present weather is proposed, of applying to the roofs of rail- W ay carriages horizontal tubes with bell mouths, arranged to catch the air while the train is in motion, and direct it into the interior, the current of air being divided into streams by Passing through wire gauze screens, and outward currents of air being produced by deflecting windows, composed of ver tical panes of glass, and mounted so as to be capable of being turned in either direction and accommodated to the motion Of the train. HARROW SCHOOL.—The following gentlemen were Saon Saturday elected scholars on the Spencer, Neeld, and yera foundations respect i ve l y :—Spencer Scholar—efr. J. . Hozier. Neeki Scholar—Mr. A. M. Curteis. Sayer Scholar (to Caius C ollege,Cambridge).—M r , C. 11. Monro. OBSTRUCTIONS AT THE MARBLE ARCIL—POLICE NOTICIL—The following notice has been issued by the Com missioners of Police :—" Regulations to prevent obstructions in the streets and thoroughfares and Cumberland-gate (the Marble Arch), Hyde Park : —Metropolit an stage-carriages are to keep to the left, or proper side, according to the direc tion in which they are going, and must set down their cora 13,any on that side. IN o metropolitan stage-carriage can b e ad owed to cross the street or road to take up or set down I m tgangers. No carriage can be allowed to atop in front of or near to Cumberland-gate, or across the entrance to a Street, or at any place where an obstruction of the thorough fare may be caused. All drivers of carriages are to go slowly L' )t atop when required by the police, to allow per on .?siorseback or walking to cross the street.— RICHARD MAYNE, .cinnanissioner of Police of the Metropolis.—Whitehall, July, , 5 ,, 2 ." This notice, which has just been issued by the v°"es authorities, has been found to be necessary for the safety and convenience of the public, in consequence of the omnibuses and public vehicles generally making Cumberland gate a stopping place since the erection of the Marble Arch on that spot, but more especially on account of the cheap theiroinnibuses starbol on th e roa d mak i ng this point the end of f jour ney westward, and thereby causing a great deal of Con fusion hn usien and i nconvenience. They will, in suture, go a short distance up the Edgeware-road, and the observance of these regulations will remedy the inconvenience which has for come time past been experiencediA in this respect. TIM HOMICIDE AT wasNbvvELL.—The inquest on the body of John Goldinlrought to a conclusion on Monday, at the Bristol F I C to al firmary, by the coroner, Mr. J. B. Grindon. From ilae,evilianic3e it appeared that the deceased, who died of tetanus stabbed with a Pitchfork in the groin an t arm on tb ea e rs 6 2 l of Jay the coUrSe , not of an election riot, as ii to t. stated, but of a last, in quarrel between him and George aseisaings while hay- The jury re -4,l,akingi about one of the women a 33"agn.wagellinst George 17 r ned a verdict of " Manslaughter " n inaing ..... ,s who is already in custody at Act there . LAW OFFICERS.—In the new „Nisi "'rill their I _3 a proviaion requiring the law officers to perform tdouties in person. It is declared that where it sbal!)rhnle any pp to the said Commissioners of the Treasrry.nttet ~, ffi the officers mentioned omits to perform the duties of aii o Ce in ie shown to t i h r . son the said Commissioners, unless it shall be tempora ry ,totlir s atisfaction that such omission arises from al:Trove of sn c ,una voidable causes, and they shall ha writing on e ti me eix maczirission for a period not exceeding at any whole of the feet; dun shall, as the c :se may be, require the o Wrt use (luring theteunto be received by such officer for his fur and paid over a 3 4 - ,, 4 ' °f such omission, to be ace.:unte,i any salary otherwise d u r r.ahl, or shall cease to allow or pay such omission. ' 0 such olltier during the time of A FEMALE Bu nNT , noon, an aged fcrnaie name b EaTrr.—Yeaterlay fore !atteAttended . 2, Rose•street, Bc,bo7Zecid Mary Anderson, residing at nded to by a woman for 80W" lies 1" her room from the eirect:lJ In b been lavglidedand -e Ignited. It is EtI P ears past, was found dead va i a e n a or i POSed that ti , hsr b eiclothes having urea to procure so . 0 Poor creature had endea , a rrival of her assistantm t ot other refre,hment before the other Cr° t'eti• Engineer Fleenaling .and d d ro pped the - lighted Match in loon attended, and thus fortnimatel wn.street firemen results. The deceased pr e w as 70 _ vented more serious years of age, THE SUN, LONDON, WRDNESDAY HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madams Charton, the well-known prima donna of the French Opera at St. James's, made her debut here last night in the AS'onnambula. Her vocalism throughout was very sweet, tunable, and pleasing. The opening cavatina, so full of rustic vivacity and happiness, the melodious " Come per me s erene, " was charmingly executed. The duet with Elvico evinced the same marks of adroit musicianship; while the ornate characteristics of the closing rondo, the popular " Ah non giunge," reminded the hearer of Persiani. Madame Charton acted the part with naivete and feeling. There was a simple and unex uggeratec emphasis in her portrayal of the mental agony of the second act which was very touching.. She was called twice before the curtain at the termination of the opera, and liberally saluted with bouquets. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. The Anna Bolena of Grisi is one of the Diva's greatest and most remarkable personations, and a few years ago it was in as popular vogue as the Norma or the Semiramide. She played it last night with all her original force ; and so long as she is here to em body it, so long will the opera keep possession of the stage. Grisi and Anna Bolena are inseparably united ; and to know that the great lyric artist is in undi minished voice and energy is to know that her per , sonation is one of those able and striking portraitures which it seems we are never destined to see rivalled. This fine singer sang last night with all her wonted power, and the brilliancy of her vocalisation in the more florid exigencies of the opening scenes was only equalled by the pathetic intensity of the latter. The Percy of Mario is also a piece of art well known to tame, and needs no further words save that of de light at finding the voice of the gifted tenor so thoroughly restored as it now appears to be. Marini's Enrico was bold, tyrannic, well dressed. well sung, and well acted. Mille. Seguin's S me t on , espec i a l ly the " Deh non voter costringere," to the animated " Chia pensierosa a tacita," to the harp accompani ment, was nicely vocalised, and her little bits in the subsequent scenes carefully rendered. Mdlle. Bellini, as Jane Seymour, had the suffrages of the audience, and deserved them ; especially in the rather difficult, scene with Anne, and in the duetto " Va infilice " was she truly effective ; and also i n h er scene with the King, wherein she deprecates his anger against the doomed Queen, and his love to herself. The stage effects, choruses, and orchestra were incom parable. His Royal Highness the Duke of Parma honoured the performance with his presence last evening. The Queen's box was occupied by Viscount and Viscountess Crawley, the Hon. Flora Macdonald. the Hon. Mrs. Egerton, Captain Streatfield, and the Hon. G. S. Smythe. Among the fashionable company attending the theatre we re marlicd the Marquis of Aylesbury, the Marquis of Northampton, the Earl and Countess of Verulaw, the Earl of Hopetown, the Countess of Glongall and the Ladies Margaret and Matilda Butler, the Earl of Dur ham, the Earl and Countess of lin:moull and the Ladies Francis and Etiziibeth Hay, the Earl and Countess Craven, the Countess Paulet and Miss Dormer, Viscount Bolingbroke, Viscount and Lady Blanche Dupplin, Viscount Chelsea, Lord Arthur Hay, Viscountess Dun gannon and the Hon. Miss Boyle, Lard l3atetnan, Lady Bateman, and the Hon. Misses Banbury, Lord and Lady Churchill, Lady Pakanham and Miss Pakenham, Lard Cranstoun, Lady Cosmo Russell, Lady Frederick Beu tinek and party, Lady Caroline Masse and the Misses Masse, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Lady John So merset and Miss Coulaton, Lady Burghersh, Baroness de Gercrombid oldsmi and p and party, Bar oness de Sternberg, Lady Abe arty, Sir C om p ton and Lady Dorn vilie, Lord Walpole, Sir E. Pa ge T urner, Hon. Charley Hanbury. M.P., Hon. A s hl ey Ponsonby, Hon. Geo rge Milles,George Barrington , Hon. R o b ert L aovia lion. Gerard Penaonby, Sir H enry Meux, M.P , and .' Lady Meux, Sir Harry D agnell, Sir Frederick Trench,. Webb, &c. Sir Robert Peel, M.P., Sir Henry ASTLEY'S RO AL AMPHI THEATRE. On Monday a " new historical spectacle," called Peter the Great; or, the Storming of Marienbourgh, was produced at this hcuse. Th e drama strikingly illustrates the suecesJve steps by which Catherine, its true hero, from the position of an humble peasant and slave, ascended and dignified the imperial throne. The first act opens with th e storming of Marien bourgh, besieged by Peter, and w h ere Catherine is residing under the care of the pastor, h av i ng b een preserved from the horrors of the battle field by Peter, under the name of Rotnanoff In a prelimi nary contest the Russians are beaten off, leaving Peter behind wounded. The lovers recognise each other, and Catherine assists him to escape. Her com plicity is discovered, and the Governor of Marien bourgh dooms her to be beheaded as an accomplice of spies. The sentence is about to be executed, when the Russians take possession of the town, and Catherine is lifted from the block to be acknowledged as the bride and future Empress of all the Russias. In the second act the scene is removed to Moscow, where preparations for the marriage and coronation of Catherine are proceeding. The Emperor, however, is surrounded by conspirators, the chief of whom are the Princess Eudocia, the divorced wife of Peter, and Ivan, the Governor of Marienbourgh. The object of the conspiracy is to kill the Czar and Catherine and to place Alexis, supposed to be Peter's son by Eudocia, upon the throne, subject to the rule of his ambitious mother. The conspirators assemble masked for the final settlement of their designs, when Peter receives information of the whole, breaks in upon their deliberations, is surrounded by them and on the point of being assassinated, when Catherine, by a coup de theatr e , saves h i m, an d d i scomforts the traitors. In the third act the coronation takes place, after another attempt of Eudocia to destroy Catherine has been foiled in the palace, and her son drinks the poison she had intended for the Empress. The con spirators, however, re-assemble, and in black masks mingle with the throng who crowd the church of St. Michael to witness the ceremony of the corona tion. As the newly-crowned Empress descends from the altar Eudocia attempts to stab her, but an appa rition of her son stops the blow and her own exist ence at the same moment. Ivan and the other conspirators are also foiled, and the piece ends with a grand tableaux. From this brief sketch of the story, it will be seen that it fur nishes abundant opportunities for display and spec tacle, of which the manager has freely availed him self. The whole of the resources of Astley's have been called into play with a peculiarly felicitous re sult. The scenery is capitally painted, and the spec tacles were full of the rich, varied, and picturesque effects which Astley's alone can produce by the use of its trained steeds, equestrians, and carriages. Mr. Ryder, of the Princess's Theatre, performed the part Fen ton looked and of Peter with dignity, energy, and effect. Miss W ac h t i e l d C t atharine with due meekness revengeful spirit of ethe e T more fiery, haughty, and and gentleness, marTr princess found an ex cellent representative in well Moreton Brooke. The supported. The three other characters were principal performers were lacrecaslupdp predict for Peter 04 Great long aned may safely career. The admirable and efficient manner in ul the piece was put on the stage, and the whichextraordinka smoothness which on Monday characterised a first night's performance, reflect the very highest credit on Mr. Leclercq in his capacity of stage-manager, the production having been committed to his entire di rection. BATTY'S GRAND NATIONAL MP- PODIA, 0111 E. Amongst the various places of public amusement none has held such enduring popularity since it burst i nauguration upon the wor ld at the ever memorable epoch of the H equestrbiaa i of the Great Exhibition as Batty's ppodrom e . S uch _ a magnificent arena f o r the dis play of equestrian feats was a grand novelty, e ve n in constructio n , baffling descriptionoa. we add the enormous and • unceasing wfhaetntractive amusement, in variety amount continued to create, w d hich the spirited proprietor has nsustain, we need not wonder at the immense we are highest to the patronagehumblest, from all classes, from the c p w py hich the Hippodrome has to add, continues to receivtd, and, question, at this precise season, re ceive. It is, without one of the most interestinga places of resort, situated barb of easy ac most conveniently i n cess and great respectabilu*- r.easpop n o a s b i l t y e relickeonn sington Gardens. Its lecaltL7' O vourable, and now that We manon i 3 most fa• that folks who " harvest" upon a run of glorious evenihnoyersse,,, month ensuing, we snake no doubt that the wonderful and a t n h d e admir e the love that " noble animal the ' to the hippodrome. p eo r o o t u h d e exploits performed by both its rider and varioni.. animal startling, itself, %N g :l a :fi e :l 4 in th e throngs darindaring, givin g op portunity Oar limits will not permit giving enumeration r ine ' various character of the performances. pany cf male and female equestrians appear in well-devised races, scenes, pageants, &c. for some exquit:ire displays of bersernai ship, and feats cf grace and agility. The gymnastic evolutions, especinlly the flying calisthenics of the rop e _ d at th e R„ yai .Stag brothers Elliot, an d their truly wonderful expl o it s on the P ers i an column, const i tute a s i g h t per Sc. The aucing, gl o b e w alking, &c,, &c., 41 serve notice. B tnistek e " Hunt, a ePlendid stag, " end no , being the object of pursuit, forms the pre from the ae 4 se i tx featur e of attraction, and the excitenPnt of the we heartil:na catise— a r i Chao forms e , one—is indeed intense. Ballooning the seafe:;, texture, two ascents having taken place during the past week. Altogether deserved s i,Zngratufate Mr. Batty °a his well during and predict for the Hippodrome , its full share of bil- :tr naf , e 7 .......„__ .pa„p 4 . 0 • 11 -- _ . _ _ __ -- FOR. DrATa or Tn.-. 1, —4. kjO NSEILVATIVE MEMBRii. Orinum.—lnt,lligenee of the somewhat sudden demise of ( ir• John Daneuft, a Member of the late, and al,o of the new, Parliament for the borough of Oldham, reached that town yesterday afternoon. The Lion. Gentleman had gone to spend ,oroe days at his country-house, Frodshatn, Cheshire, where he was seized with English cholera, and died at 12,j0 1.,31, yesterday, after only tw o days illness. SPORTING NOTES. No. CCLXIIII. THE FIELDS FOR TO -MORROW'S RACES AT GOODWOOD: TO THE EDITOR OF TUE SUN. SlR,—Yesterday's races were hard upon the fielders, the favourites winning in nearly every instance. The G - ratwicke Stakes were won very cleverly on the post by Longbow, who however had somethi ng i n hi m t o s p are . The Father Thames party were very confident about winning, their horse making the running to the last stride or two, when Longbow's rush knocked him over by a head. The Ham Stakes were won, after a very pretty race with Defiance, by the Refraction colt, by nothing more than a head; Phrygia finishing a good third, and my selection, Belgravia, a very Curious fourth. Vandez - decken cat a very miserable figure, his condition being anything Iv, bright. Phrygia will probably run well for the Nursery stakes. Belgravia'e chance is, of course, " out" for that stake. Newmins:er settled all his opponents easily enough fur the Great 300 Sovs. Stakes ; but from the shaking it gave him his appearance is more than doubtful for the Cup. Harpsichord finished second to the Leger winner; Phlegethon, who made the m a jor part o f t h e running, a b a d third; and Midas, dead amiss, and whom my accounts reported would be left at home, was a wretched fourth and last, having had no chance of bet tering his position in any part of the race. Stockwell beat Harbinger for the 50 Sovs. Stakes with considerable ease, which, of course, determines the route the 300 Sovs. Stakes, and one or two others in which he is entered, will take. In the spin for the Lavant Stakes, Hybla, the clever winner of the Now Stakes at Ascot, was beaten so early and so easily, that I fancy Mr. Payne's sale of her will be a first-rate speculation. That splendid filly Sister to Mountain Deer had the race in hand all the way, win ning in a cantor from Lascelles, tho Duke of Richmond's William Rufus, and several others of no account whet ever. This race, of course, determines the fate of the Second B e nti nc k Memorial, as, with the exception of Elmsthorpe and the Refraction colt, the rest are, either directly, or by lines indirectly, hellion by her. The fields for the races to-morrow, the best day of the week so far as sport is concerned, are as follow: Goodwood Cup—Teddington, Hernando', Joe Miller, Frantic, Stilton, Kingston, Little Harry, Hervine, and Lady Harriet. Newminater doubtful. There may be a slight addition to this list, but that is improbable. My remarks of Saturday last I shall stand by; they were to the effect that the race would lie entirely with Tedding ton, Stilton, Kingston, and Hervine; and that the place of honour would not improbably be filled by HERTINE OR KINGSTON, Stilton and Teddington occupying the next two places. 100 Soya. Stakes—Harbinger walks over. Bentinck Memorial Stakes—Robbie Noble, Long bow, Harbinger, and perhaps Maidstone and the Nabob. Ac I have placed them, so I expe c t th ey will catch Mr. Clark's eye. The Recing Stakes—Stockwell, Caracara, Father Thames, Lucio, and Sackbut. The Sussex Stakes—Defiance, I believe, walks over, Sir R. Pigott's filly being a very doubtful starter. 200 Soya. Stakes—lncense or Balline filly will pro bably walk over. The Second Bentinek Memorial Stakes—Sister to Mountain Deer, Auld Acquaintance, Filbert or Nut hock, Sitting-bcurne, and Refraction colt. The first two places for this race are almost certain to be oceu• pied by SIIITER TO MOUNTAIN DEER and Refraction colt. Elmsthorpe, lam given to understand, wilt be reserved for the .Molecomb. 50 Sow. Stakes—Starters very doubtful, depending much on previous races, but will be selected front Am.. brose Frantic, Kingston, and Hobble Noble. Molecomb Stakes—Margaret of Anjou, Elmsthorpe, Estrella, Refraction colt, Nicotine. I should s a y t h e first and second places will be occupied by ELJASTLIORPE and the Refraction colt, Nicotine close am, &c., July 28. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF patronage eouldturfraiivieldo SPORTING GOOD WOODI N e T ids etEe RACES.ralna dy l I bo G a with all N C tLiat boast of of English year was unusually race meetings, commenced o o m n c m e e the u d p y r e w n h s i u c r h e . Line T h s p e o r ,, t a H n o d u p. a princely ty thl s large. His Serene Highness . Duke Bernhard of Saxe Weimar from Germany Weimar, y faotnhermoonfdaPyr,incaend Edward, will be th e guest of the Duke and Duchess . of Richmond during the race week. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, attended by the Hon. Jumes. Macdonald, also honours the Duke and Duchess with his presence. The party also includes prince George of Mecklenburg ofP r i Beaufort d Somerset' Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Marquis of St Duke r6li t and z P r D i n il% a e Duchess Exeter, Marquis of Normanby, Earl and Countess of Derby Earl and Countess of Chest e rfi e ld, E arl Jersey , Earl of Annesley, Earl of Zetland, Earl of Uxbridge, Baron Brunnow, Lord Enfield, Lod ' Clifden, Lord Maidstone, Lord John Man ners, Lord Ribblesdale, Lord W. Lennox, Lord A. Len nox, Lord G. Lennox, Lord H. Lennox, Hon. Gen. and Mrs. Anson, Hon. Captain Hay, Hon. F. Lawley, Hon. Francis Villiers, Hon. Col. Forester, Mr. and Lady S. Des Veaux, and Mrs. J. Stanley, Col, Peel, Mr. P. Wil liams, Captain Pettat, Mr. lireville, Mr. Payne, Mr. Talbot; and the Molecomb party (Lord March's) con sists of Cul. Newton, Col. Cox, Hon. Major Pitt, and Mr. Milner. Besides the above distinguished personages, there were present the Marquis of Waterford, Marquis of Drogheda, Marchioness of Ailesbury, Earl and Countess of Wilton, Countess of Desert, Lord and Lady New port, Lord A. Fitzclarence, Lord Forester, Lord Tor rington, Lord Foley, Lord Andover, Lord R. P. Clinton, Lord Paget, Lord F. Fitzroy, Lord J. Fitzroy, Lord Stanhope, Lord J. Scott, Lord Exmouth, Sir R. and Lady Pigot, Sir G. Armitage, Hon. H. Foresee r , Hon. Major Needham, Hon. C apt . Ly on , H on . J . For tescue, Hon. L. A. Ellis, Hon. S. Jocelyn, Hon. Ar. Soarlett, Hon. T. Stonor. Colonel Peel, Colonel H orn . by, Messrs. S. Stanley, H. Fitzroy, G. Fitzroy, m a ik a lmr, Burgh, Sensom, Folj arnbe, Gratwicke, A. Luml ey, D Knightley, &c. & c . 1e B The general attenda nce was very goo d for a first a ug day, and the weather, until just before the start for the Gratwicke, when a slight shower fell, favourable in the extreme. The following is a return of the day's sport: — The Craven Stakes (handicap), of 5 sous. each, with 50 added. One mile and a quarter. (13 Subs.) (.11E;c8khaardrps tol Mr. Powney's Lamartine, 4 yrs, Bst 61 b •••(A• Day) 1 (J. Goater) o Mr. Williams's Maria, 3 yrs, 631 (Garvey) 2 Mr. Parkinson's Lithograph, 3 yrs, ist 71b(Ce. M ann) 3 King's Narcissus, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b ...... (Brice) 0 (R. Harloek) 0 3 31 1b b ( . G .. Mr. E. E B . ic p k a h r a i m ,s s s N an o its C , hance, 4 yrs, 7st 71b 3 yrs, 7st, 6lb ............ (Hiett) 0 ) by Sanita Mr. Ja q u ss's b y e r r s . , 6 %1 Betting-3 to 1 agst Lamartine, and 4to 1 agst lauria. AiMrr.. J. g G ra il m rs 'a c D b i y vidend, 3 yrs, 6st 31b The Hecate colt took the lead at starting, f o l lowed, and Maria, Lithograph, who got off badly, and , after they had run about ono hundred yards -Lamar. tine bringing up the rear. They came thus to the half mile post, where the Hecate colt gave way, an d th _ r un me . ning was taken up by Sanita, followed bY Maria, Vivandiere, Lithograph, and Lamartine, in whi c h order they ran to the distance, where Maria went in f root, closely attended by Lithograph, Vivandiere, and L amar. tine; a fine race home terminated by the favourite wi ns ning on the post by a head, Maria beating Lith ograph by half a length. Run in 2 min. 20 sec. Sweepstakes of 300 sous. each, h It, for four years old, colts, Sat 71b; fillies, Bst 21b; the second to sae° his stake. About three miles and five furlongs* (11 Subs.) Mr. A. Nichols's Nowminster (Tomplemau) 1 Lord Clifden's Harpsichord ....(F. Butler) 2 Lord Exeter's Phlegethon (Marlow) 3 Lord Exeter's Midas (Norman) 4 Betting -3 to lo n N ewm i nster, an d stol on Harp sichord. Phlegethon went off with the lead, and rap i d ) r tam-easing it aft er making the turn, lay nearly a dis. Lneo in adva nce until within three. quarters of a mile of home; Newnsinster and Her sich the n b egan to drag, on era_ . ras e on him, and at the distance h on his retirement, went on withow t a h s e beaten. Dlowminster, two lengths. Ran in 7 mi n . 2 0 see running, and won b y Fifty Pounds, add e d to a Sweepstakes of r.) sous, each . two yrs, sst 71h ; th ree yrs, 7st 91b; four yrs, Bst ' 41b ; five yrs, Bst 121 b; and aged, 9 s t. T he winner sold for lOU, &c. T.Y.C. (13 S u b s .) to 6° Mr. Y. King's Gold Dust, 2 yrs ......... . . (B .... un dy) 1 Mr. Jeques's Vivandiere, 4 yrs (Bartholon le w) 2 Mr. J. M. Stanley 'a Mustang, 2 yrs (Wells) Lord Clifden's Sagacity, ag e d F. Butler) 3 0 Duke of Richmond's c by The Emperor ...(Gar - (TT "3 7 ) 0 Mr. Magenis's f by lon, 2 yrs s .a nop tge) Mr. Morris's Coticula, 4 yrs (Bastia, ° 3 ') 0 Mr. Hobson's cby Venison, 3 yrs (G. Brow n) 0 Mr. Wortley's bg by Ida*, 3 yrs (G. E. Sharp) 0 Lord Exeter's Phlegethon, 4 yrs ........................ Mr. Bland na fby Annandale, 2 yrs (Kendall) 0 Mr. Pedley's Gavotte, 2 yrs (Castleman) 0 Mr. 11. Ling's Hermoine, 2 yrs (T. Sherwood) 0 Betting-3 to 1 agst Gold Dust, and sto 1 agst Ceti cula ; nothing else backed. Gold Dust made nearly a il the running, and won in a canter by four length s, vi. vandiere beating Mustang by nearly half a length. R ua in 1 min. 17 sec. The Levant Stakes of 50 soya. each, 30 ft, for two yr s old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst Sib; winners extra; the second horse to save his stake. Half a mile. Mr.Osbaldeston's Sis. to Pslountsin Deer,Bst 91b (Hiett) 1 Mr. Vickers's Lascelles, Bst 71b (A. Day) 2 D. of Richmond's Wm. Rufus, Bst 71b (Bartholomew) 3 Lord Exeter's Margaret of Anjou, Bst 31b (Norman) 4 Mr, E. Farrance's Miss Emma, Bst Sib (H. Goater) 0 Mr. Merry's Valour, Bst 31b (Charlton) 0 Mr. J. M . Stanley'sHybla, Bst 31b (Butler) 0 Mr. Payno's Gloomy, Sat 31b (Fiatrisan) 0 Bettin g —5 to 4 eget Sister to Mountain Dser, 1-, to 2 agst Hybla, and 6t o 1 ea ch a gs t Miss Em m a li aru Rllus. Valour, with Mac:dies, Hy bla, Sister to M.ountain Dzer, and Gloomy laid up, made the running to tho distauee, where the favourite went in front, wa s inever uf,erwards caught, and won in a canter by three eregths, Lascelt • -, William Rufus by a head. R ,,, ;... rrs .bs beating ,do tko. The G-ratcvieko Stakes of 100 soya, each, h ft, for three yrs old; colts, sit 1010; fillies, Bst Sib; 31b and 51b allowed, &e.; t: 10 5 ,, ' ' e 200 soya., and the third to s ave hi second to receive 8 stake. Tho winner to pay 10 sous. to the jud ge . One mil and blf Lord Derby' s L ohaa e a a . b ow, Bst 71b (F.Butler) 1 Sir R. Pigot 's F ather Thames Bst 41b ...(A. Day) 2 Lord Ribblesdale's Neat ' ' ob, Bst 10Ih .........(huger') 3 Dike of R:chmend's Houlakin, 83t 10,b...(Flatnian) 4 Generiii Anson';; King I ; , -)epto. (car, Sat 61e)••.(Butler) 0 Lord Eglicton's ClaverhoUSP, Sit 1010' (Marlow) 0 Duke of Riehmona's Red Iliud, Bst 51b...(J. Green) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Father Theach ansts, 3to 1 agst Longbow and King Pepin, an d 6 to 1 agst any other. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, TU ESDAY . Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Alb er t took their usual early walk yesterday morning, The Earl of Malinesbury, Secretary of State for Fo reign Alf Airs; Viscount Stratford do Redcliffe, and Lord Hovvden, arrived from London at half-past one o'clock. The Earl of Malmesbury had an audience of the Queen. Viscount Stratford dm Radcliffe and Lord Ilowden were presented to her Majesty by the Earl of Malmes bury, on their retu'n from abroad, and also had audieLces. The Royal dinner party included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, Lady Caroline Murray, Lord and Lady Downes, the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Phipps, the Hon. Colonel Liddel, and Mr. Gibbs. His Serene Highness Prince Charles of Hohenlohe Langenbourg arrived in town yesterday morning, and after visiting the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Hall, and exhibition of the Royal Academy, returned to Frogmore in the afternoon. Mr. M'Qill, of Montreal, had an interview with Sir John Pakington yesterday, at the Colonial -office. THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS FOR IRELAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN: Sza,—As one of the very many persons to whom the perusal of the letter of the Master of the Rolls for Ireland, which appeared in The Times of Wednesday, the 14th inst., has given, and must always afford the most sincere and thrilling gratification, and in which is enunciated the lofty power and noble principle worthy of a Mansfield, or an Erskine, or a Hale, when he said, " I did not vote at the election of Messrs. Grogan and Vance, because I am of opinion it is better that those, to whom the administration of justice is intrusted, should not take part in politics," —perhaps I may be p erm itt e d , through your kind indulgence, to relate a forensic anecdote in connexion with him, whilst he was Attorney-General for Ireland, of a kindred spirit with those principles and illustrative of the high sense of honour, which throughout a laborious but brilliant and truly successful career at the bar, that dignitary of the law was pre-eminently distinguished. He held a brief in the cause of Batchelor v. Boyle, there were several thousand pounds pending the hallo, and, as may be expected, the brief was rather volu minous a the fee thirty guineas. The General had read and noted his brief thoroughlY, Attorne as appeared upon th e many consultations in the progress to a hearing, an d no doubt made himself master of the case. He was then in Parliament. The cause he attended i n court to make his statement when the was in the list for h ear i ng several days, during which case would be called on. At length, finding that it was not likely to b e on for a day or two, and that he was obliged to att en d his Parliamentary duties in London, h e sen t f or t h e solicitor of his client, told him how be was circumstanced,expressed a desire to r e t u r n th e f ee. and exp The solicit o r, rather este: . nished at th e id ea o f counseleturn a ft replied, Mr. Att orne y -G enera l , lan aware ing that ee y ou have read and noted y our brief; and have lost your time in waiting to make o ur statement counsel, and I cannot think of taking back the fee, and then hastily withdrew. The Attorney - to then sent a brother barrister to the soliciter, as leadiof to say, that if he did not take back the fee he wet", have it left at his house. The solicitor was constrained to wait upon him ; and the Attorney. General addresa ing him said_n Sir, from the day I was ca lled to the bar to this hour I have acted upon this rule neve r t d o retain a fee I did n o t fully earn —it is true I 'h ave rea ..o my brief and l os t some time in waiting for the case to come on, but I h ave not made my statement, and therefore have not fully earned my fee, and the n `suiting th e ac ti on to the word,' ga ve back the thirty guineas to the s o li c it or. " One word of comment on such high-mindedness as this wo u ld b e as va i n as the effort "to pal° the . Lilly or gild refined gold." I shall leave it and his letter to 'win the admirati on o f all who would seek the p ure fountain o f h onour i n the advocate and spotless in tegrity i n the judge..—l am, Sir, &c., A BARRISTER. Gray's Inn, July, 1852. BE- A pit UOMPLETION OF TH E SUBMARINE TELEOZ , -- TWEEN PORTPATRICK AND DONAGDADZE.--$ Satolirr4_ " the final fetter," as it has been facetiously called, it t han ' other words, th e o cable of international concord," ht home also been termed, was sunk and successfully brosg. completing the to P ortpatrick, on the Scottish coast, thereby -- eubmarine line of electric communication from rations of l?.etween Ireland, Scotland, and England. The AAl e last week naghadee the ex pedition, - which were prudently suspended more favourable tides, were resumed on Friday,of Satur t. nued without interruption throughout the whole the cable and con tinued On'the evening of which day, by ten o'clock, the as no de.. ,w_p. securely anchored on the Scottish coast; 'ails connected with the operations of the manica 7et t ranspired, it is impossible to know how expedition have I' o n works. The additional length of cable fourteen miles, seven of it having been previously submerged, making a th su e nr ul was about differencof distance en Holyhead and . of 21 miles between the two coasts, or a , r ,._ . e 44 miles over the route between immediately placed l•owth. The cable at Portpatrick will be ~, w i res a t I,p connexion with the Electric Telegraph Company will be •yurnfries, and it is understood that both compaule fres from The . w pltimately connected with one another. Dumfries to Portpatrick ru n subterraneously in a trench . of a foot and a qua r ter, through Stranraer, Genoch, Whit crook, Newton Stewart, New Galloway; and from Dona goh,on the opposite coast, they will ultimately be carried Dublin, Belfast, the north , of Ireland, and all its principal to wns, where the post-offices will be used for telegraph stations, the proposed system being intended eventually to embrace the whole of Ireland. .1.111. of DEAT H OF MR. SCROPE.—William Scrope—author andod books, " Day s of Deer Stalking" and ~D ays Ni wo N ghts of Salmon hing," known by these as the Mar ork.quis of Newcastl e o f th e re i gn o f Charles I. was by hi s won horsemanship to readers who know little of any other books —died on Tuesday last at his house in Bel grave-equare, in the eighty-first year of his age. Mr. Scrope was the last male representative of the famous family of his name seated at Castle Combe, in Wiltshire—of which they possessed the manor and estate as early as the reign of Ed ward III — and boasting among its historical worthi es t h e e l anle of Lord &rope, of Bolton, Lord Chancellor of England I d a the reign of Richard 11. Mr. Scrope was proud of his "cent, but prouder, we believe, of his skill with the gun and rod, and, wh at i s more to our l i k i ng, j ustly proud of his book s ca atta inments and of his skill with the pen c il. Hi s class above-nam a d are accessor i es o f i mportance to that :, of literature to which Walton's " Angler" and Davy's a B r ain lenia" belong, for Mr. Scrope had an eye alive to the ieties of nature,' and a skill in communicating to his readers: What he had seen and what he knew. With his Pencil he Was, we think, not so good ; and s res in frequently of the touches which the late William Simson would throw into them, are inferior to those of his fellow ad a s that the late Sir George Beaumont. It may be well to Mr. Scrope was married in early life to Emma, hatr,brother r and heiress of Mr. Charles Long, the youngest shire, of Sir James Tilney Long, of Draycott, in Wilt -1821 to by Whom he had an only child, Emma, married in Lord S4fr. George Poulett Thompson, brother to the late of •Y enliain —who thereupon took the name and arms Scrope,activ fig lieu of those of Thomson. Mr. Scrope was an the eonie artists have said an over-active—director of e.British Institution.—Athenaeum. t.e.Nolate GI IN IRELAND.—Th e angling on the Moy river li r a i n d Mt.'" be en better this year than ever. Major Banbury day; . Gowran have killed, on an average, seven salmon a an d Mr. G. A. P o ll oc k and Captain Lees killed forty taken tweet ea hnon in thre e d ays , t h e former gentleman having independ e t Westmeath Ye tWO ash to his own rod in t wo d ays .— nt. ---- of an, quarter The race, which was delayed nearly a hour by Red Hind's restiveness at the post, w Pl3 , f, en tirely between Father Thames and Longbow, the L a ,' who took the second making place from Nabob half a mile from home, joining the favourite at the distance, effort a few strides from home, and winning by a au Nabob a bad third. Run in 2 rain. 44 sees. y The Ham St a k es o f 100 sovs, each, f colts, Bst 10th ; and fillies, 8,3 t 71b. Those out of mares, or go t b y stallions that never produced a or two rs old .. win ner of 100 s )Vs., allowed 3ib; if both, 61b; the second to receive 200 sovs. out of the stakes. T.Y.C. Dk of Ri c h mon d' s Refraction c, Bst 71b (Templeman) l 2 Mr. Dre w ' s D e fi ance, Bst 41b (Whi te house) Gen. An son ' s P otentie c, Sat 101 b (F. Butler) 0 Mr. Blake's Bel aravia, Bst 41b (A. D a y) 0 Lord Derby's Hobb y h orse, Bst 7lb (J. 111 " n es.) 0 Lord Eglinton's Vtinderd ee k en, Bst 101b...(11arlow) 0_ Lord Exeter' s Pa rygia, Bst alb (Norman) 0 Lord Glasgow's Miss Sarah f, Bst 41b...(Charlton) 0 Mr Mare's Kitty of Coleraine f,Bst 71b(B4rtholomew) 0 Mr Payn e ' s W ar -whoop, Bst 101 h... (Flatman) 0 Lord Itibblesdale's Tallourd, Bat 101 b (Rogers) Bettin , P.-7 to 2 each agst Belgravia and Defiance, a ' to 1 agstßefraction colt, 6 to 1 egst Vanderdecken, and, 0 6to 1 agst Talfourd. The lot got away in a line, and with the exception of the Potentia colt and Vander- deckers, who were beaten earl Vander the distance, where the Refraction colt took up the y, ran in close array to running, and, after a very close race with Defiance, winning by a heal. Phrygia, Belgravia, and Mr. Mare's filly close up. Run in 1 min. 19 or ecs. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs, each, fo 3 yrs old. One mile Lord Exeter's Steckand a hal f. Duke of Richmond's ll . (Norman) 1 vvi.......... H ..arbinger.. ........ .(Fl a tman) 2 Even betting. Stock we l l made all the running, and won by a length and a half. Run in 2 min. 43 secs. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. aoonwoon STAKES. 8 to 1 nest Surpris e (1) get Haricot 8 to 1 12 to 1 agst Chi e f J us tice 14 to 1 agst Don Pedro 10 to 1 east Musician (t) 1 6 t 1 Weather; age o apt 10 to 1 agst Bushranger (t) 12 to 1 agst Cariboo (t) 1 25 to 1 eget Cockcrow Ludt is scratched. 5 to 2 agst Stilt on GOOD WOOD CUp, 7 to 2 agst Kin gs t on 8 to 1 ags t T e ddi ng t on (t) 17 to 1 agst Heroine 6to 1 agst Little Harry 25 to 1 agst The entries for the Cups and Plates, made on Monday Newminster n i g ht, for the Wednesday and following days, are jai" m ense; there are 5S in the Stewards' Cup, 6€, in the Duke of Richmond's Plate, 19 in the Queen's Plate, 37 in the 50/. Handicap Plate, and 11 in the Anglesey. The smaller stakes have also filled well. The French mare, Hervine, arrived on Saturday last, having had an excellent pastage. GOODWOOD, WEDNESDAY MORNING. LATEST BETTING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) 1 to 1 agst D on P edro 8 to 1 agst HaricotGOO (t DNVOOD STAKES. ) Bto 1 a gst Surprise (t) 15 to 1 a gs t C ar ib oo 10 to 10to 1 agst Musician 20 to 1 agst C ockcrow l ugst Bushranger (t) 20 to 1 eget Follow-me. [2 to 1 agst Weathergage 1 Lads (a) THE CUP. No change. _EVENING, JULY 2B, 1852. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. I ELOPEMENT FROM LIVEI?P OOL. TIMES.—Th e c hi e f b us i ness o f th e new Parliament IavERPOOL, TUESDAY.—llaring the pest few days was very significantly indicated in a sketch which we `the conversation of nearly all classes hero has been con ., and and yesterday publi s h e d o f t h e actual "Representation of i Hued t o an e l o p ement w hich has just taken pl ace the Peopl e i n the Louse of Commons." The details of 1 which, f rom th e re l a ti ve position in life of th e lady this very matter - of-fact statement were founded on the gentleman, h as cause d no little gossip, parti cu l arly in unimpeachable authority of the last census returns, and I those places " where merchants most do congregate." gathered m ore i mmediately from a Parliamentary paper Th e gentleman is a married man, with a family. Th e J procured by th at f at h er of representative reform, Mr. l a d y i s a handsome young widow, well k newa as th o oseph Hume. Of th e genera l results of the d emonstsa - propriet ress o f one of the leading hotels in the twine- lion we n ee d on l y say that they make it almost impos sible to b e li eve that the "People" be recogni se d b y those who remember read i ng in the Representation of the diato vicinity of the Exchange. H er patronymic will could have rea ll y undergone a thorough reform within newspapers about ten months ago the facts connected twenty short y e ars , and with a professed view to finality wi t h a fatal accident which happened on the Bootle and permanence. Substantially the existing state of road, near thi s town, to a highly-respectable hotel things app ears l i ttle better than that of 1829. That keeper whilst r e t urn i ng home on horseback from his seats in P ar li ament are still bought and sold country-house at Bootle. The gentleman is one of the for bard mone y in a regular market is he tiaiefter wealthiest of the "merchant princes" of Ltverpsol, and Yat°llSdt. A al l i bati ti ' u s est e i n ° d n; a partner in ono of the leading firms in the town. new the discl r o e s e u e r a e t s a in, clu D i e .i r t b io y n e t t ' Luxuriating in the superabundance cf this worlit's That little pocket boroughs are still actively conducive .' guess, he some time ego added to his clis tincture position as an influential Bsitith mer fromto the vitality of our constitution we lear very easily the late Minis te rialchant the character of " lord and matter" of successes, while as to the 0 inequalities and anomalies" which formed the great an " old ancestral hall" in a neighbouring county, ' arguments of Brougham and Macaulay, it would b e hard which had formerly been the residence of a branch of t , to conceive any system more apparentlyof the most ancient families in England. A few monstrous than " le that exemplified in tho tables before us. If numbere ere years ago the head of the ancient family eiluded to was taken as a basis of computation, we find 13 towns with compelled to dispose of the whole of his patrimonial an bers to aggregate Population of 5 4,808, returning 20 mem- estates and "lordly halls." The principel family seat Parli and 13 other towns, with an agere- (which commands a beautiful view of tho estuary of the gate of 198,667 inhabitants, returning noun. If property Mersey), together with its extensive dem esne, was purt is to form the ground wor k of the estimate, we observe chased by the wealthiest banker in Liverpool, whilst a that Honiton is rated exactly as high as Liverpool or neighbouring mansion, with its broad corer, scarcely Westminster , and twice as high as Salford; while, if interior to the before-named, became the property of the respectability is to conatitute any claim to the franchise, gentleman who is the subject of this narrative. Re we are constrained to remark that Doncaster returns net married the daughter of his late, and sister to his pre member, though Harwich is credited with two. We need sent partner, the fruit of such marriage being fo ur n ot pursue these contrasts any further. They have been children, with the prospect of a fifth. The marriage illustrated of late by a fair abundance of exposition and took place under unusually happy circumstances. The comment, ad ovepi lUr. Disraeli himself, when pro- father of the bride, who was then an alderman of Li posing a transfer .t o the four forfeited franchisee, verpool, is said to have settled upon his daughter the was comPell 11 enlarge upon the extraordin ar y sum of 3 0,000/., whilst the bridegroom made a settle anomalies of the existing_ arrangements. Where, then, ment upon her of 10,0001. beyond the natant!. perplexities of exact adjustment, lie s Such are the circumstances, so far as the hero of this of reform? To dismiss ' the difficulty grapple with the question to at once, we may say that a regards the heroine, before narrating the flight of the large party is anxious f,, . preserve what is teemed th e fugitives, that she is reported to be an exceedingly fa o interests;" th u g existing balance tation as is, to maintain acinating personage, the mother of two interesting f represen s h a system o hall debar the menu- children, and that she left her home on this occasion in suc se emed to be th actoring classes, etIPP a emocratical in their Possession of no less a sum than 3,0001. views, from obtaining ' over the agriculture.' classes,onceived to be aristocra- day morning last, by the four o'clock e mail, for tical and Conservative: the abstract Omitting, however,. for the pro- London. The lady left her hotel / and s ( o doubt so us n of the abstract principle thus pro- by previous sent, any discussiont a ions appointment) met the gentleman at the loss to see how the rail pounded, we are b a . ustified on any theory, even of anomalie s pure carrylay, station.d They were seen to enter the same before US can e Gr j anting that manufactures, as opposed officials in charge it has since been ascertained from the Conservatism. and towns as contrasted with counties, travelled to Luctedof the train that thus in company they to agriculture, elements rather of progress than security, A letter is said to have supply t h e assumption, which must itself be re- tlemen on Sat d . been received from the gen this ur ay, bearing the Folkestone postmark; yet even same qualification, will not explain or whilst still more corroborative e proofs of the arrange ceived with resent distribution of Parliamentary ments previously made bet warrant the P Places like Birkenhead or Staleybridge yered in the course of yestewrdean the parties were disco se a tR. rerhaS uponP as politically formidable, but why The gentleman, whose annual may be locked representation such unmanufacturing com- stated to amount to 4,0004 or 5,0n0e, income is variously exclude from . . those of Leamington, Gravesend, or Rams- i ndependently of his interest in the Liverpool house, is said to have . inanities as et , condemn, too, such unexceptionable dis- with him upwards el 12,000/. which 9 1 with tle lady's gate? Fulham,W'''' Kensington, and Chelsea—districts 3,000/., will for some time provide the " ways and me a airs ' ' s ' tricts as ctioned into residences of thriving and sue- for their continental (excursion. It is understood that a literally ! f 1 P3r-i tors? Why should Rutlandshire, with a member of the legal profession has been dispatched in cess.u. proprietors? population 983 inhabitants, r e t urn -t wo mem b ers, sear c h o f th e gent l eman, w i th the view of same arrange and e ' ment being made with regard t o t h e family. It is cur enjoy just half of 2 2 , and the Isle of wight, with ju st d ou bl e the number, g t h e r epresentati on ? S urely there is no rent l y rumoured that steps .will bo taken for procuring a imaginable sen so in which ono o f th ese two latter con- di vorce, and it is not unlikely that the affair will b e the st i tuenc ies can be deemed more "respectable!' than the means of calling into requisition the servic es o f t h e gen other? Again, the rival " interests" alluded to ar e so f ar tlemen of the long rob e . constitutional theory that agriculture is -- - e Our recognised i presumed to b e re presented through th e k n i ghts of the trade through the burgesses of the towns. shires, end except our most Conservative Chan cellorßut, as nobody, proposed to transfer to the counties himself, has towns, or conversely, it is hard to see the franchises of o tinterests can be improperly af fectedhow the "balance r Lut of'the town seats among themselves. by a re -arrangement the metamorphosisof g To propos e themselves. intoaa four county seats, for th e express borough seats ilting agricultural influence a t a period when the demand e f or augmentation was notor i ously in favour of trade, was a precedent of audacity which will not be lost sight of in efuture discussions. Bat how are or C • agriculture Conservatism af fected interests of either from the 12,000 inhabitants of feeted by withholding conceded to the 3,000 inhabitants Doncaster a privilege should Protectionists of Honiton? Why . _ small boroughs stickle so for the preservation of ewati . and strongly ent of large ones? Is it that the the non-enfranchisem are so manageable as to be former constituencies service of those who are already - in reality at the Members ho for the county? represented in t . is something very like the simple This, we suspect,the principle can be defended it is truth; but how not easy to conjecture. If the tran s f er of the franchise from plsces like Marlborough c - r is Woodstock to places like Birkenhead or Hammersmith described as unduly depreciating the agricultural or territori a l in terests, this can be nothing but a plain confession that the interests in question have extended themselves be yond their proper spheres, and encroached upon ground which, by the original theory of the constitution, per tains to interests of another kind. If knights are to be knights let burgesses be burgesses —o ne c l ass repro sentingland, and the other commerce; but to say that commerce should be controlled for the sake of land is as great a violation of principle as any contained in the charters of pure Radicalism. We aro mistaken, however, if this fundamental proposition of balancing interests will prove in the long run to be practically defensible. W e cannot well see how any " interest" of a country can claim to be represented otherwise than according to its true weight. The preponderance once pertained to the territorial interest, and was proportionately acknow ledged. If the course of events has tended to reverse the balance, this result may be a subject of regret, but it is worse than useless to disguise or evade it. To maintain that a declining interest should be unduly favoured, or a rising interest unduly depre ciated, in order that a fictitious equilibrium may be preserved between things no longer balanced, will lead to insurmountable difficulties of legislation, and inter minable absurditi es of conclusion. Lord John ' Russell seemed to assert the other day, that though the strides of population, education, and trade had wholly altered the respective weights of classes in the social scale, it was necessary to devise some expedients for neutralising the effects of this change in electoral proceedings. We can understand the persuasions under which his Lord ship was speaking, but we should be curious to hear how, upon such principles, he would justify the dis franchisement of Old Sarum or Gatton. If the me,ni festations of a certain social state are to be preserved by artificial laws after the state itself has passed away, the Whigs of 1832 were greatly in the wrong. We confess, for ourselves, that while we see end less trouble in any evasion of the truth, we can discern no danger whatever in its recognition. Possibly, a 51. householder may bo less considerate than a 10/. householder, though that remains to be proved; but why should a 10/. householder be less Conservative in a large and thriving community than in a decayed and stagnant borough? A hundred electors at Doncaster must surely be as trustworthy as a hundred electors, with the same qualifications, at Honiton. Nobody can deny that in the original distribution of the franchise the selection of boroughs was regulated by their wealth, population, and consequence, nor do we see how any Conservatives should be offended at the proposal to revise the list by the ancient rules. If 186 English boroughs are to re turn Members, in a certain proportion to Parlia ment, it is surely plain that those boroughs ought to be the most considerable in the kingdom, and that, according to their consideration, they return one Member or two. If any of them, through the natural vicissitudes of fortune, have so de clined from their former condition as to fall under the influence of other than their own burgesses, there can be nothing unconstitutional in holding these to have lost their right. We are not, indeed, without an opinion that, if a revision of these claims was periodi cally instituted in the ordinary course of legislation, it would be advantageous to the State. At present we are so impressed (in some respects most fortunately) with the sanctity of existing arrangements, that oven resto ration wears the aspect of revolution, and adjustments dictated by the commonest maxims of sense and pru dence are resisted as the approaches of anarchy and de struction. The true danger, however, lies in the oppo site direction, for the English people, whether in their representative institutions or elsewhere, will never tole rate the substitution of fiction for truth, or sham for reality. WRECKERS at the MOUTH of the THAMES. A most determined attack by wreckers at the mouth of the Thames, within sight of her Majesty's squadron at Sheerness, was communicated at Lloyd's yesterday afternoon, the circumstances of which created no trifling astonishment. It appears that on Saturdevight, be tween eleven a n d twe l ve o ' c l oc k , the schoon r Renown, Mr. Kinnear, master, bound to London from Alloa, in the north, laden with a miscellaneous cargo, from some unfortunate circumstance went ashore on the Nore sand, and in consequence of the strong wind which prevailed she settled down and filled. The master, apprehensive of danger, took to the boat with his crew and made for Sheerness, where they landed at four o'clock oa Sunday morning. The weather sub sequently moderating, the mate, with two of his men and a boat's crew, event off to the wreck, and on reach ing it theyi,he f m bu sit n e d p i r t o h d a u d ein b g een taken possession of by th e chief boatmen of th e Sh oeburyness Coast Guard Sta tion.tho revenue officers,: they delivered gitshteer,warneedksautpistfoyihniga charge, and left. The mate then with his men pro. ceeded to unbend the sails, and prepared to lighten the vessel, a craft having been engaged to come off to her and take what stores could be got from her. They had been so engaged some time, when ten or twelve boats, belonging to Southend it is said, manned by a large number of men, came alongside, and under the plea of rendering the schooner assistance, boarded her. A few moments of their work sufficed to show the character of their intentions. The mate remonstrated with them, but to little avail, the fellows produced their axes and commenced cutting away right and left. The mate again reasoned with them, as their operations would tend to destroy all means of getting her off. They, however, heeded none of his remonstrance; they told the officer and his hands to take care of themselves, and fearing the anger of the wreckers, they took to the taffrail out of the way as much as possible of the gang. Intelligence of the attack reaching the ears of the Admiral at Sheerness, the African steam vessel, under the command of Lieutenant Bullock, with a body of Marines on board, was instantly dispatched to the scene. The appearance of the steamer instantly alarmed; the wreckers, who made smart chase ensued, end we understand that two of the a precipitate rush to the E sse x shore in th e i r b oats. A boats were captured with some of the stores which had been removed from the wreck, and which were delivered over to the receiver of droits. The African continued by the schooner for some time, and it being thought that the boatmen would not venture to renew the attack she returned to Sheerness. The fellows,_ the Government kept a sharp look-out upon the movementee o! not to be ove easily deprived th e vessel , they again hastened steamer, and evidently were deterirtin d depriv e d o f their plunder. On the tide going on an d leaving to her and to make short work of it, a nd more daring visit resumed the pillage. This secon d o at of a more strong immediat e ly suggested the sending dings and the Wild- at once cut down the mast s and force to repel their infamous proceedings , dispatched. At I Wildfire had not returned, nor was the result of her fire st eamer was w i t h out l o ss of u c the time of this b e i ng forwarded trhuei cruise enown. SHOCKING COLLIERY ACCIDENT. NOTTINGHAM, TIIESDAY.—A shocking accident oc curred this morning, at the pits of the Right Hon. Lord Middleton, at Old Radford, about two miles from Not tingham, the particulars of which are as follow: It appears that about half-past nine o'clock this morn ing four of the colliers who had bean working in the pit as usual, :named William Bonsor, William Banner, John Husbands, and William Robinson, entered the cage (a sort of hamp er , use d f or the purpose of drawing up and letting d own t h e men ), 113 n sou:aera were to be taken to the top of the pit. Everything appeared secure. W t h h e o n i ; o h n o t w w ev u e r r k , they had reached a height of between 40 and 50 feet, the rope to which the cage was attached suddenly snapped,:and the whole of the unfortunate men were Di h n u r. hurled lheed Williams, piwithWilliams, a fearful andof Assistance was immediately rendered by a N m ot e t s in sa g g h e am w . as lt in w s a ta s n , thloywdeivseprat;cahnehdoutor before all the unfortunate fellows iiii) c si o ot u si l ; d re b Atn e got out. William Robinson was remo ve d uw gabsan t d o s th a e nvaillag village eoftWt.n°l - closa by, in a most precarious state, ue... g. l t: h aving em o n arere ceived severe bruises all over his person. being very doubtful. Notting ham shGoecnkeirnagllybruised, Infirmary. andu taken to t , "li N ner ; was accident of married,tskentountdhehiarvehicammeisliense.arßtohbe The pit is 67 yards deep, and no critical position, his recovery a similar nature has occurred there for upwards of 20 Fears. —................._ __.. ATTEMPTED FRATRICIDE A NDS IDE.--On San day morning the inhabitants of Wyndham-road, Camber well, were aroused from their beds by loud cries of " mur der," which were found to issue from a house. in JAW , / buildings, Thomas -st reet. Shortly afterwards a man, all in a state of nu di ty, issued from the house and ran rP the y towards the Camberwell -road, [Followed by so me f upon neighbours and poli ce , whom he succeeded in eluding' raed an damn returning to the house they discovered a Young' man i n. John Kendrick, aged 21, lying upon the ilearp div ision of sensible. Mr. J. S. Flower, surgeon covered thil police, was sent for, and upon examinat9 on the sca c li ( ) ,rn a . the left ear was nearly severed, and a wound on was to . the dis ,1 laid entire the back, by which that portion of theisdivide—minlere pletely bare, and several blood vas" W ound four inches in length. The s P o _9_r,Y e c s ung re ib a er named s '"' - b ßobaA Town. with his parents, and a few dr:Yearted living on hi s pa- Richard Kendrick, witb assailant was last j b l is P a r„ t e. h er T The latter had upbra a id ge ed d "' : sued to have com rents, and a violent c L uar a i re , and he' s for several hours seen near the Surrey vas was d " gg d. mitted suicide. The water . __ discovered. but his body has not yet 0134,,„.-011 Saturday the 5 rA ili ll t h , who confessed to the brutal 1 THE Mutt DEB t I.lriston,. near Bath, in December prisoner, C„hristopber. S murder of Creork,re Bo f b o ' r a exa mination at the County Ma r, was hroughttr ne appeared very haggard and dejected, landast ee persisted°ilie'iljnev.atrTintrcuth of his confession. Several witnesses Bence of the facts already published, gi - ven took place as to the desirability or seeotherwt havin gatio n testimony, when the prisoner said, " Gentle. e • further. ._ callinf is enough evidence to hang twenty without any men, t heremore. , After the usual caution, the prisoner was asked if le, th i n , to say why he should not be committed. Ile lial.:Za 1 'lye nothing to say," and then signed hie name f r e i p a ', excellent handwriting. The prisoner was then fully c '„,arnitted to take his trial at the next Somerset Assizes on the charge of wilful murder. BSLFAST, JULY 23.--Yarns'--Since theiresuraption of full work stocks are rather upon the increase, and the same unsatisfactory state of the weaving trade so frequently no- ticed, in the scanty supply of hands, continues to operate on this and all other branches. Prices are stationary, at former rates. Brown Lir.ens in Country Markets —On the 17th inst , at Ballymena, there was a considerabl e f alling off in th e supply, and goods could not ba purchased on as favourable terms as in the preceding week; all lots were well cleared off. At Armagh. the supply was also smaller, and the de mand was active both for roughs and Holland; prices tend slowly upwards, but any material advance would check the demand. Moneymore market being small, and the inquiry active, goods vrent off at an eighth of a penny to a farthing advance. ,Litzan was scantily supplied, and prices were slightly on the advance. With manufacturers the difficulty in obtaining weavers and th e advance on wages are much dbeaplained of, as prices are unchanged. Stocks of most White sorts of goods are m o d erate, and the demand fair. _ .. Linens—No chan ge . Foreign markets, with a few ece.l:., tions, continue dull. s avannah has rather improved g.Y last advices. IMPROVEMENTS AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—In addition to the extension and improvements of Buckingham Palace on the northern and eastern sides, the greater portion of the area on the south side, forming the site of the old domestic offices, and that part of the Pimlico road which has been added to the Palace grounds, are now being covered with an extensive range of buildings, stretching from th e riding-house nearly to the park gates. The Palace ga r d ens have for the most part been re-embellished, and numerous ornamental decorations have been added, amongst which the most conspicuous is a beautiful and tasteful alcove, intended for the special use of her Majesty and Royal Consort. It is of an octagonal form, 18 feet in diameter; the flooring of which is laid with Orsi and Armani's patent metallic l ava . The design has in the centre a prismatic star, from which radiates a variety of figures and floral emblems in numerous, brilliant, and tastefully.arranged colours. The wh o l e o f the works are being constructed by Messrs. C u bi tt, and progress towards completion. With regard to the buildings adjoin ing the road, it may be mentioned that they will comprise a moat magnificent and spacious ball-room, with attached re freshment and ante-rooms, beneath which will be kitchens and other domestic offices. BULL'S THEATRICALS.*—MadIIe. Rachel, who went to Berlin at the express invitation of the Empress of Russia, has been performing to empty houses. Miss Wagner has made her appearance at Harnburgh, and is engaged to sing at Breslaw till her leave of Absence from Berlin expires. It was lately reported that she . had petitioned the Kiug of Prussia to pay the costs of her discreditable law -suit - e . gi L on don, which, however, hi s M a j esty i s not lik e ly to do, l?,.„ cause the act would be very u n f avoura bly regarded by ""; Austrian public. THE CITY RAILWAY T ERMINU s.— T• W. - understand , g a v isit that Lord Derby has signified his intention of p . f! ,11 , to the City for the purpose of examining 3- 1 r• t et the City, son's plans for bringing a railway into the ho.t The Noble in the neighbourhood of Farringclon - s tre ; s i t , but it will Premier has not vet fixed the day fer_b_ i ' d John Russell, the most probably be early next week. -laor f an s more than once, ex-Premier, has already inspected the e p d with the idea, and LnYaries Pear and expressed himself highly I ,to carry it out.--..4d isnittuhaetedwoinrldihinsgnaoryw v w e i r t t l i i se t r h! mode in which it is pro P p e ose" IN THE WoRLD.— One of THE LONGEST TUNNEtr., It is in titan pie io • in a forward state of co:n 0 , the River Gran, not far from' the longest, if not the longeis. and leads from the shores of f t he Schemuitzer Hills ; it is two English, miles long. Zarnowitz, to the mines n lt el is about te n geographical, or doable purpose of a channel to drain tended to answer the . . the works, and accumulating in of it railway off the water accu transport the ore from the mines to the river. to REPORT OF TUE NAVAL COMMISSION ON TILE STATE OF THE FRENCH NAVY. The Slide contains the following:— I" When the revolution of December 2 broke out, the Ron. Isl. Dufauro had only terminated tee portion of his report relative to the' materiel of the fleet. This report was read to the commission, in the sitting of the Bth, 13 th, end 16th of November, 1851. Political events having put an e nd to the cove miseion, M. Dufaure has Gnot drawn up, or, at least, has not presented to the overnment'n the other ( thr 7 .7 1 parts of his report to the navel , the administration, and accounts. We have obtained one .. of the rare copies of the printed part of thi s able neeunland we will en d eavour to vessels gie of astina wary of it en to t, our readers. Th o sailing the fleet according to the return annexed to t u tL a b t une e t d of 1852, are 214 in number, thin, divided:— sion de port, 30 ; in ordinary, 114. outin7otl;iiisn meager must he placed in the first ra:fiz war —men vessels which must be considered instruments of war, Li g s'.es, and corvettes. We have afioat we e n 6 . men of war, 37 frigates, 11 corvett es . T he question us is fi t a o t know wnat these vessels are wo r th i n warp Let „ of men of war. They are 26 i n number; but, s a p fVe k the most scrupulous investigati on , only 12 have been'. found tit for combat at sea; the 14 others could only be employed to protect the coast and close the road at ( - anis. The report even says that it might happen, as in 18e6, that oar officers would hesitate to accept the com mand of such machines. An Overage duration of twenty years is ascribed to a men of war; it is, therefore, es sential to know the ago of ours. Amongst our six men of war of the first rank, three, aged more than 30 years, have already undergone at least one thorough repair; the other three are of recent construction. The oldest of our four men of war of the second rank lis only 15 years. Out of the ten men of war of the third rank, five, aged above 20 years, have undergone thorough repairs; the other five are not old. As to the six men of war of th© fourth rack, five have been thoroughly re paired, and although the least aged is only 18 years, all are considered as unfit fcr war or distant voyages. The commission thinks it right in consequence to declare that, though materially exact, the list of our navy is not the less a fiction. The truth is, that out of the 26 men of war, 8 are armed and fit for war; that 4 may receive the same destination; and that the rest ate at best only calculated to give France an imprudent confidence in her maritime power. We are, thank God, better off as regards frigates and corvettes. The frigates afloat are 37 in number, and only 8 of them have been con structed more than 20 yews. Six frigates are armed, 14 are in commission de port, and 17 are in ordinary. Out of 11 corvettes, 8 aro fitted out, 3 in ordinary ; only 1 of them, a very old one, has been thoroughly repaired, and that was in 1844. As to the 103 small vessels, th e com mission condemns most of them to be sold. If we were to follow the order of the report, we should have to speak here of the situation of our present steam fleet, but we shall proceed to say at once how the commission proposes that the fleet shall be composed :—Men of war afloat, 30, some of them provided with auxiliary ma chines, others with machines which would enable great speed to be obtained; men of war on the stocks, 15— total, 45. If the 30 men of war afloat were to be fitted out, the number of the crews would be 26,160 men; 39.240 would be required to man the 45 men of war; but it will be understood that such a Foy's non is no t a b solutely necessary. The commission leaves to the executive government to fix the number of men o f war of different rates ; and it is by taking the amountinftheaverage of the crews that it arriv es a crew ofwe have given. The a man of wet. of the first rate is 1,087; of a man of war of the second rate, 915; of the third, 810; and of the fourth, 675, thefr sets of figures give an average of 872. Althoughecommissionerntt its views as doesto notthe pretend to impose on the Government merits of men of war of differentin o es, it very clearly expresses the opinion that the man of war of the first class is the best for war ; th a t not man of war of the second rate, of 100 guns, has the expectations of the constructors; and that thos-eerecif qua o liti t e h s e third and fourth rates possess remarkable In the effective proposed for the fleet, we count, first, 2t) fast-sailing frigates, of which 14 are afloat, and 6 on the stocks; next, thirty frigates, all afloat, provided with an auxiliary screw, and capable of carrying B i z months' provisions; 50 corvettes, also all afloat, so me fast-sailing and others with an auxiliary screw; 20 large transports afloat, with paddle-wheels or screws; and lastly, 80 advice vessels, all afloat. This would make a total of 235, instead of 323, existing in the preceding regulations of the effective. It is needless to add that in making for these different sorts of vessels the calcu lations established for the crows of men of war, the commission declares that France possesses a suffi cient naval personnel to man her fleet, even if it were afloat. The crews of our 235 war vessels would consist of 87,440 men. In a time of peace tho fleet would be manned by 27,064 sailors. The following would be the composition of the fleet:—Experimental squadron -10 men of war, 3 frigates, 3 corvettes, 4 advice vessels; crews, 11,382 men. Stations for the pro tection of our commerce-6 frigates, 11 cor vottes, 2 steamers of 450-horse power, 27 advice vessels; crews, 8,700 men. Voyages of circumnaviga tion-5 frigates, 5 corvettes; 3,500 men. Interior ser vice of the colonies-15 advice-vessels, manned by 600 men. Service of the five naval ports-5 steamers of 450-horse power, 22 advice•vessels, 2,331 men ; gunnery frigate, 321 men; 1 corvette for a naval school, 230 men—total, 10 men of war, 15 frigates, 20 cor vettes, 7 steamers of 450-horse power, 68 advise-ves sels, with crews of 27,064 men. On the subject of the experimental squadron, we shall ask permission to express a do u bt. The rep or t states, with reaso n , that in time of peace, and when there is nothing to induce the Government to have under its hand all its forces united, it is proper to keep up two experimental squadrons, in order to accustom our sailors to the diffi culties of the navi g ation in the Channel , t h e North Sea, and, we will add, the Baltic. In this arrange meet, there would be an advantage to which the report does not allude—that of keeping two vice admirals at sea. Out of the ten now in the service two occupy the prefectures of Brest and Toulon, one com mands the experimental squadron now at sea, three sit at the Council of the Admiralty, and four are neces sarily en elisponibilitt. Would it not be a great advan tage to have two vice-admirals at sea instead of one? This is tequestion which we respectfully submit to the commission. According to the present system of naval evolutions it would be impossible to divide 10 sail of the line, 3 frigates, and 3 corvettes into two squadrons. The system of matesavring might be changed, but the commission makes no mention of it. It appears to us, therefore, that it would be better to decide that the ex perimental squadron should be composed of 12 saleeof the-line, 4 frigates, and 6 smaller vessels, to be divided in case of need into two squadrons, each having at its head a vice -admiral, with a rear-admiral under him. Tho expense would not be a million a year more, and the importance in the event of war would be very great. We have great interests at stake in the Mediterranean; but these interests are, in ordinary cases, protected by our squadron in the Levant, and we do not very clearly see why our experimental squadron of 12 sail of the line., divided int o two squadrons, should not every year assemble in the Mediterranean and in the Atlantic, in order to give our admirals an opportunity of acquiring Experience i n commanding during a naval combat on a large scale, but we regret to 9 th at doexplicit manner. We say the commission es not express itself in an . the effective insist, however, on the necessity," strength of our experimental sq uaef i s e n fi s z s in oti . hat it can be i g to the present divided exactly into three, ur according corn© to that part system of naval evolutions. of tho report relative to the trans formation of the fleet, and it will we hope be trendily understood why we have delayed until this moment to s peak of our present ste am progress of science, is, in fact, re duced to a transport fleet, which, by the fleet: but the utility of w hi c h we when we look at the comparison aro far from denyin g l a g report between the expedition to established by that to Romo in 1849. It was ne- Algiers in 1830 and t rive to Algiers 35,000 men, 3,800 horses, ceessry y for that force. For this to c onv ey necessar - U e d rg = there were employed 130 ships of war, 140 ~„ and 432 transports. The expense amounted gun-boatel, millions, _ln . the . expedition to Rome it was to about to convey to Lentil Vecchia CO 1 9 7 men, and necessary . materiel , - 3,019 horses, with all the for the siege of Rome. The operation was executed in one -sixth of the time of acost only 1 %In e t h a t of Algiers, 811- Toulon only employed in this service 9 steamers of 4 „power each, which made altogether 32m made two so horse voyages, one steamer of 400 horse-povver, which voyages, and one of suo-horse power, which ceoding to join the Mediterranean squad was e la ni ro- It is true that steamers, whether worked r i c ; °pita' dlecs-(011; screw, have not sufficient room for the; fad, and the stores necessary for a dir st rn an i t eh e i x ii p el e l d ' i t t h iti l n ir . greatto naval war, it i s pro- But if we h a d t o ma i ntain a bable that we sh ou ld not havetransport large masses of troops to distant points. We yr, now come t o the qua tion of the c h anges which arelug - will be se en t h at w i thout pretending to have solved in our fleet. it ever difficulty, the com m i ss i on consider the problem of the y use of steam for ships of war, and the combination of steam and sails, as solved by the adoption of the screw. M. Laureneiu, commandin gpaddle-steauier ever fittedolel in ° the Mogador, the largest the reasons to the co mm t„ ' i on w i l e ?; en o c r h u lt a a vy s if the introduction of the screw, had prevented the a pplication of steam to our l arge ships or war. . We did all we possibly could,' said M. Laurencin, 'to pro t ec t the en- gine of the M oga d or; we surrounded it with coal butcher, but th e vesse l was st i l l very vu lnerable, rind such must always ho the sate with vessels having their.en eines above water.' In fact, it, h a s never been the wei3lit of the machine, the boilers and the coal , wh ich before the al adoption of he screw has ' prevented steam from be ing tPlepted to our large ships of war vess;ls their poker la:possibility of p reservin g to larget ic-.5 wheels helf oh fighting, oy ausching to their seater, under pieces by the first water, moved by a machine placed_above.r, tind cfmacquently exposed to h o e . kno v e , k ss e e d i. to lt, e • • screw and the beoadstdo from a largo seeing Ziachine which works it being under water, nul l l eas i ng the sides of the vessel free for working her guns . t h e trans f orma ti on becomescassY;ilin vessel,, and th e number The only th ing to d e ler g mine is, the num ber of fast tre ti , power, that a li no of battle s hould be of those with auxiliary ID , com posed of. rhe establishment of these two ki n ds of large v essels of war wee no longer anyt hi ng but a (la . es e e e of money, wit a the exception of the niodi - 1 n e .. fi ca tions rendered e "snly by th e progress of naval lo cometion. The report s ums up es follows i ts a d v ice as to what ought to be done relative to the war fleet:—' Not to commence building any ship of the line before a deci .siv° t rial of the two systems has been made; to apply to vessels afloat or in an advanced state on the stocks an auxiliary motive Power, requiring the least possible al teration its her hull; to immediately ley down the keels of frigates and corvettes, capable, when moved by screw power of going fr om 10 to 1 1 k n ots an hour." N .~ , V ~, • 41 1034 41 64 ii 7 [8 i Y.) 005 FOr; obs% Ner ere '' 5 I