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Mr. Justice Crompton was formally sworn in as one of the judges of the court. QUEEN V. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Mr. FITZHERDERT applied to the Court for a rule, coiling upon the Great Western Railway Company to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue, commanding them to purchase land and to make the line of railway from Froom to Weymouth, which the Legislature sanctioned some years ago. The compulsory powers for the purchase of the land hal expired, with the exception of some fifty acres, and as the powers relating to these fifty acres would expire in a few months, sozne of the landowners of — thitigtric.t - wgre anxious to have the line completed. The length of line required to be made was nearly - fifty miles, and no -less than 7,760,000/. had been expended upon it. The line had been staked out, and-for some time the entire district through which i t Paned-bad been in a state of great uncertainty owing to ittlAion-completion.--.Application granted. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) Mr. Justice Coleridge sat in bane() fora few minutes this morning, and beard several motions relating to points-oaf practice, which presented no feature of public Interest to justify a report. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY•) This being the first day ot, Easter Term, the Judges took, their seats on the bench shortly after ten o'clock. Mr. J. WILDS was called upon to take his seat on the " postman's box," which had become vacant in conse quence of the elevation of Mr. Crompton to the bench. _ HILL v. PHELP. Thii action was tried before the Lord Chief Baron, at the last sittings after term in Mid,:lleiex, when a verdict was found for the defendant. Mr. E. JABIES now applied for a rule to show cause Why that verdict should not be set aside, on the ground of misdirection by the Learned Judge, in the improper reception and rejection of evidence. This action was in the case against the defendant, Dr. Phelp, as the licenied keeper of a lunatic asylum at Kensington. and, it charged bias with improper treatment of the • plaintiff, who was admitted as a lunatic to his asylum, and remained there for a year. The plaintiff was taken to the asylum in May, 1850, and it was admitted that at this time he was suffering under temporary insanity, in consequence of misfortunes and other circumstances acting on his b ra i n . The first ground alleged against the defendant was, that he was guilty of cruelty and improper treatment in subjecting the plaintiff to mechanical restraint while so insane, and on this point the jury returned a negative. At the trial medical evidence was adduced to show that the plaintiff had n ,- ) wounds upon him when he entered the asylum, and that the injuries upon his person must have been produced by mechanical restraint resorted to by Dr. Phelp during his first paroxysms of insanity. The plaintiff remained at the asylum until May, 1851; and the' next ground of complaint was that two months -before his discharge ,he was improperly restricted from all exercise, and placed in solitary confinement, by which his health had suffered severely. On leaving Kensing ton he was sent to another asylum, at Northampton, Where he remained until September, 1851, being in that month discharged as perfectly cared and sane. The first ground Ott Which he moved was that the Lord Chief reciived in evidence certain letters from the Plaintiff's w if e w hi c h s h e sen t t o Dr. Phelp, requesting " L ° ll q place' her husband under more coercive treatment; and the s e con d , t h at i n hi s di rect i on to th e j ur y h e t o ld them that Dr. Phelp was justified in submitting him to ,fide 'confinement if he honestly and bona 'V,: followed the directions given by the in the those letters. He submitted that Consequences would be perfectly frightful if rlll dictum of t h e Chi e f B aron was held to be well e, ° „2 (l ed, because according to it the proprietor of a 4 7V6 asylum would, on the request of a wife, grand °t"-er,- or uncle of a patient , be justi fi ed in using an attoni t) t restraint and coercion which in point of law /1 / 5 4 , Wholly unwarranted. 4 . ;. 1i i LORD CHIEF BARON said he told the jury most It i ne t!Y that if the wife gave directions which Dr. th c — P,tuought wrong he ought not to have followed 'k e " :ll, ' but that he was justified in carrying them out if wh F 4 laidered they coincided with the medical treatment irj was necessary u nder the circumstances. • ' Baron PARKE inquired for the letters of the the E. JANEs said the letters were in possession of def,„'er side, and Mr. Bovill, who appeared for the sey — " a nt) was unfortunately absent in consequence of 4 6 T it t r ill . n n ess. , Th. r ,.." 4119 further Enscussion, "lIRT requested Mr. James to mention the case Z h en the Court was furnished with the letters in queSt 1). Z' sl . 3 M. ON PLEAS.—(T HIS DAY.) ti -adges in this court were the Lord Chief Jus kid bi r r/15 9' Mr. Justice Cresswell, Mr. Justice Williams, T , • Justice Talfourd. 4 4 ,2 business in the co dur i ng urt dur the morning pre -9 feature of general interet. Ta tt ellES COURT.--(THIS DAY.) n ut , taie,,'" l °P OF LONDON AND THE REV. .1. E. GLADSTONE. d iyaeZ- 4 4aster Term of the Arches Court commence The Rev. J. E. Gladstone was in court kis l - st. u'r• John.Dobs on , the D d an of the Arches, took Ab %tot e e DEAN (addressing Mr. Gladstone)-11r. Glad • ere tal ",ue Proctor, for Mr. Hodgson (the Bishop's se ta), ti p Prays public a ti on . D o y ou intend to assign Ta e 'Nations? Mr. Gladstone—l do. 111 1 t o DEAN —Then we assign you until the next Court Th e f ritg in your allegations. Saturdayrh hearing of the case was then adjourned to the 24th inst. 4_ !MEN WELL.-(THIS DAY.) itussell was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyr artief eh aviged with stealing a large quantity of linen tne Property of Mr. Worthing, under the fol -I,h a. cirumstances:— in hi r e complainant stated, that last night while sitting Wh oh l :,;°al he was rather surprised at seeing his servant , diti o „qa Just returned from the yard, in a fainting h co e n e - A ka "' and upon inquiring the cause, learnt that t here he r ft:11114 4 , 1 . 11111 a in the yard. Upon proceeding ther e she et ." Man had gone, taking with him a number o f dry other property, which had been hung out to and at (Rice went out at the front door, and when tett to the b ottom o f the street h e met th e p r is o n e r o n. ei n e over the wa ll w i t h t h e p ro p e rty:in his posses wh,ti asked him what he had got in the bundle, and the prisoner said, "it was no business of his," elto:kan away. He pu rsue d him, an d after a smart ten,. h e caught hold o f hi m , w h en th e p r i soner com des-C3t 4 n's moat vi o l en t a tt ac k u p on hi m , an d did no t "-1 i„. en r i . Until he w as g i ven i n t o custo d y . i„.etta AShfordrt said she was servant to the last sa w i t , ' L and was ceain the prisoner was the man she 41 ° Yard. lie had been hanging about the street w hole of th e even i ng. e U ther evid ence h aving been given proving the above,l t u n prisoner sa id he should reserve his defence for other w oad. thk. TYRWHITT having made some remarks on the 'fi e ' committed the prisoner for trial. s EWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH). Handicap Plate of 701. D.L ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• li ••• andicap Plate of 501. T . Y . C . ••• ... A dead hest Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. lOC Won cleverly, ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... o ... o ... 1 ... 2 3 Pomo* St. Antonio Harrier Sabra Sagacity... , Alooras ••• Stockwell Gletduce.;. irbtrti Vbittott, Lo, Sweepstakes (Optional Se ll ing). 1 1 ,2 in Waiting I.. ` 4 3abers ‘utqatitude ••• ••• ••• Subscription Plate of 501. 11(l tdeaux 1 ` )1(1 Lad ••• ••• •• The Claret Stakes• koitirtain Deer kioato *** ••• 1 ••• 2 ... a ... 1 •f • 2 ... 2 Won easy. uq Monday last a Masonic Festival was ode' tiV,ll at the Freemasons' Tavern, when, after the usualrou- V4 u hsiness of the craft was gone into, an excellent d in ner AT ae r'rect by the new proprietors, Messrs. Cogin and C o . , C sa. dowhhichnpwards- of a hundred, ladies and gentlemen t th e V ... and over which Mr. Marriott, P.M., and treasurer of log r ii : t ge of Fortitude, presided.,. I n th e course o f th e even ltdroi• gentleman was presented by the brethren with an titres rtble f u ll-l ength pa i n t ing by 'Mr. Lewis; of Newman ter ~ 111 testimony of his valuable services in the in to th. ° LniaSonry. The circumstance of ladies being admitted add d roner table was a perfect novelty, but one which site si greatly to the gratification of all present. The mu klro•lr litr abl e angements were •of the first quality, and under the t hasuperintendence of Br. Donald King, a tt en d e d by i'oo Ring distinguished artistes :.—Mrs. Weiss, Miss Barnby, B r . ,houbridge, Br. La w l er , an d B r . Ite °king.'pt n b t4Y, ,In evening a ball followed, , w hi c h w as , with great spirit till daybreak in th e f o ll ow i ng Ikez l IIt AORDINARY LONG E VITY.—Died at Lewisham, tarp. °II the sth instant, Ann Kelly, aged 103 years! , From atirZollth she was a member of the theatrical prOfession, in England, Ireland, and tico t intld at various theatres . v. , ,dt0 0 - Z,l l -, She was in the same company with the late b oas '":l l , l ka.an, and alio with James Shwas eridan Knowles, uo ltE Z "Is brief career as au actor ; and proudest of Ist that she had often played Alicia, to the Jane Shore S iddons. Ab ou t the age of sixty_ she lost her hear 'Was was obliged to relinquish the stage; a n d _ a s she io g h er e 'Kling in th e s a me town with gr. Knowles:, he, des titute situation t oo k h e r from compassion into 14 4 . n11y, and from that time to the hOur o , f . her d e a thty. Sheshe ret.C'en solely_ dependent on that gentleman s boun t o - 021 : all her faculties to the last, and was only confined b or a bed three d ays previous to her decease. She was eio~ n at. Sydenham on - Good Friday. It was some wha t obi' that though she was t w i ce marr i e d s he bad never ~,L4 to change her maiden name, both husbands bear ing " l "" 4olry. T TT .E S-U LITERATURE. FIVE YEARS' a RESIDENc.E THE WEST INDIES. By Charles W. Day, Author of " Hiuts_on Etirette. 2 Vas. colburn. In these volumes will be faund very minute details of the general character of the inhabitants of South America. They are , interesting, and appear to possess considerable merit as regards information. Great pains have evidently been taken in their composition, in order to arrive at an exact- conclusion- - regarding these important subje'ctS, namely, the "state Of the V4st Indies as they are at_Present—'ll - o*Oer mist be hoped „that the:, author. his in sinine . Aegree mistaken in his:views and exaggerated in his. statP ments, for a more disastrous condition can hardly be imagined than that in which he depicts our possessions in the New World to be lying. As forthe negroes, he considers them most despicable in every relation, ai and adduces se vera l in stances . of their cunni n g, treachery, and crue l ty. No one can help regretting: that such sh ou ld b e recorded of any part of our empir butae,no the .fair es t way will be to 'give the authorpportunity of being' judged by his own wo e d following isi s they contain gr e at common sense, plausiblenbny from reasons prefacefor his strictures. T I should h ave dedicated this work to one o f th e kindest me n an d b est g overnors that the W est I n dies everhad,waass nobleinmind as in name, but that hisafraidEx cellency of my truthful revelations. He had seen and h ear d rea d parts of my MS . , an d h a d observed, I am s o r r y to say t h at what you h ave wr itten is but too true, yet at h ome t h ey are no t awa re, of it, though it deserves to be m a d e known to all England, but there it e o r w t iu many Indeed,aia taken will not ba believed.' Why not believed?--becauSe policy, nut truth, governs the wort?, and. the West India in particular, so we have all but given up these magnifi cent islands to the barbarian to lapse once more into a mere lair for the negro—not to the aboriginal inhabi tant, but to a savage ten times worse, brought four thousand miles to repress the civilization which otherwise might by a possibility have flourished there. ' The Ethiop cannot change his : kin, nor the white man amalgamate with the black.' Niture has forbidden it unless to the utterly depraved. No one can judge of negroes but those who h lived among them. Five years is time enough in all conscience for any person of common iatel ligenee to'see the truth. Most writers have given their opinions—opinions after a cursory examination of a few weeks, nay, many of them after a sojourn of only "a few days in each of the island. The auvtor never wrote many pages consecutively without submitting them to some person in a position to judge cf their truth, and quite unconnected with partnership or trade, some mem! ber, in fact, of the law, the Church, or the State; so that if any serious error had crept into his remarks it might at once be pointed out and rectified. The truths which the author tells maybe unacceptable to West Indians, but they cannot be impugned, simply because they are truths and nothing else." AMERICAN. NE WS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ARRIVAL OF THE PACIFIC. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, 7.30 A.M. The United States mail steam-ship Pacific, Nye, Commander, with advice from New York to the 3d instant, bringing 102 passengers, and 200,000 in specie on freight, arrived in the Mersey shortly before seven o'clock this morning. The Crescent City had arrived at New York, with advice fram California to the 2d ult., and 1,500,000 dolls. in gold dust. The Panama Railroad was opened from Buoya Solado to Navy Bey. The steam-ship North America, of Vanderbilt's Line, was wrecked near Actpulco, on the night of the 28th February. She had 750 passengers, who were all saved, in a deplorable condition. New diggings have been discovered at Marysville, and the miners were making from 15 dolls. to 20 dolls. a day. At Placerville a placer has been discovered which realizes 120 dolls. to the pan. The town of Downieville had been destroyed by fire, loss estimated at 750,000 dolls. The steam ships Independence, with 29,071 dolls. in gold dust, and the Northerner with - 1,400,000 dolls., had sailed from San Francisco for Panama and New York. The Crescent City, in addition to her specie list, brought an immense amount in the hands of pas sengers. Advices from Callao, to the 9th ult., state that great excitement was manifest in consequence of two vessels having sailed from that port with 400 armed men on board, their intention being the invasion of Guayaquil. They bad purchased one of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamers, and in tended to send her e together with other vessels and men, on the same errand.. Advices from St. Thomas to the 20th ult, state that a slight shock of an earth.- quake had been felt there. The British steamer Merlin was at St. Thomas, with her shaft broken, having been ashore. St. Domingo advices of the 29th February are devoid of interest. Advices from Ja maica to the 223 ult. state that the bench, the bar, and the legal profession had agreed to petition Parlia ment on the present condition of its affairs. Antigua papers mention the death of Mr. Musgrave, the public treasurer of that island. The Dominica papers state that a very general depression prevailed among the planters in that island. In most of the West India Islands strong efforts were making to secure the planters against any further reduction of duties on sugar, the prcduct of slave lab Our. Government and State Stocka in good demand at New York, and prices have an upward tendency. Money without change. Foreign exchange dull. Bills on London, 109 to 1094 ; Paris, 5.20 to 5.1b1 ; Amsterdam, 40i to 40i; Hamburgb, 35i to 354 ; Bremen, 77i to 774. Cotton in moderate demand, with sales of 12,000 bales since the sailing of last steamer. Ashes without alteration. The flour market was firm, with a good demand. No alteration in price of wheat. Holders firm and stocks light, but demand moderate. Indian corn was scarce, and wanted for shipment. Southern Sold at 66c. to 67c.; white and yellow, 68c. to 690. per bushel. Iron in good demand, and large sales of Scotch pig made at a slight advance. 100 tons English lead sold at 4 dolls. to 4 dolls. So. cash. Freights to London—Flour, 2s. per barrel ; naval stores, 23. to 2s. 3d. ;" measurement goods, 255. to 30s. per ton. NEW ORLEANS, APRIL I.—Sales of Cotton to-day, 3,000 bales at 'Tie. to 'Tic. for middling. CHARLESTOWN, APRIL 1.---SlleS of Cotton, 2,000 bales at a ic. per lb. decline.--Times. DESTRUCTIVE EIRE in PATERNOSTER RO W. Last night, at a few minutes past nine o'clock, the various booksellers add others carrying on business in Paternoster-row, were thrown into a state of contd. derable confusion in consequenee of a fire of a very threatening character breaking out in the premises be longing to Mr. John Weldon, a bookseller, situated at No. 4in the row, at the side of Panier-alley. Tbo dis covery was not made until the flames broke through the second-floor windows, and extended half-way across the thoroughfare, so that at one' time strong fears were appre hended for the safety of the opposite houses. Without a moment's delay messengers were dispatched to the Watling-street and Farringdon-street stations for the aid of the firemen. In a very brief period the fire-escapes of the Royal Society, from Cheapside and New Bridge-street, Blackfriars,` arrived, followed by numerous engines of the London Brigade . and West of England office. The fire plugs of the New River Company having been drawn, a plentiful supply of water was procured, and the engines were forth with set to work, but not till the two upper warehouses were in a complete blaze. The firemen, however, stuck to their werkin an admirable manner, and by ten o'clock they succeeded in getting the mastery over the fire. Not withstanding the short time the fire was burning, the property 'destroyed is very considerable, both floors being stocked with costly books, which have been totally con 'eue'rl.led, and the contents of the loWer floors are also very and free lonely damaged by fire and water The origin of the misfortune could not be ascertained. The premises were closed at eight o'clock, when they appeared perfectly safe nately front the smll of anything burning. Fortii was given no , it On eldon was insured in the Sun Fire Office. Owing' to had perighed Iva : making an appearance after the alarm ittm f e ezed that the owners of the premises factorily ascertained thalaes; but it - was afterwards satis- About two hours pr e yi fire happened at the Salute t no. one slept in the building: lion Tavern, almost atT e a back o f P aternoster-row, but One of the Wait e r s , how ever,and was mu c h h urt . the damage done w as trifun fell through a trap door, , ____ _ _ _ _ __ , .. _ _____ _ . _ _ _ _ OF. LORD. P ' - ' DEATH 0- s Arim u ". , ,. nounce the death of Lord Pantrire7 Ti regret to an-, at Brechin C. sistle, on Tuesd ay . a .„„ ltti . ~ Y ? event The mei:mei:lol great age of yortenantry 82 .." ' ills Lordship took Place colluetdlifthe t e in unflinchi h ng__Libera . l, L a °r( % ? anni - urwa3 qualities, sterling •Y 11 ,e avoided' radon, thahanrdclmlargekallind friend. Thong of late - ears . ' ne rclua Pon in thl " his high hilisitettopolis; the recollection c)f Ilia l u l awrdillylong be remembered abileY'over-estimated to c an on d y t i v i s i convivial spsocwaenr s t: Menlo d estates. . will succeed to his title an great and retainers in Scotland. 3hisdeath, Mri broke out on Tuesday night, at PrTst A e n lev a e l n a - i. o rni ci in otie, fl - L e '. GREAT FIRE IN ~..1 14A NCHti:Ir the premises u lit the adjoining and: dwelling.house of Messrs. Cooper,' liro tilers, Chapel-street, wereSalfo V ol a b l y , ywdbeiscthro;ne destroyed. T extensivehe fi factory re then buildings, and was not extinguished tecday morning. . , ago the AN AMERICAN CRICIITON.—Soine until three o'clock yes_ ed his editor of the fonesborough W/dy ( Tennessee) inle announced feel intention a starting a new religious periodical : _ competent," be says, " to the task of editing and pu'olishing a work on politics, one on religion, one on science, and another on anything else, all at the same time. Our genius is bounded on the east by the rising sun, on the west by the horizon, on the south by the - shores of time, and on the north by the farthest limits of astronomical imagination." _ TrrE SALMON FISHERIES.---The almost unprece dently long tract of dry= weather, has, says. the Inverness Couri er , reduced the northern rivers to the dimensions of scanty burns. In these circumstances it is not to be ei pseeevteendttohfaotutrhteeelainglers canihavi4 done 'anything worth re porting. In the p o Nessuntdhsewneeitgshht,avaei all i n captured a beautiful feweilmsihd condition, n o , and showing that rain would probably be, followed by an in sPiring run of the lordly ft§ll from the leg. . . ., .. „ LONDON,' ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. ! SUNDERLAYD, Aram 13, —This day G. Hudson, . ; al. M P., addressed a vaasaautisercus company in ' the Cramsaaission•room, - Exchange-buildings. The large room- wasaio crowded the` s tnany hundreds of persons could not be admitted for want of room. C. Bramwell,- Esq.,- was-called to the chair. Many of the principal gentlemen of the town and neighbour hood were present, but many of the same rank were outside, being unable to gain nilini;sion. ,The Chair. : i&n having formally introduces .sy.: - luclOn 'with at_ at sfesi a appropriate remarks, 'Mr. Hudsnn then canoe for- Ward, amidst loud 06r - ea:and :staid' he "Wished-the electors to understand the views he entertained on several matters that 'now occupied public attention; and the course he.intended to pursue if again returned as a repreaenaatjye:,fOr Sunderland, for which he had been twig ::elected; as their- representative. He erintended that ,iie *.,-;at the Present crisis, an important question, whether - the existing Govern - - nient should have a fair trial, or ar,'hethet, in the event of its not being supported, that a clique, consisting lo' - a great degree of family connexions, .and a few other individual; bangers-on of ,Lord John Ruisell,. should be theperpetual goYeroora of this country ? He ,considered that Lord Derba'S' Government ought in justice to have a fair Arial. He also considered that—co-incident with the late important changes that had been Made in , ,, the--corn-laws, which some people ihdlight to be' an allabsorbing question, and which he and many more persons expected would tend to drain the stock of bullion . from out of the bank—a supply of the preCious metals wes provided for incthfiteCent diScOveries in Australia. On that point he now entertained nofear. : He, however, con sidered that all persons who were occupiers of lands or tenements were subjected In a proportion of poor rates and other ties, while the rich fundholder might live in'a garret and-evade all thosenssesiments. Mr. Hudson then'referred the meeting to Mansard's re ports of what he had said in the House of Commons relative to the repeal of the corn-laws, viz., that the said laws ought to be relaxed progressively, not vio lently, but that he then anticipated the time when they might be totally discontinued: - He thought they had been too hastily discontinued, "and his firm conviction was that, had theybeen leisurely dealt with, it - Would have been miele . better for the landed interests and . tor the country generally. Howeaer, as it was done he could not See that it would be wisdom to re-enact those laws. The measure, however, was in his opinion premature, - : but it .Was '&M6,7 and the people would have Wa d ; and to return' to protection row he consi dered would be impolitic,„if not iMpossible. He con sidered that another premature , measure was the repeal of the navigation laws,; which ought not to have taken place until the duties! on timber for ship building purposes had been remitted, and the light dues and' numerous other -imposts which pressed heavily on shipbuilders were reduced or discontinued, and if again returned to Parliament those imposts should have his strenuous opposition, so as to put the British shipowner : in:as favourable a position as pos sible to competevvith the ships of foreign nations. He - was opposed to the ballot, considering that the franchise was not for the sole individual benefit of the electors, but that it was a trust for the good of society at large, who ought to ; know how that trust was discharged. He would extend thelianchise; but he - did not define to what limit. He vias`avourable - to national education, pro s? - tied that religious instruction was also provided for, founded on the Bible as a class-book. He would not confine it to the .church of England or to any sect, but to the broad Principles of Christianity. He was willing to support_ an inquiry as to the working of the Maynooth grant, but would not vote for its disconti• nuance, unless it should be fotind to be requisite by misapplication; and after ati inquiry.. Its object was to promote education amongst the Irish Catholic clergy, and the more any body _of teachers were edu cated the more they were likely to become useful, and to promote religious- morals and truth. If any means could berdevised to' preside for the Church of England efficiently to relieve those who paid church rates who were not of that church, he would be happy to give!it:alLdue 'oonsideration ' • but until some other proviseor , wasa devised he' ecruid not consent to the church-rates beinudiscontinued. During his re marks the Hon. Gentleinati was repeatedly cheered most enthusiastically ; there were some hisses occa sionally at some remarks, such as church-rates, Ste., but all parties gave 'him sahearty welcome. - A vote . ef thanks to the., chairman terminated the proceedings. '— , _ : TAVISTOCaas—aaA fourthcandidate for the represen tation of this borough in Parliament has appeared in the person of Mr. IL J. Phillimore, of Doctors' Commons. In addreasing".the - constituents on Tues day evening, he depredated all unnecessary tampering with theinatitutions of the country. He spoke in commendation of the liberal commercial system which bad been broPght into operation, and observed that one of the effects 'of free - trade was, that the poor man who had one loaf of bread before, now had two loaves. The system, which had been much opposed, he was prepared to uphold in every way. He was in favour of law reform, and of an extension of suffrage to all who could understand and appreciate the privi lege He did not approve of the ballot, in respect to which he had heard , no , arguments to convince him that it was the most desirable way of voting. He did not look upon the church•rates as essential to the Church,. which would prosper_ if deprived of all pro perty support from the 'State ; - but, as a national es tablishment, she was entitled to national support. He was in favour of a re-arrangement of the income and property-tax. He thought Lord Derby's Government deserving general confidence, but ho would be no party to taxing the poor man's loaf. If the agricul turists could be relieved by a re-adjustment of taxa tiOra then he should:be ready to consider any plan for that purpose. He would . ratheracall out the militia than maintain a large standing army, but considered that there was no ground, td fear. ~an invasion. He would oppose any giant to the Church, but would not be, a party to the withdrawal of the Maynooth grant, believing that it would involve a - breach of faith with ths Irish people. He did not object to the admission of Jews into ParliaMent, it being uiderstood that the functions of that House were only of a seCular cha racter. A discussion took place, but there was not 'much show of opposition. ' - , NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE =Mr. Adderley has pub lished a long and elaborate address to - the freeholders and electors, in the course of which he states that his attention to the subject of colonization was recog nised lsy Lord Derby in his offer of the Secretaryship of the Board of Control to his Government. This statement gives some importance to the views which the Hon. Member avows relative to protective duties : ------ - ` 4 TO THE FREEHOLDERS AND ELECTORS OE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. " Gentlemen,—As an election approaches, and both friends and opponents among the constituency of our di vision of Staffordshire begin to call upon me for more explicit avowals of the views with which I shall again appeal to you : fort a continuance:of' your confidence, I think it becoming the frank , and open understanding upon which alone I have any desire to represent a great . constittiencrot,Thigllshmen _in- Parliament to state my own intentions. " I took the earliest, indeed the only, opportunity offering itself to Fie during therreeess, to avow at Burton, openly and disthicily, that,- thongh had not in the slightest degree abandoned 'thy opinion that the agri cultural interest bad a right to protective duties, as, an equivalent to their extra share_ia national burdens, yell considered that the nature of _that particular equivalent had become, whether rightly or wrongly, so odious in the eyes of the general body of the nation, that it would be unwise to accept it any .longeri even if it could be obtained. _ . ..,..,.........._... " Whatever other modesthere - niay be foran adjustment of unequal taxation, it appears tome that those, at least, must be abandoned which have tendency in any de gree (and the less the degree the less reason for ad. hering to them) to raise the price of food. At all events, until the nation changes its mind on the subject and ceases to retain its present repugnance to protective duties, I for one, will not seek that kind of boon to a suf fering class of the commttnity, whieh would only more deeply injure them. " Some say that it ,is necessary to postpone the deci sion of this opinion till the approaching appeal to the country has more clearly,tested the national feeling. For my own' flirt,. i ' Consider' ' that the national feeliffg is already amply ; tested. I believe that the earlier this de cision is avowed the better,-and I deprecate such a ques tion being-needlessly repeated on the-part of the landed gentry after the national feeling, be it right or be it wrong, is so fully. known.-- The very repetition of the question, after such unmistakable manifestation of strong repugnance, would only excite a bitter and unprofitable strife, during which the ag ricultural party would have to reduce its claims to their minimum, while incurring the odium attaching to' those claims to their very maxi mum ; and i t t li cuor e anit c r. l i a v i ed in itself, so imperfectly conceded 1 as to do them ; little,- good, could not long be retained, acceptedt ruf h ai i rc g le h : : oeiks. at the sacrifice of all other and more attainable demands, and excluding the last chance of a . Ih , i t A th s eb a n u it, ag i riculturiat myself I give , an, and as the re presentatth of a great body of agriculturists I recom mend them to givenP',l that mode of compensation for 'ash9o7u"td ejaV"ati°ll"bear which we cannot receive , w,ithbu't- „merited - , OCIIOOI attaditAl ,to` it. I, then, de cwriohliYSol3. r° ct e n r c b e i d al es f° a i I r ts igh lo t ve to °f it f s ai w r i l l ) ; of h which et,ndnecessaries will iil that,con sequencei o the f principle h o r e ls (it relieved bbepeo established freer ttes mhthose' uncompensated;tha burdens ,none o a e partially carri e d o a u x: l 4. that that principle may be im have supposed to edi c ileti6d its ful Lexte" Such views I viguniltd eZ the main with the opinions h p e a l r d ty b , y an L j or i d i b th y o , itrtainly prevalent among his o i leader ° t more it h 'v e dc d dti e t b(t)i agreed ll3. facto :Yhetß' c e . . 111 0 : r w shouldois a I te i h t i iv t h i r i t : ft l i e° 111 s: u t e i t l l e at o t e tr z rh e hi temi!ott :: ; 0 13rt e pt e u t: :: : : :t tt a gr i i a? te i h s v ' h b : w o lo t a : b u r et nuu l e r o h i n: o a t itcim h b td:u l ia c et t i it: .to it:n o lj:g6 i n t bon s h eetr : do ei t refuge from great istiMinistry is t e r ts' y 'li h e u o Agricultural d..obntaol.;iotus coati in opposi tion. ' - only alter nativethdnger9usan great question of Froteotiva toa ow Qthig _§nd 0 1 ° 0 geerikl Polities of tbc " Passing from the THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1851 I See, and sailed the same evening in charge of Mr. Osmen, one of the additional masters of the Magi cienne ; her destination is to assist the Arctic expedi- Ition on their staging. The Magicienne, 16, steam guard-ship, Capt. W. Ramsey, in proceeding out of harbour to try her machinery, saluted the flag of the Commander-in- Chief, it being her first trip since commissioning. PLYMOUT H WEDNESDAY.—Mr. Stafford, th e Se cretary to th e Admiralty, who arrived here in the Retribution froth - Portsmouth on'l4tonday, was - no companied by hit.privatelecretary (Me. Grant); and by_ Colonel Greene, director of works. - They l eave again this evening for Portsmouth. Their visit here did not partake of an official character, but Mr. Staf ford has availed himself of the opportunity to visit and inspect the Royal Arsenal at Devonport, the Royal William Victualling-yard at Stonebouse,'and the new Steam-yard at Keyharn. A Cowes pilot boat, which came in here last night, reports that late in the evening she Saw a man-of war, thought to be a 74, to the westward of the Ed dystone, apparently homeward bound, with ber head to the southward, under her three royals, working up Channel against a strong south-easterly brek It is stated that for , the last .52 days Plymouth has experienced an uninterrupted continuance of easterly winds and dry weather. SHEERNESS, APRIL 14.—Her - Majesty's screw steam-frigate Higbflyer, 21, Captain Henry J. Mat son (1849), made her number yesterday noon, and having saluted with 15 guns the flag of Vice-Admi ral the Hon. Josceline Percy, Commander-in. Chief of her Majesty's vessels in the Thames and Medway, proceeded on her voyage to Spithead. Her Majesty's ship Waterloo returned the Highflyer's salute with seven guns. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steamer- Fearless, Captain Frederick Bullock (1838), employed on the survey of the Thames and Medway, left port yester day morning to resume her duties. Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Horatio, 22, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie (1841), was swung in the harbour yesterday, for the purpose of having ber compasses adjusted, under the superintendence of Mr. James Tonkin, master of her Majesty's ship Waterloo. Her Majesty's steam-tug vessel African got up her steam yesterday afternoon, and left port far Wool. with,_ to assist in towing as far as the Orkney-Islands the ship fitting out under the command of Sir E. Belcher for the Arctic regions. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Adder, Mr. James Watt in charge, returned from Woolwich yesterday, at 4 P.M., h av i ng i n tow t h e Dili gence Lon don, got on shore near Margate on th e 11th i n stant, having obtained assistance, she was got off, but in rather a leaky state. naval transport. s loop oak, of and for D ar t mou th,. from Lon- ARCTIC SEARCHING EXPEDITION. WOOLWICH, APRIL 14.—The greatest activity has been displayed to-day at 'Woolwich Dockyard to complete the stores required for the vessels of the Arctic expedition, that all may be on board to-night or early to-morrow morning, as the whole of the squadron are under orders to be ready[to proceed down the river between nine and ten o'clock, A.m., on Thursday, April 15. The Monkey steam-vessel, Second Master Sallenger, will tow the Assistance, Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B. ; the Zephyr steam-vessel will tow the Resolute, Captain Kellett, C. 8.; . and the Adder steam-vessel will tow the North Star, Commander Pullen, to Greenhithe, where they will have their compasses adjusted. The Intrepid screw steam-vessel, Commander M'Clintock, and the Pioneer screw steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Osborn, will each get up their steam and proceed to Greenhithe at the same time. Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, K.C.8., hy drographer at the Admiralty, visited Captain Bel cher at an early hour, and remained a long time to witness several experiments made to show the officers the mode of inflating balloons, and the bombardiers of the Marine Artillery the ap plication of the galvanic battery blowing up the ice when necessary to open a passage for the vessels in Arctic Seas. Captain Cospatrick B. Hamilton, Cap tain Reynolds, R.N., and the officers studying steam, were present in the afternoon ; while Mr. Shepherd, civil engineer, and Mr. Charles Button, operative chemist, were engaged in inflating several pilot and a large size balloon, the latter, when it was allowed to ascend, having several thousands of printed coloured papers attached to a slow match, and a number of papers not printed upon attached to a quick match, and many of the latter fell as was intended before the balloon passed over the dockyard in a south-west direction, the wind at the time being moderate from the north-east. The other printed papers attached to the slow match are intended to fall in various parts of the country. The generation of the gas in four casks was most perfect, and the balloon ascended steadily to a great height before it was lost to the view of the spectators and numerous visitors to the yard who had assembled on the dockyard battalion parade ground to witness the proceedings. During the time the inflation of the balloons was taking place a number of slips of satin were printed at the printing-press supplied for the use of the expedition. Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, Captain Sir Edward Belcher, and Captain Kellett, after witnessing the ascent of the balloon, pr ocee d e d t o th e c h a i n testi▪ ng room, where the galvanic batteries, six in number, were stationed, a n d th e b om b ar di ers o f th e Marine Artillery, having p re p are d , un d er t h e direc tion of Mr. Hay, chemi ca l l ec t urer f rom P ortsmout h , two tin cases, one charged with two pounds, and the other with two and a half pounds weight of powder, one of the cases was placed under an empty tar barrel on the parade ground, and a copper wire covered with gutta percha made to communicate with the powder. Sir Edward Belcher held one wire at the entrance to the testing room , while the oth e r w i re , covere d i n a simi▪ lar manner with gutta percha and attached to the galvanic battery, was placed in contact, and the ex plosion of the barrel was instantaneous, the pieces flying high into the air and spreading in all directions, without leaving a vestige of them near the spot where the barrel had been placed. Another tar barrel was subsequently exploded by a young lady firing the charge from the galvanic battery. Stu JOHN FRANKLIN. - It may tend to allay some anxiety relative to the discovery of two ships in April, 1851, supposed to be the missing ships under the command of Sir John Franklin, said to have been seen on the banks of Newfoundland by parties on board a vessel bound for Quebec, to state that there is no perceptible difference between the size of the Erebus and Terror discovery ships, the Erebus being only 376 tons, and the Terror about 30 tons less. It is more than probable the vision seen by those on board the Renovation may have been the reflection of that vessel from two different surfaces of the iceberg, to which it is said they were attached, as, if the ob jects seen had been real ships, some other vessels would have seen them on a coast so much frequented as Newfoundland is by trading and fishing vessels. Conservative party, I may refer to my conduct in Par liament during 11 years, spent wholly and heartily in your service to the best of my ability. I was while the Boman Catholic body acted the part of good subjects, that they should enjoy their share of national revenues; now that they have allowed foreign intrigue to mix and tamper with their allegiance, I am for with holding from them the means which they have unfairly used, tied I would take all care to guard the religion of this Protestant country alike from their overt pretensions and from their insidious influence. I have applied myself: much to the great and vital 4ueitions of National Education, .of Poor-laws, and of. Penal Administration, and -still more to a question in w hich, as I have increasingly studied it, I have felt more and more convinced your principal interests are at this, moment involved —I mean that of Colonization. The power of Great Britain as a first-rate nation, the extension of our commerce, the welfare and independence of the working clams, the control of Crown influence, and reduction Of national taxation, seem to me to be all implicated in this one great deperment of- national en• terprise. and all, by its present neglect and grievous mmeaminiEtration, daegerauely hazarded. "I may. mention to you, with a pride in which _you will share, that my attention to that tubject has been re cognized by. Lord Derby in his offer to me of the Secre taryship of the Board of Control in his G o v e rnment u offer which I only declined because I thought that I could proseeute my former labours more efficiently out of (Alice, while I could afford him equally effectual inde pendent support.. "But far above all these details of subjects are the great principles which separate one class of politicians from the other—the Conservative from the Democratic. In a free country like this, I bow to, the wishes of the community, as I hav e j ust expressed a readiness,. to do in one great instanc e; b ut I will never consent to an y tampering with the institutions of the land, to pander to popular caprice, or to indulge in theoretic experime nts ' or to trade in the rise and tall of excited expectations. My stay will be to understand, maintain, aad perfect the Constitution of the country, carefully and cautiously adapting it to the varying c i rcumstances and w i s h es of the people. If this renewed avowal of my principles, their special application to pr esent measures, meets with your approbation, I shall be p roud of a cont i nuanc e of your confidence. "If any considerable numb er o f my oldsupporters should express dissatisfaction with t hi s statemen t, lam the last man to be ambitious of serving my own party without their entire confidence , of or gaining temporary and support for a special purpose from the opposite party , with whos e theege hneroanlour to b principles I disagre e . , I have e yeti; faithful and obedient Servant, ." C. B. ADDERLEY." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 14.—This morning, at half past nine o'clock, Rear-Admiral the Duke of Nor thumberland, accompanied by Commodore Sir T. Herbert, K.C.8., Fourth Lord of the Admiralty; Captain Chads, C. 8., of the Excellent; and Captain the Hon. F. T. Pelham, private secretary to his Grace the First Lord, left their hotel and embarked at the town Sallyport-stairs in the Admiralty barge, which was steered by Lieut. Mason (first of the Victory, who was appointed Admiralty Flag Lieutenant for the occasion), to the Black Eagle steam yacht, lying off the stairs, and which vessel got under weigh im mediately for the fleet at Spithead. The First Lord wore his uniform of Rear-Admiaal, and Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, Captain Chads, and Captain Pelham were also in full uniform—a novelty in con nexion with Admiralty officials and their port visits which the inhabitants and the service took ample cognizance of. This was considered as it should be. It added no dignity or importance to the visit of for mer Lords of the naval administration of the country to see a party of gentlemen in very mediocre garments perambulating the dockyards and in specting ships, attended by the chief officers of the port and arsenal in full state livery, who looked much more like the Lords than the Commissioners did. Hitherto, also, when former Boards have come down to this or other ports, their presence has been notified by salutes at arrival, salute at the flag being hoisted, salute at visiting a ship, salute at leaving her, salute at going away from the port, and so on ad nauseam. s Fire away ! Here we _are," said their Lordships' gunpowder heralds, and so their visits added at least one item to the deadweight of the navy estimates. To-day, on the perambulations and embarkations of the Duke of Northumberland, no powder has been wasted ; no flag was hoisted, no sentry has been posted at the door of his hotel, no guard of honour ashore has been paraded; but the respect, homage, and importance attendant upou the visit were none the less. A First Lord of the Admiralty has not been seen in a naval costume since the days of the Duke of Clarence; and although every successive Board has had five or six naval members in it, we never saw one in uniform on a visit of this kind till to-day. We have been requested in many quarters to mention the fact—Times. Captain Mil ne , th e j un i or mem ber of the Ad m ir a lty, While thenukeand - party were gone to Spithead, and Captain Sir Baldwin W. Walker, K.C.8., &c., the surveyor of the navy, went over the dockyard, and transacted business with the Rear-Admiral Superin tendent and the officers of the executive of the ship building department. The First Lord and party went first on board the Prince Regent, 90, at Spithead. Commodore Martin received them with all honours, and conducted them over the ship (no yards were manned, or other dan gerous pomp observed), on board which they remained two hours, exercising the crew at general quarters, firing a few rounds of grape to try the range, &c. The Simoom iron screw steam troop frigate, Cap tain Kingcome, was next inspected, - and then the Vixen steam-sloap, Commander Barnard, and the board on leaving her re-embarked in their barge for the Black Eagle, which brought them to the har bour's mouth, and land e d t h em at the Sallyport stairs, whence they walked to their hotel to luncheon at half-past one, where their colleagues, Captaiu Milne and Sir Baldwin Walker (who had been on board the Winchester, 50 the St. Vincent, 100, i n t h e course o f the i r v i s it t o the dockyard) joined th em, and gave audiences to a few officers. , Captain Loch, C. 8., and and Sir Thomas Herbetarbtneavipsituekde About four o'clock Sailors' Northumberland Hoin e i in thee f Queen-street, Portsea , were shown the internal economy of that establishm John ston, the superintendent. Theyent by Commander victual ling department, went into th e inspected the much pleased with the accounts, and were so working of the whole that rficial arrangements and proval and countenance of s ls Grace, to show his praise worthyap- institution, informedu a national and should give the Home 200/, Captain Johnston he Captain Milne, the the Junior Lord, also went o ver Lord had left, accompani e d by Home after the First Ap lin, and examined every part, with the whole of Flag-Lieutenant Ap which he expressed hia ls Stafford, ALP., the Secretary of the Admiralty, cif highly pleased. Mr. "r visited the Sailors' Home embarking for Plymouth a few days since, prior to gratification. , and also expressed his Last night the First Lord's dinner party cora prised Admiral Sir Thomas Commander-in-Chief of -th e Briggs, G.C.M.G., the Superintendent Prescott, C,3. Port; Rear-Admiral ; Commodore Martin, Colonel Commandant Menzies , Flag- Lieutenant Pasley, and Fie i S,H,, R.M., This evening the First Fl ag - L ieutenant Aplin. Sir Thomas Briggs, Rear..Ald entertains Admiral Com modore Sir Thomas Herberte Commodore Martin, miral Prescott, Captain Sir Edward Parry; Colonel Menzies, Cap tain Milne, Captain Sir Bal dwin Walker, and all the captains and commander head and in Portsmouth barbs of the ships at Spit- Our Th e Simoom, 16, Captain ri i ' ngcome, iron screw steam-frigate, embarks at this port one officer and 82 men of the 20 th Regiment • two officers and 82 men of the 23d, two o ffi cer, and 42 men of the 54tb, with whom she proceeds o n Saturday or Sun day for Queenstown, and enibark 52 men of the 66th, and one 0,,,, 8 two officers and the 71st, also four soldiers' wives cer and and 92 men of whom she sails thenc e for Quebe c direct,children, with to Spithead with other troops, and returns The Highflyer, 25, screw steam -frigate, Captain Matson, arrived at Sp ithead t his morning from Wool wich, and saluted. After removing shell she came into harbour. g her powder and She was inspected this afternoon in the harbour by, Captain Milne and Sir Baldvvin Walker. The Basilisk steam-sloop, Commander Gardiner, pro tern., did not anchor at Spithead last evening, but ; sh proceeded directly for Greenhith e e too k in a ton of pemican from the Clarence vi ctualling -yard that had been prepared for Captain Beatson's expedition. The Winchester was taken out of dock and is further fitting in the basin. The Fire Queen, iron 9 steam-vessel h as be en pa y e d over with Mr. Hay's composition. The Fairy royal yacht, when taken into the doc k on Monday, was found to be very clean: The com position on her is firm and hard, and it is only foun d necessary to pay over a few small patches viher has been rubbed off by collisi on. T he patches eit placed experimentally on the bottom Of the E lfin hav e had the effect of preventing the growth of weeds on her copper. Her Majesty's ship Neptune, 1 20, Capt. Scot' h as shipped her upper deck armam en t , and h as ' been ordered to ship her proper topmasts and spars. The Arrogant, 46, Captain Robinson, was hauled ' under the shears to-day to receiv e her foremast She will proceed with her refit now her cr ew h as , returned from leave. First. Lieutenant Julius Roberts, a highly talented young officer of the Artillery Companies of Roy al MarineP, is at present in London, prosecuting very important experiments with the view to improvements with the azimuth compass. The number of troops in the garrison thi • s day amounts to 4,600. PLYMOIJTH, Arm 14 --The Desperate steamer, one of the reserve, had orders on Monday to prepare for sea. She was immediately placed alongside the coal depot, and • • h i , supplied with the necessary quantity OA co al. She , drew charts for the Channel and Ziorth THE ARMY. IST ROYAL DRAGOONS.—New colours were presented on Tuesdry to the Ist Royal Dragoons stationed at Brighton, by Sir Arthur Clifton, G.C.8., the colonel of the regiment. This is the oldest cavalry regiment in the service. It was raised in 1661, in the reign of Charles 11. of " merry" memory. Three years after it had been in existence, in 1664, it captured a Moorish standard at Tangier. At the battle of Dettingen, in 1743, it captured the standard of the Alousquetaires Noirs. The regiment distinguished itself at Warn borough, in 1760, under the Duke of York in Flanders, in 1794, in numerous engagements with the legions of Napoleon in the Peninsula from 1810 to 1814, and lastly, at the great battle of Waterloo on the memorable 18th of June, 1815, were they bore off one of the two French eagles captured from the enemy. THE EVER-POINTED PENCIL.—The improvements made in the black-lead pencil from the period when a lump of plumbago served the purpose to the present day, would form a little work in itself. Riordan, Riddle, and;others have given their beet attention to it, and brought it near to per fection. There appears, however, to have been two things necessary to this almost indispensable instrument; that it should approach the common pencils in the larger supply o f lead in the interior, and that the point through which the pencil is refilled should be secured against becoming loose and being lost, which often renders the pencil useless, 'rhose two objects are now accomplished by very ingenious and original contrivances in the new pencils patented by Dar. i Stephens, of Stamford-street. No little excitement prevails in the medical phreo; fession at the fact of the celebrated Mr. Lewis, of blanF his ter, having entered largely into the manufacture of Lt ~,, :i bed e " well-known medicines; but it having been ascertatdt!t such a course was alone adopted from a desire to makeeaer more t pro largely known the benefits of this recipe, the d gr a helping portion of the faculty have handsomely ex.tenheed more they hand tot eir dissemination, foreseeing that t are dispensed amongst the public, the medicaments more theY sired, and inferior, not to say positively injurious, will have to give place to the new comer thus auspiciously introduced. SOCIETY FOR THE PROSECUTION OF DOG STEALERS general meeting AND THEM CoNFEDERAiss.---Yeste rda y i !t s. , es , New B t ' i . sollciiseht;, ond of the above society was held at their oli e 13, the street, Mr. James Graham in thsepecchtasionf treasurer, in referring to the pro estowed con gratulated the members on the general patronage h - warranted Iced in his on it, and stated that the subscriptions already ila hands, amounting to a large sum, increasedi efforts aftorgenheral. circulation to stimulate public energy. A citrcecuirung the ob society, was jects, uses, and general managemen of t e -:-: agreed to and ordered to be prr v t and having ° C 8 of thanks to the een passed, the meeting amongst the nobility chairman, treasurer, &c., havog separated. The accounts from the various continental Ex changes continue wholly usintet.s s t ‘ Tg• Gold in moderate quantities arrives from Paris. ACI " from Odessa of the od inst. state that the recent ac tivedemand for grain at that tendency of prices was towards a decline, altboughn? decided alteration had yet taken place. Large arrivals of vessels had caused a reduc tion in freights. Th. 3 project for a railway from Charkoff to Theodosia, on the Black Sea, was und erstood to have b ee n abandoned. From St. Petersburgh the dates are to the sth of April, but it w a dull period of t h e year, and the markets as Were without the slightest alteration. SPORTING NOTES. No. GOV. THE FIELDS FOR TO-MORROW'S RACE'; AT NEWMARKET—LAPIDIST'S DEFEAT, Sce. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin, —Yesterday was in every respect a field day, for the fielders had it all their own way. The 501. Sub scription Plate, for which Grecian was backed against the field at 2 to 1 on him to beat his five antagonists, was the first throw in for them, as Grecian broke a .blood vessel at the new ground, and of course was in slantly stopped. • A smart little filly of Mr. E. Parr's, yclept. Sanita,: made all the running and won easily by a length, beating Little Savage, Dividend, Glee colt, and Trinket, as well as the unfortunate Grecian, who could not possibly have lost, as he was going within himself when the accident occurred. The grand catastrophe of the day then followed. Ooe of the greatest and most certain of turf certainties —proved by the defeat of Lapidist to be the most un certain affair ital:ginabic—was decided in the following manner i—The Toga filly, with two or three cic , .:ely laid up, cat - out the work to the bushes at a moderato pace; here the wac beaten; the Princess colt then headed the lot, but at Li') increase of speed; KhadidjA in the cords joined i: , sue, raced a few strides with the General's colt, headed him, and woo cleverly by a length; the crack, who showed in front, and looked winning ail over for three parts of the way, finished a length in the rear of the Princess colt, and seemingly fairly beaten; Sophistry was fourth, the Languish colt, Toga, and Exotic fillies beaten off. The result of this spin for the Column Stakes was a st art l er f or the nerves of the backers of Lord Ribbleedule's horses, as according to the Noble Owner's own account, Livermere is better than Orpheus, The Nabob several pounds better than Livermere, King ston superior to The Nabob, and the defeated of the Column, the cracked-up Lapidist, some pounds ahead of Kingston. Setting down Lapidiet's running as true, the whole lot dwindles into a forlorn hope for the Derby. The 10 soya. Stakes Harrier won all the way, beating Necklace and Vanguard very easily; thus winding up the day by giving the fielders another throw in. The Craven Meeting of 1852 will be brought to a con clusion very early to-morrow, as the first race is set down to be run at twelve or half-past. There are five races on the list, two of which have yet to close and name. The fields for the others are as fellows:- 50 soya. Stakes:—Lord Orford's Sophistry, by Theon, Bst 31b; Lord Clilden's Rosary, Bst 71b; Lord Exeter's Nomination filly, by St. Martin, out of Amino, Bst 71b, now the property of the Doke of Bedford. Port Stakes:—Mr. Halford's Prime Minister; Mr. Powney's Lamartine; Lord Exeter's Midas. 100 soya. Stakes; Ditch Mile:—Lord Ribblesdale's Nabob; Gpnoral AnourfS Bulrseye. Ambrose wits 0.J.- but are dubious runners. Wadlow's party think, although the distance is any: thing but favourable to the Prime Minister, that if the race is not run at a severe pace his chance is by no means, a bad one. The public seem inclined to prefer Lamartine or Midas; the latter, although he can stay the distance, is scarcely good enough in my opinion to beat either the Prime Minister or Lamartine, whom I expect to see first and second, with Midas a good third. I presume the 100 soya. Stakes will be carried off by the NABOB, as Ambrose is reported to be not up to the mark. Had Lord Exeter's horse been the thing he would have won to the greatest certainty imaginable. SOPIIISTRY is, I think, notwithstanding her position yesterday in the race for the Column, just good enough to bear Rosary and the Amiea filly. The betting this morning, though not very brisk, extends over rather a wide field of speculation, at the following prices: —Port Stakes—Even on Lamartine, 6 to 4 eget Midas, 3to 1 agst the Prime Minister. 100 sous. Stakes —6 to 4on The Nabob. 50 sous. Stakes-6 to 4on Sophistry. 2,000 Guineas-4 to 1 agst Homebrewed, 6 to 1 agst Daniel O'Rourke, 9 to I . agst M a id stone , 12 t o 1 agst Lapidist. Chester up-8 to 1 egst Stilton, 13 to 1 agst Scarecrow. Derby -6 to 1 agat Robbie Noble, 12 to 1 agst Little Harry, 12 to 1 agst Claverhouse, 16 to 1 agst Alfred the Great, 16 to 1 agst Augur, 20 and 18 taken to some extent, 20 to 1 agat Alcoran, 50 to 1 agat Lapidist. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. April 15, 1852. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. CLOSE OF THE BETTING oN TUESDAY NIGHT. COLUMN STAKES. 2 to 1 on Lapidist. FLYING DUTCHMAN'S HANDICAP. 2 to 1 agst Voltigeur CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 agst Stilton (t) 2,000 to 30 agst Sophistry ,5 to 1 apt Scarecrow l —taken. DEBBY. 6 to 1 agst Hob. Noble 1 18 to 1 agst Augur 1,000 to 60 agst Little 130 to 1 agst Alcoran. Harry—taken WEDNESDAY'S RACES. Subscription Plate of 501 for three yrs old, 7st; four, Bst. 71b; five, 93t; six and aged, 93t 21b. T.Y.C. Mr. T. Parr's Sanita, 3 yrs, 7st (Hiett) 1 Capt. IMme's The Little Savage, 3 yrs, 7st (Charlton) 2 Mr. H. Ingram's Dividend, 3 yrs, ist (T. Smith) 3 Mr. Robinson's cby Venison, 3 yrs, 7st (liammond) 4 Mr. Barne's Trinket, 4 yrs, Sit 71b (Flatman) 5 Mr. Howard's Grecian, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ......(A. Day) 6 Betting-2 to lon Grecian. Sanita made all the run ning, and won very cleverly by a length; a neck be tween second and third, Glee colt and Trinket well up. Grecian broke a blood-vessel on the new ground, and was stopped. Run in l min. 12 sec. Tho Column Stakes of 50 soya. each, h ft, for three years old, colts, Sit 71b; fillies, fist 41b; 31b and Sib allowed, ,ice. R.M. (28 Subs.) Mr. Batson's liandidj a ' Sat 11 lb (Sly) 1 General Anson's br cby Orlando, 8.3 21b (Charlton) 2 Lord Ribblesdale's Lapidist, Sst 71b (Flatman) 3 Mr. W. E. Hughes's Sophistry, Bst 111 b (Barth olome vr) 0 Baron Rothschild's bc by Alarm, Sat 41b (F. Butler) 0 Lord Exeter's bf by St. Martin, Bst 41b (Norman) 0 Lord Orford's bf by lon, out of Exotic, Ist 41b (Pettit) 0 Betting-6 to 4on Lapidist, and 3to 1 agst Sophistry. The Toga filly and Princess colt started almost head and head, and with the favourite, the Exotic filly, and Kah didja in waiting, made the running in concert for half a mile, the Toga filly then gave way, and the Princess colt went on with the lead, but was caught half way down the bushes hill, quitted in tho cords, and beaten easily by a length; the Princess colt beating the favourite by three parts of a length. Run in 1 min. 51 sec. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three yrs old, 7st; four, Bst 81b; five and upwards, 9st fib. The winner to bo sold for 150 sovs., if demanded, &c. Ab. M. (3 Subs.) Mr. Delamere's Harrier, 3 yrs, 7st (Charlton) 1 Mr. Barnes's Necklace, 5 yrs, 9st llb (Flatman) 2 Lord W. Powlett's Vanguard, 6 yrs, 9st llb (Rogers) 3 Betting-6 to 5 agst Vanguard, and 6 to 4 agst Harrier. Harrier made all the running, and won in a canter by four lengths. This race was not timed. Handicap Plate of 501.; for three yrs old and upwards. A. F. Mr. Stephenson's Ninus, 5 yrs, Bbt 71b, walked over, and received 25 son. Mountain Deer and the Prime Minister arrived this morning. BETTING AT FIVE O'CLOCK. THE CLARET STAKES. Ariosto. MINEAS STAKES. I 7 to 1 agst Maidstone (t) I 15 to 1 agst Lapichit R CUP. ton (taken). 2 to 1 agm TWO THOUSAND C 4to 1 agst Hombrewed I 7 to 1 agst Dan OlIourke(r) CHEST& 8 to 1 agst Stil DER 6 to 1 agst Hobbie Noble 12 to 1 agst Little Harry (taken freely) 13 to 1 agst Claverhouse 15 to 1 agst Alfred the Gt. 17 to 1 agst Orelio 18 to 1 agst Augur NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAX NIGHT. ENTRIES YOR THURSDAY. Optional Selling Stakes. le, aged (401):—Lrldy in Waiting, 3 YYS .... _ . --. ntoine, _ingratitude, 4 yrs (404) tios Plate, D.M. Lad' 3 yrs—Bordeaux- 3 .., yrs— old rs— Theodine, 3 y di (40/.)—Focbabe s ra u , b 4 se y ri r i s ) ( 70 ‘./ Guy Mannering,, s Y,, r Si ca p Plate, D. I. v ":4lb—Presto, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—St. Ninus, 5 yrs, 9 t 71b—CuYPh‘e, yrs, 7st 21b— Antoine, aged, 7st 121b—Cressa, 5 yrs, bat 121b—Sanita, I T - he Ugly Buck, dam by Yestris, 3 Est 12-7.olumbine, 3 yrs, sst 121b—The Scourge, cock, 3 yrs, sst 41b. ; Hi s ,r 21b— Harrier, e s i 3 , ,1 3 1 b 1 : yrs, gp 6 eb s ya t 3 yrs, s st 4 Handicap Plate, T Y C. Ferde, 5 yrs' Bst 71b— Sagacity, aged, Bst 21b— T6° n al l a d, 3 yrs, 7st 111b—Sabra, 3 yrs, 7st 71b— _V °ld v i c knd, 3 yrs, 7st 71b—T heodine, 3 yra, 6st 12. LATEST BETTING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TWO TROUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 4 to 1 agSt Homebrewed I I 6 to 1 agat Dan. O'Rourke 6 to 1 agst Maidstone Ir. 20 to 1 agst Alcoraa 22 to 1 agst H omebrewed 25 to 1 agst P hantom 20 to 1 art .. 40 to 1 agst h of . Trumps 100 to 1 agst Lapidist (t) St. A CLARET STAKES. 2 to 1 on Ariosto. SWE EPSTAKES OF ONE HUNDRED BOYS., D.M. 7 to 4 on Alcoran. CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 agst Stilton—taken I 20 to 1 agst Nancy 20 to 1 agst H igh Sheriff I DERBY. 7to 1 agst Hobble Noble 18 to 1 agst Augur—t 12 to 1 eget Little Harry 122 to 1 agst Alcoran 14 to 1 agst Orelio 22 to 1 agst Homebrewed 14 to 1 agst Alf. the Great 33 to 1 agst Chief Baron 15 to 1 agst Clavorhouse Nicholson —taken HEREPORD, Ross, AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.— At length there is some prospect that the construction of this line, which has long been in abeyance, will be proceeded with forthwith. Contracts have been signed by Mr. Peto, who is under an engagement to construct the whole line at a cost of 230,000/., of which sum ho takes shares to the value of 135,0001. Of the remainder ho is to receive 50,0001. in cash, and the balance in debentures. ►bout 1,000 workmen are to be set at work immediately. The line will be on the broad gauge, and worked in connexion with Great Western trains to and from Gloucester. ROYAL ORTIIOP/RDIC HOSPITAL FOR THE CURE Of CLUB-FOOT, &c.—At the usual committee meeting of the above institution, in Bloomsbury-square, it was stated that a very numerous and highly influential list of stewards, in eluding several of the bench of bishops and members of both . Houses of Parliament, had signified their willingness to,..,__t as stewards of the anniversary dinner, on the 19th_o i f_T e ' s -Y_ next, when the president of the charity, the Earl of '" the bury, has consented to preside. From the repo o r u t s to pro secretary it appears that the committee are n afxajecommoda cure additional funds, to provide the increase , I 9 MAO for the so much needed, and an earnest apPell assistance of the benevolent. NEW _ PHIL HARMONIC SOCIETY. • The second concert took place last evening, at Exeter hall, the following being the prtgramme:— PART I, Overture (Anacreon) ... Cherubiui. Aria ",Nur - einen Wunsch," Herr Reichert Gluck. Lo Chant des Charubins Bortniansky... Concerto in I` m i nor, P i anoforte, M. Bill et H. Wylde. tE, Liebealicd, "Mein H erz desist," Herr Reichert Symphony in C mino r Beethoven. • PART H. Overture (Il Pinto Magico) The Island of Calypso, an Op erat i c M asque E. J. Loden. Excellent as was the band o n th e fi rst even ing of per formance, its execution last night was, if possible, more polished and vigorous still. Both of the over tures were magnificently given. In that to Anacreon the rapid passage of the violins, bursting into a grand crescendo, was quite a blaze of brilliancy, and wound up the Movement with electrical effect. The piano forte concerto-by--Doctor Wylde was executed by M. Alexandre Bille: with much finish and brilliancy, which commanded great applause. The great sym phony Was given with magnificent effect, and the overture to Zaube7:flote was another orchestral triumph, Herr Reichert was warmly applauded in his songs, the second of which, a German ballad, with a curious low choral accompaniment, re ceived an encore. Mr. Edward Loder's masque, The Island of Calypso, was compose d originally for the National Concerts, but in conse quence of their want of success the work was not performed. Mr. Loder has long been known as one of our most accomplished musicians, and its produc tion is therefore an undertaking quite within the province of the New Philharmonic Society, which professes to afford genius the hearing which is denied it elsewhere. Like The Sleeper Awakened of Macfarren, it had been prepared with an eye to the stage. The airs, duetts, and concerted pieces are connected together by recitatives, in order to give it the proper continuity when it may be required for a dramatic purpose. The Island of Calypso is a truly elegant and artistic production. It contains a series of exquisite songs. Calypso has two, one "Hymen chasing love one day," a co quettish piece of pleasantry, temptingly arch and piquant; and the other, a romance, "From mem'ry's spell I cannot flo," of a more scenic and passionate character. The tenor airs alloted to Telemachus con sist of an invocation to the genii of sensuality, and • sentimental strain, " Must I sa y f arewe ll f o r ever ?" eminently love-lorn and pathetic. Tim soprano song belongs to Eucharis, " Oh, beautiful as the morn," a soliloquy breathing the sighs of tenderness of devotion. In the bass songs of Mentor, " Take heed, take heed, a serpent lies," and " When youth in pleasure's lap is sleeping," there is a flippancy hardly consonant with the dignity of incarnate Wisdom. The concerted pieces consist of a trio for soprano, contralto, tenor, delicately playful and insouciant, and a variety of short choruses sung by the nymphs and fauns of the island—fifteen pieces in all, the last three constituting a masterly . fina/e—remarkable for freshness, melodic) beauty, nervous choral writing, and ingenious orches tral treatment. The subject is taken from the Tele maque,(the dramatis persona? being Calypso, Eucharis, Telemachus, and Mentor), and the libretto of Mr. G. Soane details the extrication of Telemachus from the wiles of Calypso by Mentor. Mr. Loder's masque, produced last night, must be pronounced an unques tionably first-rate work. The principal singers were Mrs. Sims Reeves, Miss Dolby, Messrs. Sims Reeves and Weiss, who all did their very best. The hall wiut completely crowded. I a• ADELPHI THEATRE. A new extravaganza, intitled Mephistopheles; or, An Ambassador from Below, adapted by Mr. Robert Brougb, was produced last evening here with perfect success. It is based on Machiavelli'a tale of the mission of Belpbegor. Mephistopheles comes from the regions below, on a mission to ascertain whether matrimonial catastrophes are more generally the fault of the husband or the wife. He commences his quest by visiting two wedded couples, an Italian Marquis, the Marquis di Brencador and his wife, and his Lordship's gardener, Pepito, and his better half. When Mephistopheles ar r i ves a ll par ti es are en j o yi n gthe intensity of the honeymoon. He interrupts the fe licity, for the purpose of investigation, by infusing himself into the nature of the husband in the one case, and into that of the wife in the other. He enters Pepito in a pie crust; and the Marchese drinks him in a glass of water—thereupon a gentle husband thrashing iris wife with a stick, and a modest bride defying her spouse by a confession that she worships dragoons and adores diamonds. Heppi ness becomes misery—cat and dog driving out the doves. There is a series of matrimonial imeutes, and in the end Mephistopheles, having satisfied himself with the creation of the contrasts, appears to Mrs. Pepito and to the Marquis, acknowledging his inter vention, and reporting that he had come to the saga , cious conclu , Aon that " there are faults on both sides." One act comprehends the piece ; and, as it is occupied almost solely by Miss Woolgar, who personates the fiend, Pepito, and the Marchioness. Her singular versatility and clever distinction of character are dis played to consumate advantage, and we recommend her admirers, whose name is legion, not to omit see ing her in Mephistopheles. Mr. Honey, as a matter of course, sustained his part of the Marquis with ad mirable humour, and Miss Fitzwilliam was a charm ing Flora. .There was a general call before the.cur tain, and Miss Woolgar, amid genuine Ade]phi ap plause, announced Mephistopheles for repetition. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Wzmvssper. The following dined at the Royal table yesterday: —Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, ber Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, the Lady in Waiting to the Duc hess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Lord and Lady Charles Fitzroy, Baron Knew. beck, and Lord W. Paulet. The band of the 2 d Life Guards attended in the Castle during dinner, and performed the following pieces : March .. ........... .... Gratt an C oo k* Overture, "Fest" ..........• Lutner. Waltz, " Lucrezia" ..• Selection, " Lucia di Lammermoor" Streck. Quadrille, " Masaniello" private band afterwards .... —T. atf.,.nded,......"1 1 Jullien. Polka GUS.) ~ inney. God Save the Queen Ga H lo e p r , i‘ ; performed the following selection :- 8 1 7 j e i s e t t y o , r s y p Overture, " Joko" .... .... Dense de Parapluies, le p;il - • • ' Lind paint e r. Couplets, et Chceur, „ , n emps. de Bronze" ' Le Cheval ....... Duetto, " Colporteur". ... Auber. .... • Selection (Ist Act) "Pi " Onslow. garo Mozart. The queen and the Prince, accompanied by the Duchess of Cambridge,• bridge, the Du ke of the Pri n c e ss Mary of Cam. of Saxe C o b urg, of Cambridge, and Prince Leopold and Maids of attendedknuordrove u by the in Lady in Waiting three open car riages y es t er d ay afternoon. Theet Equerries in Wait ing were in attendance on horseback. Earl Talbot has relieved Earl Verulam in the duties of Lord in Waiting; and Captain the Hon. J. Denman, R.N., has succeeded Colonel the non. N. Hood in those of Groom in Waiting. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Royal Children, took their usual exercise this morning. Major Cotton (Ordnance-office) and Captain A. Ek; Kennedy had an interview with Sir John Pakington yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Sheriff Cotterell had an interview with MT. Secretary Walpole at the Home-office yesterday. M. Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Bev.. nue, had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gen tleman. Major Robinson had an interview with Sir John Pakington yesterday. Sir Johnr Pakinton left town yesterday, for his seat in Worcestershire. Dispatches were sent from the Colonial office yea.• terday to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the Weak 7T, :parcels, horses, ending rassan April edn gle2r,s carriages l(B2s ... ... ... £B7l 19 7 Goods, cattle, &c. „, ... ... 1,013 12 0 Total .. 1,885 11 7 Corresponding week in last year... 1642 17 2 Perth, April 13, 1852. - --- - - r ,„/.TO MERCHANT SEAMEN'S ORPUAN AS as ____.. twenty-fouth anniversary of this institutiontirr,..r "ht77r:s`i. rated last evening at the London Tavernx, de eellent dinner was dency of the Earl of Hardwicke• 4 ti n e eand when the cloth provided on the occasion by Mr. - a of the society, to the :I'toasts drunk, the or ,i e assemblad in the number ha d n b s e a e t n p r r e e m se o n v t ed u , n a d n er d thet upsrueatlecß/taniYt number of 12E1-85 boys an-Addressed by the Noble Chair-. sing intelligent and tine-look- , man. They appeared A Y enled very healthy je_ke, Lord e l r t e ad - s 3 tock. wer. ~ „ an seand ing body of children, to public support w p room, and were appropriate) The claims of the in t s h fully pointeout the Earl of Hardw and th b e treasurer, Captain A elson, stated that and others, , desening candidates f or admission whom t h ere were many t h e co mmit • tee were compelled to exclude fro m wan t o f funds dons to the amount of about 940/. were announcod by Pona - r and the hon. see the treasure . retary (Mr. Clarke), amorigat Which were her Majesty the Queen, 10 guineas; the Corpo ration of the Trinity House, 100/. (their 21st donation); tb E a st India Company, 501.; the Earl of Ellesmere, 5 4 : the Earl of Hardwicke, 50 guineas to the building fund-, and 10 guineas for thet he institutions Mr. ex-Sheriff jc' 1 general purposes of , . , __.... leo 1, 10 guineas &c. The =mew sx ran amen which we ' were under the re entirely satisfactory, direction of Mr • Taylor. SILENCE. d in the Frarrch Th e only tongue allowed Assembly, is that • ' anal even that, IV , of the Proldent s bell; hear, i* amm d 23 e . unch. V